Re-Skinning Instructions

To use any of these skins, you must have download and installed Ian Morgan's 8 Plank loaded coal wagon from the www.trainsimfiles.com site.

To add any of my skins to this wagon, you have to proceed as follows (These instructions must be carefully followed for each skin you wish to use - i.e. if you wish to produce four different wagons, then you must follow these instructions four times, producing a new folder for each type of wagon). Simulator\TRAINS\TRAINSET\BR_RCH_8Plank_Open_Loaded

• 1. If you have followed Ian's instructions, you should have all his files in the folder Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train
• 2. Make a new folder under TRAINSET and name it for example BR_RCH_8Plank_Wright to hold the Wrights of Colchester wagon.
• 3. Copy all the files from BR_RCH_8Plank_Open_Loaded to your new folder, e.g. BR_RCH_8Plank_Wright
• 4. Rename the files (in the new folder) 8Plank_Open_Loaded.s, 8Plank_Open_Loaded.sd, 8Plank_Open_Loaded.wag, to 8Plank_Wright.s, 8Plank_Wright.sd, 8Plank_Wright.wag respectively.
• 5. Using a text editor, e.g. Notepad, open 8Plank_Wright.sd and in the line beginning Shape, edit 'BR_RCH_8Plank_Open_Loaded.s' to read '8Plank_Wright.s' (without the quotes) and re-save the file.
• 6. Using a text editor, e.g. Notepad, open 8Plank_Wright.wag and in the line beginning Wagon, edit 'BR_RCH_8Plank_Open_Loaded' to read '8Plank_Wright' (without the quotes) and in the line beginning WagonShape, edit 'BR_RCH_8Plank_Open_Loaded.s' to read '8Plank_Wright.s' (without the quotes) and re-save the file.
• 7. Unzip the skin file which you have downloaded to a temporary folder (e.g. c:\Temp), it will contain 4 bitmaps which are the new skins for the wagons, and these instructions.
• 8. Locate the makeace.exe program which is in the Tools directory of your MSTS cds, and copy it to the same temporary directory.
• 9. Open a DOS window, change directory to C:\Temp and at the command prompt type
• Makeace 8PlankBodyWright.BMP 8PlankBody.ace
• 10. After a few seconds, any activity will finish and there will now be a file named 8PlankBody.ace in your Temp directory, copy this file to your Trainsim\BR_RCH_8Plank_Wright folder, replacing the file of the same name which is already there.
• 11. Now open the MSTS Activity Editor, and edit or make a new consist including your new wagon(s).