How to Merge Routes - Revision history

Pware: /* Common Problems (and Their Solutions) */

2026-09-01T06:37:31Z

Common Problems (and Their Solutions)

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	<td>A handy tip for merging two routes with different heights is to create a new route that only contains the extra "in-between" or '''bridging''' baseboards - no scenery, textures or track are needed. The baseboards on one end will have heights that match those of the '''Base Route''' and the baseboards on the other end will have heights that match those of the second route. The merge is performed in two stages:-		<td>A handy tip for merging two routes with different heights is to create a new route that only contains the extra "in-between" or '''bridging''' baseboards - no scenery, textures or track are needed. The baseboards on one end will have heights that match those of the '''Base Route''' and the baseboards on the other end will have heights that match those of the second route. The distance between these two end baseboards will determine the grade that your trains will have to climb. The merge is performed in two stages:-
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Pware: /* Before You Start Merging */

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Before You Start Merging

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	<td>if you need to keep the '''Session Data''' (station and industry settings, weather, driver commands, etc) of one of the routes in the merge ~~(you~~ can only keep keep the data from one session~~)? If so then this~~ route and its session '''MUST''' be the first ~~route~~ selected</td>		<td>if you need to keep the '''Session Data''' (station and industry settings, weather, driver commands, etc) of one of the routes in the merge. You can only keep keep the data from one session, not both. This route and its session '''MUST''' be the first selected for the merge</td>
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Pware: /* Before You Start Merging */

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Before You Start Merging

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	<td>~~will~~ you need to keep the '''Session Data''' (station and industry settings, weather, driver commands, etc) of one of the routes in the merge (you can only keep keep the data from one session)? If so then this route and its session '''MUST''' be the first route selected</td>		<td>if you need to keep the '''Session Data''' (station and industry settings, weather, driver commands, etc) of one of the routes in the merge (you can only keep keep the data from one session)? If so then this route and its session '''MUST''' be the first route selected</td>
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The Layers Map

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Pware: /* Route File Sizes */

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Route File Sizes

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	<td>The merging process occurs within your computers on-board memory (RAM). If this is not large enough then your system will also use virtual RAM, i.e. your disk storage space as temporary memory, which is significantly slower. If your system does not have enough memory, both on-board and virtual, then merging large routes will become a problem (i.e. impossible or will take a very long time).<br>		<td>The merging process occurs within your computers on-board memory (RAM). If this is not large enough then your system will also use virtual RAM, i.e. your disk storage space as temporary memory, which is significantly slower. If your system does not have enough memory, both on-board and virtual, then merging large routes will become a problem (i.e. impossible or will take a very long time).<br>
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	The Trainz ~~forums contain~~ several threads where attempts to merge '''very large routes''' (Gigabytes in size) have taken '''"days"''' to complete or failed to complete at all. In many of these cases the users did not have enough RAM (on-board and virtual) installed in their system. In one documented case, doubling the available on-board RAM from 16GB to 32GB and increasing the Windows virtual memory page size (disk based or virtual RAM) reduced the merge time for two extremely large routes from failing to complete in over 50 hours to successfully completing in 10 hours.</td>		The Trainz forum contains several threads where attempts to merge '''very large routes''' (Gigabytes in size) have taken '''"days"''' to complete or failed to complete at all. In many of these cases the users did not have enough RAM (on-board and virtual) installed in their system. In one documented case, doubling the available on-board RAM from 16GB to 32GB and increasing the Windows virtual memory page size (disk based or virtual RAM) reduced the merge time for two extremely large routes from failing to complete in over 50 hours to successfully completing in 10 hours.</td>
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Pware: /* Before You Start Merging */

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Before You Start Merging

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	<td>the second or joining route, the one that will be merged with the '''Base Route'''. If this route has a session ~~than~~ you cannot include that session in the merge</td>		<td>the second or joining route, the one that will be merged with the '''Base Route'''. If this route has a session then you cannot include that session in the merge</td>
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	='''Selecting and Loading the Routes to Merge'''=		='''Selecting and Loading the Routes to Merge'''=
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Pware at 00:05, 26 July 2026

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	<span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>		<span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>
	*'''<span class="plain;s">[http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/HowTo How to Guides]</span>'''		*'''<span class="plain;">[http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/HowTo How to Guides]</span>'''
	*'''[[Driver Commands List]]'''		*'''[[Driver Commands List]]'''
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Pware at 10:01, 22 July 2026

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Pware at 10:17, 4 July 2026

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