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scobleizer (123 posts)
Jun-04-01, 08:33 PM (EST) "FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I was just talking with Mike Geertsen, Train Simulator God at Microsoft, and he was saying they are watching this forum for any bugs that they missed (they know there are always bugs, no matter how hard they try to catch them all).He says that while they are trying to catch them all in the forums, it's useful to have a single thread where they know all of them will be reported.So, report your bugs here. Some things you should report (and try):1) Tell us your hardware. And we mean EVERYTHING. Your video card. Your sound card. Your processor. Your amount of RAM. Your hard drive space available. Have you updated your bios/etc.

2) Tell us your software. Operating System (what version, have you loaded all the updates?). Your drivers for your hardware (all of them, have you tried upgrading all of them? Your sound driver? Your video driver?).

3) What steps have you tried to fix the problem? Is the problem repeatable? (Does it happen at exactly the same place everytime).

4) What error messages, if any, do you see? What behavior happens on screen?

5) Have you tried turning off any software running in background? (Virus checkers, etc)

6) How long has it been since you did a "clean install?" (formatted the drive and installed everything from scratch).

7) Any OS patches you've loaded? (Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 just came out two weeks ago, for instance). Have you loaded all the compatibility and "critical updates" into your OS? (Use the "Windows Update" feature). Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

8) What version of Internet Explorer are you running (IE often loads new components and upgrades your OS). Get the latest at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/

9) Have you updated Windows Media Player lately? Often that helps fix display issues. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/ We can't promise we'll get bugs fixed, but getting them reported and into Microsoft's databases will increase the chance they'll be fixed soon.Thanks!Robert Scoble
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... kjd123 Jun-04-01 1 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... scobleizer Jun-04-01 2 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... scobleizer Jun-04-01 3 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... kjd123 Jun-04-01 4 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... BNSF Jun-04-01 5 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Advert25 Jun-05-01 13 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... SooLine Jun-04-01 6 A Few of Issues C855 Jun-04-01 7 RE: A Few of Issues Chopper Jun-05-01 24 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... tgibson Jun-07-01 36 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ajp31 Jun-08-01 43 Railroad Crossing Gates MaXGTS Jun-04-01 9 RE: Railroad Crossing Gates Railfan727 Jun-14-01 90 Freight Car Bug MaXGTS Jun-04-01 8 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... brettrw Jun-04-01 10 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... MaXGTS Jun-05-01 28 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... thegetter Jun-05-01 11 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... BillH Jun-05-01 12 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... airport Jun-05-01 14 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ergobob Jun-07-01 34 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... jerry12892 Jun-07-01 37 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... edweston1 Jun-10-01 51 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... waterwild Jun-14-01 88 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ZeDad Jun-18-01 108 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... DKlemm Jun-05-01 15 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... waterwild Jun-14-01 89 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... vbluguitar Jun-05-01 16 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... gngoat99 Jun-13-01 81 RE: FORUM MOM: Found The Mile Marke... thegetter Jun-05-01 17 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... BNSF9777 Jun-05-01 18 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... busteryo Jun-08-01 47 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ZeDad Jun-18-01 109 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... TGV Jun-05-01 19 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... smokey Jun-05-01 20 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... davy Jun-05-01 21 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... davy Jun-08-01 40 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... dreamer98 Jun-05-01 22 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... dreamer98 Jun-05-01 27 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... rwill Jun-06-01 29 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... dreamer98 Jun-06-01 31 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... rwill Jun-07-01 38 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... buzzbenz Jun-05-01 23 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... QuarterCrank Jun-05-01 25 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Robber Baron Jun-05-01 26 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... milwfan Jun-06-01 32 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Daveso Jun-06-01 30 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Chopper Jun-06-01 33 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... madmatt7 Jun-07-01 35 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... PsyDoc Jun-07-01 39 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... gxm149 Jun-08-01 41 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... sd90mac Jun-08-01 42 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ergobob Jun-08-01 44 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... kirby33 Jun-08-01 45 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... LocoLone Jun-08-01 46 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Skychaser Jun-09-01 48 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... spets Jun-09-01 49 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Eolis Jun-10-01 50 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... solidbond Jun-10-01 52 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Walt Jun-10-01 53 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... MarkA Jun-10-01 54 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... MarkA Jun-17-01 102 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... euphoric Jun-10-01 55 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... BNSF Jun-10-01 56 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... edwardk Jun-10-01 57 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... dbacon Jun-10-01 58 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ergobob Jun-11-01 59 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Walt Jun-11-01 61 Some older Sound/Video Cards sold a... dbacon Jun-11-01 68 Big Bug in Japan Leafhopper Jun-11-01 60 RE: Big Bug in Japan ergobob Jun-11-01 62 RE: Big Bug in Japan Leafhopper Jun-11-01 65 Windows 2K Problems? pmg1704 Jun-11-01 63 RE: Windows 2K Problems? Skychaser Jun-11-01 64 RE: Windows 2K Problems? ergobob Jun-12-01 69 Windows 2K Problem Solved (sorta) pmg1704 Jun-12-01 70 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Lane Jun-11-01 66 Brakes won't release from rear end ... Main Lines Jun-11-01 67 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Speedbrake Jun-12-01 71 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ChuMaster Jun-12-01 72 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... aw_5hole Jun-12-01 73 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... adamsloco Jun-12-01 74 ATI Radeon aebbeka Jun-12-01 75 RE: ATI Radeon DSVJ Jun-12-01 77 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... waterwild Jun-12-01 76 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ergobob Jun-13-01 78 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... waterwild Jun-13-01 84 Flat cars couplers dont connect daledog Jun-13-01 79 RE: Engine Braking ATSF Jun-13-01 80 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... avallillo Jun-13-01 82 FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1... ChuckCard Jun-13-01 83 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ChuckCard Jun-18-01 115 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ela0254 Jun-13-01 85 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ergobob Jun-13-01 86 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... waterwild Jun-14-01 87 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... Bavoo Jun-15-01 91 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... JimStrenk Jun-15-01 92 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... flarrfan Jun-15-01 93 MSTS : Computer shut down on exit Aladar Jun-15-01 94 RE: MSTS : Computer shut down on ex... pmg1704 Jun-15-01 96 RE: MSTS : Computer shut down on ex... Aladar Jun-15-01 98 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... jkcooney Jun-15-01 95 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... wojo58 Jun-15-01 97 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... soupman Jun-15-01 99 Catenary Wires hang in curves! FruitLoops Jun-16-01 100 RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves! waterwild Jun-16-01 101 RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves! ergobob Jun-17-01 104 RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves! FruitLoops Jun-18-01 107 RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves! ChuckCard Jun-18-01 114 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... blue comet Jun-17-01 103 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... fireball Jun-17-01 106 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ATSF Jun-18-01 111 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... fireball Jun-17-01 105 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ATSF Jun-18-01 110 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... ergobob Jun-18-01 112 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... goon Jun-19-01 117 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... chuckzeiler Jun-18-01 113 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... chuckzeiler Jun-19-01 118 Signals jones113 Jun-18-01 116 CORRUPTED CAB FILE--Cannot install ... talon51 Jun-19-01 119 RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MS... bagman Jun-19-01 120

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kjd123 (4 posts)
Jun-04-01, 10:31 PM (EST) 1. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Okay. Here's the rundown:AMD Athlon @ 1.2 GHz. 128 SynchDram. CD/R, DVD. Compaq Presario 7000 U.S.
Voodoo 4500 with last drivers certified by manufacter, 11-2000.
DirectX 8.0.(Passing all diagnostics.)
Sound Blaster Audio PCI(Original Equipment with PC)
Latest BIOS and or service pack by AMB.
Media Player 7.0, IE 5.5.
Have Norton Utilities installed, but totally disabled when running graphics intensive programs.Program installed okay.
Upon re-start and execution, I get the following error dialouge:"Create MPEG TASK_CMD is not sucsessful", three times(had to click the box to continue.)Then, I would hear sound, but no video. The only video is a large white box, with black diagonal lines running through it, with "Cannot Find Vids: MP42 decompressor". Experience with Microsoft Flight simulator told me to click or hit escape to by-pass the intro video. Then, program freezes.
Shutting off the PC was the only way to initiate re-boot. Happens every time. Uninstalled and re-installed 3 times, making sure to remove residual folders prior to re-installing. Tried using other drive, same result. No change. I then re-named the intro video file with a .bak extension, to bypass video, but still froze up when intro "Train Simulator Loading" screen, or sometimes on a black screen. Out of ideas. I had a theroy that maybe the drivers for my vid card will support DirectX 8.0, but will not support games WRITTEN for Direct X 8.0, as every game written for DX8 will not work on my machine, even though the drivers supposedly support DX8. Thought of removing the Voodoo and putting in the original card with the newest drivers available, or going out and getting the latest GeForce card. Any ideas? Stymied,Kevin Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
scobleizer (123 posts)
Jun-04-01, 10:36 PM (EST) 2. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" You need the MPG4 codecs. They were posted over at http://communities.msn.com/TrainSimulatorFanSite earlier today. I'll go find them and be back in a minute or two. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
scobleizer (123 posts)
Jun-04-01, 10:39 PM (EST) 3. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Here they are:http://communities.msn.com/TrainSimulatorFanSite/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=22771&LastModified=4675324418307622700You'll need to go to that message Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
kjd123 (4 posts)
Jun-04-01, 10:41 PM (EST) 4. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Me again......OS is obviously Windows ME.
Last Defrag was Memorial Day weekend.Last format of Harddrive was in mid-January. I had last used Windows Quick Restore to reset computer 24 hours prior after I had fouled up an internet download option and couldnt figure out how to revert the choice I made. This was the saturday during Memorial Day Weekend.
HELP....I WANNA DRIVE TRAINS..... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
BNSF (57 posts)
Jun-04-01, 10:45 PM (EST) 5. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have that same computer but I have the origional TNT2 card I hope it works on mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Advert25 (10 posts)
Jun-05-01, 00:51 AM (EST) 13. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I HAVE TNT2 VIDEO CARD AND IT WORKS FINE!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SooLine (3 posts)
Jun-04-01, 10:52 PM (EST) 6. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" First, really-really enjoying this program - smudges and all. Thanks everyone.I was doing an activity on the NE corridor and noticed that when a yellow cleared to green that my speed limit, at least according to the track monitor, didn't get updated to the higher speed. It would correct itself as of hitting the next signal. It was a bit frustrating because I hit a particularly long block and wanted to make up time, but couldn't because still being limited to the lower speed in spite of the yellow going green fairly early in the block.Let me know if you need more specifics - exact activity, exact circumstances, etc.
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C855 (5 posts)
Jun-04-01, 11:12 PM (EST) 7. "A Few of Issues" LAST EDITED ON Jun-04-01 AT 11:34 PM (EST) ..err A Few Issues the subject should read...
None of these are system related, but here are my specs: Dell Gigahertz
512 megs SDRAM
GeForce64 GTS w/ Detonator 10.8 drivers
Windows ME
Directx 8.0a I get great frame rates (15 in the very dense areas up to 30's) with max detail in 1024x768x16. I have had no sound or graphics problems (had the grid problem in the cab, but the troubleshooter fixed this) or CTD's I just have a few gameplay issues: 1) I noticed that the GP-38's dynamic brakes are strange. This has to do with the ammeter gauge. If you engage the dynamic brakes and look at the ammeter gauge, it appears that only two notches on the dynamics will max out the ammeter needle! This doesn't seem right... 2) I'm not 100% on this one but, on the Dash 9, you cannot smoothly control the throttle. The throttle seems to jump 10% even with mouse movement. This makes holding a certain speed tricky! I noticed the Acelas and the GP38-2 don't have this problem (haven't tried the others). 3) For activies, I noticed that the passenger comfort/freight durability is VERY sensitive. It makes the longer activities EXTREMELY difficult! Either decreasing the durability sensitivity or at least enabling the user to set it would be great! 4) Not 100% on this one too, but shouldn't the bell button stay down if pressed? (and not have to be held down). This is really only an issue for the GP38-2. All in all, IMHO MSTS is a masterpiece! Nice work Microsoft!
