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nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-22-01, 02:14 PM (EST) "Problem with new route." i am in the process of making a route. i finished laying the track for my first yard and now i am trying to run the route to see what it looks like so far. at this one paticular spot either my computer locks up or trainsim crashes and wants to send an error log to microsoft. i looked over the route in the route editor and everything looks good. the same thing happend when i downloaded another route from train-sim.com. (i haven't had time to download the newer version of the route yet.)Nighthawk1
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-22-01 1 RE: Problem with new route. ccyko Aug-22-01 2 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-22-01 3 RE: Problem with new route. ccyko Aug-22-01 4 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-22-01 5 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-22-01 6 RE: Problem with new route. bdobyns Aug-22-01 7 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-22-01 8 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-23-01 9 RE: Problem with new route. bdobyns Aug-23-01 10 RE: Problem with new route. NickF Aug-23-01 11 RE: Problem with new route. ccyko Aug-23-01 12 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-23-01 13 RE: Problem with new route. ccyko Aug-23-01 14 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-23-01 15 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-23-01 16 RE: Problem with new route. ccyko Aug-24-01 17 RE: Problem with new route. jkcooney Aug-24-01 19 RE: Problem with new route. jkcooney Aug-24-01 18 RE: Problem with new route. nighthawk1 Aug-24-01 20 RE: Problem with new route. wewain Aug-24-01 21 RE: Working Turntable. wewain Aug-24-01 22

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nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-22-01, 02:49 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Problem with new route." does this red marker have something to do with it. this is the spot where the game crashes. i can go through this spot moving forward but when i reverse is when it crashes. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ccyko (238 posts)
Aug-22-01, 03:09 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Problem with new route." if you want to you could send me a copy stripped of the textures, shapes, and terrtex files... and I could take a look at it, just tell me where you got your shapes from. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-22-01, 03:31 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Problem with new route." ok what is you email address. the only shapes i have so far are the standard track and road pieces. i just zipped up my routs complete folder and it is over 8mb. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ccyko (238 posts)
Aug-22-01, 04:15 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Problem with new route." I can't take 8mb... what you do is delete the textures folder, and the terrtex folder, and the shapes folder, then send it to me.. my email address is in the readme of the Chicago Elevated Railway download. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-22-01, 04:31 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Problem with new route." my route file are on thier way. the email just left my computer. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-22-01, 05:05 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Problem with new route." i jest recieved my email back. hotmail rejected it because it is to big (1.0mb). any other way to get it to you. email me at nighthawk1@kscable.com. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
bdobyns (67 posts)
Aug-22-01, 07:36 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Problem with new route." LAST EDITED ON Aug-22-01 AT 07:37 PM (EST)The only times that I have seen a red pole like that is when there is a switch involved. Could you have a switch buried under that piece of rail or somehow connected there? Hope that helps some...I'm still learning things myself... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-22-01, 07:56 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Problem with new route." all of my switches have that red pole. i checked them all for buried trach and made sure that they were connected properly.
i noticed all the other routes have the same red marker and i have no problem with them.nighthawk1
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nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-23-01, 01:12 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Problem with new route." I have the yard layout finished and alot of the roads. opinions?

it is not exact but pretty close to the yard in town about 3 miles from here. i haven't found any buildings in the route editor to place yet but am still looking into that.nighthawk1
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bdobyns (67 posts)
Aug-23-01, 12:23 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Problem with new route." Looks good! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NickF (274 posts)
Aug-23-01, 12:35 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Problem with new route." I can't really tell because it's at the far end of the yard, but have you created a wye there? I've found from experience that wyes can cause the lockup problem you described above. I can create 2 identical wyes in two different locations, and one will work fine, while the other will crash the system when you set a switch into it, or to a track that connects to it. Haven't found a cure yet. Sometimes I can make it work after removal and reinstallation; sometimes I can't. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ccyko (238 posts)
Aug-23-01, 12:41 PM (EST) 12. "RE: Problem with new route." Make sure you hav no open junctions e.g. a switch at the end of a track section. Could you post a route map from the activity editor? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-23-01, 01:51 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Problem with new route." here is the yard map. i was finally able to set a path on the mainline and the problem area seemed to go away. i am still testing it. only thing is on the wye one side is just a little short to match. still working on that too. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ccyko (238 posts)
Aug-23-01, 02:04 PM (EST) 14. "RE: Problem with new route." Is that the whole route?... if so it's the switch at the very bottom of the map. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-23-01, 02:11 PM (EST) 15. "RE: Problem with new route." LAST EDITED ON Aug-23-01 AT 02:12 PM (EST)it is just the yard. i am planning on going further south to the next town. and further north to the next town. by the time i am done it will probably be around a 2hr trip. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-23-01, 10:49 PM (EST) 16. "RE: Problem with new route." hey how do you import building and stuff into the route editor.
i copied them to my shapes folder and the textures to the textures folder and they are still not useable.nighthawk1
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ccyko (238 posts)
Aug-24-01, 08:28 AM (EST) 17. "RE: Problem with new route." You have to import them in the ref file too. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
jkcooney (405 posts)
Aug-24-01, 09:18 AM (EST) 19. "RE: Problem with new route." Yes, you must import the REF file from the route you are transferring to your own route file and rename it to match your route's file name. That should cause all the objects you have transferred to show up in the editor when you are ready to start.
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jkcooney (405 posts)
Aug-24-01, 09:16 AM (EST) 18. "RE: Problem with new route." Bulls eye. It seems to depend i(in my experience) on WHERE you place things. Several times I have received the error message telling me to move a marker or signal to another position to correct the error and it has worked just fine. Haven't tried installing a Wye yet but I'm sure I'll encounter some more error messages. Wouldn't it be great if someone could write a program to make the turntable functional????
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nighthawk1 (60 posts)
Aug-24-01, 01:42 PM (EST) 20. "RE: Problem with new route." Cool it works. now i can finish my yard and the town around it and continue my route to the next town. Thanks For the help everyone.nighthawk1
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wewain (71 posts)
Aug-24-01, 04:11 PM (EST) 21. "RE: Problem with new route." Remember to SAVE known good copies by copying your route folder to another location. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
wewain (71 posts)
Aug-24-01, 04:21 PM (EST) 22. "RE: Working Turntable." Check this Thread from last month from someone who got the turntable to work:
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