[dforrest]

In running activities in Open Rails which were written in MSTS and run with no problems in MSTS, I get a strange problem when running them in OR. I reverse into a siding with the intention of uncoupling the last wagon and leaving it there. I use the F9 display to click on the coupling between the last two wagons with the intention of uncoupling the last wagon. However the last two wagons remain connected and are uncoupled from the remainder of the consist. This happens in two completely different activities both running on the same route. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know what causes it? Even if I try and complete the activity after leaving the two wagons, I cannot because I have lost the path.

[Csantucci]

Are route, activity and trainsets freeware? Can you provide links for them? How many trainsets has the consist? If I have time I'm interested in having a look.

[dforrest]

Csantucci, on 14 December 2018 - 12:12 AM, said:

Are route, activity and trainsets freeware? Can you provide links for them? How many trainsets has the consist? If I have time I'm interested in having a look.

Unfortunately they are not. This is an update to a UK route which hopefully will be ready for release in January of next year. In one activity, the consist started as loco and tender and then collected additional wagons at three locations. These three consists consisted of 9, 9 and 1 wagons giving a total of loco, tender and 19 wagons. It is the single wagon and one wagon from on the loose consists which insist on staying connected. in the other the consist started as loco and tender and then collected additional wagons at three locations. These three consists consisted of 6, 6 and 1 wagons giving a total of loco, tender and 13 wagons. The result is the same as the first example.

[dforrest]

Can someone with access please correct the title of this thread to "Two not one Wagons Uncoupled ".

[copperpen]

Is the single wagon a brakevan? if not is it the same wagon in both cases?

[dforrest]

It is a brakevan but different ones in each activity.

[cjakeman]

dforrest, on 15 December 2018 - 07:37 AM, said:

Can someone with access please correct the title of this thread to "Two not one Wagons Uncoupled ".

Done

[copperpen]

Can you make up both consists and run them in Explore mode and try the uncouple?. If it works in Explore, there may be a bug in activity mode, which unfortunately cannot be tested if nobody else has the same route and stock.

[slipperman]

Hi David,

dforrest, on 15 December 2018 - 09:59 AM, said:

It is a brakevan but different ones in each activity.

I know you've received posts from those more experienced than I am, and I may be on the wrong "track", so to speak!

Although they are different brakevans, do they use the same .wag file, functionally? If so, have you tried replacing the brakevan with a similar wagon to those in the rest of the consist? This would prove if the problem is with the brakevan, or not.

Is the stock you're using available from any of the libraries?

Cheers,
Ged

[dforrest]

I have tried the suggestions in the above two posts and the problem only happens at a particular point in the two activities. It only happens in OR, not in MSTS. They are long activities and the tests I have done make me confident that the problem is the way I have used reverse points in the activities in Open Rails. The same consists have no problems when not used in the activities. The activities I have written work perfectly in MSTS and I am convinced that there is a difference in how the two sims interpret them which I do not yet understand. I have noted earlier that there is no summary in the OR manual of the use of reverse points in OR. Can this be added?

The author of the route, and myself, his assistant, expect that the new version of the route will be ready for release by January. The activities and stock will be in the download so anyone interested can try them then.