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Can someone give a good explanation of what the serial line in the consist really does?
TrainCfg ( "1 CARGILL GRAIN CAR CUT - 30"
------> Serial ( 1 )Have seen others with 2 and 3 in the serial line.
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The serial field simply identifies the 'edition'. For example, say you altered your consist above within an activity that uses it, and that consist happened to be used in another (hence older) activity: when you try playing the older activity, you'd most likely get an error message because the older activity lists a smaller (i.e., older) serial number of the consist that you would have revised. Activities aren't devised to suss out exactly what had changed with one of its consists, just whether or not its edition is current.This serial field is used in many MSTS components, e.g., activities, paths, services, routes, etc., etc.Cheershttp://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Bayou/4804/ a fictitious network serving London, Weymouth, and points in between
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