Robert Williamson
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Chopper (17 posts)
Jun-05-01, 07:54 PM (EST) 24. "RE: A Few of Issues" In regards to the throttle not working smoothly, this is the way the real ones work I believe. At least some for sure, I can't absolutely confirm the Dash 9 . I can't find the best link for the site that best describes this, but take a look at this one. http://www.trainweb.org/railwaytechnical/us-musp.html In the section on Electrical Connections it does reference throttle settings as "notches" Idle - 8. Another site describes the throttle as working in increments and the steps are due to the workings of the throttle governor. Not a bug in the program at all. Actually a function just like the real ones. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
tgibson (14 posts)
Jun-07-01, 07:21 PM (EST) 36. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" >First, really-really enjoying this program -
>smudges and all. Thanks everyone.
>
>
>I was doing an activity on
>the NE corridor and noticed
>that when a yellow cleared
>to green that my speed
>limit, at least according to
>the track monitor, didn't get
>updated to the higher speed.
>It would correct itself as
>of hitting the next signal. AFAIK, this is correct behavior. Once you pass a signal (let's say a permissive red). you must remain at restricted speed until you pass the next signal - it's a safety thing.Hope this helps,Tom
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ajp31 (3 posts)
Jun-08-01, 04:03 PM (EST) 43. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I thought the idea of cab signals was so that if you were in, for example, a "proceed" block, and the next signal ahead changed from "proceed" to "clear," your cab signal indication would change and you could resume higher speeds before reaching the next signal.Andy Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
MaXGTS (4 posts)
Jun-04-01, 11:30 PM (EST) 9. "Railroad Crossing Gates" How come these gates don't have alternating red lamps like the real thing? This is one of the main features of railroading. Come on Kuju/Microsoft. You're so close to perfection. With minor touch-ups such as this, we're looking at a classic. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Railfan727 (12 posts)
Jun-14-01, 06:54 PM (EST) 90. "RE: Railroad Crossing Gates" Also, I have noticed on several occasions the gates just starting to go down when the lead locomotive passes the crossing. Wouldn't it be more realistic to have the gates already down some time before the train reaches the crossing? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
MaXGTS (4 posts)
Jun-04-01, 11:25 PM (EST) 8. "Freight Car Bug" Anyone notice US2FREIGHTCAR5 is a little bit too short? It appears the programmers decided to use 'us2freightcar4.ace' in the 'US2FREIGHTCAR5' dir but it seems the two cars are not of the same length. The end result is the couplers appear unconnected even though they really are coupled. MSTS thinks 'us2freightcar5' is longer than it actually appears on screen. Try the 'Mixed Goods Traffic Train' consist and look at the flat cars toward the back. Look closely at the couplers. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
brettrw (3 posts)
Jun-04-01, 11:58 PM (EST) 10. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" On the dash-9, the headlamps alway alternating when on "full."
This is controllable in the real thing. IE they are usually always on, without alternating. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
MaXGTS (4 posts)
Jun-05-01, 09:53 PM (EST) 28. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" >On the dash-9, the headlamps alway
>alternating when on "full."
>This is controllable in the real
>thing. IE they are usually
>always on, without alternating.
brettrw is correct. I just saw a CSX Dash 9 on my way home from work and noticed it had all three headlamps on solid and bright. No alternating. Please make this controllable like the real thing. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
thegetter (21 posts)
Jun-05-01, 00:26 AM (EST) 11. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Only bugs I have noticed so far,RR Crossing Gates Up on the
Marias Pass run.
And this one I noticed today on the Northeast Corridor,Baltimore
to Edgewood.Just before getting to Edgewood (will try next time to get the mile marker #.) Poles holding up the electrical lines
are actually sitting in the middle of the track on both sides
(4 tracks).
This is really a great program,It pretty well lives up to all the
pre-release info that I had seen.
I had no problems with loading,and No error messages,seems to run just fine....a few pauses here and now....I'm fully satisfied with the program...Thanks!
My system:
AMD Athalon 850mhz..overclocked to 900mz Slot A chip.
Abit motherboard KA7
484meg SDRAM 100
ELSA GeForce2MX-32meg-using latest driver from ELSA
Creative Labs Live Value soundcard using 2.0 drivers
Three Western Digital Hard Drives
Drive c.5 gig 5400rpm
Drive d:8.0 gig 5400rpm
Drive e:10.5 gig 7200rpm
CDROM 32x...Drive f
Original Win98...No upgrades or service packs
Cacheman 4.0 cache optimization program from Outer Technologies
Drive e contains MSFS2000including ton's of add-ons and MSTS only
Big Flight Sim user,mostly what my system is used for.
Thanks again,hope this helps. thegetter Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
BillH (17 posts)
Jun-05-01, 00:50 AM (EST) 12. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Some of the Activities are so filled with bugs, its disgusting.On the Marias pass route, the night time grain run, the briefing makes mention of stopping on the main line by a certain mile marker. Then when doing the scenario, a window pops up saying pull into siding #5 which is 2 miles before the mile marker, and its a siding, you do that, and nothing happends. The way a lot of these activities are done are done in such a crappy way. They all are bug filled, and they Assume you know the exact spot to stop. There is no room built into failure. We are not computers, we are freaking human beings, the sim needs to know that! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
airport (14 posts)
Jun-05-01, 06:22 AM (EST) 14. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" hi Bill,i did that same activity also! i had the same problem, in the end i just quit it !
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ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-07-01, 10:41 AM (EST) 34. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I found a similar problem with the Hisatsu activity that contains back and fills or turnarounds. When you back up to the correct area there is a signal. If you stay near the signal, it stays red. If you go back some more close to a dead end and then drive forward the signal will be green.So, the activities seem to care where exactly you stop before going forward and the stopping points are not clear.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jerry12892 (1 posts)
Jun-07-01, 10:15 PM (EST) 37. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" There are many wonderful things to say about this game. And I expect it to get better. But I expect more from Microsoft out of the gate. I wonder how bad it was before they postponed the release date. It is very disappointing to not be able to trust the "activities" I've run across more than one anomaly that prevents their successful completion. How many more are there in the activities I haven't tried? Unlike other games, especially those from Microsoft, this game promises so much, produces a lot, and yet leaves a black cloud of doubt about the players ability to accomplish the established goals, not from lack of the players skills, but from a lack of polishing by the publishers. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
edweston1 (8 posts)
Jun-10-01, 08:02 AM (EST) 51. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I just completed the same nightime grain run and and didn,t seem to have a problem. once I pulled onto the siding and cleared the switch I brought it to a full stop and rec. an alert message saying it was completed. However I did notice that I was about a mile short of the marker. I don't think we need to pull all the way up to the M.P. marker just be in the yard and clear of the switch is all.E.Weston
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waterwild (14 posts)
Jun-14-01, 05:47 PM (EST) 88. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Try the Northeast Corridor "Short Passenger Run" activity and tell me if you can get your train to leave the station without derailing. I've tried it a half dozen times at the slowest speed setting and derail everytime. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ZeDad (6 posts)
Jun-18-01, 03:44 AM (EST) 108. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I don't have your problem on this one. In my case, this particular activity just crashes when loading. All the others so far seem to work. Go figure. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
DKlemm (63 posts)
Jun-05-01, 10:00 AM (EST) 15. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" My bugs aren't system related so I won't post system specs;1. End of train lights are not in the correct spot. Should be on top of coupler. Some are in the middle of the box car half way up, others are on the right side.
2. SD40 headlight, the top front is 20 feet above the train. I found this when I made it a driveable engine. Over in the engine library I posted the new y and z values to put the lights in the correct spot.
3. Seen some crossing gates stay up even when the train is going by.Other than eye candy stuff, I am having a blast. Now if I could just figure out how to make a route of my beloved IC.David Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (14 posts)
Jun-14-01, 05:49 PM (EST) 89. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Can you share those x-y coordinates? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
vbluguitar (11 posts)
Jun-05-01, 10:22 AM (EST) 16. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" PIII 800mhz w/ 448 megs of RAM
Asus P2B-F Motherboard with latest revision
Voodoo 5500 with last drivers
Sound Blaster Live with latest drivers
Windows ME, DirectX 8.0a, IE 5.5, Media Player that came with ME.I have 2 bugs to report.1. After about 1 hour of play, the game locks up when I try to switch views. Usually it crashes the computer, but one time it kicked me back into windows. It gave me an error report to send to Microsoft and I did. 2. When you come up to Summit from Blacktail on Marias pass there is a section of track that uncouples your train. If you back up and recouple, you pick up the first car, but the one behind it uncouples. This continues until you have uncoupled and recoupled the entire train. It is right before the switches at the top of the steep grade to the summit. It seems to happen all the time. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
gngoat99 (1 posts)
Jun-13-01, 04:58 PM (EST) 81. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Same thing happened to me at Marias Crossovers. I tried going through eastbound in DB, train brakes on, very slow and track speed, made no difference. I was doing an explore with 2 Dash 9's and 20 container wells on the north track. Note: I went
through westbound on same track with same consist OK! Could it be "running against the current" problem? ;pAlso having the "video problem" upon start up, but have yet to load the MP4 fix posted (haven't been able to download for some reason).
Once past the video problem, MSTS works fine.I have a Compaq AMD P-900 with 128MB Ram running W98 SE.
Had to download latest TNT2 video driver for MSTS to
load properly.Otherwise...very very happy with MSTS. Well done, MS!
Now if I could only get that GN GP35 to load... ;pLIN-Z gngoat@gngoat.org
http://www.gngoat.org
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thegetter (21 posts)
Jun-05-01, 10:42 AM (EST) 17. "RE: FORUM MOM: Found The Mile Marker" On the Northeast Corridor,on the Baltimore to Edgewood Activity
at mile marker 97 and about 82.5 where there are four tracks
the poles holding up the overhead electric lines are sitting in
the middle of the track.It would be nice to see more computer driven trains,some going in the same direction as you,maybe coming off of a side track on
to a line next to yours(4 tracks) where when the tracks go to only 2 you or the computer train would get a red signal to let one or the other proceed. Thanks!
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BNSF9777 (8 posts)
Jun-05-01, 01:52 PM (EST) 18. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" How about "Train World would not load" I have an older STB Velocity Vid card, so I know its the card. The game loads, but as soon as I want to go to the actual running of the train, it gives me that error message. Tech support expounded on the latest drivers, but I know I need a newer card. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
busteryo (3 posts)
Jun-08-01, 09:50 PM (EST) 47. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I think I am having the same problem as you are, train sim loads the explore route fine. it is when i try to run an activity. it gets the yellow bars all the way over and says there was an error click here to report this error to microsoft. But it has never reported it.This is getting me verry agervated.but the driver date is 4-22-99and my video card is on the mother bord. (intergrated) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ZeDad (6 posts)
Jun-18-01, 03:54 AM (EST) 109. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have had - and do have - similar problems. I would suggest that it is both the card and the driver in combination. The readme file has web addresses to aid in finding the latest drivers.Here are my facts:
DOA until a video driver update (supports DirectX6) was installed. Even though I previously ran games with DirectX7, something got fixed here. I also note that MS installs DirectX8 for this game. Very new stuff.
I have 4MB (AGP) and not everything works. The Marias grain night train will not load. If I try to run a Royalty Scotsman train in the snow, I crash on the load - similar to your crash.
If I set the realism (best graphics -vs- best speed) options for graphics, I can garuntee a crash.
