Britkits Replacement Buckeye Coupler - Need instructions

[buzz456]

I need some help here. In the textures folder there is a file that says pipes. If I xxx it shows the textures missing so that is the object. Is it in the bin file where the direction is to find that texture? Or is it somewhere else. It's been awhile since I messed with one of these and I don't remember where this stuff resides.
OK I got into the GeoPcDx file and found the thing, changed the file. Now how do I change it back to a Geo file?


Buzz

[OlPaint]

Hi Buzz

Any progress on finding the dangling brake hoses?

OlPaint

[buzz456]

Hi Buzz

Any progress on finding the dangling brake hoses?

OlPaint

If I would get a answer to my question above I could do it I think. If not I may have to figure it out myself. Right now the boss has some idea I should be out raking leaves.

[PapaXpress]

I haven't had a chance to look either. My boys have been keeping me up late the last couple weeks.

[buzz456]

PE,
I changed the Geo file to a bin file and then opened it with serz found the child and took it out. I then switched the file back to a bin file. Now how do I get it back to a Geo?
Buzz

[PapaXpress]

GEO files don't have children. They contain the nodes, filters the nodes use, and geometry data of the nodes. Yes, you could remove a node, but it may not work properly if you don't remove all the node references cleanly.

RWTools can open GEO files directly, I do it all the time with my models. Saving them is a problem since RSC put a bug in SERZ.exe to prevent large models from getting recompiled back into GEOs.

[OlPaint]

PapaXpress and Buzz

So, in conclusion, there is no way easy way to remove the old dangling brake hoses when the Britkits Replacement Buckeye coulpler kit is installed without a rebuild of the wagon shape files. I didn't want to hear that. Oh Well...

OlPaint

[PapaXpress]

I wouldn't call it the end of the road yet.

*IF* what I said about the hose being a node is correct, then perhaps we can "turn it off" in the LUA. This is commonly done with turning on animations, and light. I am still short on time so I can't try this out, but perhaps Buzz can since he already located the node for the hose.

What would need to happen is to add this to the function Initialise () function:

Call("<Child Name>:ActivateNode", <Node Name>, value);

Example:
Call( "Strobe:ActivateNode", "LensFlash", gStrobe )

The 'Child Name' is the name of the child in the BIN file. Since this is not a child object we may have to use "*:ActivateNode", but I am not sure (Kali would know better).

The 'Node Name' is the node in the GEO. This was what Buzz removed in his experiment.

The 'value' in this case is true or false, 1 or 0. 0 will turn it off.

The next thing you need to do is make sure that the LUA does not call this node again to turn it back "on".

[OlPaint]

PapaXpress

Is the fix you described to remove the old dangling brake hose a doable thing?

OlPaint

[PapaXpress]

That was just a theory of what might be possible. I have not looked at the files to confirm it.

[ex-railwayman]

Good afternoon Gentlemen, I wondered if you had sorted this problem out at all please, as I would also like to get rid of the dangly hoses, but, having read your thread haven't come to a conclusion how to do it without making a complete mess of my wagon files, and if I'm unsuccessful might not be able to play with them again.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

[KCJones]

"Coming in late as usual." Which is the car with the dangly hoses? I will have a look. Get me back in the mood for modelling after some 12 inch to the foot scale work.

[OlPaint]

@KCJones

The rolling stock bundled with Horseshoe Curve route DLC is the main culprit. It is the first route I tryed to convert over to the Britkits Buckeye Mod.

OlPaint