Open Route_Riter (v7.0.50 or higher).

Now the very first thing you should do is click the buttons indicated below in sequence. Route_Riter will then check and adjust the case on all your consists and WAG files to make sure they all appear correctly in the sim. Windows XP SP2 and higher is now very finicky about the case of the files: Just click the buttons 1-5 and you've sorted all your case errors. This might take some time, depending on the size of your MSTS Trainset folder.

Once that's done, click on the Activities/Stock tab (arrow #1 in the image below).
Click on the Quick consist check button (arrow #2 in the image below).

Route_Riter will quickly check all the consist and then present you with a screen that looks like this:

What may not be immediately apparent is that there are three screens, screen #3 above - the "Consists and Associated Rolling Stock" screen - usually covering the other two (#1 being the main Route_Riter screen, #2 the Report Screen). This top screen is an Excel-like grid showing all the consists with their component items of rolling stock. The columns can be sorted by clicking on the column header.

The bottom window of this screen displays names of consists with missing items of rollingstock.

The other screen (smaller and thus initially hidden underneath) is a typical Route_Riter report screen (#2 above) which looks something like this:

As you can see,there are other errors apart from missing rolling stock - errors such as misplaced rolling stock and typographical errors. Now that we have the Route_Riter reports, we can quickly and simply repair the three types of errors (misplaced, missing, typos) in the Consists. Let's look at each one in turn.

Route Riter v7.0.52 or newer now checks the consists as it populates the display grid. If it finds a consist where the ENG or WAG file exists but is in the wrong folder, it presents you with the following screen, offering to repair the error automatically:

Answer Yes/No and it continues checking the consists. When it finishes checking the consist the Report Screen reflects the repairs that have already been undertaken.

On the Report Screen, a typical error message has the format:

"Missing - Folder_Name\filename.wag (or .eng) From Consist_filename.con".

This means that Route_Riter has been unable to find a filename.wag (or.eng) ANYWHERE on your system and that either the folder or the WAG or both are absent from your MSTS installation.

In the report above, an example is "Missing - AU_sarPass\GBV.wag From AU_sar526_5car.con".

Translating this message: Route_Riter has been unable to find the "GBV" item of rolling stock ANYWHERE on your system and that either the folder or the WAG or both are absent from your MSTS installation.

To quote Bob the Builder "Can we fix it? YES WE CAN!"

Go back to the "Consists and Associated Rolling Stock" screen. Missing Items are shown in their own box with the name of the Consist and the ENG or WAG file name in Cyan, thus:

You now need to find the consist in the upper window: you can either scroll through the list or use the Search box at lower right. Enter the filename in whole or part (even if not at beginning of filename, eg 526 will find 526tender, sar526engine, etc), and press "Enter". To search for next file click "Next" or press "F3". Case of search string doesn't matter.

When you find the missing shape, it will be highlighted in red (unless the indicator bar is covering the item you are looking for - simply move it down and you will see the item in red):

If you click on "Change Sheet Format", it's easier to see the component parts of the consist you're looking at:

Left-click to select, then right-click once on the item highlighted in red - AU_sarPass\GBV.wag in the example above - and after a few seconds a "Replace Rolling Stock Item" screen appears. I immediately click on "Path" to sort the folders and scroll down to the folder I need and select the carriage I want to use instead of the missing "GBV".

1. Click on the item of rolling stock you wish to use;
2. (Optional) Check the box to change any instances of GBV to the one we've selected;
3. Click "Ok".
4. A message appears saying "Modified Consist Activated";
5. Click "Exit" to close this screen.

Now when you return to the "Consists and Associated Rolling Stock" screen, you will see that the corrected wagon is highlighted in Green.

Note that the corrected ENG/WAG file appears on this screen at the top of the rolling stock list for that consist: don't worry, Route_Riter has correctly placed the new item in the same place in the consist as the one it replaced - in this case at the end of the train. The image below shows the consist inside ConTEXT with the brake van where it should be at the end of the train.