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ÿþMSTS Generic GE U-boat Cab

By

Dwight Mitchell

(deweymitch@aol.com)

New England Backshops

    







First: You might want to print this document.



INTRODUCTION



     MSTS Generic GE U-boat cab. Rebuilt cab for GE's Universal series using the KC-108 control stand

Includes two variations, low nose, high nose, a newer left and right side views.  Two CVF "Alias" files

and installation instructions included. Right and left ace files with and without extra end windows

included. Also includes an updated eng file. Does not require any other file downloads other than the default Dash-9 for sound. A working 

knowledge of the eng file is a must.



CREDITS

   

    To George Elwood's site http://www.rr-fallenflags.org for ideas from pictures and other valuable info.

    To Ken Powers for components used in this cab













INSTALLATION



    Unzip this file to the drive where MSTS is located (normally drive C:). This will create the directory

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\TRAINS\TRAINSET\Common.Cab\Generic Eng Cabs\GE U-boat



1.First and most important BACKUP and I do mean BACKUP the folder of the engine that you want to use this cab in. If you don't do this first SHAME ON YOU!!



2.In the sub-folder "Alias cvf" of this file are four cvf files

Uboat.cvf           Low nose version

Uboat-hn.cvf      High nose version



3.Choose one of the files in step 2 and copy it into the cabview folder of the engine you want to use this cabview in. You have the option of deleting all other files in this folder if you wish.  If your engine does not have a Cabview folder then create one and then copy the cvf file(s) into this folder.





4.Now the tricky part. Open up the *.eng file with an ASCII text editor such as Wordpad or ConText (which I personally recommend). Look for the following line CabView (I high lighted this line in blue)



      NumWheels ( 1 )

	MaxTemperature ( 120 )

	MaxOilPressure ( 90 )

 	CabView ( gp38.cvf )

	MaxDieselLevel ( 3600gal )

	DieselUsedPerHourAtMaxPower ( 60gal )

	DieselUsedPerHourAtIdle ( 10gal )



       Replace the wording gp38.cvf (for example) with the name of the file you used in step 2. 

       For example: CabView ( Uboat.cvf ) or ( Uboat-hn.cvf )

	



	SAVE THIS FILE



5.You might want to run an "Engine Check" first before using. ConBuilder and RouteRiter are good choices'



6.If you followed these steps then the engine should work with this new cab. If not you should delete the engine and restore it with the backup you hopefully did.



OTHER FEATURES:

 

If you plan on doing the following. Back Up your  working folder first.



Included is an engine file which corrected quite a few problems with the original. Your option of using this file. If you do just copy this file into your working folder.

Also included are two right side views and two left side views. The default uses GE-RHW.ace and 

GE-LHW.ace for the side views. These have the added side windows used in the early versions of this cab. If you wish to use the side views without the added windows the appropriate files are named 

GE-RHW-late.ace and GE-LHW-late.ace. You have two options of using this version. You can either rename the "original" ace files from (for example) GE-RHW.ace to GE-RHW.bak and rename the 

GE-RHW-late.ace to GE-RHW.ace. Do the same for the left side. The other option is to open the appropriate cvf file and look for all occurances of GE-RHW.ace and change it to GE-RHW-late. And again 

Do the same for the left view. Your choice.



NOTES:



Depending on your eng file there is a possibility that not all functions will work with this cab.





LEGALITIES:



 All ace files are either my own creations or modified ace files from MSTS/KUJU. I have spent many hours designing this cab and many hours of erasing and starting over thanks to some great suggestions. You do my permission to use this cab in any engine for yourself or for upload provided that credit is fully given to Ken and myself and a copy of this document is included with your file. BUT this cab file cannot be used for any commercial ventures for profit or distributed in any other form on CD or any web site without my express permission. This file has been and will only be uploaded to www.train-sim.com  































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