Northwest Line route v6, Oncoming template Options

[ideaman]

Hi John. I have been running Activity Generator all most exclusively sense it came out with very little trouble with it. I have almost all of the posted templates.
I am running the same route as you are and generated 6 to 8 runs to date mostly returns.
I have a suggestion. Delete the template and all of its sub folders ( acts, paths, services, traffic,and any reference in the consist files ) and start over.
Re download the template and try again. Something may have went wrong with the download the first time. Hope this works. Greg.

[ImCanadian]

Want to say thank you for your reply and have done this to download and copy/paste all the files in Northwest 6 Folder also train consists at the most 6 times so far. Nothing change in the simulation and keep getting the warning message right at the beginning of the simulation ALERT! Activity Complete. I know the other members kept saying to me to generate the activities. Now I am not very familiar with this but do have the program of Activity Generator on my computer. Guess that I am going to have to use this to generate the templates and see if that will work after generated.

Smile,

John

[ImCanadian]

Ok now I am in the program of Activity Generator to generate the templates and not going to change anything in templates. All I want to leave as is what Denis Gionet have done with his templates? The template is " SWLTDBNWL6CNEBTemplate.csv " But one thing I don't understand with the message popped up on the screen after I clicked " Ok - Generate Activity " And here is the message below that I have copied from the program of Activity Generator below.

Unable to Continue

You didn't select any Industry tracks to service, or any destination tracks to your train on. Activity Generator
cannot generate an activity without some track or tracks to set out on cars.


Now you see the message above. What am I suppose to do next with this? I don't want to mess up Denis's templates as a few members here suggested to me that I should generate the templates. Please explain what next to do with this part?

Thank you for your patience with me.

John

[jrmeindl]

Looking at the 'Customize Your Activity' window, you will need to select some tracks to work in the 'Work Tracks' section, or select tracks in the 'Optional Destination Tracks' at the very bottom of the window. Also, you should select some 'Source Tracks' so you will have some cars to pickup in the yard. You can also start out with cars in the train if you put a number in the 'Maxium Cars in Starting Player Train' box. Once you have all those options set, you can click 'OK-Generate Activity'. Once Activity Generator does it's thing with your settings, a work order should pop up on the screen listing the tracks for you to work. If you open the manual, there is a detailed explaination begining on page 11. I would suggest reading from page 11 to 15. These pages give descriptions of each section in the 'Customize Your Activity' window.

As for generating a new template, it's not as easy as it may seem to be. You need to have an understanding of the Activity Editor works. If you don't, you will really get frustrated.

Jim

[ideaman]

Do you have an MSTS activity generator icon on your desk top. (1)If so single or double click on it. This will bring up the slg exe page .(2)Click on run. This will bring up the main template page. It should be Activity generator version 4.2.12. (3)Then click on "choose activity (cvs) file". (4)click on Fan03. (5)click on activities. (6)choose one of the templates in the list any one will do except the one that has a turn in it. I choose swlactnw6cnlocalsebtemplate.This will open the template page. (7) click on generate activity.(8) on the left (select route paths) I selected aspen river to delmemton.(9) on th right side you will find source tracks. This is where your player engine will be. cn aspen river. (10)pick one source track and uncheck the rest as this is a through trip . Don't bother the work tracks for now you can figure them out later.(11) go to the bottom section where it says optional and check cn west delmenton yd 1 for a final destination.Uncheck the rest.(12)go to set railcar fill. depending on your computer I would set them at 1 or 2 on the slide pointer.(13) go to change engines and use the one that is there or select your own.(14) pick the seasons ,weather,check for AI or not, reach 20mph for ending the act. At the bottom click on ok generate activity. A list of pickups and setouts will appear, exit, and go to MSTS and look for the generated activity in the list. This is just the bare bones act but as you get used to working with it you will find much more can be done with this program. Greg (A Canadian Too) .

[dgionet]

Hi to all,

Just to say that Craig Kawahara has released yesterday at TS the Northwest Line v6 route system maps and is now available to download.

Thanks again Craig for your constant and excellent work on maps.

Enjoy and happy trainsimming!

[smokeytc]

Thank you Craig and Denis....I have been attempting to run with old map of this route and an up to date one is really appreciated..
Ted

[dgionet]

Hello to all,

Benny found a small issue while running the CNWB Template.

In the PRO file, which determines the regions for each path. I have selected the wrong region number for the CN Spruce Grove area. Instead of number 6 (CN Spruce Grove), I have selected number 44 (CP Spruce Grove).

I have made the correction and am including as attached the corrected PRO file. Simply unzip it and overwrite the old file in the ACTIVITIES folder. I will be sending later to Steve the updated template package file.

Thanks Benny for finding the issue.

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