Train Store

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:17 am

Can the author of this utility tell us whether the Setup program for the utility makes any changes to the MSTS configuration, or only installs the utility.

isambardkingdombrunel · Thu Feb 13, 2003 7:34 am

According to the help file ,it doesnt make any changes to msts.

IKB.

TFormoso · Post by **TFormoso** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 8:53 am

The setup program does not make any changes to MSTS. It only intalls the Train Store executable and the manual. When you run Train Store the first time it guides you through setting the parameters needed for Train Store. It does not make any changes to the contents of MSTS files.

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 12:00 pm

Sounds great. Is it a similar thing to Route Control? I.e. can you only have one route installed at a time if they've been compressed, or can you choose how many routes are there?

TFormoso · Post by **TFormoso** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:40 pm

You can have as many Routes 'In Use' as you want, when you want, although the fewer you have 'In Use' at any time, the less MSTS has to read up and deal with.

Train Store works down to Activity level, so you can set a Scenario where you have chosen 1 Activity from 1 Route 'In Use', the remaining Routes and Consists from your MSTS installation stay 'In Store'.

Scenarios can contain any combination of Routes and Activities from your MSTS installation. You can change from Scenario to Scenario, quickly. Ideal for exhibitions and demos?)

It does not compress anything. You do not need to prepare your Routes in any way.

The net effect is that when MSTS is running a simulation it is dealing with a configuration which only contains the files that are needed.

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:32 pm

Sounds like the number 1 must have MSTS tool of 2003! Good job I downloaded it already... you could charge a fortune for this sort of thing!