UTX USA USERS - RAIL YARDS

 THIS ISSUE IS STILL VALID AND CAN NOT BE FIXED WITH A GEX OR GEP3D "UPDATE".

IT REQUIRES A MANUAL CHANGE TO THE UTX CONFIGUATION AS OUTLINED BELOW.

 

 

This only effects UTX USA with GEX-GEP3D/UTX patch applied -and- if you use the Rail Yards 'enabled' in UTX USA

 

 

It has come to our attention that the UTX Rail Yard texture typically used in the USA is not appearing correctly. This is due to an assignment difference between what UTX USA and Canada/Alaska/Europe uses for Rail Yards. They call different texture names although those textures are similar in nature. We made the change for USA assuming the same texture was used for all of them however this is not the case and easy to fix/change

 

 

The easiest way to correct that is to use the UTX interface and reassign the UT_RAILYARD to UTLOTDry.bmp which will call the texture you are used to seeing.

 

1. Open the UTX USA Tool, click ADVANCED, Modify Texture Mappings for UT Features
2. Bullet in OTHER
3. Click UT_RAILYARD
4. Click Create New Custom Texture Set � click OK on the next box
5. When the box appears, fill out the information exactly as shown

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALTERNATE: you can use the file UTLotWet.bmp if you rather have a bit of vegetation look to it or even mix the WET/DRY for seasonal changes. Simply use the word WET in the file name where ever the word DRY is used. The dry file is like a dry concrete/gravel and the wet file would look like it has more green in it mixed with the concrete/gravel.

 

This image is an example of mixing the WET/DRY railyard texture

 

 

 

 

 

6. Click SAVE     

 

 

 

 

Making sure the UT_RAILYARD is highlighted, in the DROPDOWN select the name of the saved texture profile, in this case UT_Railyard_FIX and click SAVE Modification and then click DONE

 

 

 

You DO NOT need to do this for Canada or Alaska! Since like Europe UTX Canada/Alaska uses the correct wet/dry Railyard textures.

 

 

 

Thats it!   All fixed  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska is the same as Canada, its fine, which is why I said..

 

 

This only effects UTX USA….  

 

 

 

 

Nope, we don’t

 

The correct texture is UTLotDry.bmp and UTLotWet.bmp as far as we are concerned. I think what has happened here is UTX implemented that for all other UT products after USA was made and never implemented that change for the USA.

 

Just so you understand, ..  the DEFAULT texture UTLot is a duplicate with a slight color variation of the default UTLotWet/Dry

 

 

 

If anything the UTX USA tool should use the same 2 types the others do and doesnt. So this fixes it.

 

 

Sir Nick,

Sanity check needed.  I have those "Replacement Railroad and Railyard Textures for Ultimate Terrain X" that the FSWC guys made.  They get installed using a "Setup.exe" file...not a copy\paste type install.  So I'm not 100% sure just WHAT they replaced in UTX.

Is it safe to assume that the replacement files they install are the same filenames that your instructions above referenced?  Just want to make sure I don't hose UTX by doing the above stuff AFTER I have installed the Railroad and Railyard textures.

I included a cut\paste below of the Readme file that came with the alternate textures, in case you aren't familiar with it.

Rick

-------------------START of README---------------

REPLACEMENT RAILROAD AND RAILYARD TEXTURES FOR ULTIMATE TERRAIN X

BY PAUL WHEELER

This readme is best viewed with word wrap set to on.

-----------------------------------------------------------------

This is a set of replacement textures for all the railroads and railyards in Ulitimate Terrain X USA, Canada and EU.

They replace the single track default railroads with a double track railroad with matching railyard textures. There are also custom made track encasements for both wet and dry climates and hard winter.

Installation:
-------------

Run 'setup.exe' and follow the instructions carefully.

Installation if FTX is also Installed
-------------------------------------

If you also own Orbx's Full Terrain X then we recommend you install these textures with FTX mode off.
However, if you wish to run them with FTX mode on then, with FTX mode set to 'on', run a 'UTX Setup Tool' first to ensure the correct UTX entries are in FTX's 'terrain.cfg' and then run this installer.
This method will in no way impact on the workings of FTX or UTX and will enable you to fly in UTX areas with FTX mode set to 'on'.

UNINSTALLATION:
---------------

An uninstall application is provided and can be accessed via the 'Start Menu' or 'Add or Remove Programs'. Alternatively just run the 'setup.exe' again.

While every effort has been made to ensure the quality and compatibility of this package, we do not assume any responsibility should this package damage or harm your PC, FSX, UTX or any other installed software in any way.

----You are installing them at your own risk.----

Although we are associated with FSWaterConfigurator, I or any member of the FSWC team are not obliged to provide official support for this package. However, if you have problems we will do our best to help.

Any feedback, comments, etc. visit us at http://www.fswaterconfigurator.com/forum

Many thanks to Ashton Lawson (aka Str1ker) for the installation package.

