What is Classic American Assets?

[EngineerKenny123]

If this is a stupid question, I apologize. I notice that in MANY of the Workshop Downloads, they require something called "Classic American Assets". I have searched and searched, and I can find no reference to this package. I have searched in STEAM to buy it, but I can't find it there. When I bought TS 2014 it came with a small package of American Locos, but I don't think this is what it is. So can anyone please answer this for me? Thanks for taking the time. It is appreciated.
EngineerKenny123

[DaveDewhurst]

I would assume that they mean this
http://store.steampowered.com/app/208306
Please check before buying as I could be wrong, but that's all I can think of

Dave

Edit
if you have already bought any of the following, you already have it as it is included with the following addons
(Data from http://www.railsimulator.com/product/20 ... Asset+Pack)
Cajon Pass
West Coast Mainline North
Ohio Steel 2
Cologne Dusseldorf
Portland Terminal
Portsmouth Direct Line
Bristol to Exeter
Northeast Corridor
Rascal and Cottonwood
Colton and Northern
Fort Kent to Eagle Lake

[EngineerKenny123]

Dave,
Thank you for taking the time to post this reply, and the helpful link. I DO have the Portland Terminal, so I should have it - although, the Locos pictured on the page that the link takes me to is of some different locos than I have. Specifically, I do not have the Santa Fe F7, nor the "black" engine pictured. I'll wait for some more replies to my quest for info, but I do thank you for your response.

Ken

[DaveDewhurst]

Hi Kenny
just one last thing, do you have a 1.3Gb file called RailsimulatorUSAssets.ap
it should be located at ..\RailWorks\Assets\Kuju\RailsimulatorUS
if so you have the pack pictured in my link,
the ATSF F7 is in there. If Kuju is enabled in the scenario editor it appears in the engine list as "F7A Warbonnet"

Dave

[EngineerKenny123]

What a gentleman you are Dave. Thanks for the reply. I followed your instructions, and YES I do have the engines available in the Scenario editor. That leads me to three questions, I am hoping you will help me with:
1. What is kuju - I've heard the word, but have NO idea of what it is
2. Although the engine is in the scenario editor, does that mean that if I download a scenario from the workshop that requires (just for example say the F7 Warbonnet) does that mean that I can download it and play it with out "editing"?
3. If this engine is available to me, why when I go into free roam do I not see the engine available to me as one to use. I have the F7, but that is from a pack I bought (Stephens pass or maybe Portland). This is all so confusing, and I am very timid of this "scenario editor" thing.

I hope you don't mind me asking, and I DO thank you for your other replies.

Ken

[DaveDewhurst]

1. What is kuju - I've heard the word, but have NO idea of what it is

Kuju is the name of the original company responsible for Train Simulator (Rail Simulator as it was known back then). The files in the Kuju directory came with the first few versions of the game but stopped being supplied after 2013, meaning anyone who needed them would have to buy them. These are what the Legacy/Classic Asset packs are (although these packs do not contain any routes or scenarios, just the actual assets)

2. Although the engine is in the scenario editor, does that mean that if I download a scenario from the workshop that requires (just for example say the F7 Warbonnet) does that mean that I can download it and play it with out "editing"?

Yes, if the scenario is looking for it and you have it, no editing is necessary, it'll just work

3. If this engine is available to me, why when I go into free roam do I not see the engine available to me as one to use. I have the F7, but that is from a pack I bought (Stephens pass or maybe Portland). This is all so confusing, and I am very timid of this "scenario editor" thing.

It depends on which route you make a free roam for I would think.
If you were to make a free roam on say Pacific Surfliner, then that route uses nothing from the Kuju folder and so cant "see" it (for want of a better word). You could manually tick Kuju in the scenario editor and then you would have the full range of locos and wagons that Kuju made to use in that free roam scenario.
If you were to make a free roam scenario on Portland Terminal however, I could imagine that those locos might be available for you to select without any further work as Kuju is required by that route to run and so should be already "ticked" in any free roam scenario you make. (I might be wrong on that one though)

Dave

[ttjph]

I think a more accurate answer to the free roam question is:

Any scenario (free roam / standard / career / whatever) is created with a selection of rolling stock, and doesn't update just 'cos you buy some more.

Therefore, unless any particular loco you buy comes with a free roam scenario, then it won't appear in any free roam scenarios. Similarly with routes - you'd need to create a free roam scenario for each route, with that loco placed.

Fortunately, free roam is at the gentle beginning of the scenario editor learning curve - you can probably search up a video walking you through it. The most complicated bit is working out which 'providers' need to be ticked - although as above, Kuju covers a multitude.

Go on, create a new 'free roam' and try placing a few locos and things...

[chrisonline]

And . . as I once took ages to work out . . don't forget to make the loco(s) driveable by selecting the driver icon in the top left flyout (yes, he looks like a driver with a cap on), and then clicking on the loco. A large icon of the driver will appear over the loco as confirmation. When you select a loco, it is NOT driveable by default

Chris

[Alicatt]

And . . as I once took ages to work out . . don't forget to make the loco(s) driveable by selecting the driver icon in the top left flyout (yes, he looks like a driver with a cap on), and then clicking on the loco. A large icon of the driver will appear over the loco as confirmation. When you select a loco, it is NOT driveable by default

Chris

How come when after you have done the "select/place loco" selecting the driver and getting the driver icon on the loco that when you go into run the scenario the loco is not selectable or driveable? That has been bugging me for a while and I cannot figure out the logic needed to make the loco drivable, sometimes it works as stated but more often for me I cannot get the loco to be driven. This happens on any route any loco

Frustrated Alistair

[pjt1974]

How come when after you have done the "select/place loco" selecting the driver and getting the driver icon on the loco that when you go into run the scenario the loco is not selectable or driveable?

Frustrated Alistair

Are you sure you have created a Free Roam Scenario? For the Loco's to be selectable when the scenario is running, it has to be a Free Roam.

Best way to check is to select Drive on the main menu in Railworks, select Free Roam and seeing if the scenario you created is listed there. If not, then the scenario you created isn't Free Roam.