Post by Tom Constantine on Dec 30, 2013 19:08:59 GMT -5
Building Quick Drive Consists with RW_Tools Part 1: The preliminaries.
Before we can start building consists there are a couple preparation steps to be done. Open RW_Tools.
See Fig.1
On the right hand end of the top menu line, click Help and then click "Check for Newer Version"
It will tell you your current version and then open a page to download the latest. V5.0.43 is the
latest as I type. If you need a newer version, extract the files and let them over-write. Be sure
to close RW_Tools as it will not copy the new version if the file is in use.
Next, also see Fig.1
Open RW_Tools and click Edit Assets and Asset Editor on the top menu line. That will display the view in Fig.2.
The window title is Build List of Assets. There are 3 easy steps
1. Check Rolling Stock Only. (You do not want to sift through a list of every scenery asset in TS2014!)
2. Click Add to List and watch the list build in the bottom window. #4 points at a counter that will tell you
how many assets you have. When it stops counting, go to
3. Click Save Stock Index. You will get a warning message telling you you need to do steps 1 & 2. Just
say yes or OK or whatever and the list will be saved.
If you want to look at the list as a file, in C:\Program Files (x86)\RW_Tools\Reports, you will find Index.csv which can be opened in Excel but don't bother
This is the end of Part 1.
Before we can start building consists there are a couple preparation steps to be done. Open RW_Tools.
See Fig.1
On the right hand end of the top menu line, click Help and then click "Check for Newer Version"
It will tell you your current version and then open a page to download the latest. V5.0.43 is the
latest as I type. If you need a newer version, extract the files and let them over-write. Be sure
to close RW_Tools as it will not copy the new version if the file is in use.
Next, also see Fig.1
Open RW_Tools and click Edit Assets and Asset Editor on the top menu line. That will display the view in Fig.2.
The window title is Build List of Assets. There are 3 easy steps
1. Check Rolling Stock Only. (You do not want to sift through a list of every scenery asset in TS2014!)
2. Click Add to List and watch the list build in the bottom window. #4 points at a counter that will tell you
how many assets you have. When it stops counting, go to
3. Click Save Stock Index. You will get a warning message telling you you need to do steps 1 & 2. Just
say yes or OK or whatever and the list will be saved.
If you want to look at the list as a file, in C:\Program Files (x86)\RW_Tools\Reports, you will find Index.csv which can be opened in Excel but don't bother
This is the end of Part 1.
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