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Can anyway tell me if it is possible to use the smoke file (whatever that file is) from one diesel loco and change another diesel to that smoke output ?

Sure you will need to learn how to edit the bin file and just refer to the smoke from the other locomotive. If you haven't done that I suggest you get RWTools. It is the greatest utility program around for stuff like that.

Hey Buzz,

I have RW Tools but have only used it for very basic functions, could you point me to a good tutorial for editing bin files ? Seems a little intimidating.

Thanks,

RH001

Have you read the RWTools manual?

Yes I read the small paragraph regarding Bin files, my question was for specific information in modifying the smoke file or files. What actually needs to be changed in the Bin file to make smoke darker/thicker or just how to copy from one loco to another. Opening the Bin file was not my problem, changing what's in it is.

RH001

Aliasing smoke particles: The first thing I do is search for 'child' That will get you to the right section of the bin so you don't need to scroll the whole file.

Stuff in parenthesis is my instructions.

<ChildName d:type="cDeltaString">Smoke Exhaust</ChildName>
<BlueprintID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
<BlueprintSetID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
<Provider d:type="cDeltaString">G-TraX</Provider> (Where the smoke comes from.)
<Product d:type="cDeltaString">Trains</Product> (Path to the child)
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">Particles\LocomotiveSmoke01.xml</BlueprintID> (name of the file)


Now if you wanted to use some other locomative you would change to something like:

<Provider d:type="cDeltaString">RSC</Provider>
<Product d:type="cDeltaString">K4Pack01</Product>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">Particles\Engine_Smoke.xml</BlueprintID>

It would then use the smoke particles from the K4.