What about the the player consists in an activity? Yes, you can change these. There is one exception: if you've saved an activity (such as exploring a route), then change the consist and re-load that activity, MSTS will crash.
Obviously you can change any of your own consists at any time. Intercity 125 HST stands at Settle, about to depart for Carlisle. Note that you can have multiples of the same loco and the same freight wagon or passenger car in the same consist. When you start MSTS, choose a particular loco will give you a list of consists for that loco. Remember not to leave any blanks! Give your consist a name and description, and save it. To delete a loco or wagon from a consist, double click it. Right-click a loco to reverse its direction. Just remember to set the filter back to All in case you later want to check a consist - otherwise it can be disconcerting!Īdding a loco or passenger or freight wagon is simple: just double-click your choice. Use the Filter for locomotives and wagons (either from the Program menu item or the icon on the menu bar) to help simplify the lists of locos and wagons you have available - choose according to your needs. Some installations of locos provide a simple consist but you'll always want to create your own according to your interests. Unless there's a consist, even for a loco by itself ( loco durable or loco light), you won't see it in the list of available locomotives, either to explore a route or run an activity. 191.ĬonBuilder's first task is to create consists, i.e., train sets made of loco(s) and cars (either passenger or freight). WordPad is found in:Ī close-up of the conscientious engineer of Metra's FP40PH-2M No. WordPad must be used as editor since you need one that can cope with documents in unicode-text format. If you've followed a normal installation, the path to MSTS is:Ĭ:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\ For each item, open the folder tree to find where you've stored MSTS.
If you've already installed ConBuilder, use Program on the top menu and choose Options. the folder in which MSTS is stored, and.
National Rail's NR53/82 stand at the head of heavy freight consist.Īt installation time, or later, there are two options you need to set:
Note ConBuilder now checks that a loco's ENGine file has consistent names for the folder name and WAGON name in the ENG file - you'll be told if not (simply edit the offending ENG file with WordPad to fix the problem).
(15-Sep-02): Updated version of Conbuilder (version 1.5.1, conb_151.zip, 625kb, 03-Aug-02) is now available for download at. Let's see why ConBuilder is such a useful tool. By now you should have downloaded it from or and have it installed on your system.
Thankfully, Carlos Gomes has provided all Train Simmers with his free tool called the ConBuilder.
While the installation of MSTS provides us with a free set of tools ( Train Simulator Editor and Tools under Start, Programs, Microsoft Games, Train Simulator), unless you have a monitor capable of a resolution better than 1024x768, you can't access the Consist Builder which is a part of these tools. Note its tanker at top right in the picture. Santa Fe's Big Blower 10,000hp turbine at idle.