Msts route install#
Msts route software#
Msts route simulator#

Note: You will need to create an appropriate folder structure to hold all relevant content installs.

Msts route install#

Step 3 - Download and install XNA Framework 3.1 Step 2 - Download and install NET Framework 3.5 SP 1

Step 1 - Download and install DirectX 9c or higher.

Msts route software#

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Msts route simulator#

Install Base Train Simulator Content Required Run the 'tests' described at various point below to ensure that all is well. This will make it easier to test your progress and ensure you don't have too many issues to 'fault find'. This method suggests that you only do single installs of software or a small number of steps before you test what you have done. It is highly recommended that you follow the KISS (Keep it simple St.) method of installing software. It should also be noted that the operation of other routes, following these instructions, may or may not be succsessful, as they may be missing key MSTS files necessary for the Route or Rolling Stocks correct operation. Note: No responsibility is accepted for any damage done to your computer. The following method is recommended for users who do not have MSTS already installed. With the way the tile boundarys ended up falling, most of the CBD, including both Flinders Street and Spencer street is one the one tile, so any savings that can be made are very important.The Tweed railway can be installed using the Open Rails (OR) railway simulator and does not require MicroSoft Train Simulator (MSTS) to be installed. Instead they inserted by laying some placeholder default road sections, noting the filenames used, then manually editing the wold files. Problem is they can't be placed directly without fiddling with the tsection.dat file, something fraught with risk. One of the ways this was done was to make some custom road sections, which have footpaths and tramway overhead poles included in the one shape. To try and cut down on the number of seperate objects, as many things as possible have been combined in to giant custom objects. More than that and it is likely to become corrupt on saving. From experiance I've found the maximum number of objects per tile is somewhere around 1500. The main limitation to detailed city scenery in MSTS is the maximum tile object count. Now for boring technical stuff, but might be of interest to any route builders. This is belived to be the first pr0n shop to ever feature in an Australian MSTS route. Short untechnical version: It might be doable, it might not, we'll see. Custom shapes can help a lot to cut down the total number of tile objects, but there is of course the time to take to model them. The need to stay below the maximum tile object count means that just because it works in the VR NE route it won't nessesarily work for us, it depends on where the tile boundries end up falling and how economical I am with the number of shape files. The limitation is also a technical one within MSTS, relating to the maximum tile object count. Well just using the new shape, they will be more or less the same as the Comeng's now but just in a different livery as of those models then but with much finer detail. They will be more or less similar to the previous release back in 2002 or whenever it was. I think there are some other things in the pipeline as well that will probably be worked on which are most likely M>Train and Connex Alstom Comeng and Connex EDI Comeng. Melbournesparks is still finishing off the ALSTOM Comeng's where as my component of the work is done apart from testing and making sure the model is up to standards and seeing if I can spot any other prior issues. I guess it can be derived as you were saying, I wouldn't mind having Flinders St and Spencer Street in the route as well, we shall see how things pan out first as the construction towards the city, Jolimont, Princes Bridge and the loop itself.

I think that this would be well worth the wait - It would be fantastic to have a fully functional Epping Line to the city via loop, and also have the City Circle Line as an optional extra run, as this was a commonly used route in the 80s and 90s 'Haydenthegunzel' This further extension would also enable the City Circle Line which sprouts off just prior to Parliament in the Clifton Hill loop. All you would probably need to build as such is the new viaduct, if you want pure authenticity. As its the 1980s/90s there was no Federation Square, so that should be easier to achieve. In terms of extending to SSS and FSS, you could use the model of Flinders Street Station from the Melbourne/Seymour Route, and derive the viaduct shape files from there as well.