Hi guys, what's the best way to delete unwanted routes and trains please as only uk content interests me and I'd like to clear out the trash to make way for more. Thanks.
Be very careful doing this. You'd be surprised how things you have no need for are assets that other thing depend upon. I remember unchecking all the US content because I have no interest in it, and it broke several other none US routes. It was not obvious what was wrong either.. I mean... you delete the US content, and a few weeks later you notice the front of Preston station is missing.. why would you make the connection? The more DLC you get, especially third party DLC, the more difficult it becomes to determine what relies upon what. I leave everything where it is now. Hard drives are cheap... just get more space.
Thanks for that, well maybe this is an issue for the bugs section of the forum now, you should be able to enable/disable routes and trains of no interest without affecting anything else
Make a spreadsheet and put requirements of each route down. Make sure you keep the spreadsheet up when you add new third party stuff (DTG routes are self contained so won't require other routes but may require other assets (locos etc)) That way you can tell if you need to keep the German Munich route even if you never drive it
Not that easy. Nowhere in the list of requirements, or even the manual for WCMLoS for example, does it say that it requires anything from any US route, but it clearly does, as hosing all US content by unchecking it in DLC manager makes a shed load of scenery disappear, including half of Preston station. I suppose you could check in TS Tools.... but that's a fair old job to do this for every route you own.
Can't remember if it was the actual DTG/Keith Ross one, or any of the other 3rd party routes that use it - I'm going back a while now. Either way, none of the the 3rd party routes I have that use WCMLoS list anything other than WCMLoS as a requirement. Just reading OT's Northern Lines now, and that doesn't mention any US assets and neither does Northern Lines Electric or South Lancs & North Cheshire V4.2 - these are the only other routes I have that use WCMLoS or have Preston Station. I never worked out which US asset it was, as I just put everything back. It didn't really save me much space either, as I've never actually bought any additional US stuff.
The problem with that (and I mean it really is a problem) is that it means that route and all it's dependencies... This is where the excel comes in because you can literally link them together so if a route requires WCMLs then everything WCMLs needs is also required by that route, so keep it
RUBBISH. Removing a non-UK route might affect a Freeware route. If the Builder of the route decided the best asset for a location was something used on an German Route then fine And he would mention in the Readme before that say, Cologne-Dusseldorf was required. You can hardly call it a Bug because you can not use some Freeware route without something else being required. And you can remove via the Steam Client every non-UK route and it will not affect any Add-on that you have purchased. Peter
Not rubbish. If a third party route uses assets from a second layer third party route and THAT route requires a third layer third party route then you could well end up with dependencies that are not obvious to those who are unacquainted with such things Hence the maybe requirement for US assets via an old WCMLs version that is then used in something else
Read the Last Line of my post "And you can remove via the Steam Client every non-UK route and it will not affect any Add-on that you have purchased." deanmacgregor seems to think that if he uninstalls non-UK Route and it stops the Freeware from working it is a BUG. Hence my comment of Rubbish
Outside of the US Loco and Asset pack, I dont see how a UK route thats on Steam twould be affected after removing a US Steam DLC route. (Freeware and Workshop routes would be though)
If you untick a route via steam via manage my DLC: Only the route is deleted - nothing else. If you have added scenarios or scenery to the route they remain installed in \Railworks\Content folder. That is the specific GUID folder remains on your PC. No Assets dependent on the route are deleted only the route itself, eg nowadays the .ap file. This is a screenshot of Marias pass on my PC - I unticked it - and it still remains as an entry (no route) on my PC.
So having removed Marias Pass what happens if you try to use one of the Assets, A train or Building, on your system?
