Fixed 543210 on Marias Pass Tank Cars

[ironcat60]

Well I was running a Workshop Scenario and noticed the tank car it called for on a drop, designated by a car number, had the dreaded 543210. Which means it was on all the tank cars. Well tried researching this a while back for another car but didn't have much luck. Very few posts covering this problem. So I figured now was the time to figure it out myself.

To make a long story short; in the tank_car..geopcdx the "primarynumber" textures did not have primary number textures assigned correctly. The entry just called for a "number_" texture. There was no textures named "primarynumber" in the tank_car texture folder either. So to make it as simple as possible without adding another separate set of numbers in addition to the current set of numbers I just copied and pasted the number textures from the BoxCar50Ft in the Freight folder to the tank_car texture folder as the boxcar folder already had all the number textures named as "primarynumber_".

You don't have to redo the entries in the copied and pasted number textures. Though they have a entry of "RailVehicles\Freight\BoxCar50Ft\Default\Wagon\Textures\primarynumber_" that doesn't affect anything unless you are going to reskin the number themselves.

Corrected the entries in the tank_car.geopcdx as shown in the illustration.

Then I corrected the tankcar_Digits.bin entries to match the name of the new number as shown in the illustrations.
Note: At the top of the tankcar_Digits bin file page there is this entry: "Name :type="cDeltaString">Cement Digits</Name". However there is no need to correct this as long as the file name itself is "tankcar_Digits" because that is what the tank_car.bin calls for.

As you can see, it was successful.

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[Chacal]

Good detective work!
What is the scope of this problem, does it affect only Maria's Pass, only one asset?

[mindenjohn]

Great work Ironcat60.
The problem is also present in DTG NLine, Barnez BNSF Chicago (The Racetrack), SHG Alexandria - Monroe (Livonia Monroe Sub) and in Kuju Default and Def2.
Solution in principle works although actions are slightly different. Many thanks IronCat60.

I would remind folks that mods such as these are usually wiped out on Steam updates or file verification. It is wise to keep a copy of the modified file elsewhere. I always extract the railvehicles folder out of the .ap and keep the modified files in a file such as for example NLine Assets (containing only the Railvehicles folder as above). That way I have quick and easy access to any fixes/mods etc as I just copy the file out of the "NLine Assets" and drop it into the main file structure, and I don't lose them or forget where I put them (I've done that too many times). I'm sure there are other ways - different strokes for different folks.