Ged's Utility Room

The Potteries route (NSR Lines) also has a very simple era changer but it only changes carspawners, static wagons and static road vehicles between BR and LMS. It uses a batch file.

Hi David,
Thanks
I would think, with it being a more modern route, the Potteries 'Era Switcher' will work whatever the installation the route is located in. The problem with the Dorset Coast Era Swicher is that it ONLY works if the route is installed in the default MSTS installation!!

By the way, I've now got the DC version to work with ANY installation, including Open Rails, using MSTS_Swap!!

Cheers,
Ged

Hi All,
MSTS_Swap now runs the Dorset Coast Era Switcher on any installation, MSTS or Open Rails, which has the Dorset route in its ROUTES folder, to my satisfaction.

My usual tester no longer runs the Dorset Coast route or MSTS_Swap.

If you have the Dorset Coast v6 route installed anywhere other than the MSTS default location AND want/need to run the Era Changer, please let me know if you'd like to check it out using the new version of MSTS_Swap.

I should reiterate that the Era Changer ONLY changes the livery of stations signage.  Dorset route Patch6-01 contains the original Era Switcher, which allows the user to switch between SWT (the route's default), later SWT and NSE liveries. An extended version, which adds BR Green and BR Blue liveries was uploaded by Geoffrey Swindale. The versions are available from trainsim.com as file IDs 23405 and 31211 respectively; in both cases, the supplied .exe file should be copied on to the Desktop.

Cheers,
Ged