The MSTS 1 Route Editor can be a beast to use, but it's capable of some amazing results, here you can talk with the wizards that are building some of the fantastic routes available and learn how to make your own.
having had the route for a while now, I finally got the time to use it, to test out a 37 I have been doing. The route is excellent and I would very much like to see it extended. One thing, and I don't know if it is just me, but I experienced some odd things with the crossings and signalling. When starting around onto the branch from Manningtree, the crossing was open with my train through it and at Parkeston Quay I think it was, the barrier was open to the road with the signal showing proceed...
Maybe its something I have done wrong? However, that does not change the fact that the route is very good indeed!!!
I am often asked how to edit the hiden files that appeared to disappear after Win95/DOS 7.0--mostly by younger folks who don't even know what DOS or Win95 is--the Win 98 generation......
For those using the Windows NT-based systems (XP Pro, 2000 NT), the XCopy function is listed in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. However, this folder is not pathed in C:\autoexec.bat; usually only C:\Windows.
There are two options:
Option 1: Copy XCOPY.EXE from C:\Windows\System32 to C:\Windows.
Option 2: Amend Autoexec.bat file:
(Do this at your own risk--I hold no responsibility for your actions)
1. Windows Explorer, tools, folder options, view, uncheck the box: HIDE PROTECTED OPERATING SYSTEM FILES.
2. Using Windows Explorer, locate the file autoexec.bat in the c:\
3. Copy it to a backup location before editing.
4. Right click on file and select edit (notepad hopefully).
a. Look for the words Set Path=. Usually the default is
Set Path=C:\Windows
b. To add the directory of where XCopy is located add C:\Windows\system32 after the last Set Path entry. NOTE: separate each entry with a semi-colon (;).
As an example:
Set Path=C:\Windows; C:\Windows\system32; E:\temp
NOTE: the number of entries in the Set Path is limited.
c. If there is no Set Path= line entry in the autoexec.bat, type it in.
d. Exit editor (do not "Save As"; you'll end up with an unchanged bat file and a new text file). I usually just close the editor and it will prompt to save the changed file.
5. Perform step 1 again, but checking the HIDE PROTECTED OPERATING SYSTEM FILES.
6. Reboot PC. Now XCopy will work from default directory.
Although I originated in the UK (Clacton-on-Sea), I've been in the U.S. for many years. I happened to come across the East Anglia line very recently by accident. I was doing my first MSTS searches after having the program for a couple of years. Having lived within 16 miles of Harwich this one pegged my interest!.
I unstored it again t'other week for a play, after updating a lot of stock files. Still a neat little line.
BarryH - thenudehamster
(nothing to do with unclothed pet rodents -- it's just where I used to live)
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Any opinion expressed above is herein warranted to be worth exactly what you paid for it.
Glad and somewhat surprised that people are still interested in my rather primitive offering, the extensions origionally planned have now been shelved as 1, I do not have the time available and 2, somebody/s else much more talented than myself is doing it