Most of the rest of the time it works on my older equipment, although choppy. I suspect it is memory related. Looking at a G2 upgrade for father's day but considering I'm between jobs... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
TGV (44 posts)
Jun-05-01, 02:10 PM (EST) 19. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Three things:1. Using 32 bit mode (800 or 1028) i see garbled printing above the "loading progress bar" when the sim loads au after the home screen. 16 bit displays correctly. All video drivers are up to date2. When using "simple controls" the brakes do not work. They are constantly in release mode and will not respond to hot key or mouse commands. With simple controls OFF they work correctly3. When in track view (#4 key) the train periodically floats above the track. Sometimes when the angle id from below a bridge, looking upward, the train will pass BESIDE the bridge and fly through the air (Is the The Jetsons?) System:Athlon Tbird 800 MHz
ASUS A7V Mbo w VIA chipset
512 MB SDRAM
NVidia TNT2 Ultra 32 MB (tried numerous drivers, same results)
Windows ME (fully updated)
DirectX 8.0a (passes all tests) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
smokey (6 posts)
Jun-05-01, 02:38 PM (EST) 20. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Everything is perfect, execpt an occasional tree floating above the ground. I am going to go back and find a few and report them here. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
davy (4 posts)
Jun-05-01, 04:51 PM (EST) 21. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Installed MSTS yesterday 6/04/01 after waiting for quite some time for its arrival. As luck would have it the done thing doesn't work. All I get is a black screen with an "ERROR REPORT" dialogue box. Of course I sent the report on to Microsoft. I am also in touch with them via "Web Passport". Are you aware of any problems like this? I have a PII 350MHz 64 Mb of ram and a Rage IIC AGP 8 MB video card with Win98SE.Any info you have would be appreciated.Thanks......
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davy (4 posts)
Jun-08-01, 09:35 AM (EST) 40. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" RE: ATI RAGE IIC AGP Video.Spent two (2) hours on the phone with Micro~ yesterday and determined that MSTS will not work with the old ATI cards.Bummer...... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dreamer98 (3 posts)
Jun-05-01, 05:40 PM (EST) 22. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have a PIII 650 128 RAM
30GB HD but partitioned for a C drive with 300 MB free space
Voodoo 5 5500 AGP w/ latest drivers
Sound Blaster AWE 64
Win ME w /IE 5.5 & WMP 7.0
DirectX 8.0
The problem is with the scenery. Specifically the ground cover. Once I enter the gameplay environment the ground cover takes on a very psychedelic texture to it. There are a few brief moments of the real ground cover but go away quickly. The ground flickers when moving and when stationary. Gameplay is not effected. I've tried turning off all the display options and trying different resolutions to no avail. I've also tried using the launcher.exe application checking a variety of trouble points but that doesn't seem to work either. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dreamer98 (3 posts)
Jun-05-01, 08:48 PM (EST) 27. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" LAST EDITED ON Jun-05-01 AT 08:51 PM (EST)Perhaps a picture would better illustrate my problem.
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rwill (2 posts)
Jun-06-01, 06:56 AM (EST) 29. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have the same video card and am experiencing the exact same problem! I can't believe MSTS won't support the latest 3DFX 5500 card.Russ Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dreamer98 (3 posts)
Jun-06-01, 01:33 PM (EST) 31. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I'm not entirely sure what specifically I did but I fixed it. Try turning off Anti-Aliasing, if that doesn't work try installing the Voodoo 5 BETA drivers from VoodooFiles.com. It might be a DirectX compatibility problem or a Win ME compatibility problem; either way it fixed it for me. WOO HOO. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
rwill (2 posts)
Jun-07-01, 10:22 PM (EST) 38. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" thanks pal. Worked like a charm. The Beta driver was the answer and two areas had to be set: (a) no FSAA. set to fastest performance, and (b) no Mip Map Dithering.Once the beta drivers were installed (probably a DX8 conflict resolved) and the above settings were in place the problem was solved and I've been riding the rails since. Love the sim!!!
appreciate your posted message. Thanks for taking the time. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
buzzbenz (45 posts)
Jun-05-01, 06:33 PM (EST) 23. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Great job guys! So far i am VERY impressed! I have found a few minor glitches of course (that's to be expected). What i have found is:1. Opening video would not run, but i know that is because i am missing the video codecs.
2. Floating roadway in the NE corridor.
3. Several miles of missing poles for the overhead wires (i know what those wires are called, i just can't spell it right so i ain't even gonna try). I believe this is somewhere between milepost 70 & 80.Everything else i have noticed has already been posted, do i won't repeat that, and i imagine that quite a few of these i can fix myself via the route editor (i haven't really done much with that yet).I have one question. Is it possible to recreate passenger diesel locomotives such as the F40PH from an operational point of view. Since the HEP generators are running during normal operation, the locomotive's motor is always revved up. I need to know if it can be simulated where the engine is revved up but still have the throttle control the locomotive.Thanks for MSTS!-------- BUZZ Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
QuarterCrank (22 posts)
Jun-05-01, 08:13 PM (EST) 25. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I'm posting this just for the heck of it. I can't say that it bothered me all that much.I'm running a train with 5 dash 9's pulling 50 chemical cars, go thru a crossing where there'a a vehicle waiting for the train to pass. I go to the end of the consist just to see if there's anymore cars waiting at the crossing to see that the one that was there when I crossed is still there but there's anothe coming from the opposite side and goes right through a tank car like it wasn't ever there. There shoulda been blood and guts everwhere! Oh well. I've also wondered why the gates on the crossing guards don't go down, the bells don't ring and the lights don't flash. The doppler of the bells ringing as I go by is sorely missed.At any rate, I'm really enjoying this sim. It's much more enjoyable than any sim I've ever had, and I've had quite a few over the past 17 years. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Robber Baron (24 posts)
Jun-05-01, 08:35 PM (EST) 26. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" The braking action doesn't seem real. I'm accustomed to TM4 with it's non-self-lapping brakes and considerable lag between applying the brakes and observing any slowing of the train. In MSTS, it appears that the train brakes come on almost immediately with no lag at all! That doesn't seem right! Or am I missing something? Also I'm noticing a lot of errors in the dynamic braking. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
milwfan (2 posts)
Jun-06-01, 08:07 PM (EST) 32. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" That is one of the first things I noticed in the sim. MS seems to not have simulated the time it takes the train line to bleed off (apply brakes) and recharge (release). On a long freight, this can be a LONG delay until the brakes start to apply or release. Also, I don't think the GP38's have self-lapping brakes and it seems impossible to make a reduction of less the 15-20 PSI on either the Dash 9 or GP38. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Daveso (3 posts)
Jun-06-01, 08:51 AM (EST) 30. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Bugs not machine specific1. Lighting incorrect on Marias Pass Dawn Tank Train activity.
the sun is above the horizon, but the light is on the wrong side of the train...also no light on the terrain and train..2. Text error: Marias Pass--Grain Train thru the nightThe Route and Activity Selector states snow, but the operations notebook states heavy rain. The sim is having a snow storm.
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Chopper (17 posts)
Jun-06-01, 08:47 PM (EST) 33. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Dell Dimension 4100 1Ghz. 256 RAM Windows 98 SE
GeForce 256 (Dell OEM) Driver 4.12.01.0532 Date 8-11-2000
Soundblaster Live Value Driver 4.06.00.0628 Date 9-15-99
DirectX 8.0
Norton System Works 3.0 - Usually disabled during sim sessions
Most Windows updates installed
IE 5.0 service pack 2
Windows Media Player 6.01PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED: (All settings at max. 1024x768x16)1) Frequent total lock ups (error encountered... message). Must use reset button, Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work. Switching views seems to be a common cause. Some lockups without the error message.2) Can't ever get past switch without uncoupling after first loco or a few cars back, near mile marker 1152 Marias Pass going uphill, switch in either position. I have used GP38's and Dash 9's, 40 car consist, or my own made consists.3) Crossing Guards don't drop on Marais Pass4) Dynamic brakes have little or no effect (diesels)5) Wipers don't work in cab view Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
madmatt7 (61 posts)
Jun-07-01, 02:44 PM (EST) 35. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" LAST EDITED ON Jun-07-01 AT 02:50 PM (EST)Athlon 950
512mb pc133 ram
Elsa Gladiac geforce2 ultra 64mb in 4x agp
soundblaster xgamer
20gb maxtor hd 7200rpm 66dma
full installThe game runs fine on my machine and the K6-2 amd 500 vodoo 3 machine I have at work. No crashes or lock-ups. (Thank goodness!)
Just noticed these flaws.Near Mile 7 of Hisatsu route - hillside juts onto track, though does not derail the train.
Exploring marias pass - plenty of cars on roads, but no sound from gates. Also, engines always seem to uncouple/derail at the crossing just east of Cutbank. Others have noticed this. Bug at crossing?
NE corridor. Though I'm keeping well within posted speed limits, brake penalty is still coming on from time to time. Very annoying.Regardless, FANTABULOUS GAME! - Matt D.
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PsyDoc (3 posts)
Jun-07-01, 10:52 PM (EST) 39. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Livery Display problem - same problem no matter where the sliders or screen res are set:NEC: Acela engines are blackish-gray with no Amtrak marking. Passenger cars are fine - with full detail.MARIAS: No BNSF markings or any other on either diesel. They are the proper shape, but look like brown clay. Freight cars are all normal, with full detail.INNSBRUCK: On the steam sims, the problem reverses from above. Engine and tender are fine. This time it's the passenger cars. Long string of grayish-black shapes - no livery of Wagon Lit, etc. Also NO WHEELS - rides "on air" above the rails. Car interiors are detailed and lovely.SETTLE: Flying Scotsman and its Tender are in full regalia. Passenger cars, like the Orient Express, are grayish-black shapes. Again, interiors are great.BOTH JAPANESE LINES: No external marking problems - full details. Tokyo run, however, rides "above" the rails. Unlike Innsbruck, these carraiges DO have wheels.All other scenery is terrific and varies with slider position. Frame rates are low when I push for more detail, but MSTS has done well with this. Even when the frame rates are low, the sim still behaves a lot better than comparable frame rates on TM4.Set-up:
AMD K6-2 350Mhz, clocked around 400.
Creative Blaster TNT
128 Megs RAM
Win98 2e OS
20 Gig HD
50x CD
Sound Blaster Live
All drivers up to dateI'm hoping for solutions to the livery problem, and I've had some difficulty with the program freezing - external view, no sooner than 15-20 minutes into a run. Memory issue?For all that, the program exceeds my expectations on this modest computer set-up. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
gxm149 (3 posts)
Jun-08-01, 10:53 AM (EST) 41. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" So far the program seems to work great. The only problems I have found so far are the widely reported bug of the cars decoupling on the Marias Pass route and a problem that occasionally occurs where it locks up my computer. Since the first problem has already been heavily addressed in here I will focus on the second one. The second bug seems to occur randomly when you switch from the interior passenger view to one of the exterior views. In particular switching from the interior passenger view to the exterior cab view by hitting the 2 key. I have had this occur on several occasions on both the Marias Pass and Northeast Corridor routes. I have not yet tried many of the other routes yet but I would expect the same things to occur on other routes. When switching the views it occasionally causes my computer to lock up forcing me to do a hard reboot by turning off the power and turning it back on once the computer has spooled down. I am using a system with a 466 Mhz Pentium II processor, 128 MB of Ram, a rage Fury Pro video card with I believe 32 MB of ram on the card, a Soundblaster Live 3D sound Card and I have plenty of Hard Drive space available on my system. I hope that this helps you guys in fixing this bug. Thanks. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
sd90mac (45 posts)
Jun-08-01, 02:50 PM (EST) 42. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" LAST EDITED ON Jun-08-01 AT 02:56 PM (EST)The following items should be fixed in Train Simulator. System specs are unimportant as these are operational and visual errors.1. Dynamic Brakes are ineffective on the Dash 9.2. Dynamic Brakes are not working on the GP38. Amperage gauge shows 300 amps at the SETUP position and 800 amps (Max) at Notch 1. Not correct.3. Locomotive brakes (Independent Brake) are not working on the HHP-8.4. The bell should be activated by pressing the button to turn it on, and again to turn it off. You should not have to hold down the button (or key) to make the bell work.5. The Dynamic Brake control should be infinitive (smooth movement) just like the air brake controls. The sim has 8 set positions just like the throttle. There are no set positions (notches) on the real thing. The CRT display in the Dash 9 is correct in showing positions SETUP and B1 thru B8 it's just the handle does not have set positions.. 6. The alerter is an absolute nuisance because it is incorrect.
