rwbishUP Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Trying to place trains in mission editor, but don't have them anymore. I can place the indicator icon for rail equipment but the train doesn't appear in mission planner or in the actual mission. Also there is no equipment preview under the ammo tab in ME like there used to be. They were working fine a few months back. I have tried a DCS repair but doesn't help. Is anyone else having this problem or anyone know how to get railroad items back in ME? Trains are available in static objects but not as operating ground units. I'm using open beta v. 2.5 thanx Edited February 4, 2020 by rwbishUP add info
Grimes Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 If I recall trains don't have any icon associated with them in game nor do the behave like a normal unit. They also have a special keybind to spectate it. I usually just place a ground unit near where the train starts at to verify if it exists. Important to note that the path given can dictate whether or not the train exists. For instance it is possible for paths to be considered invalid, when that occurs the train will not spawn into the mission. This is noticeable if the path given for the train doesn't "snap" to the path of the rails. The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world. Current Projects: Grayflag Server, Scripting Wiki Useful Links: Mission Scripting Tools MIST-(GitHub) MIST-(Thread) SLMOD, Wiki wishlist, Mission Editing Wiki!, Mission Building Forum
JUICE-AWG Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 Are some trains part of the Civilian Traffic in the overall game settings? "There are only two types of aircraft, Fighters and Targets." Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
rwbishUP Posted February 5, 2020 Author Posted February 5, 2020 Thanx for the reply Grimes. Well, the last time I used raild equipment was in Oct. I made a mission that was all about intercepting a weapons haul. Everything was good, I selected ground unit, train, and once I placed it on the map (on the track) I had the standard red marker with a railcar inside it, I could select the ammo or preview tab and it showed a pic of the unit. I started the mission to test and I could see the indicator in the F10 map, and it was doing everything I had set it to do. Now when I try to use the train ground unit, I don't get anything other than the placement indicator inside ME. They're not even in mp missions I've seen them in the past or even a mission I downloaded called, "Train Trouble". It's like working rail equipment has completely disappeared from my DCS install.
Rudel_chw Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 If I recall trains don't have any icon associated with them in game nor do the behave like a normal unit. They also have a special keybind to spectate it. I usually just place a ground unit near where the train starts at to verify if it exists. Important to note that the path given can dictate whether or not the train exists. For instance it is possible for paths to be considered invalid, when that occurs the train will not spawn into the mission. This is noticeable if the path given for the train doesn't "snap" to the path of the rails. Thanks for the tips .. didn’t knew about the special keybind. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
rwbishUP Posted February 5, 2020 Author Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) Are some trains part of the Civilian Traffic in the overall game settings? I thought the same thing Juice, I have civil traffic to full and I still can't get anything. Is it possible that the file containing the rail equipment is corrupt or has somehow mia? I don't know where that file would be located, or if it's the same folder that static object rail equipment is stored in. Edited February 5, 2020 by rwbishUP
Grimes Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 Thanx for the reply Grimes. Well, the last time I used raild equipment was in Oct. I made a mission that was all about intercepting a weapons haul. Everything was good, I selected ground unit, train, and once I placed it on the map (on the track) I had the standard red marker with a railcar inside it, I could select the ammo or preview tab and it showed a pic of the unit. I started the mission to test and I could see the indicator in the F10 map, and it was doing everything I had set it to do. Now when I try to use the train ground unit, I don't get anything other than the placement indicator inside ME. They're not even in mp missions I've seen them in the past or even a mission I downloaded called, "Train Trouble". It's like working rail equipment has completely disappeared from my DCS install. Sceenshots of the menu you see when placing a train might help. Here is what it looks like on my end. I can attach a mission if it helps. For what it is worth, trains are kind of buggy in general. Last I knew they weren't visible in MP for clients, the train can't stop or change direction, some sections of track on maps trains don't work at all, and the train object isn't treated the same as normal units are so triggers/scripts are in varying degrees of working with trains. The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world. Current Projects: Grayflag Server, Scripting Wiki Useful Links: Mission Scripting Tools MIST-(GitHub) MIST-(Thread) SLMOD, Wiki wishlist, Mission Editing Wiki!, Mission Building Forum
rwbishUP Posted February 5, 2020 Author Posted February 5, 2020 Yeah, that's what mine looks like when I place one, but it never works beyond that. Oh well, guess it's just a fluke. It was just getting under my skin that I couldn't get it to work. I don't use them that much, but had a mission on my mind where trains were the main focus, didn't know if I had messed something up. I searched all through my users/saved games/dcs.ob folder for anything that had to do with trains and couldn't find anything in there, was wondering if maybe I'm missing some files or something. thanx again for the help
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