AAGGHH! tons of errors

I ran conbuilder and I have tons of errors on eng and wag files. How can Trainsim run with all those errors and where do I start fixing'em?

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How about posting some of the error messages from ConBuilder?

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SYNTAX ERROR]
The engine file CONNBRILL1326.ENG in the folder
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT GAMES\TRAIN SIMULATOR\TRAINS\TRAINSET\CONNBRILL1326\
has missing quotes in the line "Sound".
The error was found on this line: Sound ( Brillcab.sms )
The shape definition file 2603.sd located in the folder
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT GAMES\TRAIN SIMULATOR\TRAINS\TRAINSET\2603\
is pointing to a file named 2601.s that doesn't exist in the same folder.
The error was found on this line: Shape ( 2601.s

The shape definition file metroliner.sd belonging to the file METROLINERXTRA.ENG
is missing from the folder
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT GAMES\TRAIN SIMULATOR\TRAINS\TRAINSET\MLNRX_V2\There's 61 critial errors and 44 serious errors. I swear most of this stuff is working but why the errors? I think this is why my track monitor isn't working.

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ConBuilder applies a higher standard of examination than the game does, I believe.The problems with your track monitor aren't related to this, or shouldn't be. What these problems will cause are "ACELA.ENG NOT FOUND; CONTINUE?" pop-ups as you load and exit an activity, simply not do something, or crash the game. Just go through and address each individual error. Everyone has to wind up doing it sooner or later; I know I certainly did.

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Back up your files first! Then try this:Find \TRAINSET\CONNBRILL1326\
and change this line to: Sound ( "Brillcab.sms" )Find \TRAINSET\2603\
and change this line to Shape ( 2603.sFind \TRAINSET\MLNRX_V2\
and back up the .sd file you find.
Then rename the original file metroliner.sd
(Must match the name of the .s file)Advice is worth what you pay for it... your mileage may vary...

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>SYNTAX ERROR]
>The engine file CONNBRILL1326.ENG in the folder
>C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT GAMES\TRAIN
>SIMULATOR\TRAINS\TRAINSET\CONNBRILL1326\
>has missing quotes in the line "Sound".
>The error was found on this line: Sound ( Brillcab.sms )
MSTS will not care about that. The train will have no sounds instead of giving an error.

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LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-04 AT 12:28 PM (EST)

>>SYNTAX ERROR]
>>The engine file CONNBRILL1326.ENG in the folder
>>C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT GAMES\TRAIN
>>SIMULATOR\TRAINS\TRAINSET\CONNBRILL1326\
>>has missing quotes in the line "Sound".
>>The error was found on this line: Sound ( Brillcab.sms )
>
>
>MSTS will not care about that. The train will have no sounds
>instead of giving an error. Objections, your Honour.
In this particular case, the train will have sounds!
Quotes are only necessary when there are spaces in the line. Eg Brill cab.sms This is one of the little nasty messages in ConBuilder. You have to cope with it.
And when a .sms file is missing or the name is wrong, MSTS will complain about it.
MSTS will not give any message when a sound (.wav file) is missing.Dick van den Hoven

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is it okay to edit *.sd files in notepad or should I leave them be?

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Notepad is ok on XP..wordpad for other OS's..save as Unicode text file..edit at will but B/U if you're not 100% sure..

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You will find that sometimes correcting 1 entry will get rid of dozens of 'error messages' as that file can be called for many times..so it is not always as scary as it first seems...I get 72 error messages because I have changed the cabview of the Flying Scotsman but it still needs the original .eng file to work even when installed on another engine!!!

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okay I found I don't have the right sound files for some trams I downloaded but the site I downloaded the sounds from UKtrainsim is not working on my connection it may be down.

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While they are very useful tools for MSTS, they are also somewhat over the top for picking out faults that even MSTS doesn't bother with. (And everyone knows how sensitive that is!).One of the problems is that a lot or freeware routes contain a lot of errors that MSTS may or may not ignore. If MSTS has a problem, the route will not run, errors that conbuilder or routeriter pick up, may not cause problems.Personally, I use the train store errors to correct stuff. It seems to be set on a par with MSTS, and is not over sensitive. I also don't bother loading down much freeware anymore, because I would spend more time correcting errors, than playing the sim.David

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So far its mostly missing sound files or poorly written aliases.
The sound file ..\\..\\SERIES7000\\SOUND\\x_7k_ibrake2_.wav specified by the file pcc1eng.sms
does not exist in the folder
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT GAMES\TRAIN SIMULATOR\TRAINS\TRAINSET\HTM1022\SOUND
The error was found on this line: File ( "..\\..\\SERIES7000\\SOUND\\x_7k_ibrake2_.wav" -1 )How can it not see the sound foldr in series7000 and the file there?

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It appears to have been written for a foreign language version of MSTS I fixed that one. Still lots of sound problems.

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>MSTS will not give any message when a sound (.wav file) is
>missing. MSTS will not give any message if the .ace files are missing as well!

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