New scenery for MSTS

[fabiane]

Congrats on your purchase!
I'll start quoting myself:

There's a TrainSim community just like there is a flightsim community.

Check:

http://www.train-sim.com/
French:
http://www.activitysimulatorworld.net/A ... _index.htm
http://www.funtrain.net/index.php?cible=idf
(Where I got my TGV and TGV route)
German and English:
http://www.zugsimulator.de/new/_cms/ind ... ion=dlarea
They've got a lot of international addons.  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Ok, most / all addons are downable through www.train-sim.com, but I got "All nodes are currently busy. Please try again later." this morning. so most links point to a German page, but you can switch to English aswell.

1st you should get the MSTS updates , for example here:
http://www.zugsimulator.de/new/_cms/ind ... 1169415304
This brings your TS on the newest version and adds two new locomotives.

Then you should download MSTS bin.
http://mstsbin.uktrainsim.com/
That's an unofficial release , but very powerful and legal. You don't have to have the CD inserted to play and highly modifies the gauges to trasparent ones, so they aren't disturbing any more in the cockpit.
A must have in my opinion.

Then you shoud hav a consist maker program, I use "convoi".
Get it here:
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/convoi/tele ... ements.htm
You can put trains together with that program.

Other Addons required by some Addons (I could zip it and mail it to you....):

NewRoads_V40_MSTS1_Setup.exe - better roads and cars driving around
Schiene.zip - new textures for the railroads useable for all addons
tsection.dat - build 00038 of the standardized \global\tsection.dat file
XTracks.zip - tracks / track textures
Ytracks01.zip - tracks / track textures
YTRACKS02.rar - tracks / track textures

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Routes:
Bodensee-Toggenburg (BT) in Switzerland is a must have. Just released and a real beauty. Ai-traffic, activities..., real rocking addon.
here:
http://www.zugsimulator.de/new/_cms/ind ... 1198445192
Comes with historic and up-to-date trains and activities.

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Ligne Grand Est:
http://www.zugsimulator.de/new/_cms/ind ... 1184622315

Also don't forget to download some french trains.
I suggest
- You already know the TGV duplex and the

-TGV pos released yesterday  ;D.

- Also there's the TGV atlantic, that's the old squared one.
- German ICE3 for the route to Paris
- Eurostar

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LGV-MED:
http://www.zugsimulator.de/new/_cms/ind ... 1106684307

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Frankfurt - Cologne:
http://www.zugsimulator.de/new/_cms/ind ... 1164260732
It's not Frankfurt Cologne yet, it's Limburg - Cologne, but they are working on it....

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Also you could get some of the RER routes:
http://www.funtrain.net/index.php?cible=idf
That's the routes around Paris.

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A big warning:
Be sure to backup your folder! Some Addons may ruin your installation.
When installing scenery always run the included "install.bat". This makes sure you have all textures installed.

Other than that I'd suggest downloading some locomotives and cars, put a train together and have a first start....
Remember to edit the *.eng for the right cabviews and sounds.

I know of a lot German locomotives and cars, but you can search for the ones you like best. If you are interested in German ones I could do some recommandations, but I guess this is a lot to start and will keep you busy for a while.

Puh..., hard work putting all that together, helped??

Cheers,
Fabian

P.S.: Sorry Oink-Blabber, don't know of many American Addons..., but by default some American trains and routes are included.

[krigl]

Wow, thanks Fabiane!! That's really great! Didn't spot you'd added it earlier, luckily you referred to it in your reply to my thread. I'll have to give some of these a go over the next few weeks...

I'm starting with the LGV-MED route because it's only 30mb...the Bodensee route is huge, and I seem to be getting a dl speed of 8 kb/s from that site. At least you can actually get in there, unlike Train Sim (No Nodes) - why on earth so many people choose to host their files on No Nodes I do not know. Do they want to keep them secret?

The Ligne Est route is being temp hosted on another site which is down due to something with piracy - I can't read French...  :'( Ah, well, I'll have to wait.

[fabiane]

I could send some routes via yousendit.com, so you get higher dwnl. speeds.

And I'm having the 250MB installer for LGE...., just drop me a line.

Cheers,
Fabian

[krigl]

I could send some routes via yousendit.com, so you get higher dwnl. speeds.

And I'm having the 250MB installer for LGE...., just drop me a line.

Cheers,
Fabian

Thanks Fabian - very kind of you! If I keep having trouble I'll take you up on the offer in a week or two... for now I'll mess about with what I have.

Most appreciated!!

[fabiane]

For the TGV you can use this link, too:

http://trainsimfrance.net/?cible=downloads2&type=42

[Ashar]

Wow...That's a crap load of add-ons...I hope Kuju will have that many one day...LOL...I got the Kuju demo last night and it's so much fun to play with...I called EB Games this morning and they said they would have Kuju at around 1PM today...I'm gonna run and get it...LOL

[krigl]

Okay, I tried the LGV-Med route and it worked, not bad, a bit boring...but the TGV Pos stuff wasn't recognised by the sim, couldn't find their files after I ran the self installer. I installed both the locos and carriages, and they were definately in there - the only way I could get the sim to start was by removing them  :'(
So I did the route in the Amtrak Acela  ::)

Any ideas anyone?

[fabiane]

Did you install the updates aswell?
Does the TGV duplex work?

Install into a tmp. directory and look at the files beeing copied....,
are the *.con files in the trains\consist folder? Otherwise MSTS won't recognise the trains....

Drop a line if it doesn't work.

As a start I could really recommend the Bodensee route. Because it all comes in one package you can run all activities without problem.

Or open some activities in the editor and change the trains to the TGVs once installed. You can't run the included activities without adjusting the link for the trains..., it like running a FS Mission in FSX without having the planes installed, it'll crash the sim....

Helped?

Cheers,
Fabian

[krigl]

Thanks fabian, I'll give it a go in a day or two when I feel a bit better - full of flu at the moment...

[Goggleplex-Googleplex]

First of all, my eyesight is really poor!  I can't find out how to post a new thread.  I thought I might've done that already but now I can't find the option to do it again??????  So I'm selecting "reply" and just doing the best I can!!!


I'm new to this stuff.  Up to now, I did little more than just drive the Acela up and down its route in MSTS.  Now I'm looking for something more.  The latest version of the TGV POS?  The one with the doors that actually open?!  And a route for it that includes the Channel Tunnel?  And the TGV Duplex?  Is there one with doors that open?  And with a complete interior?  :)  (The TGV POS interior appears to be incomplete.

I've searched for these things among others and found little.

I found and downloaded SOME of the following stuff I redd about in a post by "fabian_e," on Jan. 15th, 2008.  And if something doesn't have an installer or a Setup file, do I just drop it somewhere in MSTS?  And where???

This was the hardest stuff to find, (along with the trains I mentioned above):

Schiene.zip - new textures for the railroads useable for all addons
tsection.dat - build 00038 of the standardized \global\tsection.dat file
XTracks.zip - tracks / track textures
Ytracks01.zip - tracks / track textures
YTRACKS02.rar - tracks / track textures

Also, the SOUNDS in MSTS are pretty unrealistic.  Especially the ones for the steam engines.  Are there improvements for the Acela sound... and stem engine sounds?

I'm into all the high speed trains!  And the more realistic, the better.  Does anyone know if any one of the other train sims do a better job than Microsoft on the high speed trains.... and the TRACK, (which is kind of yucky in MSTS!)  :)

A lot of questions......  Sorry!  :(

Thanx in advance for any help!  :)

                                         Goggleplex

[lunitic_8]

I have to get this game someday.

I have it somewhere  :-/