(A) The alerter should not work if you are stopped and have the brakes set.
(B) The alerter time out should reset after you have used the throttle, brakes, or horn. In the sim it's every 25 seconds period.
(C) And the alerter time out is speed dependent. If you were going 60mph the alerter would go off every 40 seconds or so, but if you were going 20mph it wouldn't go off until 90 to 120 seconds.7. The Dash 9 in the sim has 3 ditch lights on the front platform.8. The Dash 9 nose is modeled wrong. It slopes down to the front too much.9. Broken coupler problems. I have found at least 2 points where you will get a broken coupler no matter what you do.
(A) The first road crossing east of Cutbank if you are going west. There is a track crossover there also.
(B) The bridge over the highway or the next bridge over the river at Java when proceding west with the Noon Mixed Freight Activity..10. On the Dash 9 in the sim and the GP38 when you move the Automatic Brake Valve towards the Release position the brakes immediately release. That's incorrect, well sort of. On a real locomotive next to the Automatic Brake Valve is a small control called a Cutout Valve. Most of them have 3 positions, CUTOUT, FRT, and PASS, some just have 2, CUTOUT and FRT. Here are definitions for each and how they are used.CUTOUT - All of the locomotives trailing the lead locomotive in the consist are place in this position.FRT - Used for freight trains and is the normal position. In this position the brakes DO NOT RELEASE until the handle is moved all the way back to the Release position. Nothing will happen to the brakes until you get to Release.PASS - Used on passenger trains for the purpose of gradual release of the brakes. The brakes will fully release when the Automatic Brake Valve is moved towards Release if this position is used on a freight train.In Train Sim the cutout valve is apparently placed in the Passenger position. That's incorrect for freight train usage.11. The ditch lights on US freight locomotives do not flash continously. Yes I know that can be fixed in the eng file.
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ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-08-01, 04:42 PM (EST) 44. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Everything was running well until now. I encountered an "MS Encountered An Error" message and when I went to "Send" a report, the machine froze.Marias Pass, GP38, Cutback Grain Car Sorting Activity.
Backing into North Elevator Siding 3 to pick up cars.
Going a bit too fast and expected a crash.
Got MS Error Message instead of a crash message.
Got Freeze when I tried to send report.Will try again.System:
A7V Motherboard with 4in1 drivers Version 4.29
Athlon 1100 with Bios 1007
512 mb RAM (Crucial PC133)
Win98SE running DX8a
Visiontek Geforce 3 (driver version 12 -- 4.13.01.12)
Two IBM GXL 20 gig 7200 rpm hard drives
SB Live Value
Creative 56K Modem
3Com USB Cable Modem
Adaptec SCSI for CDROM and Zip Drive
Internal Zip 250, Floppy, & Plextar 40X cdrom
Alpha top of line cpu fan plus 2 case fans in front over hard drives and 1 fan out the back in a Full Tower
300W AMD Approved power supply
Viewsonic 815 21" monitor
IE & OE 5.5 and latest Media Viewer
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kirby33 (11 posts)
Jun-08-01, 07:54 PM (EST) 45. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" LAST EDITED ON Jun-08-01 AT 07:59 PM (EST)LAST EDITED ON Jun-08-01 AT 07:58 PM (EST)On the Northeast Corridor the Acela will not run; brakes and horn and lights and everything else works, but there is no response to the throttle. I've checked everything (including the overhead power) so it must be a bug. Deisels run fine on the Corridor, just not the Acele.
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LocoLone (5 posts)
Jun-08-01, 08:25 PM (EST) 46. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" My bugs: Blue and yellow blotches in trees. Some stuttering, especially running trains at high speed. Occassional lockups of game, but not system. Game just stops, but am able to press ESC, which ends it and sends me back to desktop. Sometimes I get "I'm sorry" Microsoft message, but clicking on "send it" causes total lockup of system.Running Voodoo4 and Soundblaster Live! with their latest drivers, in detail below (from DxDiag).
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System Information
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Time of this report: 6/8/2001, 17:20:24
Machine name: GREAT
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98 (4.10, Build 2222) A
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer:
System Model:
BIOS:
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1016MHz
Memory: 128MB RAM
Page File: 60MB used, 1860MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.0 (4.08.00.0400)
DX Setup Parameters: None
DxDiag Version: 4.08.00.0400------------
DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: The file 3dfx16vs.drv is uncertified, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs. You may be able to get a certified driver from the manufacturer of the hardware device.
Sound Tab 1: The file EMU10K1.VXD is uncertified, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs. You may be able to get a certified driver from the manufacturer of the hardware device.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.------------------
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dxapi.sys: 4.87.00.0700 English Final Retail 9/9/1999 07:00:00 2416 bytes
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dsdmo.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 176128 bytes
dsdmoprp.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 478720 bytes
dmusic.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 110592 bytes
dmusic16.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 11008 bytes
dmusic32.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 28672 bytes
dmband.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 25600 bytes
dmcompos.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 59392 bytes
dmime.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 168960 bytes
dmloader.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 30720 bytes
dmstyle.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 110080 bytes
dmsynth.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 130048 bytes
dmscript.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 78336 bytes
dx7vb.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 600576 bytes
dx8vb.dll: 4.08.00.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 1069056 bytes
amstream.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 63488 bytes
devenum.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 131584 bytes
dxmasf.dll: 6.01.05.0130 English Final Retail 4/23/1999 22:22:00 438272 bytes
mciqtz.drv: 4.00.96.0729 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 11776 bytes
mciqtz32.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 33792 bytes
mpg2splt.ax: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 141312 bytes
qcap.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 248320 bytes
qdv.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 272896 bytes
qdvd.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 455168 bytes
quartz.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 1658368 bytes
quartz.vxd: 4.00.00.0501 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 5672 bytes
strmdll.dll: 4.00.00.3845 English Final Retail 8/9/1999 14:34:06 248096 bytes
vidx16.dll: 0.00.00.0000 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 10240 bytes
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ir41_qc.dll: 0.00.00.0000 English Final Retail 4/23/1999 22:22:00 135168 bytes
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ir50_qc.dll: 5.00.63.0038 English Final Retail 4/23/1999 22:22:00 212992 bytes
ir50_qcx.dll: 5.00.64.0038 English Final Retail 4/23/1999 22:22:00 196608 bytes
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mstee.sys: 4.90.3000.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 4896 bytes
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bdasup.sys: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:16 4992 bytes
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psisdecd.dll: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:21:26 366080 bytes
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mpe.sys: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:18 13984 bytes
streamip.sys: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:18 13664 bytes
mpg2splt.ax: 6.03.01.0400 English Final Retail 11/7/2000 15:16:46 141312 bytes
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slip.sys: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:20 10016 bytes
nabtsfec.sys: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:46 86016 bytes
ccdecode.sys: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:46 15264 bytes
vbisurf.ax: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:21:52 29696 bytes
msyuv.dll: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:52 14336 bytes
kstvtune.ax: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:21:50 52736 bytes
ksxbar.ax: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:21:48 38400 bytes
kswdmcap.ax: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:21:56 82432 bytes
wstdecod.dll: 5.01.2258.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:30:46 45568 bytes
msdv.sys: 4.10.2226.0400 English Final Retail 10/21/2000 02:26:06 55936 bytes ---------------
Display Devices
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Card name: Voodoo4 4500 PCI
Manufacturer: 3dfx Interactive, Inc.
Chip type:
DAC type:
Device ID: Enum\PCI\VEN_121A&DEV_0009&SUBSYS_0005121A&REV_01\BUS_00&DEV_0C&FUNC_00
Display Memory: 31.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (16 bit)(optimal refresh rate)
Monitor: Iiyama MT-9017E/T, VisionMasterPro
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: 3dfx16vs.drv
Driver Version: 4.12.01.0666 (English)
DDI Version: 7
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 11/2/2000 05:16:08, 442728 bytes
Driver Certified: No
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: *vdd
Mini VDD: 3dfxvs.vxd
Mini VDD Date: , 0 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71CFA-4349-11CF-3073-0420A2C2C935}
Vendor ID: 0x121A
Device ID: 0x0009
SubSys ID: 0x0005121A
Revision ID: 0x0001
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result:
D3D Test Result:
AGP Test Result: -------------
Sound Devices
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Description: DirectSound (SB Live! Wave Out <1000>)
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80401102&REV_08\BUS_00&DEV_09&FUNC_00
Manufacturer ID: 2
Product ID: 104
Type: VXD
Driver Name: EMU10K1.VXD
Driver Version: 4.11.01.0711 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Certified: No
Date and Size: 4/3/2000 01:07:00, 265293 bytes
Other Files: emu10k1.vxd
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Full
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: -----------
DirectMusic
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DLS Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\gm.dls
Version: 1.00.16.0002
Ports:
Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
MIDI Mapper, Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Creative S/W Synth, Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
A: SB Live! MIDI Synth, Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
B: SB Live! MIDI Synth, Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
SB Live! MIDI Out <1000>, Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, External
SB Live! MIDI In <1000>, Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Input, No DLS, External
Registry: OK
Music Test Result: -------------
Input Devices
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Device Name: Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro
Driver Name: MSGAME.VXD
Driver Version: 3.00.00.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 8/7/1998 00:00:00, 19109 bytesPoll w/ Interrupt: Yes
Registry: OK-------------
Input Drivers
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Registry Key: msjstick.drv<0002>
Active: Yes
DeviceID: VIRTUAL\*CTL7010\PCI&VEN_1102&DEV_7002&SUBSYS_00201102&REV_08&BUS_00&DEV_09&FUNC_01
Matching DevID:
16-bit Driver: msjstick.drv
32-bit Driver:
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DirectPlay Service Providers
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Serial Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpmodemx.dll (4.08.00.0400)
Modem Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpmodemx.dll (4.08.00.0400)
Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpwsockx.dll (4.08.00.0400)
IPX Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpwsockx.dll (4.08.00.0400)
DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnwsock.dll (4.08.00.0400)
DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnwsock.dll (4.08.00.0400)
DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnmodem.dll (4.08.00.0400)
DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnmodem.dll (4.08.00.0400)
DirectPlay Test Result: -------------------------
DirectPlay Lobbyable Apps
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Midtown Madness (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: Midtown.icd (1.00.00.0000)
European Air War (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: EAW.EXE (0.00.00.0001)
Midtown Madness 2 (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: Midtown2.icd (1.00.00.0000)
Age of Empires II (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: Empires2.ICD (0.14.14.0914)
Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: \age2_x1.icd (0.07.22.0627)
Heroes of Might and Magic III (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: heroes3.exe (3.00.00.0000)
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddons Blade (DX7) - Registry: OK, ExeFile: h3blade.icd (2.00.00.0000)------------------------------------
Inactive Display Entries in Registry
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Card name: Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
