routes

[jem961]

HI
I recently made quite a good route on 1 of my computers and wish to move it over to the another computer which has a better graphics card. Is there any way I can do this. The idea I thought I could do was turn a copy of the route into a rwp file or an rpk file and install it on the computer BUT i need to know how to turn a copy of the route into a rwp or rpk.
Thanks alot
jem961
Jem Cutter

[Acorncomputer]

Hi

You are right. The best way to install a route onto another copy of RailWorks is to create a .rwp file and then install that on the other computer.

If you look under the Tools & Docs tab on the RW2 launcher screen, you will find the Creator Manual and links to the other useful manuals. In here you will find good instructions on how to create a .rwp file using the packager.

[alanch]

If you can network your two computers together, you can just copy the route folder from one to the other.

[emrhd01]

Or you can use RWTools "Clone Route", the choice is yours.

[LoneWolfDon]

Hi Jem.
Probably the easiest way I think to go about doing this is by using the built-in RailWorks Packager.

From the initial RailWorks launcher, click on the "Packager" tab. On the left pane expand the "Routes" list. You should see your route's name somewhere on that list. Put a check-mark in the little box beside your route name to select it, then in the middle column-bar click the ">>>" add button to move it over to the right-pane to prepare it for packaging.

If you know that your route used any extra assets, then you can expand the assets list and copy them over into right-pane to package them together with your route, or if your other computer already has everything installed that you need for your route, then no need.

Once you have everything listed in the right-pane that you wanted to package, put a check-mark in all of the boxes by the names in the right-pane to ensure you have everything associated checked for packaging. Put in an Author name. Select Unprotected or Protected (for now I suggest Unprotected to be able to freely edit and re-package the same route on a different computer), click on the Create Package button, navigate to a location where you'd like the ".rwp" package file to be put, enter in a name for your package (Example: "MyRoute1", then Ok/Open on the navigation window.

RailWorks will now crate a package of your route. You'll see a blue-progress bar appear. After the packaging process has completed (the blue bar fills up and then disappears), you'll now have your route as a ".rwp" file (as our example, would be; "MyRoute1.rwp", located at the place you told RailWorks to put it.

You could now simpley copy this file onto some transferable media, perhaps a USB memory-stick or external USB hard-drive, etc... Or even temporarily upload it on the internet for yourself (perhaps even attaching it to yourself as a zip file in an email perhaps).

Once you transfer the package file you made of your route on your other computer, you then launch RailWorks, click on the "Package Manager" tab, click on "Install" button, navigate to your "MyRoute1.rwp" file, then in a moment it will install the route into RailWorks. It's good practice to click on the "Tools & Docs" tab then click on the "Clear Cache" button there after installing new addons.

Hope something of that helps. Good luck!

[jem961]

thanks for all the help. all done