Profil-editor question.

[Per Olsen]

Hello.

I have become very fond of profiles, and using them a lot now.  But I have a "problem":

When copying a profile from LokID 0 to another loco, the new loco does not appear in the list unless it has the same train-length in the loc-database as the ID 0 loco had when the profile was created.  So when I have made a list of profiles I want to change (as I am doing right now), I must enter the loc-database and change the loc-length for my loco each time I need to change a profile, in order for that loco to appear in the list when I want to copy the ID 0 profile to that loco.

I am sure that there is a valid and very good reason for doing this, but is there a way I can avoid this, so that ALL locos appear in the list when I want to copy any ID 0 profile to any loco, regardsless of the current train-lenght of each loco?  Would be a great help for me as I use to note each change on paper, and enter them into WDP when I have quite a few changes I want to perform.

Best regards,
Per.

[Markus Herzog]

Hello Per,

Do you really mean ID 0? Because ID 0 is not specific to any locomotive and because of this there is no locomotive database record for ID0.

Regards
Markus

[Per Olsen]

Hello Markus !

ID0 is a seperate profile with no locomotive database, this is correct.  But it is specific for a route and the train-lenght of that route, for any loco without its own profile for that route.

Well.  First I made all the routes and tours.  Next I ran my "standard" loco (the one that has the most used running characteristics) through ther layout, and made one ID0 profile for every route where I needed it.  So I have a lot of ID0 profiles. Works very fine.

Next I ran each loco through the layout, and noted some changes I needed for some of the locos, so I made one new profile for each loco and each length.  So I have up to 6 profiles for each loco to one track at a station, depending on the length of the train.  So that the train normally stops around the middle of the track in the station.  And the best way to make these loc-specific changes, is to copy the ID0 profile to the loc-specific profile for each track/length.  This is very easy to do in the profile-editor.

But now comes my "problem":
When I want to copy one of these ID0 profiles to a loco-specific profile, I will not find that loco in the list of locos to copy to, if that loco not has the same train-length in the loco-database right now, as the lenght I need for this profile.  I am sure there is a good reason for this, but in my case I would like the chance to copy the profile to each loco, regardless of which length is has in the database right now.  I normally run the loco through many routes/profiles, with different train-lenghts, note the needed changes on a paper, and make many of the changes at one time on the PC, before testing the changes again afterwards.  So I normally make new profiles (from ID0-profile) for a loco with many different train-lenghts each time.  And to do so, I now must exit the profile-editor, anter the loco-database and change the train length, and back to the profile editor again, to make a new profile for the same loco, with another train-length.

This takes a lot of extra time.  In my case it would be better if I could find the loco to copy to, no matter what length it has right now in the database.

Hope I explained it a little better now?