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can any one create a activity with LOTS OF UP equiptment in it?
cause i see not many activities with UP equiptment in it!!!!

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HiNo one is stopping you from trying to create one yourselfGaryG

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I can create an activity with lots of CP equipment in it if you like !!CPUPWhatever !!Same powerfull railroads.....different country.LaterTim Kent

"Power for You"

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hey Tim, don't you have KHP? I'd love to see some act's from you on that route (modern)Brian E. Bundridge
Seattle, WA USA

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Keep those activities coming for the KHP,We need more Canadian activities !!

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Hey Brian,Right now I am in the middle of a Hard drive Crash............My 40GIG should be in by Wednesday.As soon as it comes in , Im getting a full re-install of windows, and I will get onto the KHP activities for sure. I already have 2 started, BUT I am working out small issues.I am lucky enough to have a second hard drive to back up all the great MSTS product I have collected along the way.LaterTim Kent

"Power for You"PS: Brian, you still playing Medal of Honour? By the end of next month I will be running a 24/7 dedicated server for this ( Once I get the remaining peices for the 2nd PC )Anyways keep your eyes out for "Winnipegz Winterz Serverz"

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well itry but everytime i get to the place a event i cant get it to work!!!!
i need help!!!

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What is that you're trying to do bcdef ??I may be able to help, although activity creation is NOT my strong point within MSTSTim Kent

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well i put a AI cosist and i use the full bucket line activity called fort fairfax to simonville via joshas craddle!!
and i am modifying it and i cant get the AI trains to move i did the activate a evet and it still wont move!!
please could you help me?
i cant even modify the players train all it does is screw it up!!!!
DESPERATE!!!

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@bcdef:
Hmmm... but it should work if you simply change the consists e.g. using ConBuilder. Try for example to change the default Dash 9 in the FB_BigFreight.con file; this consist is used as an AI freight train in this (and other) activities of the Full Bucket Line.Hope this helps,
Bjoern

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>Hey Brian,
>
>Right now I am in the
>middle of a Hard drive
>Crash............My 40GIG should be in
>by Wednesday.
>
>As soon as it comes in
>, Im getting a full
>re-install of windows, and I
>will get onto the KHP
>activities for sure. I already
>have 2 started, BUT I
>am working out small issues.
>
>
>I am lucky enough to have
>a second hard drive to
>back up all the great
>MSTS product I have collected
>along the way.
>
>Later
>
>Tim Kent
>
>"Power for You"
>
>PS: Brian, you still playing Medal
>of Honour? By the end
>of next month I will
>be running a 24/7 dedicated
>server for this ( Once
>I get the remaining peices
>for the 2nd PC )
>
>
>Anyways keep your eyes out for
>"Winnipegz Winterz Serverz" Hey Tim, I still play Medal of Honor, it's my lifeblood!! LOLSorry to hear about the HD Crash, I'm getting a bit worried about this one myself, it's been locking up alot more then I would like it to, so I just backed up my TS files onto my backup drive... that poor 13.1GB Harddrive didn't like the idea to much.......When I start working on my second computer.. i'm gonna get 2 60GB Drives.. to be on the safe side.Brian E. Bundridge

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well i found out it is the paths i placed randoms consists in random areas like on that activity fort fairfax......
i placed a consist on the industrial siding and placed acivate an event and it wont move how do you place paths for the AI trains cause every time i try it goes back to player path!!
AAARRRGGG need help please!!!! i just want 2 trains to follow me LOLAmerica's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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Here is a suggestion for you;1. Take someone elses activity that works and save it under a new name.2. Change this player consist in the new activity to a UP consist you have made up.3. Open the AI traffic menu up as a template and give it a new name. Then change trains to UP consists.Save the game and now you have a UP version of the game.This way you don't have to worry about paths and start times etc. until you get some more experience.Its simpler to learn if you take it one step at a time!

