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1) Sound ( "../../COMMON.SOUND/ARS_LHB_V4/ARS_LHB_V4/SOUND/lhbwag.sms" )

2) Sound ( "../COMMON.SOUND/ARS_LHB_V4/ARS_LHB_V4/SOUND/lhbwag.sms" )



For the above parameters I want a detailed explanation of how the path system works in OR, what's the difference between these two, as from my understanding the "../" means the parent directory of the current directory. My Confusion is: This .wag file is present in "TRAINSET/XYZ-FOLDER", so for this .wag giving a single "../" in the path will refer to the parent directory of the directory in which this .wag file is present(XYZ-FOLDER) which is the TRAINSET directory. Now the "COMMON.SOUND" folder (mentioned in the above Sound Parameter) is present in the trainset directory then why OR is unable to detect that folder with single "../". It does detect the folder with double that is "../../". Why this difference? I am confused where to give single "../" and double "../../", please help me to clarify this confusion.

[steved]

A single ":/." goes up one folder level, two, ":/:/." go up two folder levels.

Randy

[ErickC]

The default sound path (when only an SMS file is named) is a subfolder of the locomotive/car folder, titled SOUND. Therefore, to go up to the TRAINSET folder, you have to go up two levels, and then to the appropriate folder in TRAINSET. The whole path that OR effectively follows is as such:

LOCOMOTIVE FOLDER (start)
/SOUND
../LOCOMOTIVE FOLDER
../TRAINSET FOLDER
/COMMON.SND (or whatever) folder
/SMS FILE FOLDER

OR, like MSTS, follows this logic even when there is no SOUND folder present - which is why error messages in the log tend to look like "Cannot find file TRAINSET/LOCOMOTIVE/SOUND../COMMON.SOUND/ARS_LHB_V4/ARS_LHB_V4/SOUND/lhbwag.sms".

[engmod]

>Why this difference?

Dev,

This system is the standard file system usage that started with unix in 1970.
This is not something specific to open rails.

https://www.geeksfor...ix-file-system/

This is the start of file systems.

The file system that is used in windows is based on the unix file system.
Unfortunately microsoft changed the / to a \ which has caused trouble for a lot of people.

[Genma Saotome]

One way to keep it all straight is "../" means going up the tree and any "actual verbiage/" means going back down. The concept of going over doesn't apply.

Example: "../../COMMON.SOUND/ARS_LHB_V4/ARS_LHB_V4/SOUND/lhbwag.sms" is up 2 directories then down 4 directories to find therein lhbwag.sms.

[Weter]

gpz said:

Script's search begins with <Installation>/TRAINS/Trainset/<Stock>/Script/,
Files search begins with <Installation>/TRAINS/Trainset/<Stock>/

So, sound and cab files are expected to be in <Stock>/ subfolder, as Erick have said - therefore, 2 levels up is needed to go to Trainset directory, if external files are needed.

[Amtrak115]

ok.....i guess I'll open myself up to the slings and arrows...... Couldn't you use ...D:\ORTS\Trains\Trainsets\common.snd\.... vs relative urls...ie... ..\..\ (too many .'s....lol)

amtrak115

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Amtrak115, on 20 February 2024 - 07:11 AM, said:

ok.....i guess I'll open myself up to the slings and arrows...... Couldn't you use ...D:\ORTS\Trains\Trainsets\common.snd\.... vs relative urls...ie... ..\..\ (too many .'s....lol)

amtrak115

I've tried using that way, but OR doesnt follows it :/

[eric from trainsim]

Should we perhaps think about defining a environment variable for the currently selected ORTS content path?

Setting %ORTSROUTE% and %ORTSTRAIN% at runtime might make pathing a little more bulletproof and possibly less confusing.

Having a separate path for Route and Train would allow trains in one folder and routes in another.

[engmod]

dev, on 22 February 2024 - 02:55 AM, said:

I've tried using that way, but OR doesnt follows it :/

You would need to supply an example of this if you want help.