G-Trax Steam Locomotive Brake Issues

[engineerbj]

Hello all,

I don't know if anybody else is having this issue, but on the old G-Trax DLC steam locomotives (Berkshires, SPS 700 Northerns, SP GS-4 series Northerns), the brake reservoir is only 90 psi when first starting out, approximately what the train line pressure is when fully released, and the air compressors never kick in to replenish the air supply. This means, as you gradually use up the air in the normal course of applying and releasing the brakes, that the air brake system gradually loses the ability to become fully released for want of air, and the brakes get stuck on so hard that you're essentially fighting the brakes to move the engine.

I was wondering if it would be possible to go into these engines configuration files like I used to do for my old MSTS locomotives and re-work their air systems so they'd function correctly, with proper air reservoir pressures and so that the air compressors would kick in to keep the system topped up so the brakes would release all the way. I'm not that familiar with how to modify TS:2015/Railworks engines, so could someone please explain how to do this if it is indeed possible? Or am I just wasting my time?

Any and any advice would be greatly appreciated,

Brendan o.

[trev123]

You would probably need to edit the bin files for them with a program called RW Tools. Visit the RW Tools thread on this forum to see how you can obtain RW Tools.

[Antwerp]

You would probably need to edit the bin files for them with a program called RW Tools. Visit the RW Tools thread on this forum to see how you can obtain RW Tools.

I don't know what you are talking about using RW Tools. You can just run the bin through the serz application and it becomes changeable.

[buzz456]

You are both correct. The serz tool is in your railworks folder. It turns the bin files into a. Xml that can be edited in notepad or some such. When you get done you need to run it back through the serz to update the bin files. The nice thing about using Rwtools is that you just change the bin and tools does the converting for you and automatically makes a back up in case of undesirable results.

[Antwerp]

You are both correct. The serz tool is in your railworks folder. It turns the bin files into a. Xml that can be edited in notepad or some such. When you get done you need to run it back through the serz to update the bin files. The nice thing about using Rwtools is that you just change the bin and tools does the converting for you and automatically makes a back up in case of undesirable results.

Learn something new everyday I guess.

Carry on.

[engineerbj]

Okay, I have RWTools, so how do I go about modifying the air brakes without bollocksing the whole thing up?