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Content Development / Re: Any Canadian Routes/Trains?

« on: September 12, 2012, 04:08:32 am »

Thanks a lot!  I have tried it out, and the major problem with openBVE compatibility with the train - the doors not
opening, is fixed!

And I have p7zip-full on my Linux system, so opening the .EXE files was not a problem.

Well done!

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Content Development / Re: Any Canadian Routes/Trains?

« on: September 04, 2012, 07:55:08 am »

Toronto YUS route and train downloads:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020614190356/www.crotrainz.com/DownTTC.html
http://trevordaybveworld.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?158
trevordaybveworld.com/e107_files/public/1346474325_62_FT0_ttc_yus_line_pack.rar
http://trevordaybveworld.com/download.php?view.75
trevordaybveworld.com/request.php?75

The original route download includes the R36 train.
TDBW has the new route and the "Toronto Rocket" train.

Super-Awesome!  I downloaded everything from the trevordaybveworld site.  I've googled this, and there are tons of youtube videos of this route, but the
route download wasn't showing up in my searches.

I have the YUS route. It was originally built in 2003 by Dave Reage, he updated it in 2006. Its one of the best made routes in the world. It ran perfectly in BVE2 & 4. I tried it in OpenBVE tonight for the first time, but since OpenBVE is an abortion, there are errors in the route, the most glaring is the doors do not open at any station. i will try to fix the mistakes, when I do, I will send it to you. Please give me a few days since I will be busy with work this week. Someone started the Shepherd subway a few years back, but it was never released.

Joe

Joe, thanks for your offer to patch the route for OpenBVE.  PM me if/when you release the patch.

Since I am running Linux, BVE2/4 won't work, therefore I will be using this route with OpenBVE.

As a rider of the Bombardier T1, I can't stop laughing at how accurate the acceleration/decelleration whine is...  It's going to perplex people in my household!

As for the stop announcements, they are automated now, and it should be easy to replace the sound files without knowing anything except the correct
filenames.  Maybe those sounds are already available online?  The woman's voice is synthesized. 

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Introduction / Hi, I'm just visiting

« on: September 04, 2012, 05:53:08 am »

Hey there,

I used to love trains as a kid, and now I have an occasional interest in them.  I wish I could make my own routes for my hometown(Toronto) but I don't have
the enthusiasm or the knowledge to do so.

Also,  I just wanted to say that the "Captcha" letters on this forum are too fuzzy, and I usually have to try 4-5 times to get it right, which is quite frustrating.
If I don't post here any further, chances are, that is why.

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BVE/OpenBVE Support / Linux OpenBVE: How to use .EXE installers for routes and trains

« on: September 04, 2012, 05:49:26 am »

Hi,

I'm new to OpenBVE but I am an experienced user of desktop Linux operating systems.  On an app centre called "Ubuntu Software Center" under the page for
OpenBVE, one or two of the feedback comments complained that many add-ons for routes and trains were unusable .EXE files for Windows, and couldn't be used
in Linux.

While these .EXE files were intended for Windows users, they can be opened by Linux users, because only the first segment of the file is an .EXE, the rest is the
Zip file.  It won't be an automated process like it was supposed to be, but at least the files will be extractable by the user.

To open the .EXE in Linux, download the file, then right-click on the file and select "Open with Archive Manager."  If the Archive Manager produces an error, then
that particular .EXE does not contain a standard Zip file inside it.  But I have tried some, and most of the time it will work.

Just in case anybody comes asking...

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Content Development / Re: Any Canadian Routes/Trains?

« on: September 04, 2012, 01:42:39 am »

Ok,

So far I have found a forum that discusses the existance of a route for the Toronto Yonge-University-Spadina "yellow line", but nowhere is there an official download,
according to that forum.

http://www.cptdb.ca/index.php?showtopic=3363

Unfortunately users on that forum say that nothing else has been done for the Toronto area.  So I'm outta luck for GO Trains, or any other branches of the
TTC Subway.

I will check the massive list of links provided given that the bve-routes site is down, perhaps I will find something further on this Toronto YUS route.
http://forums.bvestation.com/index.php?topic=1867.msg20455#msg20455

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Content Development / Any Canadian Routes/Trains?

« on: September 03, 2012, 09:51:44 pm »

Hi there,

I live in Toronto, and I would like to try out the Toronto Subway lines, or the GO trains that operate in the areas around Toronto.

Additionally, I'd like to try out any other routes that are based in Canada.

If there is anything out there, please post a link.  At the time of this writing, the site http://wiki.bve-routes.com/ was down, so forgive me if the answers are there.

If anything doesn't yet exist, I would love to see it developed but don't have the resources.  I was just hoping something was out there.

Thanks,