London - Southampton Help, Information and News Thread

neilholloway22 · Post by **neilholloway22** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:17 pm

apologies, no one replied to me on here until a little earlier and so i had posted on another forum and got answers yesterday. just figured no one checked this forum anymore

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:19 pm

desiro5 wrote:
salopiangrowler wrote:the 166 isnt available. Surely everyone know's that.

Some people they buy MSTS and ask question's like theres no tomorrow. we do pride in helping but we draw a line.
Wow, what a nice welcoming post.

Cheers

Ali

thats just Matt being Matt Ali

OTTODAD · Post by **OTTODAD** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:34 pm

trains2 wrote:Anyway, enjoy! (click for larger image)

The large numbers of readers of this tread made me curious to check what this route is all about and looking at this post I can not see their thumbnails links. Their code however is there, replying with "Quote", but my IExplorer-6 does not show me them as you can see below.

Checked it's settings and can not see an option for allowing them to be used ?

Thanks for any advice, O t t o.

thomascairns · Post by **thomascairns** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:21 pm

That post was in late 2004 so I'm not surprised thumbs are missing.

Basically it's London - Southampton fully unscenerised to put it simply!

Website · Post by **Easilyconfused** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:28 pm

Well the thumbnails still show for me on page 1 of this thread. No idea why Otto can't see them.

OTTODAD · Post by **OTTODAD** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:12 pm

Easilyconfused wrote:Well the thumbnails still show for me on page 1 of this thread. No idea why Otto can't see them.

Mystery solved. I switched off the Zone Alarm Pro !

O t t o.

desiro5 · Post by **desiro5** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:04 am

a former user wrote:
desiro5 wrote:
salopiangrowler wrote:the 166 isnt available. Surely everyone know's that.

Some people they buy MSTS and ask question's like theres no tomorrow. we do pride in helping but we draw a line.
Wow, what a nice welcoming post.

Cheers

Ali
thats just Nick being Nick Ali

I though he was Matt?

Cheers

Ali

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:00 am

Your Right Ali Getting mixed up with My old mate of the same surname I have changed it But not in your post just in original

trains2 · Post by **trains2** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:32 am

thomascairns wrote:That post was in late 2004 so I'm not surprised thumbs are missing.

Basically it's London - Southampton fully unscenerised to put it simply!

Yeah I've taken some of the later shots down, I think the shots on the first page are in my atmoic album, as it's a dead project no need to have them really.

Rich

neilholloway22 · Post by **neilholloway22** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:46 am

for the virgin trains activity i need a ct42 car transporter, if i download any single transporter and rename it would that work?

thanks

ashgray · Post by **ashgray** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:15 pm

Hi Neil

Apologies if I was a bit grumpy yesterday - domestic probs (half my kitchen ceiling caved in!)

Re-naming a stock item can cause a number of problems so I wouldn't advise this unless you really know what you're doing. I think the old CT42 transporter was removed from the file library some time ago which explains why you couldn't find it. The best and simplest solution is to download another transporter. Then, if you've not already domne so, download Activity Analyser and use it to swap your new transporter for the missing one. Route Riter or Conbuilder can also do this for you but are far more complex programs. I have all three but use AA to make such swaps as it's quick and easy - you'll find it a very useful tool if you download a lot of activities and wish to use different stock of substitute unavailable items.

You can read about AA here http://www.uktrainsim.com/index2.php?fo ... ctanreview and there's a link to the site for downloading. I believe there's a small registration fee but it's well worth it. Come back if you get stuck.

Cheers
Ashley

neilholloway22 · Post by **neilholloway22** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:24 pm

cheers for that mate and no worries RE yesterday!!

will go and have a look, hopefully it should be straight forward.
thanks

neilholloway22 · Post by **neilholloway22** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 12:44 pm

right then, i have downloaded, am in process of registering.

the specific issue is that the activity states it requires the car transporter that has now gone. i have downloaded a different wagon but am now stuck and help files aren't providing much help. would you be so kind as to provide a quick how to?

thanks

ashgray · Post by **ashgray** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:10 pm

Registering shouldn't take long, I think I received the key within a couple of hours. Until you register though, you can only use AA on your first thee installed routes.

If London - Southampton is one of them, you will see the route shown in the top window when you fire up AA (if not, you'll need to wait until you register AA, after that it will work with all your routes).

So - left click on the route in the top window, after which a list of your installed activities for the route will come up in the bottom window. Left click on the one you're having trouble with and select "Detailed Analysis" from the tabs at the foot of the main AA screen. AA will then analyse the activity and show a detailed list of alll the stock items used in a separate window - locos in the top screen, wagons & coaches in the bottom one. This process will take a few minutes. Any missing items will be highlighted in red, scroll down the lists until you find your missing item (in this case the CT42 transporter). Click on the missing item and then select "Replace" from the tabs at the bottom. This will bring up a list of all the stock items installed on your system - simply select the replacement transporter you downloaded earlier and click on "Apply". Do this for all missing items and your activity should now run.

A word of warning - only replace items on a like-for like basis. In other words, if you have a brake van missing, replace it with another brake van, not a different type of wagon altogether. Same goes for locos - for eample if you were to replace a missing Class 25 diesel with a class 47, it will behave completely differently and may screw the act up, wheras replacing it with another class 25 should not cause problems.

I think that just about covers everything - best of luck!

Cheers
Ashley

neilholloway22 · Post by **neilholloway22** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:18 pm

thanks for that, it is now understandable and i will await my key!

many thanks

neil