Driver: vga.drv
Card name: Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
Driver: vga.drv----------------------------------
Inactive Sound Entries in Registry
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Skychaser (2 posts)
Jun-09-01, 01:34 PM (EST) 48. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Here's my system specs:Pentium 1.3ghz
128 RDram
CD-RW
DELL Dimesion 8100
NVidia GEForce2 GTS Pro (original equip w/latest drivers)
Sony Trinitron 21" Monitor
Windows ME (patches installed)
DirectX 8.0(Passing all diagnostics)
Sound Blaster Live(Original Equipment with PC)
Media Player 7.1
IE 5.5 (with all critical updates installed)
Black Ice Defender firewall disabled.Program installs with no errors. Loads with no errors. Immediately after it loads to 100% and tries to switch to the main screen, the monitor goes black, then "blue screens" with the following file error message: EMU10K1f(01)+00021976:OE:0028:FF1601D6 When I press any key to continue, it goes back to the desktop in the 800x600 display mode. Desktop normally running at 1280x1024. Even if I change the monitor settings to 800x600 and then load the game, the same error message displays.I run MS Flight Sim 2000 Pro on this machine with excellent performance so I'm baffled as to what's causing MSTS to fail with this machine configuration.Looking forward to fixes/suggestions.Thanks much. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
spets (43 posts)
Jun-09-01, 02:42 PM (EST) 49. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" this is a bug on marias pass, not system related. check the MSN fan site for the screenshot. first of all, there is a japanese crossing gate on the Marias pass, and second of all, I see a Washington Monument floating somewhere in the air..on the Marias Pass! shouldn't it be in D.C.? lol. I didn't have time to write down locations, but they are between cutbank and piegan. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Eolis (5 posts)
Jun-10-01, 06:29 AM (EST) 50. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" AMD 1GB T-bird @ 1000mhz
ThermoEngine Turbo w/7k RPM Fan
MSI K7T Pro-2A Mainboard (ATA100 Compliant)
384MB PC133 SDRAM
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR w/GPACK III Xtreme
W/Copper Cooling @ 193/193
Humus's Raid on Tweaker 5.1
Hercules Game Theater XP
3COM 56k V90 PCI Modem
Western Digital 40GB ATA100 IDE HD
Toshiba 1212 DVD-ROM
Philips CDRW800 Series
Enlight Full Tower (300w)
MS IntelliMouse Optical USB
MS Sidewinder Pro Joystick USB
MS Sidewinder GamePad
Cambridge Soundworks FPS1800 4 Point w/Remote & Subwoofer
19" Envision Monitor
Ok, running Windows '98 SE w/no major patches. Running IE6.0. Have ALL latest drivers (Radeon 7115's). Media Player is latest. Now, Sometimes, when switching views, but not always then, I crash to a blue screen and the sound is repeating. If I hit escape, I go to a desktop with no taskbar or icons and have to reset. I am using Humus's Radeon Tweaker (www.rage3d.com). No virus software running in background. Game runs great, mostly, but it's just sometimes it will crash. Haven't driven a train, yet, but the problem seems at this point to be in the tutorials and intro rides....Thanks Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
solidbond (1 posts)
Jun-10-01, 05:28 PM (EST) 52. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" OK the bugs I have found so far, which aren't system dependent:In the North East Corridor, at Wilmington heading towards Philadelphia, there is a scenery bug - if you look to the left there is a different scenery on the platforms to the scenery beyond. Also if you select explore the route in the NEC, then start at Baltimore heading to Philadelphia, you are actually in a tunnel heading towards Washington, and at the end of the tunnel are some buffer stops, which you can drive straight through and contine to Washington.Apart from these and the other bugs mentioned, I think this is an excellent program.Steve Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Walt (12 posts)
Jun-10-01, 05:59 PM (EST) 53. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Here is a message you are cordially invited to pass on to Mike Geertensen:After wasting an entire weekend in unbelievable aggravation and frustration uninstalling and reinstalling Train Sim, downloading video and sound drivers, changing system settings, etc I have solved my problem. No matter what I did, as soon as I launched Train Sim the screen went black and locked up. I finally Uninstalled the program for the last time, put the cds and manual in the trash can, and in the future when I feel like wasting my money I will get directly to the point by flushing ten dollar bills down the toilet. I'll stick with BVE. Walt Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
MarkA (5 posts)
Jun-10-01, 07:26 PM (EST) 54. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" 1. When sim runs for the first time, \Train Simulator\mprofile.exe runs and creates mdrivers.dat (a profile of the machine that the sim must be reading on start-up). mprofile.exe hangs on mine after creating an mdrivers.dat file that may be incomplete. Have to kill mprofile.exe from task mgr. Running mprofile.exe alone hangs too.2. The shortcut to start Train Sim is: \Train Simulator\launcher.exe - rungame. Launcher.exe eats up all available CPU and the sim runs at 1FPS or worse. So, I have to start the sim using just train.exe. Frame rates are then decent (avg. 18-28+).3. Quitting train sim with ESC goes to a black screen with a Train Sim title bar, but has no control buttons on the corners. No task bar display either, and can't shift-tab back to Win2k. Have to kill train.exe in task mgr. to get out.4. Frequent lock-ups when using outside views. Sound continues in small loops but machine has to be re-booted.5. Start-up video codecs missing and causes the "vids:MP42" error.Other than those items, the sim is totally cool. Looking forward to getting these items fixed.450mhz PII 128mb ram
Win2k Pro, SP2
IE5.5
All latest Win patches and updates
600mb swap file (was smaller but made larger to see if this would help).
17gb free disk space
3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 pci 16mb video with 1.03 whql package drivers
1280x1024 normal resolution, running sim in 800x600 and 1024x768
Direct-X 8
Creative Awe64 Gold 16bit audio (with MS Win2k drivers)Mark Anderson Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
MarkA (5 posts)
Jun-17-01, 12:42 PM (EST) 102. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Just to follow up here... I ended up working with MS Support on this, and finally decided to just upgrade the voodoo 3. I replaced it with a GeForce2 Pro 64mb card and am using the nvidia 12.41 drivers. It completely eliminated the lock-ups while in the game, and certainly made a noticeable difference in graphics and frame rates. It still won't go back to Windows desktop on exit (I have to kill the process in task manager), and I have to start it with "train.exe" instead of "launcher.exe -rungame", but that's all workable. The sim is pretty cool. -Mark
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euphoric (4 posts)
Jun-10-01, 08:03 PM (EST) 55. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have a toshiba 2775XDVD laptop.
Intel Pentium III 650
64mb RAM
10GB HD
S3 GraphicsMy normal display settings are 1072x768x16. This is the display that MSFS2K runs at aswell. However, when i go into MSTS Display options it does not give me the option of running at 1072x768. The highest it gives me is 800x600. Please help. Is there anything that I can do to get this to work. I finally got the game to stop flickering once im in the cab,(i think i updated my video drivers). Thanks. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
BNSF (57 posts)
Jun-10-01, 09:40 PM (EST) 56. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I was in the Flying Scotsman in the rain I was going about 75 mph I put the brakes on 100% and the wheels locked I added sand and they started moving but when I took away sand again the wheels once locked up again but I noticed that it was still going Chug Chug Chug Chug........... with the wheels completly locked up. This is not right. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
edwardk (2 posts)
Jun-10-01, 10:11 PM (EST) 57. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" System Specs.1)P3 550
2)Asus P2B board
3)256 sdram (100)
4)Hercules Prophet II MX
5)40 gig hard drive (7200)
6) Sound Blaster Live
All drivers are up to date and latest version of directx is used. MTS runs like a dream on my system. The problem is with the help system. Whenever I try to access the help system the screen starts to flicker until I back out. The help screen does not come up. This problem does not lock up the system. Reinstalling MTS did not work.Edward. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dbacon (2 posts)
Jun-10-01, 10:14 PM (EST) 58. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Has anyone had problems using MSTS with a TBS Montego II sound card? I got my copy of MSTS yesterday as a birthday present, and after I installed it, I was really looking forward to trying it out. Unfortunately, when started the program, I got a message some of the other members of this forum have also gotten regarding incompatible sound cards and updated drivers.Since my PC is Dell, I was directed to their support site for updated drivers. After installing the latest drivers from Dell, however, I still have the problem. I have tried sending a trouble report to Microsoft, using that feature of MSTS, but when I select the option to send the report, the computer locks up.If anyone else has encountered this problem, I'd appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-11-01, 00:30 AM (EST) 59. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Well, I found another similar problem as I posted earlier.MTST encountered a poblem and needs to close. We are sorry for your inconvenience. Please tell MS: Send Error Report.This MTST error happened twice now and both when I am trying to couple a train to a standing set of cars, going too fast, and expecting a crash. Instead, I get an MTST problem message and the system freezes as soon as I hit the Send Error Report.Activity: Bulding and Sorting Outbound Cars
Siding 9 after having picked up two other sets of cars.I have no idea.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Walt (12 posts)
Jun-11-01, 08:44 AM (EST) 61. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" My system and problem is identical to yours. After an entire weekend of frustration I solved all my problems by uninstalling Train Sim, putting everything back in the box, and throwing it in the trash. See my post of 6/10 above.Walt Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dbacon (2 posts)
Jun-11-01, 11:28 PM (EST) 68. "Some older Sound/Video Cards sold as Dell OEM don't support DX8" While working out the problems I had getting MSTS to start this weekend, I found out that even with updated drivers, the OEM sound and video cards that came with my Dell XPS R450 will keep me from being able to use MSTS on my PC. These same limitations will also keep me from being able to enjoy FS2002 when it comes out, so now I have to decide if I want to spend the money on upgraded cards. Unlike some gamers, I don't upgrade at the speed of the Acela just to have the best, most modern PC around. I'm more of a steamer, trying to get the most out of my older, reliable machine without trying to ask it to be something it isn't. What the heck's a Gigahertz anyway? The cards I have that are causing my woes are the Turtle Beach Montego II A3D sound card and the ATI XPERT98D AGP 2X video cards that came from Dell when I bought the system.After making sure that I had the most recent drivers from Dell, I spent a little time troubleshooting with the Microsoft tech, and he was the one who had to break the news to me, and gave me some recommendations for upgrades to the cards.MSTS runs like the Acela, and my poor old Mikado-class PC can't run with it. Maybe if I increase the size of the boiler, increase the area of the grate, and shovel in a lot more coal, I can give it a run for the money!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Leafhopper (8 posts)
Jun-11-01, 01:45 AM (EST) 60. "Big Bug in Japan" I posted this as separate topic already, but if MS reads this thread, I don't want them to miss it!Explore the Route with any locomotive puts you at the end of the line with no where to go but into barracades if you go forward. This happened in all the stations on the line that I tried (several).No way to switch driver to other cab and no turn around. Only way to exit end of line is to go in reverse.ALSO: What is the F7 key for (YARD VIEW)? It does not work.NEED: a MAP option to show yards and switches, spurs, and turnarounds. MAP would be good to know your current location. Mile posts don't mean squat if you don't know the route to begin with. Have no idea in route if your going to be going up or down grade until it's too late.I know there must be some terrific scenery on the Japanese line, too bad I can't explore it.Other than that, the sim is great and very taxing on the ole nervous system. Terrific graphics and action.LeafhopperWhat is keyboard keys for the gear shift on one of the Japanese electrics? (Not the REVERSER, but the two speed forward gear shift). Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-11-01, 09:00 AM (EST) 62. "RE: Big Bug in Japan"
The F7 Key should bring up a pictorial view or map of all the cars in your consist including car numbers. It also permits you to couple and uncouple. The Number 7 key gives you a top down view of the yard.
>ALSO: What is the F7 key
>for (YARD VIEW)? It does
>not work.
I have had no problem with he Japanese scenery. What are you seeing?>I know there must be some
>terrific scenery on the Japanese
>line, too bad I can't
>explore it. >
I could not seem to get the gear shift to work from the keyboard either - P Key on the KIHA.>What is keyboard keys for the
>gear shift on one of
>the Japanese electrics? (Not the
>REVERSER, but the two speed
>forward gear shift).
