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cytrain (65 posts)
May-28-02, 00:18 AM (EDT) "I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... AlabamaRailfan May-28-02 1 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... cytrain May-28-02 2 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... kyleh24 May-28-02 3 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... chucksc May-28-02 4 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Andre May-28-02 7 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Andre May-28-02 8 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... cytrain May-28-02 10 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Andre May-28-02 11 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... georgi55 May-28-02 5 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... LocoRo May-28-02 6 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... FozzyBear May-28-02 9 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... CPR_Malice_96th May-28-02 12 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... zhivago47 May-28-02 13 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck May-28-02 14 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... timepilot May-28-02 16 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... phillyrails May-28-02 15 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Hawk May-28-02 18 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... NoMoreTrains May-28-02 17 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Yuehan May-28-02 19 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... patm41 May-28-02 20 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Jitny May-28-02 21 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... yellowdog May-28-02 22 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... georgi55 May-29-02 26 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... Southern_Railway May-28-02 23 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... NG10 May-29-02 24 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... cytrain May-29-02 25 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... NG10 May-29-02 27 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... cytrain May-30-02 31 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... NG10 May-30-02 32 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... ricksan May-29-02 28 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... carlylet May-29-02 29 RE: I've been wanting to do this fo... cytrain May-30-02 30

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AlabamaRailfan (303 posts)
May-28-02, 00:24 AM (EDT) 1. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" That's sweet and sure makes the screen look less crowded...tips on you pulled that off?Highball!John D. Peterson
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cytrain (65 posts)
May-28-02, 00:44 AM (EDT) 2. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" well...since you asked...Nuthin' much to it really.. Let's take the track monitor first.
Go to \Train Simulator\GUI\DRIVERAIDS.
Might as well back up all files in this directory FIRST.
Delete trackbk.ace (track background glorified bitmap)
Make a copy of trackdrag.ace and rename it trackbk.ace. Trackdrag.ace is simply the frame you drag when you want to decide where to reposition the window.
Thassall.Repeat for pointsbk/pointsdrag (points window) and progbk/progdrag (time and next station window). The trops (train ops) window is the one showing the wagon numbers in the consist, but there's probably no need to change that one.To change the font color from pale blue to yellow for better visibility, open the relevant .dat file (e.g., monitor.dat and progress.dat) in the same folder using a Unicode editor such as Wordpad or (my favorite) EmEditor, and change each sequence of "125 125 255" to "255 255 0". These are the standard Red, Green, Blue color codes. Or you could substitute other values as I described in an earlier post.HTH. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
kyleh24 (102 posts)
May-28-02, 01:06 AM (EDT) 3. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Thanks for the tip. That's awesome....Kyle Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
chucksc (1634 posts)
May-28-02, 01:28 AM (EDT) 4. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" eXCELLENT!------Chuck Schneider---------

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Andre (214 posts)
May-28-02, 07:02 AM (EDT) 7. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Thanks, we can now play "Spot the Trackmonitor"
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Andre (214 posts)
May-28-02, 09:42 AM (EDT) 8. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" I have made an installfile. It's now available at the MS TrainStop site at http://www.mstrainstop.com . If Cytrain agrees i will upload it on this site.
André

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cytrain (65 posts)
May-28-02, 10:11 AM (EDT) 10. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" LAST EDITED ON May-28-02 AT 10:13 AM (EDT)>I have made an installfile. It's
>now available at the MS
>TrainStop site at http://www.mstrainstop.com .
>If Cytrain agrees i will
>upload it on this site.
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>
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>André
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>Web : www.MSTrainStop.com
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>E-Mail : andre@mstrainstop.com Sure, Andre, happy for you to do that - would appreciate your giving me credit for this in your readme.txt. Enjoy.Thanks for all the positive feedback guys.
I will probabably pack this and some other fixes I've posted here in a file and upload it to the Train-Sim.com files directory when ready. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Andre (214 posts)
May-28-02, 10:18 AM (EDT) 11. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" I already did, i also mentioned your name on our site. I already sent you the file.André

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georgi55 (839 posts)
May-28-02, 01:44 AM (EDT) 5. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" This is GREAT! Thanks!!
Maybe you can put it up in file library so people who don't want to mess can just extract and overwrite files?
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LocoRo (441 posts)
May-28-02, 05:42 AM (EDT) 6. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" What a super solution this is !! Thanks so much Greetings Roland
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FozzyBear (1252 posts)
May-28-02, 09:43 AM (EDT) 9. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time"
WOOOOOOWOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Superb!This makes it possible to see what the controls are doing without having to move those damned anoying little windows out the way all the time! Just tried it out and it works fine!! WAHEY! Nice Fix....Best Regards,
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CPR_Malice_96th (875 posts)
May-28-02, 10:24 AM (EDT) 12. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Great Stuff !!Now I need to get my PC back from the Doctors !!Tim Kent