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>Here is a suggestion for you;
>
>
>1. Take someone elses activity that
>works and save it under
>a new name.
>
>2. Change this player consist in
>the new activity to a
>UP consist you have made
>up.
>
>3. Open the AI traffic menu
>up as a template and
>give it a new name.
>Then change trains to UP
>consists.
>
>Save the game and now you
>have a UP version of
>the game.
>
>This way you don't have to
>worry about paths and start
>times etc. until you get
>some more experience.
>
>Its simpler to learn if you
>take it one step at
>a time! well i want only t2 have 2 trains to follow me not change the consist of the activity
!!!!!!
America's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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>>Here is a suggestion for you;
>>
>>
>>1. Take someone elses activity that
>>works and save it under
>>a new name.
>>
>>2. Change this player consist in
>>the new activity to a
>>UP consist you have made
>>up.
>>
>>3. Open the AI traffic menu
>>up as a template and
>>give it a new name.
>>Then change trains to UP
>>consists.
>>
>>Save the game and now you
>>have a UP version of
>>the game.
>>
>>This way you don't have to
>>worry about paths and start
>>times etc. until you get
>>some more experience.
>>
>>Its simpler to learn if you
>>take it one step at
>>a time!
>
>well i want only t2 have
>2 trains to follow me
>not change the consist of
>the activity
>!!!!!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>America's railroads are among the best
>in the world!
>if we want em to stay
>like that we better pay
>tribute!
>Railroads help us in time of
>need even when we dont
>notice!
>
>GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD Boy you confuse me....Your thread said you wanted all UP. Oh well..... If you want to have 2 trains follow you then make 2 new sevices using the same path you are and start them at..... lets say, 10 minute intervals after your train starts. I'm not sure why you want to do this. You can probably see your first following train if you stop right past a signal and then wait for your other train to pull up. I don't think you will ever see the second train. Beware of routes with restricting signals. I don' think the AI trains will stop in the could will crash into you.

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One thing I forgot...... Be sure to make new names for your traffic services or you will over write the existing ones.

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Sir,I dont want to anoy you but I need step by step instuctions and ALOT of detail to make a path for my sweet UP activities!!!America's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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>Sir,
>
>I dont want to anoy you
>but I need step by
>step instuctions and ALOT of
>detail to make a path
>for my sweet UP activities!!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>America's railroads are among the best
>in the world!
>if we want em to stay
>like that we better pay
>tribute!
>Railroads help us in time of
>need even when we dont
>notice!
>
>GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD Ok we can do that but I need to know what you know first. Then I can come up with an approach. Please answer these questions:1. Do you know how to make a consist?2. Do you know how to make a path with various switch points reversing points etc?3. Have you made any activities yet?4. Have you ever modified some one elses activities?By the way....Complex activites can be very hard so I will give you detail but One step at a time..OK?

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>>Sir,
>>
>>I dont want to anoy you
>>but I need step by
>>step instuctions and ALOT of
>>detail to make a path
>>for my sweet UP activities!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>America's railroads are among the best
>>in the world!
>>if we want em to stay
>>like that we better pay
>>tribute!
>>Railroads help us in time of
>>need even when we dont
>>notice!
>>
>>GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD
>
>Ok we can do that but
>I need to know what
>you know first. Then I
>can come up with an
>approach. Please answer these questions:
>
>
>1. Do you know how to
>make a consist?
>
>2. Do you know how to
>make a path with various
>switch points reversing points etc?
>
>
>3. Have you made any activities
>yet?
>
>4. Have you ever modified some
>one elses activities?
>
>By the way....Complex activites can be
>very hard so I will
>give you detail but One
>step at a time..OK? 1. yes
2. no
3. no
4. yes!!America's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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Ok based on your responses:Open the activity editor.
1. Open "new" activity.
2. Select a route....choose "Northeast corridor"
3. Select an activity name I used "new activity"
4. Expand map and move cursor to find "BWI station"
5. Press the "new" button in the player service box
6. Give the service a "name" and "display name"
7. Press the "new" button in the path box
8. Give the "path" a name
9. Give the "path display" a name
10. Move your cursor down to the middle track at "bwi station" and right click
11. Choose "place start point" from menu
12. The green line should go north towards Baltimore. If it doesn't right click on the green line and choose "toggle start direction"
13.Move the cursor on the map to find "Baltimore"
14. Right click the green line and choose "place end point"
15. In the path editor box give the starting location a name such as "BWI"
16. Do the same for ending location such as "Baltimore"
17. Then choose "leave path editor"
18. Answer "yes" that you want to save path changes.
19. Press the "down arrow" in the consist box and choose a default consist or make a new one of your own.
20. Check the "Baltimore" box in the "stops" window
21 Press the ok button
22. Leave the start time at "12:00" in the player box
23. Press the "edit time table" button
24. Press the "calculate this" button
25 Close the "edit timetable" box
26 In the activity section press the "edit activity description" button and write a description
27. Do the same for "edit activity brief"
28 Save your activity by pressing the file save menu button and giving it a name
29 Close the activity editor and open Train sim and run your activityOnce you complete this we'll go on to the next step. I suggest you buy a book on making activities. Sybex make a OK book on the basics. They want to sell it for $20 it isn't woth that. Shop around..I found it for $10. Ther are other better sources as well.

