SVR Timetabling problems

spitfiresrbest · Post by **spitfiresrbest** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:07 pm

I am trying to write a Big Engines Gala activity for the Severn Valley Railway but am in difficulties. I dont know how to manipulate the time table to suit the 25mph speed limit, every attempt so far has given around 5 minutes for the Kidderminster-Bewdley section which would require much higher speeds.
Can anyone tell me how to get Activity Editor to acknowledge the speed limit and create more realistic timetables?

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:29 pm

Well, in a nutshell, if you lower the "expected performance" and/or edit the con file with maxvelocity setting, you can get MSTS to give you more time.

Otherwise, you will have to do the timetable by hand - its easy if you are making things later - just double-click on the arrival time and enter the desired departure time (arrival and departure are set to this), then dobule-click arrival again and enter the arrival time

Otherwise open the ACT file and edit the tabletable by hand (with the aid of a calculator) - time = (hours X 3600) + (mins X 60) + secs

All of these methods have been described in detail in this forum, I suggest you try a "search" or two.

Alan

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:22 pm

The utility Activity Changer will allow you to edit timetables, and also has the useful facility of being able to round arrival and departure times to the nearest minute.

It's a free download, not sure if it's here, but it is at http://www.train-sim.com

It will also allow you to globally (within an activity) change start time, season and weather. A great gadget, should be part of everyone's MSTS tool kit.

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:23 pm

Fodda wrote:...A great gadget, should be part of everyone's MSTS tool kit.

It would be if I could get the damn thing to work!!!

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 12:15 pm

LOL... Sorry Alan. It needs a Java environment I think to function. I installed it and it runs just fine on my machine. I didn't have to do anything or download anything else. Perhaps you have some setting or other that knackers the Java, or VB or whatever it is that it uses.

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:42 pm

Yes, well I had to download a java thingy for something else, cant remember what now, but I guess thats the problem.

If he had used VB we would be fine.....

Anyway, I find the windows calculator adequate for my needs!

Alan