9 Diesels available

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:26 pm

atani Is it possible to mod this to add it to all maps?

atani · Post by **atani** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:43 pm

K-class wrote:Thanks atani

So how does this installer work?

It put the proper FPK files on disk for the F-Series B-Unit and GP38.

K-class wrote: Does this go through every map and checks every RT_Trains_mapname.xml

No, this is not part of this installer. Unfortunately I have not found a good way to automatically add certain trains to all maps. What I would like to do is put up a list of all trains in the RRT_Trains.xml and let you pick any of them you want to add to each map. I have not found a simple way to display this in the installer (yet).

K-class wrote: Does it check for the correct FPK?

I presume all the installer does is add to the global RRT_Trains.xml and RRT_TrainCars.xml

That is correct, the installer checks the FPK file(s) and modifies global XML files as needed to register the new trains.

K-class wrote: Would be good to include instructions to add to your map files as the forum is full of questions and issues getting these moded trains to work.

This is generally included by the person posting the train kit. Ideally though it would be possible to add these new trains automatically to all installed maps with a single checkbox of some sort.

Mike

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:43 pm

I think then we have to wait until a map maker will use these.

snoopy55 · Post by **snoopy55** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:46 pm

It's me again, the one who caused all this trouble

......I hope you all got over hating me

......

Attached is a set of files, with instructions for doing Steam & Deisel for each country or just Diesel by itself. Please read over the instructions and be sure you understand them. They are short, but better to be safe than sorry.

I'm sorry bout my drunken binge, but someone had to take Slappys place......

K-class · Post by **K-class** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:12 pm

Thanks snoopy55 and atani for explaining this. Slappy will appreciate this Im sure.

lazersgm · Post by **lazersgm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:56 pm

drop this file in your C:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Railroads!\Assets\XML\_SCENARIOS_\US_East dir. it should add all the trains in this thread to all your basic scenarios in the US that came with the game. i think all the US scenarios reference this file.

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:37 pm

Gave that a try lazersgm and lost all the rest of my duals.

I tried it on the Side_to_Side map. I then took the old trainsXML and added The line for the Dual_GP38s and wallah I now have the dual GP38s in there!

Snoopy, don't take it wrong buddy, you have been more then helpful, and were lucky to have you here! Sometimes we have different setups,I may have something that you don't and that's probably why I couldn't get it to work. I have some issues in some other maps that I can't even get the duals in too.

but I still play them. I just like the dual engines.

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:27 pm

I was testing with the Dual_GP38 code, and was trying to put the same code where it worked in one map,into another. It seems that to me every map is different. It would sometimes take it and others would not. Some would even convert back to the original small steam engines, even tho I had set to have all trains.

lazersgm · Post by **lazersgm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:01 pm

Dwax. you probably had a different tag in your RRT_trains.xml file in you custom dir. thats most likely why it did not show up in the map. glad you got it fixed up.

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:23 pm

lazersgm wrote:Dwax. you probably had a different tag in your RRT_trains.xml file in you custom dir. thats most likely why it did not show up in the map. glad you got it fixed up.

what I did was copy and paste the file after renaming it. such as... RRT_Trains_sides to RRT_Trains_sides_DSC And never seen the GP38 dual in sides DSC.

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:22 pm

LOL I think i'm on to somthing, I was just adding this...

<train>
<szName>TAG_NAME_GP38_DUAL</szName>
</train>
</RRTTrains

then I added another line.

<train>
<szName>TAG_NAME_GP38_DUAL</szName>
<Year>1805</Year>
</train>
</RRTTrains>

Putting the year in it made the GP38 dual show up.

going to do some more testing.

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:39 pm

That did the trick for me!

I have the GP38 duals in the maps I wanted>

lazersgm · Post by **lazersgm** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:37 pm

if you dont add a date they will show up when they came out in real life. the gp38 should show up in 1952. you can over ride this in the RRT_Trains.xml or your map xml file as you have done.

Bad_Dude · Post by **Bad_Dude** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:28 pm

I ran the installer, Railroads CTD, uninstalled it, ran railroads, CTD, dont know what happend...reinstalling Railroads when i get home from work.

Big Papa · Post by **Big Papa** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:13 pm

An EMD GP38 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and December 1971.
-Wikipedia

Big Papa