This MM 'cookbook' is primarily about the insertion of individual vehicles and trains in the MM railroad screen saver (to find under www.mm-eisenbahn.de) and what happens in the so-called USER_BMP.INI. This little 'cookbook' is based on own experiences and makes no claim to completeness and certainly should not replace the instructions for the MM railroad screen saver.

The MM-Saver is available in two different versions. Once as a pure demo version and as a registered full version. The insertion of own vehicles is only possible in the full version and therefore I refer exclusively to this version.

The MM-Saver is equipped with an installation routine, which normally installs the program in the program directory on the partition C and then in the folder MM_Bahn_V3. The whole thing looks like this: >C:\Program Files\MM_Bahn_V3<.

In this program folder you can set up a separate folder for your own vehicles. The vehicle folder can also be created at a different location on the hard disk. Then, of course, change the assignment paths, but you should be careful because the path must be no longer than 128 characters (with picture name!). But I go from a path in the program folder. Subfolders can then be created in this folder to get organized in his vehicle collection. The whole thing can look like this: > C:\Program Files\MM_Bahn_V3\vo_de\bls\BLS Re4-4 Lok\<

Also, it is of course so that you not only there created the folder, but also sorted in these folders his vehicles.

In the MM_Bahn_V3 folder, the USER_BMP.INI is written the first time you insert your own vehicles. Each subsequent saving will then write a BAK file: USER_BMP.INI.BAK. This BAK file is only a backup file and always represents the next to last status, provided that you store the USER_BMP.INI yourself via the program.

To insert vehicles in the MM-Saver there are basically 3 variants:

1) About the program itself

2) About an editor

3) A combination of both

During installation, an icon has been created on the desktop, so that the program itself can be called up, not the configuration (left-click). But with a right-click you get into the configuration menu.

You get into this window …

First click on “My Pictures” . Otherwise only the program's own vehicles will be called. Then you go to “locomotives …” .

The other settings can / must be set according to the program's own instructions!

After clicking on “locomotives …” you get into a new window …

In this window you can see, after placing the vehicle, in the left list, the existing vehicles. In the right area the parameters that belong to the respective vehicle.

With the point “Add …” it goes on, you get into the following window …

First, go to the button “Browse …” . There you get into a normal selection window in which you select the vehicle. After closing the selection window, “Image file” indicates the exact path of the image file.

For “Label” , either the name of the image file will be displayed, which will be displayed later on the screen, or the name of the vehicle will be written there.

In “genus” the genre of the vehicle is determined by selection. There is a special feature. For cars and trucks, the selection “Bus” is to be selected, because otherwise not a dash is displayed as a roadway, but a rail.

For “country of origin” , you can specify either a country name or a railway company either by selection or by deleting and re-writing. This new name is then available in the selection list for other vehicles.

When “power supply” you determine whether a power supply should be displayed or not. If you have selected the option “overhead line” , you can adjust the height of the overhead line. Mostly it is not necessary to change the height of 58 pixels. However, this may be necessary for: narrow-gauge vehicles, suburban buses and trams. They often have the catenary at 54 pixels high. A special feature are suspension lines. These can drive on the overhead line, by adjusting to the appropriate height. In the “Preview window” you can then see the height of the overhead line.

In “direction of travel” can, depending on the vehicle, the direction in which the vehicle should drive.

On the point “Trains pulled” I'll come back again separately. (*)

For “Number of trains” , set the maximum number of vehicles to be displayed simultaneously (of the same type). The default value is set to 0, but is usually to increase to 1, as there is usually only one copy of the vehicle shown.

When “Use prescriptions from … to …” , set the epoch of the vehicle based on what is usual in railway model making.

At “Speed ​​min … max …” set the minimum and maximum speed. Since you have to try a little the settings, since it is very dependent on the hardware used.

The “Properties” are “Suitable for pretensioning operation, turning control and shunting locomotive” switch on depending on loco. The points are quite interesting in connection with “Trains”. When “Animated locomotive” is activated, whether it is a vehicle, which consists of several partial images. These frames must have the following endings: vehicle_name_0, vehicle_name_1, vehicle_name_2, and vehicle_name_3. If it is a vehicle that has single frames, then the “Change phases to … pixels (s)” must be set. Depending on the vehicle or wheel diameter is a value between about 5 and 15 good. Here is a little try out. Generally speaking, the bigger the wheel, the higher the value. Please also note the program instructions here! For “Picture for right pantograph present” is for electric locomotives (only if the “genus” is set to electric locomotive!) Set whether there should be a change of the pantograph depending on the direction of travel, or not , The whole works only if an image file with the extension Bildname_SAR exists. Again, please note the program instructions! (*) At “Trains pulled / train selection …” __ you get into this window …

In this window you can determine which train should be assigned to which locomotive. But since you only get into this window on the previously bes