Bullet Train Mod Confusion

[Mathijes 6]

For quite a while I've been trying to get the monorail texture seen in the first picture below. Many time's I've seen people referring to this as the BTM (Bullet Train Mod). However, when I go to the BTM download page whether here or on different websites, it appears to be what's shown in the second picture. In the past, I did have the texture shown in the first image but I don't remember where I got it from since that was years ago. On top of that, when I download the BTM and the HSR patch and add them to my plugins folder, it doesn't even work properly, it appears in game missing props and components. So, I'm confused, what is the mod shown in the first image and where can I find it? Is it actually the BTM, but a version I'm not seeing? I've tried both the BTM1 and BTMv2 and neither give the desired result. Please Help me out here!

-Thank you<3

What I want above (Image from Haljackey on Reddit)

What I can find above (Image from the BTM download page on https://seesaawiki.jp/w/masahiromirai/d/(BRT) Bullet Train Mod)

[CaptCity 4,756]

4 hours ago, Mathijes said:

For quite a while I've been trying to get the monorail texture seen in the first picture below. Many time's I've seen people referring to this as the BTM (Bullet Train Mod). However, when I go to the BTM download page whether here or on different websites, it appears to be what's shown in the second picture. In the past, I did have the texture shown in the first image but I don't remember where I got it from since that was years ago. On top of that, when I download the BTM and the HSR patch and add them to my plugins folder, it doesn't even work properly, it appears in game missing props and components. So, I'm confused, what is the mod shown in the first image and where can I find it? Is it actually the BTM, but a version I'm not seeing? I've tried both the BTM1 and BTMv2 and neither give the desired result. Please Help me out here!

-Thank you<3

What I want above (Image from Haljackey on Reddit)

What I can find above (Image from the BTM download page on https://seesaawiki.jp/w/masahiromirai/d/(BRT) Bullet Train Mod)

Hi @Mathijes

Hopefully, I can explain this clearly... The different versions of the BTM are kind of from different eras. APTX's is the older of the two (your lower image). It transformed the monorail tracks into something similar to ElRail. I don't even know if it will function very well any more if you use NAM. I haven't used it in a very long time. The HSR you referred to is the probably the HSRP (as it was called at the time), another monorail modification. There were one or two patches/fixes that were needed for the two to work together. It is now incorporated into NAM.

The newer one (in your top image) was created by Moonlight as a different appearance for monorail. It was originally a separate mod that was eventually made to be incorporated into NAM before NAM 37. It was called the Shinkansen Mod rather than BTM. If you ever had that and kept the files, you could still use it, but it may not be 100% functional with the later NAM updates. If you don't have that available, you could try the attachment in this post by @rsc204. He has been working on getting it updated. I've been using it and haven't seen any issues at this point. However, I don't use monorail/BTM too often. I'm sure @rsc204 will be along and be able to explain this better if you need more info, but you could give it a try. Just review the directions in his post.

[Mathijes 6]

2 hours ago, CaptCity said:

Hi @Mathijes

Hopefully, I can explain this clearly... The different versions of the BTM are kind of from different eras. APTX's is the older of the two (your lower image). It transformed the monorail tracks into something similar to ElRail. I don't even know if it will function very well any more if you use NAM. I haven't used it in a very long time. The HSR you referred to is the probably the HSRP (as it was called at the time), another monorail modification. There were one or two patches/fixes that were needed for the two to work together. It is now incorporated into NAM.

The newer one (in your top image), if I remember correctly, was created by Moonlight as a different appearance for monorail. It was originally a separate mod that was eventually made to be incorporated nito NAM before NAM 37. It was called the Shinkansen Mod rather than BTM. If you ever had that and kept the files, you could still use it, but it may not be 100% functional with the later NAM updates. If you don't have that available, you could try the attachment in this post by @rsc204. He has been working on getting it updated. I've been using it and haven't seen any issues at this point. However, I don't use monorail/BTM too often. I'm sure @rsc204 will be along and be able to explain this better if you need more info, but you could give it a try. Just review the directions in his post.

Thank you so much! I was sooo confused lol. Yeah, prior to making this post I googled the Shinkansen Mod and it just came up with the BTM again  that explanation makes thing SO much clearer <3

[CaptCity 4,756]

17 hours ago, Mathijes said:

Thank you so much! I was sooo confused lol. Yeah, prior to making this post I googled the Shinkansen Mod and it just came up with the BTM again  that explanation makes thing SO much clearer <3

More than likely, once Moonlight's mod became the focus and time passed, the two terms may have become interchangealble in certain situations. I took a look in my old z___NAM folders (yes, I keep everything...), and it is referred to the Shinkansen Bullet Train Mod as it was in the installer. That may have lead to the confusion.

[rsc204 21,808]

All I can add is that everyone is better off using the latest version I attached (as linked by Cap. City). It has updated support for new NAM features and is updated in many ways.

I’ve actually found time to finish work on the remaining T21s (specifically adding Catenaries to RHW crossings). If I can finally knock this out then an official download will not be far behind. It’s been a total PITA to come back to that after an enforced delay but I’m in the swing of things right now.