The RWA Donationware Rolling Stock package has been updated. While testing new scenarios we discovered the horn, bell and smoke did not work. These have been fixed. If you did not already get the patch file from the forums, you can get it from the Donationware page. At http://railworksamerica.com/index.php/home/donationware/item/214-special-rwa-donationware-rollingstock-package-now-avaialble

Go to the page linked above and scroll down a little and you will see a 3rd button under the repaint package. Download and install this to get updated.

If you donated for this using the donations page and got an automatic download, you should be able to redownload the new full package in case you do not want to fool around with updates. Plus you will have the new package. If your old link does not work, send me a PM in the forums and I will get you a new link, if you are in my records. This is only for the file named RWA-Pack_TS2012.zip.

Bob Artim aka artimrj

A small useful tutorial by awaken1977 on the RWA forums on how to use scenario markers instead of route markers in your scenarios (and why).

Read it here.

This problem started after the upgrade to TS 2014.

" Today I fired up TS2014 and went to my own route and the sim crashed a few seconds after I selected the route and free roam scenario I wanted. It failed seconds after hitting go. The crash closes the sim entirely. I then restarted and checked the RSC DLC routes, and all the native ones worked fine. Any 3rd party DLC (Allaboard, G-Trax, etc.) failed just like my route did. I did another verify (verify local files in the Steam client), and checked all the fixes to make sure they were still there, but nothing changed, the sim crashed the same way. I used RW_Tools to look for missing items in my route and all was OK. Another fire-up of the sim and no changes, still failing after hitting go for the routes."

Running Railworks with LogMate enabled (start logmate.exe in the Railworks folder, then start Railworks) shows the following errors in the log:

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Trace cBlueprintLibrary.cpp : 392 = Blueprint set not found : Kuju, RailSimulatorCore
Trace cBlueprintLibrary.cpp : 423 = Blueprint set not found for: Cameras\EditCamera001.xml
cBlueprintSet::loadFile Failed to load blueprint: RailNetwork\TrackRules\PONtrack.bin
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The first two messages are just warnings. The cause for the crash is the 3rd line: Failed to load blueprint: RailNetwork\TrackRules\PONtrack.bin

PONtrack.bin is a track rule file for Jim Ward's Port Ogden To Chicago route. For some reason, a corrupted version of this file exists in several railworks folders.
The solution is to delete all occurences of this file by following these instructions:

1- In Windows explorer, go to your Railworks folder.
2- Shift-Right-click on the folder and select "Open a command window here"
3- In the command (black) window, type this:
del /S PONtrack.bin

Note: that's a capital "O", not a zero.

It will find and delete all occurences of this file and you should be all set.

If this does not solve your ptoblem, we suggest you look at this other tutorial from Bob Latimer:

How To Get Most Third-party Routes Running in TS2013

This tutorial is by Rick Grout of G-Trax. It will teach you how to make and add Warning Detectors and other sounds to scenarios. 

Trackside Warning Detector Messages

This tutorial is by Rick Grout of G-Trax. It will teach you how to make the fancy cinematic movies in some of the newer scenarios that come with DLC routes.

Adding Cinematics to your Scenario

This tutorial is by Rick Grout from G-Trax. It will teach you how to make the fancy popups you see in many of the DLC routes for Train Simulator 2014.

Creating Extended Dialogs - Pop Ups

This link will take you to the Engine Driver Blog for the tutorial.

Driving and Firing Steam Engines Tutorial

This link will take you to the Train Simulator Newsfeed for the tutorial.

Setting up Google Maps

Here's a nice video tutorial from Paul IHH (sly).

In it we learn about the new TS2014 features for creating a Quick-Drive scenario.

by Nathan DeFayette (5292nate)

Hi everyone. A fair amount of people have voiced a lack of knowledge in installing horns. (Most of
these people do not read the forums) This is my first tutorial, so bear that in mind.

Get Nathan's tutorial here