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Leafhopper (8 posts)
Jun-11-01, 12:29 PM (EST) 65. "RE: Big Bug in Japan" OOPS! I meant to say the #7 key for the yard view. I have not been able to get this to work, but if other people are using it, it must be my installation, although nothing else seems to be wrong except the mentioned gear shift key.Nothing wrong with the Japanese scenery, just can't explore it because of the end of line trap in the Japanese "Explore the route" activity.Leafhopper Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
pmg1704 (3 posts)
Jun-11-01, 11:27 AM (EST) 63. "Windows 2K Problems? " Hi,It seems that most people here are not running win 2K, but I see that a few are successfully. I purchased a new Dell and I get a strange error; whenever I finish an activity and the little menu pops up asking "click to return to main menu" and I click, I get the blue screen of death and a "Kmode Exception Not Handled" error. There's no escape and I have to reboot. The only thing I can think of is that I have to upgrade to Service Pack II. Aside from that, I'm stumped. I'm going to try sending an email to http://search.support.microsoft.com All of the drivers are brand new, let me know if you have any suggestions.Thanks for your suggestions Skychaser!Paul
Dell Dimension 4100,Pentium III Processor at 1 GHz
384mb ram (128MB SDRAM at 133MHz,Factory Install, 256MB SDRAM addl. from Crucial.com)
32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGP Graphics Card with TV-Out
20.4GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive,Factory Install
Windows 2000 Service Pack1, English
Internet Explorer 5
16X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive Factory Install
Decoding Software for DVD-ROM Drive
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Skychaser (2 posts)
Jun-11-01, 11:47 AM (EST) 64. "RE: Windows 2K Problems? " Paul -Check out this Kmode error alert from Microsoft...http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q264/6/27.ASPHope it helps. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-12-01, 09:11 AM (EST) 69. "RE: Windows 2K Problems? " >Paul -
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>Check out this Kmode error alert
>from Microsoft...
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>http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q264/6/27.ASP
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>Hope it helps.
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pmg1704 (3 posts)
Jun-12-01, 10:35 AM (EST) 70. "Windows 2K Problem Solved (sorta)" Hi all,I found out that MSTS comes *UNLIMITED* free technical support from Microsoft. And i'm not talking about just email. Okay, granted it's not an 800 number. However, the tech was really great. I spent 30 minutes going through my system until we determined that my Nvidia video card drivers from April 2001 were not new enough. As soon as I installed the new drivers from May, problem solved. Just as long as I keep my Win 2K screen resolution @ 800 x 600. Otherwise it still crashes with a Kmode Exception Not Handled error. I'll wait till they come out with the June drivers.http://support.microsoft.comThanks for your help again Skychaser.Paul Goldfarb Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Lane (12 posts)
Jun-11-01, 04:47 PM (EST) 66. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Don't know if there is bug but I can't get past Piegan city sign.
with two Dash 9 engs I have try with just two Dash 9 with cars
or no cars Front Dash 9 has a broken coupler when cross this
switch. I am running east to west starting in Shelby good run up
to this point. Something else I see is a over speed warning in
window setting stopped. The Track monitor box shows speed limit
zero? in this area.?Also I have increased the Coupling Break values from 1.3 to 2.0 but did not help in this area.
I like driving the Dash 9 on the Marias pass route just wish I could get past Piegan.
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Main Lines (21 posts)
Jun-11-01, 05:52 PM (EST) 67. "Brakes won't release from rear end of train" At least with the GP38, I have found that if you uncouple from your train, run around to the rear end, then try to shove from the rear the train won't move even in run 8 as if the air brakes are still set. Handbrakes on cars are off, loco independent brake is off, and guages in loco show no trainline air reduction. Is this a bug? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Speedbrake (5 posts)
Jun-12-01, 11:25 AM (EST) 71. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Simulation LockupI am running on a Dell Dimension XPS R400, Pentium II, 400 MHz, 256 SDRAM, Windows 98, DirectX 8.0a, with a Guillemot geForce 256 3d Propher 32 MB video
card (updated to Nvidia 12.41 drivers) and a Turtle Beach Montego A3D sound card (updated to the current Dell 4.06.1187 drivers) with hardware
acceleration off. When I first loaded the program and tried to run I got a error screen that talked about a possible incompatible sound card and the need to tune off
hardware sound acceleration). Before updating drivers the program would come up with the load screen and then after loading go black and lock up.After loading up the newest drivers (for the Dell), I STILL get the sound card message and when I say continue the program loads and I was able to run the diesel tutorial fine, as well as make setting selections. When I go into Take a Drive or into an actual activity the system runs fine for about 4 minutes and then just freezes. The sounds continues but the screen lock on the current scene and the keyboard locks up. I seems time related and is repeatable. The scene is different depending on the train speed I select to run at.All my aircraft simulations including Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulation 2 runs fine and did as well before the updates.I plan on trying a complete reinstall of the Trainsim. Any ideas if the problem is still there? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ChuMaster (1 posts)
Jun-12-01, 12:50 PM (EST) 72. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I'll keep my problem short and simple. The only major complaint is that EVERY SINGLE TIME I go to an external view, which is most necessary in some instances, I always get the most-hated, "Blue Error Screen." Tapping on another view key while in the blue screen takes me back to my desktop with the last 1/4 of a second of sound looping over and over again. I saw somewhere before that someone was having a similar problem. However, I'm sending my "report" as well since no fix has been posted, from what I've seen. My system specs as below:Hewlett Packard Pavilion
Windows ME (4.90, Build 3000)
AMD Athlon Processor, MMX, 3DNow, 1.2ghz
128MB RAM
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Pro 36MB RAM Video Card
Main Driver: nwdisp.drv version 4.12.01.0539
Hercules Game Theater XP Sound cardThat's all the information that I seem to be able to find using the DXDiag function... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
aw_5hole (2 posts)
Jun-12-01, 08:19 PM (EST) 73. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" 1.1GHz AMD
512Mb RAM
39.1GB Free
Creative GeForce2 Ultra 64MB
-Just installed Detonator 12.41
Creative SBLive! X-Gamer
-Latest Drivers I could find at time of install in this machine.
Win98Last clean install 3/01. Last defrag about 8 days ago, right before I installed MSTS.This happens in steam locos only. The specifics are this: whenever I am crossing over a bridge and attempt to go from cab view to head-out-window view, the game will lock and I am forced to hit the reset switch. Happened multiple times in both steamers on several routes. Similar problem occurs in diesels whenever I try to switch from the cab view while the horn is sounding.-5hole Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
adamsloco (11 posts)
Jun-12-01, 09:07 PM (EST) 74. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Here's an error i don't think has been posted yet. I can not get the "riding the yellows" activity in the NE. Corridor to load. I get all the bars up until the last three and then i get the dreaded pop-up box about sending a report to microsoft, which then hangs the machine.Adamsloco
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aebbeka (3 posts)
Jun-12-01, 09:48 PM (EST) 75. "ATI Radeon" According to the readme file, MSTS supports the ATI Radeon card. But every time I start the game up, it freezes before it even gets to the main screen! I downloaded the latest drivers, but that didn't fix anything. I put in my old Voodoo 3 card and it works just fine. But why doesn't the Radeon work!!?? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
DSVJ (16 posts)
Jun-12-01, 10:20 PM (EST) 77. "RE: ATI Radeon" Ok, Ill will try top fix these one at a time, specific video problems:
Chumaster: Im assuming thats a 32 meg, and not a 36 meg TNT card. Try using the detonator 3 newest drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/docs/lo/532/SUPP/12.41-W9X.exe
If this doesnt work, try switching back to the Detonator 2 drivers.
Anyone using VOODOO cards, ecspecially PCI versions, i.e. voodoo3 2000 etc. I beleive the chipset on those cards were the savage4, made by the company S3. they put out a bunch of Beta drivers, and a utility to tell which chip you had, that worked very well for me, one of my PC's had that voodoo 2000 card, and savage beta drivers made flight sim 98 work.
http://www.s3graphics.com/DRVVIEW.HTM
Login - archive
password - archive
Anyone else with specific graphic problems, try lowering your resolutions to 800x600 and your color to 16 bit on your pc and then run the game. Ive heard of some pc's having trouble doing the flip from high resolution down to something else, and vice versa. Escpecially non-intel cpu pc's. Anyone who wants specific drivers or older versions, please email me or post here. Im always glad to help.
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waterwild (14 posts)
Jun-12-01, 10:03 PM (EST) 76. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have not read through all the messages in this string, so some of what I am reporting may already have been addressed.I am running a Tiger System PC, Intel Celeron 350, SIS 630 display adapter, with 184MB RAM, on a 4GB partition (2GB free) of 12GB hard drive (total 6 GB free). My OS is WIN-ME, and I have updated all my video and graphic drivers.Most of my observations, however, do not pertain to my PC, but seem to be glitches in the game design. And most are related to the Northeast Corridor Explore Activity, where I have spent most of my time.
