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On the "Coupler Broken" error, I did correction Number 2, viz. I removed the ESB_Bounding_Box line in the 4 files specified. But I still get broken couplings near Java. Is this due to my continuing with previously saved activities?
Almost certainly. When you save a game, everything gets saved with it, saved games are enormous! You can aslo solve the problem by getting Engmod from the downloads section, and altering break settings for the engines and wagons concerned. And while you are about it, change breaks for everything else too! you can do it in multiples.David
Thank you very much for your advice; I shall try to get hold of ENGMOD. The reason I was lazy in continuing with a saved activiy, is because I was in the NOON MIDDAY MIXED FREIGHT activity which is rather lengthy. Best regards Henry Amberg
If you modify the eng/wag files of a train you have in a saved activity, the save will still work, but with your mods in place. The thing that stops a saved game dead is changing the actual stock items, for instance swapping a loco for a different one will call up the send/dont send.mervyn@madasafish.com
A long activity? LOL! I have one that runs for 6 hours 20 mins or so.I have played it in 3 seperate sections, but one day I will play it from start to finish!David
Hi David, Just to close my post about the broken couplers: I got EngMod and changed the BREAK, DAMPING and STIFFNESS values as suggested in another post. I did it initially only on the dash-9 and on selected wagons.After that I successfully got to the end.For your information: as Baldwin suggested, lazy me could do the continuation with the SAVE, taken just before the catastrophic.Thanks a lot! Henry