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Hi there,

Latest of my Route editor worries ;).

I'm having a shot at a Marker file for my new route..but it doesn't seem to be working. Could anyone give me a shout regarding what I could do?

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SIMISA@@@@@@@@@@JINX0I0t______

Marker ( -1.567402 53.141359 Matlock_RiversideSt )
Marker ( -1.594430 53.160465 Darley_DaleSt )
Marker ( -1.609336 53.174178 RowsleySouthSt )
Marker ( -1.572087 53.143758 Track )
Marker ( -1.558644 53.138162 Matlock_BRSt )
Marker ( -1.576531 53.147953 Underbridge )
Marker ( -1.579569 53.150751 Underbridge )
Marker ( -1.585137 53.154770 Track )
Marker ( -1.589520 53.157707 OldRoadBridge )
Marker ( -1.593806 53.160041 DarleyDaleLC )
Thanks,

David
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Post by kentishman »

Hi David,
I am no expert but try putting quotes "******" round the locations
and also you need the number 1 or 2 or 3 after the second quote for the marker category inside the last bracket ie "****" 1 ) = Stations
2 ) = Landmarks
3 ) = Track Route

I found it all to be a bit hit & miss but it worked in the end.

Good luck... Ken.
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Post by rwaceyw »

Hi Ken

Current marker file is:-

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Marker ( -1.567402 53.141359 "Matlock_RiversideSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.594430 53.160465 "Darley_DaleSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.609336 53.174178 "RowsleySouthSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.572087 53.143758 "Track" 3 )

......
And so on...

Still not working however, any tips?

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Has it been saved in Unicode text format?

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Post by rwaceyw »

Yes, as far as i'm aware.

Quick question, but what do I call my MRK file? I've named it after the route folder ( PR1 ) but am I doing that right?

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Where you have "Track" give each track point a name or number
ie "TP 001" 3 ) The number 1 2 or 3 will determine the colour & type of marker flag. You will end up with loads of track markers .Don't forget to go into RE click on View and tick marker.
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Hi,

For some reason, I cannot select 'View Markers' in the view category :-?

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That is the hit & miss part I had that problem at one time and in the end
they just came on!!!! If you check through the forum you will find more posts on the subject.
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Post by timbooth »

rwaceyw wrote:Yes, as far as i'm aware.

Quick question, but what do I call my MRK file? I've named it after the route folder ( PR1 ) but am I doing that right?

David
It should be .mkr, and the prefix needs to be the same as that for .tdb etc.

The marker type values are 0,1,2 rather than 1,2,3 - using 3 will crash RE when the route is loaded.
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Thanks tim, will give it a go.

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Still no luck, this is now my mkr file

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SIMISA@@@@@@@@@@JINX0I0t______

Marker ( -1.567402 53.141359 "Matlock RiversideSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.594430 53.160465 "Darley DaleSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.609336 53.174178 "Rowsley SouthSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.572087 53.143758 "Track 0001" 2 )
Marker ( -1.558644 53.138162 "Matlock BRSt" 1 )
Marker ( -1.576531 53.147953 "Underbridge" 2 )
Marker ( -1.579569 53.150751 "Underbridge" 2 )
Marker ( -1.585137 53.154770 "Track 0002 2" )
Marker ( -1.589520 53.157707 "OldRoad Bridge" 2 )
Marker ( -1.593806 53.160041 "Darley DaleLC" 1 )
Same name as tdb file ( PR1 ), still can't select 'markers' in view mode.

Should I give up? :cry:

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Post by jains15 »

Mine looks like this:


Marker ( -1.463729 52.526260 Nuneaton 2 )
Marker ( -1.122879 52.581313 Sth_Leicester_jnc 2 )
Marker ( -1.124360 52.631372 Leicester 2 )
Marker ( -1.196043 52.779196 Loughborough 2 )
Marker ( -1.267346 52.876611 Trent_junction_sth 2 )
Marker ( -1.145591 52.947157 Nottingham 2 )

The only difference I can see is that my location names do not have "quotes". Although the fact that no body has picked up on this yet my mean that it does not matter, but wouldn't hurt to try taking some out and trying it?

Also you have bare spaces in the location names, and my experience is that all spaces between words in this part of the line should be _underscores_

So
"Matlock RiversideSt"

should be
Matlock_RiversideSt


jon

This is only part of my mkr file. I'm quite lucky that mine works.
New XXXXXXX route under construction... ;)

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Post by barrymcguire9999 »

You don't need to use " at all, maybe thats why it's not working.
A section of the WCML mkr below (named "WestCoast.mkr") and they do appear.

SIMISA@@@@@@@@@@JINX0I0t______
Marker ( -0.13320 51.52830 LONDON_EUSTON 2 )
Marker ( -0.13870 51.53170 OB_Hampstead_Road 2 )
Marker ( -0.14010 51.53180 OB_Granby_Terrace 2 )
Marker ( -0.14340 51.53440 OB_Mornington_Street 2 )
Marker ( -0.14630 51.53670 Park_Steet_Tunnel 2 )
Marker ( -0.14970 51.54010 UB_Grand_Union_Canal 2 )
Marker ( -0.15300 51.54180 Camden_Carriage_Sidings 2 )
Marker ( -0.15210 51.54330 Camden_Roundhouse 2 )
Marker ( -0.15270 51.54220 Track 2 )
Marker ( -0.15680 51.54310 Track 2 )
Marker ( -0.14960 51.54250 UB 2 )
Marker ( -0.14590 51.54180 UB_A502_Chalk_Farm_Road 2 )
Marker ( -0.14210 51.54200 UB_Kentish_Town_Road 2 )
Marker ( -0.14120 51.54210 UB 2 )
Marker ( -0.13910 51.54190 CAMDEN_ROAD 2 )
Marker ( -0.16190 51.54270 Primrose_Hill_Tunnel_E 2 )
Marker ( -0.16180 51.54330 Tower_Block_Blashford 2 )
Marker ( -0.16460 51.54390 Tower_Block_Dorney 2 )
Marker ( -0.16630 51.54350 Tower_Block_Bray 2 )
Marker ( -0.16910 51.54330 Tower_Block_Burnham 2 )
Marker ( -0.17110 51.54270 Tower_Block_Taplow 2 )
Marker ( -0.16530 51.54240 Track 2 )
Marker ( -0.17080 51.54180 Track 2 )
Marker ( -0.17530 51.54150 Track 2 )
Marker ( -0.17700 51.54130 Primrose_Hill_Tunnel_W 2 )
Marker ( -0.17750 51.54140 OB_Chiltern_Line 2 )
Marker ( -0.17870 51.54130 SOUTH_HAMPSTEAD 2 )

HTH

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Post by timbooth »

You only really need quotes if you use spaces, as MSTS seperates parameter values by spaces - so adding the quotes around will prevent this. I've used quotes, so they are not the issue.

I don't think its the formatting anyway, as RE usually crashes if this is the case. I've save my routes marker file as ASCII, RE crashes; added formatting errors, RE crashes. The only way I can stop marker files from being enabled is to change the file prefix.

One thing to check is that you are saving the marker file as .mkr and not .mkr.txt - caught me out a few times.
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Still no luck, tried everything suggested.

Is it worth me buying TSTools?

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