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USING RW ROUTES WITH BVE4

A lot of the older routes that were designed for use with BVE2 were written in .RW format. The newer versions of BVE only support route files that are written in the .CSV format. This guide shows you how to use the older routes with the latest versions of BVE. If you have any problems please let me know and I'll help you further. Remember that the routes will not include all the BVE4 features, but at least you will be able to now drive your old favourites in a nice full screen resolution without the information bars to the right and to the bottom of the screen.

For this to work you will require the 'BVE Route Randomizer' from http://koti.mbnet.fi/~lopomo/trainsoft This is a useful tool in itself as it allows you to run any route with any train in your collection in just three clicks as well as randomizing other aspects.

WHAT TO DO

• Install and configure the BVE Route Randomizer for BVE2 usage. Instructions on how to do this are included with it.
• Click on the desired .RW route file in the left hand pane. Then choose a train in the right hand pane and click 'Load'.
• Once it has loaded, exit the game and go to your BVE route folder (usually C:\Program Files\BVE\Railway\Route) and copy 'BRRTemp.csv' and rename the copy to something you'll remember. You may even wish to put it in a new folder like many other routes so to access the file you can click (for example) the folder 'My Route' then the route file 'MyRoute.csv'. This is because next time you run BRR the file 'BRRTemp.csv' will be overwritten automatically but any copies you make will not be.
• Now load BVE4 and click the new route file you have just created and it will now load for you to drive.