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I downloaded and installed the Xtracks test route. I started the sim and the route didn't show up. I thought perhaps no activities or paths had been setup so I went into the activity editor and tried to setup a path but it wouldn't save. I then went back to the file library and read the description that says this route is not for use with activities. WHY NOT? What do I need to do to make this a working route. I would like to explore the various track configurations and learn how to manipulate the various kinds of special trackwork available. Okrasa--Can you help? Cal Rasmussen Beaverton, ORColumbia Gorge Route -- 20%
All I needed to do was go into the activity editor and create a path, heck I didn't even need to save the activity. Just chose explore route once I started the sim and there she was.
I figured it out. I had to add some missing folders like activities, paths, services, etc. Once I had all the folders in place, I was able to save a path and begin exploring. Cal Rasmussen Beaverton, ORColumbia Gorge Route -- 20%
I find that the reference route is much more usable in the RE than it could be in the sim itself. In the RE you can find out exactly which piece of track is used where.David Beach.Palouse & Lewiston
You are right, David, but the thing that RE won't tell you is how to operate a slip switch, etc. I wanted to be able explore this route so I could see all the different track arrangements behaved and how they look from the engineer's seat. I can tell you right now, don't even try to pull 50' boxcars around those tram curves! I haven't gotten to the grid of slip switches, yet. As much trouble as I had negotiating one of them, I hate to think what it is like with four or five of them in a row! Cal Rasmussen Beaverton, ORColumbia Gorge Route -- 20%
I suspect that's why most slip switches are controlled by a dispatcher or tower operator, being generally used in crowded, busy areas where stepping across the tracks to line the next one would mean taking one's life in one's hands.
