So just how do you edit a cabview? I’ve got a locomotive that I downloaded (mentioned in another thread) that didn’t have much of a cab. The dials, a couple handles, and the bell and sander buttons are visible and everything else is invisible. Oh, it all works, you just can’t see it. No fun.
I thought I could replace the cab with another one but it’s not that simple. The message will say “cab not found” and if you mess with the sound you’ll get a message that says “SMS file not found” or somthing like that.
I’m gonna guess that these programs were written specifically to look for specific cabs files. Perhaps if I copy a cab and then rename files to match the origionals?
Also, one loco didn’t have a horn sound. It wasn’t as simple as copying a horn sound and pasting into the sound file. Either the system crashes or there’s no effect (no horn sound).
So what do I do? (I’m accident prone when it comes to software. Last time I monkied with trainsim’s routes I screwed some files up and had to reinstall the whole thing). If someone knows what to do please write it in simple step-by-step terms, not vague desprictions.
Bascially, is it possible to swicth the Dash 9 cab with the GP38 and vice versa? Maybe if I knew how to do that would that help to understand how to fix my messed up downloaded locos?
If you change horn sounds. you must replace ALL the references in the sms file - there are three. If you have any question, just post in my forum there.
OK, after much experimenting I’ve finally figured it out and am including step by step procedures in a much detailed description here. I’ve looked through it and I think I’ve got all the typos out. I’ve got the process figured out, now if something doesn’t look right it’s probably because I left it out by accident. If you have any questions on clarity of what’s written below I’ll try to re-explain it or something or maybe someone can come up with a better way to put it.
Besides posting this as an answer to my own initial questions in the first post I’m putting this here for the benefit of others and maybe get some feedback of if there are other ways other than what’s described below on how to edit these cabviews and sounds. I think I’ve hit the nail on the head with this one because I’ve tested it out for myself, but if someone has other ideas or ways, then let me know, please. Thank You.
SOUND: FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE SOUND FILES:
I also found some really cool sounds in the GP38 and HHP not used in the game. Go into your GP38 folder and then into the sounds folder. All sounds preceded with and ‘x_’ is the sound heard externally. Sounds that don’t have an x are heard inside the cab.
GP38 HORN:
Click on gp38_horn1, x_gp38_horn1, and x_gp38_horn1_alt to hear those sound files. I changed all my internet downloaded GP38s to the x_gp38_horn1_alt. All you do is rename the alternate to the default and the default to the alternate. Also, I found the GP38 has 2 whistles. Why, I do not know?
HHP HORN:
Next, go into your HHP’s sound folder. There you’ll find 2 types of horns: the hhp_hornh (the default) and hhp_hornl as well as their x_files. I guess the h stands for high and l for low? Same thing in the ACELA folder. If you so desire you can change the defaults to the alternates. There are also 3 bells in the GP38 and HHP. I also changed the bells in my new internet locos just to make things different, to distingu