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Please help with this, everytime on the "Stormy Day on the Mojave Sub" section just before mile post 370.3 (switch from left track to right track) the first engine uncouples from the 2nd engine and the activity is over with a broken coupler. I've gone back and restarted the entire route with easy driving obeying all speeds and I get to the same point. I've tried stopping before the switch, easing through the switch, going speed limit, going half speed, I've tried everything no matter what is uncouples and ends the activity. Please help. This happens as soon as the first engine starts in the switch and the 2nd engine is next to the clear signal post. I can be reached at dugsand@cox.net, I didn't have any trouble with the other two Tehachapi routes. Dugger
Welcome to the Forums. Actually, this particular page in the forums 'TrainMaster' is usually for users of that particular program. Your question apparently relates to the Microsoft Train Simulator, 'MSTS', and you might get a better response if you post there. However, to take a first pass at answering your question, there are known to be some bugs with 'broken couplers' in the MSTS program. The usual way that users overcome this is by editing the rolling stock files to strengthen the couplers. Here's a paragraph on this topic I cribbed from the FAQ page elsewhere on this site: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHY DO I KEEP GETTING ACTIVITY OVER BROKEN COUPLE IN THE MARIAS PASS ROUTE?There is a problem at some places in the Marias Pass Route. This can be cured in two ways:1. The couplers as they come have a value of 1.7e7N or something close to this. These values can be changed to prevent the broken coupler syndrome. The general recommendation is to the value to 5.1e7N, which takes a nuclear explosion to break. A value of 3.7e7N for is also used by many, you will break the couplers with really bad train handling. Engmod 1.4 from the download library, can be used to modify the coupler values on all the rolling stack at once verses doing it one at a time in Wordpad. Though you need to be careful because some of the files have the read only attribute turned on, these can be turned off in the file property screen. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Again, welcome to the forum. Dan
Thanks for the reply, I don't know how to change values in wordpad or in the read me files. If you have time maybe you can explain to me how to change the values to strengthen the couplings. Thanks dugsand@cox.net
