Changing these couplings.

[spartantrain32]

Any ideas on how i would change the couplings on here to U.S couplings?

[GreatNortherner]

Hi,

Changing couplers on rolling stock is actually quite simple, you only need to edit two small parts in the car's BIN file (with RW_Tools, for example).

Load the car's BIN file and look for the code below, near the top of the file. These entries reference the coupler model that gets used, in the example below this is from Sherman Hill. To change the couplers you only need to edit the parts that I highlighted in red, change them so they reference the coupler you would like to use. Or copy/paste from another railcar and overwrite the entries that are present in your current files.

<FrontCouplingBlueprintID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
<BlueprintSetID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
<Provider d:type="cDeltaString">RSC</Provider>
<Product d:type="cDeltaString">ShermanHill</Product>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">RailVehicles\Couplings\Buckeye\Type-E\buckeye_type_e_coupling.xml</BlueprintID>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
</FrontCouplingBlueprintID>
<RearCouplingBlueprintID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
<BlueprintSetID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
<Provider d:type="cDeltaString">RSC</Provider>
<Product d:type="cDeltaString">ShermanHill</Product>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">RailVehicles\Couplings\Buckeye\Type-E\buckeye_type_e_coupling.xml</BlueprintID>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
</RearCouplingBlueprintID>

EDIT... with the line indentations of the code it would look like this:

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               <FrontCouplingBlueprintID>
                  <iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
                     <BlueprintSetID>
                        <iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
                           <Provider d:type="cDeltaString">RSC</Provider>
                           <Product d:type="cDeltaString">ShermanHill</Product>
                        </iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
                     </BlueprintSetID>
                     <BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">RailVehicles\Couplings\Buckeye\Type-E\buckeye_type_e_coupling.xml</BlueprintID>
                  </iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
               </FrontCouplingBlueprintID>
               <RearCouplingBlueprintID>
                  <iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
                     <BlueprintSetID>
                        <iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
                           <Provider d:type="cDeltaString">RSC</Provider>
                           <Product d:type="cDeltaString">ShermanHill</Product>
                        </iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
                     </BlueprintSetID>
                     <BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">RailVehicles\Couplings\Buckeye\Type-E\buckeye_type_e_coupling.xml</BlueprintID>
                  </iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
               </RearCouplingBlueprintID>


[spartantrain32]

Thank you


What all programs can i use to edit .bin files?

[bpetit]

Thank you


What all programs can i use to edit .bin files?

RWTools would be the easiest but I use Notepad

You need to convert the bin to xml to do that you need to find the serz.exe in your railworks folder. Drag the bin over serz, and you should have an xml where the bin is.

[spartantrain32]

then just save the changes to the xml file?

[Chacal]

Save the xml, then drag it over serz.exe to turn it back into a.bin.
Or just use RW-Tools, believe me it is worth it.

[spartantrain32]

i know. lol i really want these ore cars with u.s couplings.