Question: any list of OR-friendly routes?
#1
Posted 06 June 2017 - 08:10 PM
OR has pointers to a couple of routes that can be used to try it out. Good, but a small selection. Good enough for now. But oink oink I'd like more...
Cheers!
Just thought of one: the new PE route at Trainsim, plus a few items from here, iirc ...
#2
Posted 06 June 2017 - 09:25 PM
BIG! ~MB600 so don't bother if you're on dialup. Ha Ha!http://www.elvastower.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/bigboss.gif
LIRR is OR friendly. Has 2 freight activities, 1 easy, the other a bit more difficult and about 12 test activities that just run terminal to terminal with no stops just to suggest how activities could be created.
Rolling stock is all default MSTS and is included in the route + 3 custom engines. I used default stock to make it easier for the user but those Japan route passenger cars are errrr well, just there for the test. Sub your own stock if Japan passenger equip on LIRR offends your sense of prototypicalality. (heh, new word?)
There is a lot of LIRR stock available in the Trainsim.com f/L and other sites. Google helps.
You DO need an MSTS install to create activities as there is no OR activity editor.\
Here's the D/l.
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https://www.trainsim.com/images/tscfiles/v/lirr_install.gif Open Rails Route--LIRR Install Part 1 Of 1. This is a public beta release of Long Island Rail Road Route v0.0.8. The route is configured as a mini route for Open Rails, complete with all activities and rolling stock. Installs to a user designated folder as an Open Rails mini route. By Vince Cockeram and the Train Sim Community. Route copyright 2004-2016 by Vince Cockeram.
vince
#3
Posted 07 June 2017 - 11:41 AM
#4
Posted 07 June 2017 - 04:30 PM
That said, an organized effort to document OR-friendly routes might be interesting. Couple mentioned right here - others?
#5
Posted 07 June 2017 - 05:02 PM
Christopher
#6
Posted 07 June 2017 - 05:59 PM
Mike B, on 06 June 2017 - 08:10 PM, said:
OR has pointers to a couple of routes that can be used to try it out. Good, but a small selection. Good enough for now. But oink oink I'd like more...
Cheers!
Just thought of one: the new PE route at Trainsim, plus a few items from here, iirc ...
Note: to use most routes on OR you DO NOT NEED a full MSTS install, all that is required is GLOBAL and SOUND from the msts directory. These only need to be copied to where OR can find them. This leaves a wealth of excellent routes availible.
By far the vast majority of space of routes is taken up in the TEXTURES directory, MSTS's GLOBAL only taking 232mbytes.
LIndsay
#7
Posted 07 June 2017 - 11:18 PM
I'm not spending $50 or more to run this game that does need MSTS to do it.
I wish everybody would stop saying ORTS doesn't need MSTS to run. IT DOES!. http://www.elvastower.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/aggressive.gif
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Personally, I spent over two hours on a machine that doesn't have any MSTS on it and I never got ORTS working from the routes that are available from the ORTS web site.
ORTS will not run without MSTS. THAT'S A FACT!.
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#8
Posted 08 June 2017 - 01:06 AM
#9
Posted 08 June 2017 - 10:21 AM
R H Steele, on 07 June 2017 - 11:41 AM, said:
Easy download from 3dTrains commercial page.
Same for Marc's Sherman Hill. But you will need to add some UP rollingstock.
#10
Posted 08 June 2017 - 01:41 PM