If you enjoy these textures, you may enjoy our main FREEWARE package - the water shader editor FSWC.

Go to http://www.fswaterconfigurator.com for more information.

Thanks

Paul.

---------------------END OF README ------------------

FSWC did not replace the base railyard texture, just the tracks and what sits on top of the base tile so the addition of that should not effect any change. They replaced the tracks with the rail cars on them, not the base and it automatically edits the terrain.cfg for those track textures.

FalconAF, which do you think looks better, the UTX rails, or the FSWC ones?

thesearcher wrote: FalconAF, which do you think looks better, the UTX rails, or the FSWC ones?

It's all relative to the user, and can depend on where you are flying in FSX.  So I usually don't say, "This looks better than that", as someone else may not agree with what I like.  If possible with something like the FSWC railyard option, I install it and see what I think.  If I like it, I keep it.  If not, I restore back to what it was before.  I'm also running a 3-wide TH2G monitor setup at 5040 x 1050 with FSX, so "what I see" can be quite a bit different than somebody who may be using a single monitor at a different resolution. 

Al,

It's the second "check box" item in the GEX USA user interface you use to install the GEX USA textures.  If you have UTX USA\Canada, you can check that box to have GEX USA install new textures for UTX USA\Canada.  It's not a separate patch you have to downlad...it's part of GEX USA itself.

abez wrote:   Actually, I had installed all 4 "check boxes". Al

Al,

What version of GEX are you using for the USA?  The new North America version only has THREE check boxes.  The second one is "GEX for UTX USA or Canada".

Then you can apply Nick's "fixes" from the top post here using the UTX USA settings ONLY.  You don't need to do them for UTX Canada.

Sounds like you haven't upgraded your previous GEX USA\Canada to the new GEX North America yet.  

Anybody know what the character after the W is in the Hard Winter box in the Custom Texture Set Creation (Advanced Users Only) window?

Is that supposed to be the number "1"?

 

 

Good news! Thought I had a defective keyboard, thanks.

Is this still necessary with the latest versions of GEX NA and UTX USA installed?

Hi all,

NickN wrote: Please read the first line in the first post of this thread

I am seeing neither railroads nor rail yards (I have FSX with both UTX and GEX).  After applying this workaround when I start the UTX Setup Tool I get this warning:

-Missing referenced texture in TERRAIN.CFG "C:\Program Files
(x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator
X\SCENERY\WORLD\TEXTURE\UTLotDry.bmp".

repeated four times altogether.  I triple-checked that I followed the instructions in the OP properly.

Any idea what's wrong?

Are my missing railroads (not railyards) related, or is that another issue altogether?

Thanks for the quick reply!

I do not have the file UTLotDry.  I do have UTLOT, UTLOT_HW, UTLOT_LM, UtLot2, and UtLot3 (all .bmp's).

What is this UAC thing of which you speak?  I know it's user access control, but I have no idea if it's on or off, or how to find out or to change it  Or what to do afterwards.

I did find out the hard way that GEX has to be run as administrator else it goes through all the motions of backing up etc but doesn't seem to actually do anything nor does it give any sort of error indications.

For the record, I installed UTX a week ago and GEX yesterday.

Edit:  Forgot to state that I'm running Win7 Ultimate 64-bit

Okay, I turned UAC off, redid the UTX fix even though I could view it via the "View Selected Custom Texture Set" button.  I'm somewhat concerned that I didn't get a "file already exists" type message when I re-entered the fix.  I then disabled GEX and re-enabled it, ran FTX exited it.  UTX Setup still reports the warnings about UTLotDry.bmp, and UTLotDry.bmp is not in the X\Scenery\World\Texture directory.  I don't seem to have any UTX options in the GEX tool; all it has is a "Delete Backup" button, a Move Backup Folder" button, a "Ground Environment X for North America" radio button and a "GEX for Ultimate Terrain USA or Canada" underneath that along with a greyed-out "GEX for UT Alaska" radio buttons, and similar greyed out radio buttons for the other GEX packages, none of which I have.  At the bottom are large "Enable" and "Disable" buttons, a checkbox for "Autogen Forest Performance Fix", then at the very bottom is a group of four buttons labelled "Support", "Help", "Check for Updates", and "Exit".  No other controls on the page, and no mention anywhere of UTX options.  Likewise there is no mention anyplace of GEX within the UTX setup tool.

NickN wrote: GEX for Ultimate Terrain USA or Canada     Ultimate Terrain USA or Canada is UTX (Ultimate Terrain X products)   The interface will auto-detect if you have a UTX product installed. If it is not installed the UT product will be greyed out, like Ultimate Terrain Alaska http://www.scenerysolutions.com/UltAlaskaX.html  is greyed out since you do not have that product installed.

Oh.  Duh, my bad.  Sorry.

Good!  Glad you got it resolved..