Installing Repaints for .ap files

[Tomisnic]

Sorry for starting another repaint installation thread but I'm getting very frustrated with the installation process. I found some repaints for the BR 294 diesel locomotive here: rail-sim.de

I have the BR 294 as part of the Hamburg-Hanover .ap pack which is in the RSC folder. The repaint gets installed into the Kuju folder and likely needs some files from the .ap pack which contains the original locomotive in order to work. But I have no idea which files I should extract and where exactly to place them. I'm new to this game but I played FS9 and FSX for many years and I'm simply amazed how complicated the installation process for a simple repaint is in TS2015. Please help or direct me towards some sort of tutorial on how to handle this issue. Thanks.

[geforce474]

This info was passed on to me when I have some problem identiying ap. files.
May be it will also help in your case.

RW_Tools. And use that programme to identify ALL .ap files, both asset and content (route) data, and use the same tool to unzip (unpackaqe) the .ap files - it essentially uses Win 7-zip as the tool to do this - but you are presented with a convenient variety of options when it does it.

Google RW Tools and take a look to see if it is what you need.

[Phase3]

The texture files that you usually need are GeoPcDX files and the one that you are after is indeed in th Hamburg/Hanover .ap file. I find 7-zip easier to use. With 7-zip right click on the .ap file and choose "extract archive this will open a screen with the railvehicles folder displayed then choose "DieseL then "BR294" then "Default" then "engine" thus:
RailVehicles\Diesel\BR294\Default\Engine. Highlight the GeoPcDx file(s) and at the top you will see a copy button with a right arrow - press that and it will copy the GeoPcDx files to same folder as the .ap file. Closew 7-zip. All you have to do is copy or move the GeoPcDx files to the Kuju folder where the reskin is. That's it

[Tomisnic]

Originally posted by Phase3:

The texture files that you usually need are GeoPcDX files and the one that you are after is indeed in th Hamburg/Hanover .ap file. I find 7-zip easier to use. With 7-zip right click on the .ap file and choose "extract archive this will open a screen with the railvehicles folder displayed then choose "DieseL then "BR294" then "Default" then "engine" thus:
RailVehicles\Diesel\BR294\Default\Engine. Highlight the GeoPcDx file(s) and at the top you will see a copy button with a right arrow - press that and it will copy the GeoPcDx files to same folder as the .ap file. Closew 7-zip. All you have to do is copy or move the GeoPcDx files to the Kuju folder where the reskin is. That's it

I just tried that. The original BR294 has just one GeoPcDx file called br294.GeoPcDx. I extracted it from the .ap file and placed in the appropriate Kuju folder (where the repaint was installed). Although the game does not crash when I attempt to start a quick drive scenario, the locomotive is totally invisible...no cab or outside view at all.

[Phase3]

It could be that the instructions are incomplete and you need more than one texture file. Just check that you have copied the GeoPcDx file to the correct reskin folder in the Kuju folder.