Coal Road 2 Install Question

It says in the read me that parts 1-6 are for the route, while parts 7-10 are for the rolling stock to run the activites. If I do not plan to run any of the activites, or use any of the rolling stock, do I still need to d/l and install those parts, or can I just d/l and install the first 6 parts?Chris Bogley
Syracuse New York
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RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, grandpaOz, Apr-20-04, 07:13 AM, (1) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, SVTS, Apr-20-04, 07:32 AM, (2) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, grandpaOz, Apr-20-04, 11:07 AM, (3) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, DTA, Apr-20-04, 04:01 PM, (4) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, SVTS, Apr-20-04, 05:04 PM, (5) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, SD80MAC, Apr-20-04, 07:05 PM, (6) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, SVTS, Apr-20-04, 07:44 PM, (7) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, Gavin J, Apr-20-04, 08:50 PM, (8) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, grandpaOz, Apr-21-04, 07:31 AM, (9) RE: Coal Road 2 Install Question, DTA, Apr-22-04, 04:39 PM, (10)

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G'day, can't answer your question as I don't have the expertise to delve too far into the devilish machinations of MSTS.....however, (and I could be wrong here, too ) if you don't get the trains and rolling-stock, you will miss out on one of the Great features of the route, and that is the Sounds ! Gavin has done some wonderful tweaking and has increased the 'enjoy' factor of driving this route by the inclusion of a variety of 'sound surprises'and......why would you not want to run Oz stock on an Oz route ?
an SD40-2 would look totally out of place in the bush.}> regards
grandpa

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LAST EDITED ON Apr-20-04 AT 07:32 AM (EDT)

>and......why would you not want to run Oz stock on an Oz
>route ?
>an SD40-2 would look totally out of place in the bush.}> True, but I have seen many screens from this route of US locomotives on this route, and they looks right at home. I am sure a lot of work was put into the activites and trainset / rolling stock, but for one I don't have the time to run activites, and two, I don't want the space taken up on my HD.
Chris Bogley
Syracuse New York
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take your point, Chris, different strokes, etc.
the only route I run American stock on is Seaview 4, I don't have any American routes that I use, I prefer U.K., European, New Zealand, and, of course, Oz.Happy Simming,
grandpa

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LAST EDITED ON Apr-20-04 AT 04:03 PM (EDT)

Well granpa, you seem to have the right idea on routes! LOL!Are there any other Aus routes you would recommend? I was really impressed with the coal road.DavidPS BTW we are making Warne an Englishman, so you cannot have him back!DTA

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Well, I got the route installed by only d/l'ing and installing the first 6 parts, and then deleting the contents of the ACTIVITES, SERVICE and TRAFFIC folders. So far I have explored about an hours worth of this fantastic route, and hoipe I have time to see the rest of it. Great job Gavin. BTW, I only get a few .SMS error messages, so I am not sure if I am just missing these files, or what. I get other custom .SMS sounds throughout the route, so not sure.Chris Bogley
Syracuse New York
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www.msnusers.com/tehachapirails3rd shift Production, Krispy Kreme, Syracuse NYAmtrak "American Eagle" Activity Pack, Summer 2004

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LAST EDITED ON Apr-20-04 AT 07:09 PM (EDT)

The .sms files your looking for are...coalroadtrack0ex,and coalroadtrack0in I'm pretty sure these are the ones.I had the same errors during "start up".

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Yeah, those, plus two others in the first 10 miles or so, asking for surburan_truck and suburban_traffic.sms files. In all cases I click ok and keep on going.Chris Bogley
Syracuse New York
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Glad you like it.Those .sms files are in the SOUND folder in part 7 of install.
Better download, and run installer to temp location and dig out
the SOUND folder, and manually put into the main sound folder.Gavin

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G'day David, try the following, you won't be disappointed !Blue Mountains Route v2
quite scenic, lots of varied traffic, North of Sydney, NSW.Melbourne to Ballarat
lots of goods traffic, country route in Victoria.Mornington Tourist railway.....fairly short run, but interesting.La Perouse...(Trams) first Oz route. Run the famous Bondi Tram !All the above you can get from http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me/trainsim/
including most of the r/stock, etc.regards
grandpa

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Thanks for the info, I will give it a look. David

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