MSTS Activity to ZIP Converter

This is a converter for the Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) APK activity files. It can convert the APK files to the more commonly used ZIP format.

You can use it with OpenRails or when your original MSTS unpacking utility does not work properly. After downloading the converted ZIP activity file unpack it into your MSTS base directory, or if you use OpenRails, then into the selected profile.

The On-line Version

You can access the converter on-line at https://lslezak.github.io/msts2zip/.

Local Version

You can download the converter from https://lslezak.github.io/msts2zip/msts2zip.zip and use it locally from your machine. Just unpack the msts2zip.zip archive and open the index.html file in a web browser.

Implementation Notes

The conversion happens directly in your browser the activity file is processed locally. That means you do not even need Internet connection for the converter.

Building from Sources

First install the needed NPM packages:

npm install

Then build the page from the sources:

npm run build

The built page is saved in the dist/ subdirectory.

Development

To run the web application in development mode run

HOST=localhost NODE_ENV=development npm run start:dev

It will automatically open the http://localhost:9000 page in your preferred browser. This also enables the hot reload feature so the page is automatically updated in the browser whenever you change a source file.

Translations

For translations it uses the react-i18next framework. See the translations in the src/translations/*/*.json files and tutorial. It honors the language settings in the browser using the i18next-browser-languageDetector plugin.

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