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zhivago47 (70 posts)
May-28-02, 02:51 PM (EDT) 13. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" It never ceases to amaze me, the talent here........What a great idea and yet so simple we all missed it........Thanks so much for this........Now I don't have to move those stupid boxes around any more, and even a screeshot with them on will not look too bad..........You guys are great!Tim
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CSX_CW60AC_GregMarck (378 posts)
May-28-02, 03:14 PM (EDT) 14. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Thank you sooooooooo much!
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timepilot (72 posts)
May-28-02, 05:01 PM (EDT) 16. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" LAST EDITED ON May-28-02 AT 05:02 PM (EDT)Great Idea! Thanks!!! I needed the Track monitor up to know what was going on in the sim, but then I couldn't read the gauges with it running. This is a great solution. Can't wait to try it out.Thanks again!!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
phillyrails (9 posts)
May-28-02, 04:54 PM (EDT) 15. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" cytrain,
Add me to the list of those who deeply appreciate this fix. It definitly makes train operation less frustrating by having the windows blocking the view.Thanks, again,
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Hawk (470 posts)
May-28-02, 05:22 PM (EDT) 18. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" I love that trick. Sure does make things look better.
Thank you,
Hawk
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NoMoreTrains (376 posts)
May-28-02, 05:11 PM (EDT) 17. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Good job. One of the best mods yet! Love the aids, but hated how they interfered with the view. Thanks a bunch.Ray
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Yuehan (12 posts)
May-28-02, 08:44 PM (EDT) 19. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Excellent! Like scratching a flea off yer back. I hope they use your talent in MSTS Version 2!
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patm41 (911 posts)
May-28-02, 09:12 PM (EDT) 20. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" When running at over 520 kph in the Transrapid i need all the help i can get... thanks your mod works great !!!!
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Jitny (183 posts)
May-28-02, 09:31 PM (EDT) 21. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" GGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRReeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttt! Regards
Bob

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yellowdog (225 posts)
May-28-02, 10:47 PM (EDT) 22. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time"
Ahh, that's SO nice! THANKS!
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georgi55 (839 posts)
May-29-02, 09:55 AM (EDT) 26. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" I jsut realized, MSTS Aids were hell for people who cant play at 1026*768 resolution...look at the screenshot on above's post...its taking up the whole screen!
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Southern_Railway (483 posts)
May-28-02, 10:51 PM (EDT) 23. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Thanks Cytrain. Very much appreciated.Bill Burnett Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NG10 (12 posts)
May-29-02, 04:34 AM (EDT) 24. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Thanks - that is great.Just one thing though - does anyone who has performed this modification also have FS2002 - the ATC window has gone the same way - but why?Paddy Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
cytrain (65 posts)
May-29-02, 09:26 AM (EDT) 25. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" >Thanks - that is great.
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>Just one thing though - does
>anyone who has performed this
>modification also have FS2002 -
>the ATC window has gone
>the same way - but
>why?
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>Paddy Fascinating! Who would have thought that? Personally I haven't got FS2002 installed. Have you tried substituting your original folder to see if FS2002 recovers? I think we'd all be interested. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NG10 (12 posts)
May-29-02, 10:11 AM (EDT) 27. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time"
>Fascinating! Who would have thought that?
>Personally I haven't got FS2002
>installed. Have you tried substituting
>your original folder to see
>if FS2002 recovers? I think
>we'd all be interested.
Yep - no change - guess I can live with it thoughPaddy Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
cytrain (65 posts)
May-30-02, 01:59 AM (EDT) 31. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" It's hard to know what to suggest. Since all I did was to swap some .ace files around, one might have expected similar maneuvres
using other .ace files to cause similar interference, e.g., swapping watertop.ace. Yet no one's reported this.I don't know much about FS2002, but maybe you could open the ATC file or files and check to see what bitmap files are being pointed too. It's just possible that a FS file and TS file may have the same name, or that you accidentally modified FS when you intended to modify TS.The fact that you said that replacing the TS folder with the original did not cure the problem suggests that the fault might not lie with TS, not as we understand it, since substituting the original file or folder fixes most errors of this kind. It seems unlikely to be a registry problem. Perhaps a DLL problem?At any rate, FS and TS are so popular that I'm sure others will report similar interference if this actually takes place.I wish I could be of more help. Perhaps a fresh install of both on a friend's computer might throw more light on the subject.
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NG10 (12 posts)
May-30-02, 02:45 AM (EDT) 32. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" LAST EDITED ON May-30-02 AT 02:51 AM (EDT)>I wish I could be of
>more help. Perhaps a fresh
>install of both on a
>friend's computer might throw more
>light on the subject. Hells bells, I'm not going down that route .I should have been more specific on what it has done in FS2002, for me at least. It was always a transparent window but it has picked up the yellow and cyan.In any event I think that as far as MSTS is concerned this is a major discovery and of great benefit to all.As far as FS2002 is concerned as I said I can live with it. The advantage of the one far outweighs the disadvantage of the other.Paddy Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ricksan (31 posts)
May-29-02, 10:17 AM (EDT) 28. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Oh yeah, this is def-f-finitely cool!I knew that MSTS uses a bunch of ACE files for these info windows, but it never occurred to me to make 'em invisible, either. Always hated the opaque windows - turned 'em off as soon as I could.Too bad I can't try it out for real over here in Taiwan -- oops, the "other" China this week! But maybe be home soon.Rick Vernon,
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carlylet (60 posts)
May-29-02, 08:20 PM (EDT) 29. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" Fantastic enhancement!! Kudos!! One other thing: Can you add another post with a description of the enhancement in the title. I accidentally stumbled across your post just being curious as to what "I finally did it" means. This is a quatum leap in MSTS and everyone needs to know about it!!Carlyle Thompson
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cytrain (65 posts)
May-30-02, 01:44 AM (EDT) 30. "RE: I've been wanting to do this for a long time" As you wish! I chose the original title since factual titles can get a bit boring so no one reads them Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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