Neue Version RW-Tools

Neue Version 4.2.23:

v4.2.23 - Fixed the option in Edit Assets to Check Assets\Show files used by Asset - this sometimes locked up.
Added a couple of delays to the Check Route\Check for missing textures - this can take a long time
on some routes, especially the new Hamburg route.

Neue Version 4.2.25:

v4.2.25 - Fixed a bug in the Check Route/Check for missing Textures
Fixed the option to make Quick Drive Consists - it appears that unless every word in the Type of
consist is capitalised, then the consist can't be 'spawned' in a QD route. Now when you select
a type like “Consist type passenger commuter" it correctly appears in the .bin file as
"eConsistTypePassengerCommuter"

Neue Version 5.0.11:

v5.0.10 - As RSC did not give me access to an early copy of TS2014 as they have on previous occasions, I
appologise if there are elements of RW_Tools which no longer work with the new TS2014. This is
completely out of my control as I have only had 2 days to produce an update. Anyone finding
other anomalies, please let me know as soon as possible.

The main problem found so far is the use of .ap files in some route and asset folders, those
I know about (yours will differ depending upon your DLC) at this time are:-

Assets\Castlerock\CastlerockAssets.ap
Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailsimulatorUSAssets.ap
Assets\RSC\Class466Pack01\Class466EMUAssets.ap
Assets\RSC\DonnerPass\DonnerPassAssets.ap
Assets\RSC\ER20Pack01\ER20Assets.ap
Assets\RSC\HamburgHannover\HamburgAssets.ap
Assets\RSC\ICE2Pack01\ICE2Assets.ap
Assets\RSC\IndustrialNorth\DoncasterWorksAssets.ap
Assets\RSC\KentHighSpeed\LondonFavAssets.ap
Assets\RSC\SD70MSPPack01\SD70MSPAssets.ap
Assets\RSDL\Foliage01\FoliageAssets.ap
Content\Routes\00000020-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\MainContent.ap
Content\Routes\00000032-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\DonnerPassSD70MSPScenarios.ap
Content\Routes\00000032-0000-0000-0000-000000000000\MainContent.ap
Content\Routes\00000034-c000-0000-0000-000000002013\L2FClass466EMUScenarios.ap
Content\Routes\00000034-c000-0000-0000-000000002013\MainContent.ap
Content\Routes\00000035-0000-0000-0000-000000002012\MunichICE2Scenarios.ap
Content\Routes\00000037-0000-0000-0000-000000002013\MainContent.ap

These *.ap files are zip files containing all the files for a route or in the case of
those in the Assets folder, all the assets for a particular route. Note however that
the Kuju\RailSimulatorUS folder and the RSDL\Foliage01 folder are also involved, so ALL
U.S. routes (even 3rd party ones) and all routes using that Foliage package are also
involved. This change means that none of the routes involved can now be correctly checked
by RW_Tools nor can users swap missing rolling stock in scenarios for stock they already
have.

I can't see any good reason for the use of these .ap files, especially as it has been
stated that although the .ap file contains all of the files needed for the route, if
a user modifies one of the files and places it in the correct position in the file tree
outside of the .ap file (e.g. in the case of a reskin etc), then the TS2014 will use
the file outside of the .ap file. This means that TS2014 must not only have to read the
.ap file, but also check all of the files contained in it against any other files in
the main folder to see if there is an external version. Which will take more time than
before. A cynic might believe that the only benefit of using these .ap files is to
stop users swapping rolling stock and forcing them to purchase any missing stock in order
to use new scenarios?

To enable users to continue to check routes etc, I have added 2 new options in the
files menu:
1. Find all .ap files
This option gives you a list of all the .ap files installed in your RailWorks folder.
You can select any/all of these .ap files for unpacking using 2 buttons

a. Unpack selected .ap files - takes you to a 2nd screen where the contents of the
first selected .ap are displayed. You can then elect to unpack any/all of these
files from the 'Extract Files' menu.
The 2nd and subsequently selected .ap files are then shown for processing as above.

b. Unpack with 7zip - I have included a special command line version of 7zip with
this version. This will unpack all selected .ap files into their correct folder trees
without manual intervention except that you might get a window advising that a file
has already been unpacked and do you wish to continue. If everything seems to lock
up, look under the program window for such a message window.

2. Open .ap file
This option opens the same window as the 'Unpack selected .ap files' and allows you
to manually select an .ap file to open. Functionality is the same as in a. above.

Once you have unpacked the .ap files you can use RW_Tools to check routes and scenarios,
edit scenarios etc as you could in the past. Unfortunately though, once you run TS2014
again, all of the files from outside of the .ap files which have identical files inside
the .ap archive are deleted unless they have been modified. e.g. if you have modified
Scenario.bin and ScenarioProperties.xml files they will remain outside of the .ap archive
and these will be used by TS2014. (At least this is the theory, how robust this is has
not yet been proved).

SERZ.EXE - TS2014 includes a new version of serz.exe which is a big improvement on the
original. It will now allow you to use RW_Tools to open/save large .geopcdx files such
as locomotive shapes etc, and it will allow you to open and resave very large .tgpcdx
files including the 4096*4096 pixel ones - thus allowing users to use RW_Tools when
reskinning these items. However, the new serz.exe also requires two new .dll files
to be copied from the RailWorks folder, stlport_vc10.5.2.dll and zlibwapi.dll -
RW_Tools will attempt to do this for you as well as copying the new serz.exe - however
if you get any messages that serz.exe has not worked, you can copy these files manually.

NOTE: This version of RW_Tools is very much a beta and is included for advanced users who
are interested in experimenting with TS2014 to see what we can accomplish, especially as
no details regarding TS2014s new file system have been officially released.

Neue Version 5.0.15:

v5.0.12 - Fixed the option to find all .ap files to make it much faster.
v5.0.13 - Some buttons were wrongly labelled on the List screen.
v5.0.14 - Fixed bug in the option - Extract Files/Extract all to same folder as .ap -
Which was not extracting to correct folder.
v5.0.15 - Fixed bug in the Open .ap File/Extract Files/Extract all to same folder option
It was not working correctly for Asset folder .ap files.