1. Foremost, why doesn’t TSUNPACK.EXE work? When will a fix be released?2. Why does sounding the horn trigger the bell? I have ridden trains since 1948 and have heard diesel horns sound at crossings, bridges, and tunnels without once hearing a bell ring. As they say in the modeling world, “it just ain’t prototypic.”3. As for the bell sound, it’s just plain wrong. The bell does not sound with a rhythmic “ding-ding-ding-DING” as the one in MSTS, but a static “ding-ding-ding-ding” until it stops. Steam locomotive bells could be rung with a “signature” rhythm that individual engineers applied (as they did the whistles), but diesel bells are mechanically controlled, and the engineer cannot do anything other than turn them on or off – and completely independent of the horn!4. On the NEC, catenary supports are missing at MP 22.5, between MP 77.0-71.5, and between MP131.0-127.0 (on adjacent line, right hand side, northbound).5. Frequently, the overhead signals do not change to red as the train enters the block.6. Although the game offers an option of departing Baltimore for Philadelphia, and departing Philadelphia for Baltimore – “you can’t get there from here” because the track is not really connected between the end points (this happens at that really neat flying crossover at MP 21.5, where the tracks are not all connected).7. Northbound at Baltimore, the track design is different from leaving Baltimore as the start point than it is mid-route Washington to Philadelphia. In the first instance, there are two tunnels with two tracks to the left and one track to the right. In the second instance, each tunnel has two tracks.8. Southbound from Philadelphia it appears the designers first attempted to replicate the hanger cable for the catenary wire, but this is not consistent and disappears altogether as you travel south.9. At the same time, there appears to be TWO wires at MP 65.0, 66.5, 69.0, just before 81.5, 85.0, and 128.0.10. In the vicinity of MP 90.0 the frame shifts side to side several times.11. Trackside views at bridges many times take you under the bridge. Interesting view.12. Pacing views at tunnels (observed in the Marias Pass activity) change the orientation to the train to a much higher angle than the original view. In the trailing view, this means the locomotive is no longer visible – and there appears to be no way to get back to the original angle.13. Upon executing an emergency stop mid-run from high speed, the track sounds continue at high speed – even though the train is at a dead stop.14. At MP 108.0 there are three breaks in the southbound track.15. In Winter setting, the deciduous trees still have leaves and they are still green.16. Marias Pass Explore Activity: there are auto sounds (which on NEC indicate you’re in an urban setting) in the middle of nowhere.17. Marias Pass Explore Activity: a “moiré” effect is immediately in front of the locomotive in all views on the explore activity.18. Marias Pass Explore Activity: at MP 1157.8 the snow shed has no roof.19. Marias Pass Explore Activity: Why is it snowing INSIDE the snow sheds?20. Marias Pass Explore Activity: At start of Explore activity, as the train moves forward, in the far distance it appears that the base of the mountain on the right is covering portions of the track. As the train moves forward, however, the mountain appears to slide off the track – sort of a “reverse landslide”!21. The Genesis Locomotive is either too tall or the cars are too short – the cars should be taller than the loco.22. After downloading a trainset file that allows me to run the Geneses locomotive, the Genesis Consist is inaccurate: unless this is a “train fan” run, no Amtrak train is all lounge cars! Why not a set of SuperLiners with coaches, diner, lounge, and sleepers? (Also, the window columns on the lounge cars at not in line toward the rear of the cars.)Finally, a couple of suggestions:First, why can’t there be a “go-to milepost” feature similar to MSFS’s lat-long "slew" feature?Second, why can’t activity start settings (time, weather, start and end points, locos and consists, etc.) be saved, again, as in MSFS?Thanks for listening. This is a great game, so don't think these comments are negative. I just want to make sure it can become a much BETTER game - perhaps the best of the genre. Hope this helps. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-13-01, 00:10 AM (EST) 78. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I gave up on getting my train down the mountain in the Marias Pass, Noon Mixed Frieght Activity. I need to learn a lot more on those brakes. So, I went on to the last activity in the Whitefish Yard.I did find a third similar error when coupling. Again I got the "MSTS Encountered An Error" message and this time I was going very slow - 2 mph. This time I hit Later and did not try to send a report. So, instead of locking the computer, it closed the whole MSTS program and went back to the desktop.It seems that there are two problems. One is getting the MTST error when coupling the frieght trains (sporatic). The second is getting a freeze or program close when the Send or Later button is hit (every time I tried it.Still lots of fun. Great set of issues in the previous post. Good going.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (14 posts)
Jun-13-01, 07:06 PM (EST) 84. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" As the originator of this string, I received a very insightful response to the issue of the bell sounding with the horn and the sound of the bell from someone who should know -- a professional locomotive engineer. The response (which came in two separate emails) is combined below. I should note that the reference to the sound and cadence of the bell ringing is for the GP-38. The following comments are offered as clarification -- in the same spirit the original notes were made.====================================I am a real Locomotive Engineer for a major US railroad and I thought you might like to know something "2. Why does sounding the horn trigger the bell? I have ridden trains since 1948 and have heard diesel horns sound at crossings, bridges, and tunnels without once hearing a bell ring. As they say in the modeling world, “it just ain’t prototypic.” "3. As for the bell sound, it’s just plain wrong. The bell does not sound with a rhythmic “ding-ding-ding-DING” as the one in MSTS, but a static “ding-ding-ding-ding” until it stops. Steam locomotive bells could be rung with a “signature” rhythm that individual engineers applied (as they did the whistles), but diesel bells are mechanically controlled, and the engineer cannot do anything other than turn them on or off – and completely independent of the horn!"On a real Dash 9 locomotive the bell does indeed start to ring when you blow the horn. The Engineer must then manually turn the bell off. This is done as a added safety for grade crossings. Not all locomotives have this feature but definitely all locomotives made in the last 5 years. So it is absolutely correct in MSTS.... the GP-38 would not have the automatic bell feature. Not to say that it couldn't be equipped to have it, but being an older locomotive I haven't seen any that do. As for the Acela, I really don't know. I would say probably yes. All new freight locomotives are equipped that way. The Genesis (P40 or P42) does since it is really just a 4 axle cousin of the Dash 9.

The purpose of the bell ringing after blowing the horn is, it is a rule requirement on most (if not all) railroads to ring the bell approaching all grade crossings. Some Engineers don't turn on the bell to do that, so they just made it automatic. It is supposed to be an additional safety issue at grade crossings (meaning an additional warning sound) but most of the time on the ground with the engine revved up and the horn blowing you might not even notice the bell. Probably on your train ride with the train up to speed you didn't hear the bell but when it was going slower approaching a station stop you did hear it.

Like I said on the newer locomotives the bell is barely audible in the cab so in a passenger car you might not hear it either.As for the bell sound , it sounds pretty realistic to me. The tone and pitch are right on but inside of the cab of a Dash 9 with the windows closed it would be barely audible. I haven't noticed the bell volume getting louder sometimes if that is what you meant.I just thought you might like to know some things are not bugs.
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daledog (8 posts)
Jun-13-01, 10:24 AM (EST) 79. "Flat cars couplers dont connect" one type of flat car the last car on the dash 9 mixed.... the couplers dont connect and the wheels spin backwords Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ATSF (25 posts)
Jun-13-01, 12:45 PM (EST) 80. "RE: Engine Braking" Dynamic and Engine braking appears to apply only to the lead loco. It should apply to all locos on the consist. That is why it is so ineffective in the sim. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
avallillo (3 posts)
Jun-13-01, 05:31 PM (EST) 82. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" The mouse will not control all of the functions alluded to it. It will blow the horn and make short term (near-instantaneous) applications of sand. It will also turn on and off the lights. However, it will not work any of the throttles and brakes - you can indeed "grab" these controls with the mouse, but it will not effect any changes. In some cases, it will move the throttle or brake handle a bit, but it will snap back instantly without any effect.For the future, you will need to move closer to FS in the way TS handles add-on cars and engines. Specifically, you will need to use something like the "alias" entry in the FS panel and sound files for loco panels and sounds - no sense replicating these files dozens or more times on a drive.And perhaps most important right now, detailed track plans with all tracks, sidings, turnouts (switches) and so forth indicated, so that, when exploring, we don't go tearing into a dead end! Some indication of the reasons for reduced speed limits on the NE corridor would be in order as well - no reason for 40mph on a 4 track main that was built for over 100mph, unless conditions have deteriorated since Atterbury's PRR was responsible for the maintenance!A.L. Vallillo Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ChuckCard (3 posts)
Jun-13-01, 06:20 PM (EST) 83. "FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Can't figure where to turn.Tried on two systems no good results.
Both are W/98 with SBS 4.5 Proxy clients running.
Smaller one is a 200 mhz 65mb RAM with an ATI Rage II but latest drivers.
It simply does the I goofed sending it to MS drill without a hint. After twenty minutes of black screen that isThe other is a 400 mhz 128mb RAM with an Intel 740 card
(Lucky me) When I try to upgrade that the Intel Installer says no.Once (the first try on this install) it said "Hardware Accelerator Required" and went to the desktop.Can somebody nudge me?
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ChuckCard (3 posts)
Jun-18-01, 10:30 PM (EST) 115. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Given five days without courtesy of a response, I conclude (as a Microsoft VAR of six years standing) that once again Microsoft has botched the cardinal rule of management.The vendor is absolutely responsible for the actions or shortcomings of their third party sources. Once a product ships, you don't sit in the background watching, you get with it!
This is yet another Microsoft outsourcing calamity.My QA sources told me this POC wasn't ready for the market and they were right. When a product manager's ego is more important than the corporate image we get the kind of silly scurrying we see in this inane forum.My problem is that, as a service provider I am hard pressed to collect from clients who installed the thing and can't get it to run. Particularly when I have yet to find a machine it will run on (now at eleven).But, as a stockholder, there are actions we should take to attempt to prevent this sort of fiasco in the future.End of vent.I will continue with the marketing folks who handle "real" products. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ela0254 (1 posts)
Jun-13-01, 08:37 PM (EST) 85. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Ok, here is one for you.System:
PIII 600MHz Laptop
128MB Ram
10GB Hard drive
ATI Technologird RAGE P/M Mobility AGP 2X w/ 8MB Video Ram
Win2000 ProfessionalI can start the program all ok, I can select the route and train and all ok, but when it starts to load everything up, I get a bunch of error message like 'Can't add car Acela (uid:200000) to world.', 'Can't add car AcelaEndCar (uid:200001) to world.', etc all the way through. And then wants to send an error report to Microsoft (which I have done). Obviously these messages are from the NE Corridor route with the Acela train, but I get the same thing with any train, on any route. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no difference. I tried going to the ATI website for updated video drivers but they said to see the manufacture's website for drivers since they customize drivers for the system, but my computer manufacture (Quantex) is now Ch 11 and the website is down and all. I am also not sure that this is really a video card issue.Any thoughts or ideas folks? I know others got the program to work in Win2k Pro.Thanks
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ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-13-01, 10:38 PM (EST) 86. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I am not sure but I think I read about some issues with the ATI card. You need to find a site that has the latest beta drivers for that card. Someone else may be able to give you a link.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (14 posts)
Jun-14-01, 05:37 PM (EST) 87. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Because this comment is not system related, I will forego those details.In the Maria Pass activities, does anyone else find it incongruous to have that bird (yes, the same one that irritates you on the MS Golfcourse) chirping in Winter -- with Snow?Must be a snowbird. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Bavoo (1 posts)
Jun-15-01, 00:04 AM (EST) 91. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" All,
Great game...a few issues though...
Why no manual? Was that a cost-cutting measure? Is the Sybex guide useful? Is there a way to maybe bring the CD to Staples or Office Max or Kinko's and have the manual printed?
Ok here are my Specs...
PII 450
96 Meg of RAM
10 Gig HDD
Maestro 2Meg Integrated sound Card ( w/latest driver from
Micron)
Voodoo 5500 PCI (latest driver)
Got an error trying to load the "Riding the Yellow" activity. Tried to send error report to MS and PC froze.
Graphics are "garbled" in tunnels (Not a choice in Troubleshooter)
The seams in the cabs were fixed by the troubleshooter, but have since returned.
Telephone poles along the NE corridor are on the rails (or at least VERY close to them)
My Acela went into emergency on the "Bridge Damage" activity for no apparent reason. A 45 MPH zone was approaching (on the top of the track monitor) but I was no where near it.
Sound occasionally "Freaks out" (sounds like interference or static, sometimes like a fax machine) sometimes it will correct itself, sometimes I have to save the sceneario and load it again.That's about all I can think of...This is a great game with LOADS of potential. Can't wait for some recreations of the NYC Subway system. BTW if anyone wants some detail help on a project like that, please E-Mail me....Thanks in advance to anyone that can help with the above...Joe
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JimStrenk (10 posts)
Jun-15-01, 03:20 AM (EST) 92. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Page 48 of the Train Simulator Manual has missing information.Under moving the train statement three reads:Once the train is moving, do not increase the throttle until either the amperage (as shown on the ammeter.)Statement is incomplete. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
flarrfan (27 posts)
Jun-15-01, 07:00 AM (EST) 93. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" My top patch priorities, in order:1. Emergency braking for decoupling to simulate prototype practice when air line breaks (no more discovering half the train is gone who knows where!)2. Dynamic braking for all locos in consist.3. Track kink fixes. (get the MOW people out there pronto!)After three days of play, mostly fun, some frustration, these are my only real concerns. Excessive derailments are a problem, but still not sure how much to blame program for poor modeling of train handling and how much to blame the novice engineer for botching the job. As noted, the Hi-Line is a real roller-coaster ride in many parts. I've taken care of derailments by turning off the option until they patch the train handling issues.
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Aladar (5 posts)
Jun-15-01, 07:31 AM (EST) 94. "MSTS : Computer shut down on exit" Hi,
My computer shut down when I "exit activity" on Train Simulator. Every time.
I have Win2000 SP2, 256 Mo Ram, GeforceII MX 400 64Mo with latest drivers from nVidia. Somebody can help me ?
Thanks
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pmg1704 (3 posts)
Jun-15-01, 09:01 AM (EST) 96. "RE: MSTS : Computer shut down on exit" You might want to triple check they're the latest drivers from NVidia, they just released a new bunch on June 6th, 9 days ago. That solved my problem that was similar. My 'old' drivers that didn't work were from April.-Paul Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Aladar (5 posts)
Jun-15-01, 02:03 PM (EST) 98. "RE: MSTS : Computer shut down on exit" Thanks, but I have already updated all my drivers with the latest from nVidia... I don't know why my system shut down when I exit the game...

Another idea ??
