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ssw (126 posts)
Apr-13-02, 00:29 AM (EST) "HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." Here's my problem, illustrated.




What causes this?
Specs-
HP Pavillion 7850
PIII 933mHz
256 MB RAM (upgraded from 128)
40 GB HD
8MB vid card (integrated)ALSO:
My most recent additions to my TRainset folder crash MS Act. Ed. when I try to select them for a consist. They work fine in ConBuilder, though.
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B. CSXALine Apr-13-02 1 RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B. DudleyG Apr-13-02 2 RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B. dutchtrain Apr-13-02 3 RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B. DudleyG Apr-13-02 4 RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B. AlabamaRailfan Apr-13-02 5 RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B. DudleyG Apr-13-02 6 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! AlabamaRailfan Apr-13-02 7 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! ssw Apr-13-02 8 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! AlabamaRailfan Apr-13-02 9 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! DudleyG Apr-13-02 10 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! ssw Apr-14-02 11 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! Claude350 Apr-14-02 12 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! ssw Apr-14-02 13 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! AlabamaRailfan Apr-14-02 14 RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL! ssw Apr-15-02 15

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CSXALine (528 posts)
Apr-13-02, 01:02 AM (EST) 1. "RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." the textures are 1024X1024 that may be the issueJason Webb
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DudleyG (24 posts)
Apr-13-02, 01:08 AM (EST) 2. "RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." I get the same texture problem with the Conrail and the regular Seaboard versions. I reported the problem to John Peterson (the developer) of these fine engine on Thursday. He is looking into it. Hopefully, there is a fix or resolutions since these are really fine engines.I do not get the problem you have using these engines in the Activity Editor. They work fine for me in AE and in ConBuilder.Dudley Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dutchtrain (84 posts)
Apr-13-02, 03:37 AM (EST) 3. "RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." Maybe two polys are really close to eachother and one is 'shining' through the other...Cas Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
DudleyG (24 posts)
Apr-13-02, 08:42 AM (EST) 4. "RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." You are probably right about things too close together. In the notes that John and I exchanged, he mentioned he uses a file called GLAZING.ACE for the cab windows. The blurred (or striped) images occur in the same place as where the GLAZING file maps windows for the cab. Perhaps the size of the GLAZING ace has to be just barely smaller than the cab size. Hopefully John will figure it out. However, this image problem apparently doesn't appear for all people.Dudley Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
AlabamaRailfan (250 posts)
Apr-13-02, 04:48 PM (EST) 5. "RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." Hey guys,
I am aware of the problem now and I will try to have a patch out today. A couple people have volunteered to help me test it (since it doesn't show up on my system or the systems of the beta testers). I will try to post something ASAP!Thanks for your patience!Highball!John D. Peterson
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DudleyG (24 posts)
Apr-13-02, 04:55 PM (EST) 6. "RE: HELP! Texture prob with U36 B." No problem. We will happily wait for you. If you want me to test something, feel free to send it to me since I see the current problem.Dudley Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
AlabamaRailfan (250 posts)
Apr-13-02, 08:42 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" Hey Guys,
Anyone that wants to give them a try, here are four updated shape files for the ailing U36Bs:http://www.alabamarailfan.com/msts/cr2971.s
http://www.alabamarailfan.com/msts/sbd5768.s
http://www.alabamarailfan.com/msts/scl1748.s
http://www.alabamarailfan.com/msts/scl1776.sI was finally able to duplicate the problem on my system by adjusting the graphics settings in the game to 16 bit color (thanks to John F. Roth for this tip). Why it didn't show up in 32 bit color baffles me.Feel free to post and comments, good or bad, about these fixes! If this seems to fix it, I will update the install packages and re-upload them.Thank you for your patience and I apologize about the problems. Guess we're all learning together here, huh?Highball!John D. Peterson
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ssw (126 posts)
Apr-13-02, 08:52 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" Does this fix the AE Crashes?
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AlabamaRailfan (250 posts)
Apr-13-02, 09:09 PM (EST) 9. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" Frankly, I don't know. I have never had a problem with the activity editor, so I don't really know where to begin to fix such a thing.It has worked for me from the start:
If anyone has any ideas, I would be happy to listen to them. Whew, this building models is beginning to be more trouble than it's worth! LOL!Highball!John D. Peterson
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DudleyG (24 posts)
Apr-13-02, 09:22 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" The fixes work like a champ. Thanks for the great engines and the great support for them.Dudley Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ssw (126 posts)
Apr-14-02, 11:05 AM (EST) 11. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" I wonder what in tarnation could be causing my AE crashes, then. That still didn't fix it. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Claude350 (287 posts)
Apr-14-02, 11:29 AM (EST) 12. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" Did you edit any of the files?.Check the eng file to make sure you didn't delete a line or something.Anything as small as a number or letter bing out of place will cause it to crash. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ssw (126 posts)
Apr-14-02, 08:37 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" No, I haven't altered any files. I tried them as installed. So far, the affected engines are the Green Goat, the BNSF painted ACF centerflow, the SCL1748, and SCL1776. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
AlabamaRailfan (250 posts)
Apr-14-02, 09:03 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" Sounds like you may be a tad premature to blame the U36Bs, since you added those other units as well. I would try removing them one at time to see which one is the offending unit.Highball!John D. Peterson
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ssw (126 posts)
Apr-15-02, 08:04 AM (EST) 15. "RE: Fix posted....hopefully! LOL!" JOhn the only thing i "Blamed"on the U36B was the texture problems, which I have not yet had time to try the fix for. I said I had others that didn't work, before i put in the36B, I wasn't blaming that on them. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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