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Posted by: ideaman Jun 1 2007, 11:40 AM

Good day Steve. I was wondering if I could get you to have a look at this template as I am having problems with it. It was made by Jim Smith back in 11-01-2003 for version 1.5. The first thing it will not show up in any of the utilities although I can make an activity  and the act will show up. The problem arises when I generate an act the usfreightcar4 fails to initiate <200010> rigidbody. Also car <200281> does the same thing. Now I went into the activity editor and found one car that is off the end of the track but cannot find the other one. This happens each time I make an act but where I cannot get into the template itself I cannot cure the problem. I had this on when it first came out but i can't remember if their was a problem with it then. I have all the templates that were made for this route and all work fine except this one. Thanks for any help. Greg.

Posted by: nbeveridge Jun 1 2007, 02:45 PM

I think this is the usual issue of using AG3 vs. an SLG1.6 template.  It will need some update in order to function properly with AG3.  Did you try using legacy SLG to run it?

Posted by: AT RR Jun 1 2007, 02:47 PM

Greg,

I have run into the same problems. I found that in the Newark Pier area there are 2 consist on some of the piers "track" and when you generate a switch list the 2 grow towards each other and overlap giving you get an error.

If you go into activity editor and move the consists closer together then flip the direction on one of the consists so ther will grow away from each other it may help. I found you have to be careful on you number of cars to add to a siding on this route as it was made to work with the older switch list generator.

Another option is to give the SLG classic a try.

This is a fun part of the route and should be redone to AG3 to work correct.

hope this helps.

Peter

PS It looks like Norman answered the question before I could post mine but looks for the double consists it may help.

pl

AT RR2007-6-1 16:51:59

Posted by: ideaman Jun 1 2007, 04:17 PM

Hi thanks for the reply. Is there a reason that the template ( not the generated act) will not show up in conbuilder or route riter or the activity editor because if this where the problem lies I can't get into it. I can modify each generated act  but that is kind of a hassel. Greg

Posted by: sgdavis Jun 2 2007, 08:04 AM

This is a template created for SLG Classic and it should be run using SLG classic to avoid problems.  If you want to rework the template you certainly can.  There is no reason that the template .act file wouldn't show up in MSTS Activity Editor or other utilities though, unless you have it stored using TrainStore or something.

Thanks,

Steve

Posted by: ideaman Jun 2 2007, 08:51 AM

Thanks Steve for your time. I finally got it to run and yes it will only run in classic mode. I have six other templates for this route and they all show up but this one. Mabe someone will make an upgrade for this section in the future.Thanks for your time as I know you are busy with other templates.Greg

Posted by: sgdavis Jun 2 2007, 09:32 AM

Actually, yes, we will have an updated template for this part of the route.  Peter Laier has been creating templates for various parts of NNJ route, some have been posted to the Templates page fairly recently.

I sure am puzzled as to why this template won't "show up" in your copy of the MSTS ActivityEditor, that part I just don't understand!  It's just an activity .act file like any other.

Thanks,

Steve