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WHAT ABOUT TRAFFIC?
and make it step by step also!!!
the other directions helped though!!America's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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Somthin like this maybe??????...hehe Comin REALLY soon!!! for the FullBucketline Route
Longhairedwizard

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:D:D MADE ME JELOUS!!! :D
keep up the UP activities!!! LOL
LUVVVVEEEEEE IIIITTTT!!!
America's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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>Comin REALLY soon!!! for the
>FullBucketline Route Yes, please! Greetings from Germany,
Bjoern

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in like days or weeks?
wispers " please say days!":D:D:D:DAmerica's railroads are among the best in the world!
if we want em to stay like that we better pay tribute!
Railroads help us in time of need even when we dont notice!GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN RAILROAD

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Should be uploaded tuesday......LHW

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How to add traffic:1. Start activity editor and open the activity you've been working on.
2. Click "new" button on Traffic pattern menu
3. Give it a name
4. Give it a display name
5. Depress "new" button in the "select service" box
6. In the "service editor" box give the traffic service a name such as "new traffic"
7. Do the same for "display name"
8. Depress the "new" button in the "path" box
9. Give the new traffic path a name and then a display name
10. In the path editor box give the starting location "Baltimore" and the end location "BWI"
11. Move the map to Baltimore and place your cursor on track 7 and right click
12. Choose "place start point"
13. Move back to BWI and right click on path
14. Choose "place end point"
15. Choose "leave path editor"
16. Answer "yes" to save path changes
17. Go to service editor menu and choose or create a consist
18. Click OK
19. Now move back to the "select service" box on the traffic pattern menu
20. Scroll until you find the name of the service you just created then press "insert selected service"
21. Enter a start time of 12:00:00 so it will be leaving Baltimore at the same time your train is leaving BWI
22. Save activity and play.Repeat to add more services. You can use same service and start at a differnt time or make a new sevice. You could also add a train running in front of you that you follow using your player service or a new service. You can use the same paths for your services and just change the consists. You can edit the consists to add your UP. Just try different things and study other peoples activities. Thats how you learn and as I said before invest in a book. I think Micheal Vone wrote a good one.
Also you can use any path that you may already have. There is no need to make another path if you already have it unless you want to distinguish it by name or something. Every time you down load new activities you most likely get new paths.have fun

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Correction....It is Richard Garber who wrote the activity book available @ Abacus. From the looks of the table of contents it looks like it is a very good resource!

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You can get Richard's guide from the library. I worship it!! (well....)Phil
http://trainsimming.tripod.com

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>You can get Richard's guide from
>the library. I worship it!!
>(well....)
>
>Phil
>http://trainsimming.tripod.com
Yep. Your right. He does have a version here, however, the one @ Abacus is 100+ pages so I think there is more detail....and it looks like a real good buy for $10.

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