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jvc7582 (5 posts)
Apr-10-02, 08:55 PM (EST) "Help installing trains " I've downloaded the F40PH engine and followed the instructions on how and where to unzip the files But when I try to run the F40PH train I get the error message "error reading train database file
File: Trains\Trainset\F40PH\F40PH.ENG. Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. I thought I was pretty good at this but I guess notThanks Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Help installing trains rrlyon Apr-10-02 1 RE: Help installing trains ohmcno Apr-10-02 2 RE: Help installing trains chucksc Apr-10-02 3 RE: Help installing trains jvc7582 Apr-11-02 5 RE: Help installing trains jvc7582 Apr-11-02 4 RE: Help installing trains rrlyon Apr-11-02 6 RE: Help installing trains rrlyon Apr-11-02 7 RE: Help installing trains jvc7582 Apr-11-02 8 RE: Help installing trains rrlyon Apr-11-02 9

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rrlyon (37 posts)
Apr-10-02, 10:41 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Help installing trains " Which one of the F40PH files did you download? There are a few choices available. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ohmcno (106 posts)
Apr-10-02, 10:58 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Help installing trains " Did you install F40 Patch 1 as well?-- Michael MacFall --

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chucksc (1357 posts)
Apr-10-02, 11:07 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Help installing trains " Mike,
i think he is using Tony's as his is labeled F40ph and ours is just F40....------Chuck Schneider---------

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jvc7582 (5 posts)
Apr-11-02, 01:32 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Help installing trains " >Did you install F40 Patch 1
>as well?
>Yes I install the F40 patch is. there something else I need to download?
>-- Michael MacFall --
>
>http://nalw.macfall.com
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jvc7582 (5 posts)
Apr-11-02, 01:31 AM (EST) 4. "RE: Help installing trains " >Which one of the F40PH files
>did you download? There
>are a few choices available.
>I've downloaded the f40phmetra and f40phamtrk
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rrlyon (37 posts)
Apr-11-02, 02:00 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Help installing trains " I haven't got the f40phmetra so far, I do have the f40phme2.zip and it installs and runs fine. Maybe I will get a chance to try one of the others and see what happens.Richard Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
rrlyon (37 posts)
Apr-11-02, 02:24 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Help installing trains " I downloaded the f40phamt.zip and installed it. There were no problems getting it running. I opened it with winzip and as always first checked the readme.txt to see where the install directory needed to be. It stated to put it in the f40ph directory. I extracted all the files into it and copied the .con file to the consist directory. After starting MSTS the engine was in the list and the consist was listed. I started a route (explore mode for all testing) and startedmoving. The driver that shows in the window is definitely not detailed very much. Other than no real good rear red lights it works fine. Try completely removing the f40ph directory and reinstalling the engine.Richard Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jvc7582 (5 posts)
Apr-11-02, 04:06 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Help installing trains " >I downloaded the f40phamt.zip and installed
>it. There were no problems
>getting it running. I opened
>it with winzip and as
>always first checked the readme.txt
>to see where the install
>directory needed to be. It
>stated to put it in
>the f40ph directory. I extracted
>all the files into it
>and copied the .con file
>to the consist directory. After
>starting MSTS the engine was
>in the list and the
>consist was listed. I started
>a route (explore mode for
>all testing) and startedmoving. The
>driver that shows in the
>window is definitely not detailed
>very much. Other than no
>real good rear red lights
>it works fine. Try completely
>removing the f40ph directory and
>reinstalling the engine.
>
>Richard I guess thats what I'm missing I don't have the f40ph directory
where can I get this file from I didn't see it on train-sim downloads
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rrlyon (37 posts)
Apr-11-02, 05:51 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Help installing trains " When you open the f40phmet.zip the readme.txt file states to save all of the files in a directory labeled f40ph. Once all of the files are extracted there, transfer the consist .con file to the consist directory and the engine will shop in MSTS for exploring. I don't know how many archives you have extracted, but some were saved in the desired location and will extract there automatically, some have an entry in the readme file telling you where to save files and some have no preference, save them into whatever you want to call the directory. Due to the consist file pointing to both a filename for the cars and a directory location that is why you need to save files into the specified location. Now if I could get the exteacted .sd files to always have the correct car file listed things would be easier. Many of the freight cars have a .s shape file, but the matching .sd file points to a TS default car .s file instead.Example:SIMISA@@@@@@@@@@JINX0t1t______shape ( usfreight6.s
ESD_Detail_Level ( 0 )
ESD_Software_DLev ( 2 )
ESD_Alternative_Texture ( 0 )
ESD_Bounding_Box ( -1.607 1.011 -8.417 1.620 5.107 8.306 )
)When the shape should be newcar.s (whatever the name of the car is).Richard Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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