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File: SLI.Freight/readme.txt
SLI Centerbeam Reskin 50-pack


This download contains reskins of the SLI Centerbeam car found in the Scenic Sub route
Original credit for the model and skins goes to Streamlines 

please visit wwww.srtreamlines.ca


Included are 9 different lumber loads and 6 different car schemes.  A random combination
of lumber skins to car skins produces 50 wagons.  The duplicity was intended, to provide
different car colors for each load skin.  This allows for the creation of activities which
involve customer switching where the lumber loads would all be the same and the car colors
could be random.


***THIS PACK DOES NOT UTILIZE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORIES FOR EACH CAR.  It places all contents into
one directory, with the SLI.Freight directory being the default.***


***The person downloading this MUST BE FAMILIAR with decompressing/modifying/recompressing the
original car shape files that are included with Scenic.***  


The user essentially must create 50 unique copies of the shape file, each which internally point
to unique texture ace files.  



INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
===========================


Copy TTX_Centerbeam1.s and TTX_CenterbeamMT.s from the SLI.Freight directory created during the 
Scenic sub installation into a temporary working directory 

Decompress both files using your preferred utility (Shape Fixer, Route Riter, SFM, Archibald, etc).
This should leave you with 2 text files in your working directory.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~ Phase 1, empty cars ~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Open TTX_CenterbeamMT.txt in Notepad and locate the image section (simply do a find for "ACE")


Change the following line
	
	image ( ttx_centerbeam1.ace )

to read 

	image ( AOK_centerbeam1.ace )


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	AOK_CenterbeamMT.txt


Then edit the very same line again, changing 

	image ( AOK_centerbeam1.ace )

to read 

	image ( CRLE_centerbeam1.ace )


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	CRLE_CenterbeamMT.txt



Then edit the very same line again, changing 

	image ( CRLE_centerbeam1.ace )

to read 

	image ( SGLR_centerbeam1.ace )


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	SGLR_CenterbeamMT.txt



Then edit the very same line again, changing 

	image ( SGLR_centerbeam1.ace )

to read 

	image ( CN_centerbeam1.ace )


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	CN_CenterbeamMT.txt







~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~ Phase 2, loaded cars ~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Open TTX_Centerbeam1.txt and locate the image line for this file


Change the following line
	
	image ( ttx_centerbeam1.ace )

to read 

	image ( ttx_centerbeam3.ace )  


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	TTX_Centerbeam3.txt


Then edit the very same line again, changing 

	image ( TTX_centerbeam3.ace )

to read 

	image ( TTX_centerbeam4.ace )


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	TTX_Centerbeam4.txt


Then edit the very same line again, changing 

	image ( TTX_centerbeam4.ace )

to read 

	image ( TTX_centerbeam5.ace )


Then SAVE AS  {not Save, but "Save As"}

	TTX_Centerbeam5.txt




Repeat these steps for TTX_Centerbeam6 through TTX_Centerbeam9

For the loaded cars, the text file is always named the same as the ace file referenced inside it.



Then change the reporting marks, and repeat the procedure


AOK_centerbeam1      through      AOK_centerbeam9

BNSF_centerbeam2     through      BNSF_centerbeam9 (note this begins with 2)

CN_centerbeam1       through      CN_centerbeam8

CRLE_centerbeam1     through      CRLE_centerbeam7

SGLR_centerbeam1     through      SGLR_centerbeam7 



When complete, you should have 50 uncompressed shape files in the same working directory in text 
format ready for compression.

Compress these files with your favorite compression program, and move the resulting shape files
into the same directory as the other files contained in this download. Then move the resulting 
files into the SLI.Freight directory in your working copy of MSTS.   There should be no overwrites
when combining with the original SLI.Freight directory in your working copy of MSTS.


Kevin DeGroff
Geepster775