What's this?

I've been revisiting and improving some older stuff I haven't looked at for ages. I've noticed an odd thing when I load a route - there seems to be a copy of the loco in front of the cab window. Only visible in F1 (cabview) mode, F2,F3 & F4 cameras don't show it. I  get it with earlier versions of program, so its not a program problem, must be something I've cocked up.
Any ideas what's gone wrong?

(pic of error  - Route:  Ballyfeckin - WVDocks5A  218 container train)

It's because you've set the driver car to Car #1, not Car #0 (Remember, zero-based indexing....)

Interesting little glitch though, it shouldn't be doing this, will have to look into exactly why. At a guess, something somewhere is assuming the driver car is always Car #0.
Edit: Specifically, it's hiding the object for the driver car. but keeping all others visible on first load. This is broken.....

Extracts from train.dat:

Code:

#CAR
117            ; MotorCarMass
1              ; NumberOfMotorCars
25             ; TrailerCarMass
18              ; NumberOfTrailerCars
24.6           ; LengthOfACar
1              ; FrontCarIsAMotorCar

 and extensions.cfg:

Code:

[car0]
Object = ..\218_IE\218.ANIMATED
length = 21
Axles = -6.8, 6.8
Reversed = false

[car1]
Object = ..\..\Container_Wagon\CW-ned.b3d
length = 15.25
Axles = -4.75, 4.75
Reversed = false

[car2]
Object = ..\..\Container_Wagon\CW-ned.b3d
length = 15.25
Axles = -4.75, 4.75
Reversed = false

   ......etc for further 16 cars

Is it the train or extensions file that is in error?

Neither of those.

In the #COCKPIT section of train.dat, change the last number to zero, e.g.

Code:


#COCKPIT
-700
2750
-1000
0

That's done the trick!   Míle buoichas!!  A thousand thanks