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CactusBoy (92 posts)
Aug-14-01, 03:36 PM (EST) "Flatcar" Ok, I'm posting this here too...seems my earlier post is being ignored.I think...key there is think I've found an easter egg. Searching through USA1 for something, I ran across the following file:flatcar_USA.sAnyone wanna take a stab at getting this into the game and finding out just what it is? (personally, I think it speaks for itself.)
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Flatcar stationmaster Aug-14-01 1 RE: Flatcar - the wheels turn but..... stationmaster Aug-15-01 6 RE: Flatcar driver89 Aug-14-01 2 RE: Flatcar lightbg Aug-14-01 3 RE: Flatcar CactusBoy Aug-14-01 4 Here's my latest findings CactusBoy Aug-14-01 5 RE: Here's my latest findings Hussar Aug-15-01 7 RE: Here's my latest findings lightbg Aug-15-01 8 RE: Here's my latest findings jerseycentral Aug-15-01 9

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stationmaster (103 posts)
Aug-14-01, 04:18 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Flatcar" I'll take a look tonight. If the .s file hierchy is correct for a wagon, it should work.
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stationmaster (103 posts)
Aug-15-01, 03:35 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Flatcar - the wheels turn but..." OK, I took a look at it by copying Flatcar_USA.s and Flatcar.ace to a folder in the Trainset folder and modifying a .sd and .wag file from another folder.I was able to build a consist, and it loads, the wheels turn but the bogies are half buried in the roadbed. Another interesting bit. Although it's labeled Flatcar_USA, it has european style bumpers(?).I guess it's possible to edit a decompressed .s file to fix the height above the rails, but I'm not sure what to look for.
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driver89 (182 posts)
Aug-14-01, 07:25 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Flatcar" It's exactly what it appears to be. A flat car, however it appears to have been added for scenery purposes only as it has now wheels. I suspect when they were designing this it was intended to be able to add it for effect, maybee for a train wreck, as there is also a scenic model of a loco.To get it into the game you will have to add it to the route editor's .ref file and then place it with the route editor. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
lightbg (90 posts)
Aug-14-01, 09:08 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Flatcar" Actually, it does have wheels and trucks. They show up in the consist editor( The car also has European style end bumpers on it, and no couplers that I saw ). However, when you start MSTS all you see is the flatcar deck sitting on the rails, with just the tops of the wheelset showing, and they appear to be a wider gauge than the track ( so much for it having Rio Grande Southern heritage...)
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CactusBoy (92 posts)
Aug-14-01, 09:40 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Flatcar" I think it's along the lines of the other "easter eggs" people have found. Stuff intended to be in the game that never really got off the drawing board.I'm gonna play around with the thing and see if I can get it working where there's more than just the deck above the rails.
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CactusBoy (92 posts)
Aug-14-01, 11:37 PM (EST) 5. "Here's my latest findings" Ok, been piddling around and here's what i've found in the shape files (textures listed where I find them)Location 1:
Europe 1:
Shape files:CrosbyGarret.s
CrosbyGarrett.sd
CrosbyGarrett_r.s
CrosbyGarrett_r.sdNo textures for these files.Japan 1:JP1trainsubway.s
JP1trainsubway.sd(No tex...but i think that's a rail to subway connection.)Japan 2:Crane.s
Crane.sd ( think this is an object more than anything)JP2trackrepair.s (isn't this that one the other guy found?)Jp2trackrepair.ace (texture file)US2Digger.s
US2Digger.sd (no clue as to this one...but it could be a train)
US2digger.aceUS1:Flatcar_USA.s (listed above and confirmed as being a car)US2Main_train.s (posted elsewhere in this board)US2Tracktruck.s (avialable for download thanks to another poster)US2Ufo.s (any guesses?)That's about all of the strange shapes. Anyone wanna figure out what they are and could somoene tell me how to get those into the game? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Hussar (7 posts)
Aug-15-01, 07:35 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Here's my latest findings" There are some Cupola Cabooses in the scenery above Essex (opposite the Hotel) in several different liveries. Guess those shapes are in the scenery files too. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
lightbg (90 posts)
Aug-15-01, 08:40 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Here's my latest findings" LAST EDITED ON Aug-15-01 AT 08:46 AM (EST)Check my post under "Locomotive Design" to find out what the "US2Digger" is.....Jake. ( The post is titled " DIY Orientation" ) Also, forget about "crane" or "crane1", unless you'd like to drive an 80' platform sideways Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerseycentral (163 posts)
Aug-15-01, 10:29 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Here's my latest findings" UFO has already been documented..if put into layout will fly around according to the vertexes or something and then come back...can someone please findout what that subway thingy is...just uncompress it and then find out what the texture file is named... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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