Thanks
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jkcooney (24 posts)
Jun-15-01, 08:44 AM (EST) 95. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" When running the Marias Pass simulation activities some of them will not run. I get the Microsoft error message advising me that the program is shutting down and asking me to forward the error message to microsoft. When I get on line and attempt to doso, my whole system freezes and must be restarted.
Any patches in the works?
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wojo58 (1 posts)
Jun-15-01, 01:45 PM (EST) 97. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Just picked up MSTS yesterday. Flawless install on the following system:Dell 4100 866Mgz with 256Mg Memory
NVidia TNT AGP2or4x 32mg Graghics card
SoundBlaster Live!..all stock from November purchase(no windows updates, no graphics card updates, etc)Have only run the Marias Pass, and only for a short time, but since no one else has mentioned it, I do have an "issue" to mention. I get a distortion in front of the train (on the tracks) no matter what I do. Looks like a '60's psycodelic(sic) thing....or does anyone remember the "Green Hornet" show? Some kinda concentric ring illusion going on. Otherwise, I love it, and judging by it's following, and the "open" architecture, this game has a lot of potential. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
soupman (1 posts)
Jun-15-01, 07:51 PM (EST) 99. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Just Installed MSTS on my computer.Celeron 466mz,160 meg ram,Rockwell combo modem/sound card,geforce2 mx.I only loaded two routes marias pass and hisatsu line.First tried the japan route with default diesel car both 1 and 2 units no problems.Switched to flying scotsman with 8 cars. when in outside view from default start point when you reach the first major town on line screen locks sound still plays. If you go to the cab view before you reach the center of the town it will not freeze and once past the freeze point you can go to the outside view backup the train before the freeze point go forward and it will not stop or freeze up.This also happens to me on the marias pass route start at west coram going towards red eagle outside view first town where there is a road underpass as soon as the train touches the bridge freezo get in cab view just before bridge freeze point can pass to other side sure enough go to outside view can back up come forward no freeze. This can be done over and over again.Once past this first freeze point the rest of the route is fine no problems.I first though it was a sound card problem but Sound plays ok from start to end of route. Any others with this problem. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
FruitLoops (4 posts)
Jun-16-01, 07:21 PM (EST) 100. "Catenary Wires hang in curves!" Is it me, or do the catenary wires in MSTS hang in curves? Obviously is not physically possible in the real world (without using a radius pull-off) for a wire under tension to run in anything but a straight line between two points.The fact that curved catenary is happening suggests that either the track curvatures in MSTS are too high, or the catenary masts are too far apart.This is by no means a complaint, merely an observation.Cheers.Andy. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (14 posts)
Jun-16-01, 09:05 PM (EST) 101. "RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves!" I believe catenary does hang in curves, but the designers must have decided to leave out a lot of the support cabling -- which can be quite intricate, especially in yards.I notice the cable from which the transmission wire hangs exists near Washington Union Station and 30th Street Station, but disappears mid-route. Eliminating this detail probably helps with frame rate. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-17-01, 10:20 PM (EST) 104. "RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves!" Is a Catenary the name of the wire when it does curve or is it the name of all the overhead wires?Thanks,bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
FruitLoops (4 posts)
Jun-18-01, 03:25 AM (EST) 107. "RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves!" >Is a Catenary the name of
>the wire when it does
>curve or is it the
>name of all the overhead
>wires?
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>Thanks,
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>bob Hi Bob, Its the name of overhead wires in general. The point is that they CAN'T curve! try it! hold a piece of string - wire - cotton - anything - one end in each hand. Now move your hands apart so the wire goes under tension. Is it straight or curved?The in real life the only way to acheive the effect of a curve is to have a horizontal wire attached to the catenary wire midway between 2 masts, and have it pull the catenary wire off to one side (known in the U.K. as a "radius pull-off"). These are normally only seen over extremely tight curves e.g. in yards or over complicated junctions - not on mainlines with 125 mph limits.Cheers, Andy. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ChuckCard (3 posts)
Jun-18-01, 10:11 PM (EST) 114. "RE: Catenary Wires hang in curves!" Hi,
Gosh, back when I was trained (bad pun) the catenary curve was (still is) the natural curve taken by a loaded suspension cable.
It is the curve of the messenger wire, not the delivery wire.BTW, in your example, it (the pulled thing) is still curved, be it ever so slightly. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
blue comet (4 posts)
Jun-17-01, 07:55 PM (EST) 103. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Just installed the sim. Installation went smoothly, but my limited harddrive space allowed only th two U.S routes.
The bug I have is EVERY time I go to the moveable external view, key # 2 the whole thing freezes up and I have to reset the computer. Doesn't hurt my machine, just locks up.
Doesn't matter what activity, just using key # 2.The audio for the tutorials and intro rides is almost non-existant.Also, getting poor frame rates with that external view ( 3 !! )Have a AMD K6 II 450 processor
128 mb RAM
Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16 mb video card( anyone reading this, is my video card not good ? )Bob S Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
fireball (8 posts)
Jun-17-01, 10:51 PM (EST) 106. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Hi
Well your video card is not the greatest. I can say that since I have the same thing as you. I run it on a AMD 800Mhz with 256m Memory. My frame rates are pretty trashy at times. Have had no problems with it locking up however. Just be sure you have the latest drives and all. GL Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ATSF (25 posts)
Jun-18-01, 08:09 AM (EST) 111. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Its your Vodoo card. I was trying to run on a 1.3 Ghz machine with the same card and had frequent freezes. I replaced the card Geforce 2 64MB and have had no problems since. While I had the box open I also upped my Ram from 128 to 384.Microsoft says any video card 16MB or less is suspect in this sim. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
fireball (8 posts)
Jun-17-01, 10:46 PM (EST) 105. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" Here are some items I can think of off hand. . .
1 Hard copy of the documentation please . . . PLEASE ! Pretty please!
2 Fix the frount coupling issue with engines. . .
3 Next version . . . how about a GPS where you can tell where you are at.
4 Addition views. . . ie. look out the cab forward or backwards no matter the engine type. (or standing on the engine, etc. or how about movie clips)
5 Lot better documentation on the editors, tutorials maybe. . . With that said....This is a darn good sim . . .WAY TO GO Microsoft TrainSim TEAM ! !Any new product is bound to have some growing pains . . . Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ATSF (25 posts)
Jun-18-01, 07:59 AM (EST) 110. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I set out a train and turned the power on a wye. Ran around the train and coupled to former last car. Proceeded to go back to the terminal where I started. Pressed 2 and got the correct external view, the power and former last car, but when I pressed 3 to view the rear of the train, I got the power and former last car. Pressing 4 gave ne the proper view, the power and former last car. I could never view the rear of the train. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (37 posts)
Jun-18-01, 10:00 AM (EST) 112. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I have also found that when you pick up new cars, the 3 view does not show the end of the train. Rather, it shows the car that was previously the end of the consist and is now in the middle.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
goon (1 posts)
Jun-19-01, 05:15 AM (EST) 117. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" >I have also found that when
>you pick up new cars,
>the 3 view does not
>show the end of the
>train. Rather, it shows the
>car that was previously the
>end of the consist and
>is now in the middle.
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>bob Hi,
I think that the CTRL+left or right arrow keys can be used to 'set' the car you view with the 2 or 3 views. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
chuckzeiler (7 posts)
Jun-18-01, 09:21 PM (EST) 113. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" This may not be a bug, more like a design deficiency. Attempted to throw a switch (turnout) at Columbia Falls Gas Spur (also the next one west, which I think is Columbia Falls Plywood), but they will not throw manually. Upon examination in the Route Editor, I determined that the turnout file used is Alt45dYardRgt.s, which I believe is for AI use only. There is no Alt45dYardRgtMnl.s file in the library that I could use to install at this location, so I could use the spur in an Explore environment. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
chuckzeiler (7 posts)
Jun-19-01, 01:19 PM (EST) 118. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" I discovered that the locked out switches (turnouts) are available is you use the Explore mode. SOME switches (turnouts) are not available to the user in the Activity mode. Or maybe there's a setting/checkbox/radio button somewhere I have yet to discover that would allow manual throwing of switches (turnouts) during an Activity. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jones113 (1 posts)
Jun-18-01, 10:51 PM (EST) 116. "Signals" Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe there is a fundamental flaw with the handling of the signals in MSTS, if not, than the flaw is in my understanding of the signals.I am basing my observations on local CSX and FEC operations in Florida, and perhaps these may not apply to the lines in the sim, but as I understand the signals I am familiar with, they are used to indicate two primary pieces of information. One, whether the next block (or more) is clear, and Two, at what speed the train is authorized to move through switches, crossovers, etc.In MSTS, at least in the Marias Pass and NEC lines, the signals seem only to indicate how many blocks are clear ahead of the train, regardless of any reversed/diverging switches that are in those blocks. Signals seem to strictly show "Stop" for no clear blocks, "Approach" (yellow/30 MPH) for one clear block, "Approach Medium" (yellow over green/45 MPH) for two, "Approach Limited" (yellow over flashing green/45 MPH) for three, and Clear (green/max speed) for four or more clear blocks, at least on NEC. The speeds allowed through switches seems to be whatever the authorized line speed is at that point and are no way reflected in the signal indications.If I understand signal rules correctly, an "Approach Medium", for example, indicates that the next block is clear and that the engineer should proceed at line speed through the block as long as he/she adjusts speed as necessary so that the train is at no more than "Medium" speed (45 in NEC?) by the time it reaches the next signal, which implies that after the next signal, there is a reversed switch, or something else rated for "Medium" speed. I would expect that second signal to indicate "Medium something", such as "Medium Clear" to indicate that the engineer should travel through the reversed switch at "Medium" speed and then proceed at line speed. However, in MSTS the engineer is expected to slow the train to "Medium" speed before reaching the "Approach Medium" indication, which, in short blocks, can be quite a problem.Is this correct?Also, there are several places on the NEC where the signals seem to be facing the wrong way for some of the "interlockings", or may be placed in the wrong locations. Some of them seem to be after sets of switches instead of before them, which can cause some traffic problems when creating activities?Is is just me???Anyway, maybe MS just wanted to "keep it simple". Regardless, great job MS! I really enjoy the simulator. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
talon51 (1 posts)
Jun-19-01, 01:47 PM (EST) 119. "CORRUPTED CAB FILE--Cannot install Marias Pass" When I tried to install Train Sim for the first time, I set it up to install all the routes, and when the install would get to around 92 or 93% it would come to a grinding halt, giving me a message that said the the .cab file, USA2.cab was corrupted. I experimented with a custom install and found that this .cab file was the one nessecary to install Marias Pass, because when all the other routes were checked and installed, except Marias Pass, the game installed flawlessly.
I use a Dell Demension Computer with a 500mhz PentiumIII, 128mb ram and a 32mb Direct3D video card, on Win98 with over 3.2gigs of available hard drive space.
Anyone else out there with this problem, because it seems to me that this problem is originating on the Microsoft install CD...possibly a whole batch of disks with this error out there...
All input is useful,
Talon
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bagman (2 posts)
Jun-19-01, 08:18 PM (EST) 120. "RE: FORUM MOM: Post Your Bugs in MSTS 1.0 Here" System Specs.
Intel PIII 500
128mn SDRAM (85%free)
16mb 3DFX Voodoo3 3000 AGP video card (latest drivers installed)
320 Voice Turtle Beach Montego II sound card
Win 98SE
Cache 512kb single bank pipeline burst
13.6gb Ultra ATA 5400rpm hard drive ( approx 5.8gb free )
Installed ok but having annoying graphic problem. On the tracks, and mainly in front and behind loco, there is a constant color blotch that moves along with the loco. Color varies from pinks,green and blue.
Also, there is a problem changing resolution upwards to 1024x768.
Works ok on lower resolution but when yu change to higher and try to re-start, screen become black and hour glass just hangs there.
Other wise a very good game to great potential Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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