Whitefish Widowmaker Problem HELP! PLEASE!

When I start the activity as it loads, a message comes up the says : error reading database file : trains/gn27424/box_gn_27424.wag and then the game quits. The activity sounds really cool. HELP HELP HELP!!!!Thanks

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>When I start the activity as it loads, a message comes up
>the says : error reading database file :
>trains/gn27424/box_gn_27424.wag and then the game quits.
>The activity sounds really cool. HELP HELP HELP!!!!
>
>Thanks
Looks like you still have v1.0. That wag is no long referrenced in the activity dat file in v1.2. please download v1.2. It clears up this problem, and a whole lot more.

Yardlimit

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Wait, that wag was not changed. I have it confused with another.
Check the consists list in ver 1.2 and take careful note of the
file folder and wag contained for that car. both must conform to the list, or the activity will not recognize it.

Yardlimit

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Ok. Heres the problem:change the car folder name to GN_40ftbox_27424.That will conform with the name in the required file list.

Yardlimit

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The folder had that name already, but I went ahead and pasted GN_40ftbox_27424 as the folder name anyway. Unfortunately the problem persists. As information, I used the loco and car pack released the other day on train sim.Thanks

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LAST EDITED ON Jun-05-03 AT 08:11 PM (EDT)

Yardlimit
I'm having the same problem. It says that the folder name is GN27242 but the wag file is named Box_GN_27424.wag. I tried it both ways, by naming the file GN27424 as well as the way the folder was set up. Neither way would work. I'm sort of at a loss as well.
The way Conbuilder showed the file was like this

The wagon file Box_GN_27424.WAG does not exist in the folder
D:\Train Simulator\TRAINS\TRAINSET\GN27424
(CONSIST widow_ai_frieght.con)
Which means that the folder name it is looking for is GN27424. I tried that and it still didn't work.
I don't have a clueJim

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Ok. Now that I'm home I verified a couple of things:The original uploaded carpack zip sitting on my desktop contains:Box_GN_27424.wagIt unzips in folder: GN_40ftbox_27424. (just did it)In my Trainset files which WW 1.2 currently runs from: (just did it)we have a folder: GN_40ftbox_27424containing: Box_GN_27424.wagI open both wag files in both the Trainset folder and the now unzipped folder, and the wagon in both cases is identified as
Box_GN_27424.
I now run route control... It finds no anomalies anywhere.Now the acid test... I again unpack the apk file 1.2 out of the same
package uploaded to Train-sim... and overwrite everything on the development platform...I again run the activity...Activity starts up fine.I now will unzip that trainpack into my own Trainset directory...(I'm doing this as I write)I start up MSTS and again run the activity...I runs fine. I'm at a loss gents.Some things to check...1. make sure the time stamp on your apk file is: 5/31/03 4:05 pm
2. check that the wagon name inside the wag file properly agrees with the wag file name.

Yardlimit

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LAST EDITED ON Jun-05-03 AT 10:00 PM (EDT)

Yardlimit
I tried a couple of things with no luck. I renamed the GN_40ftbox_27424 to GN_27424. I then realized that I renamed the folder GN_27424 when I should have named it GN27424 without the underslash. Fired it up and it runs fine.
I don't know why it works that way but it does.
So I'm making this suggestion. If you are getting the error about the Box_GN_27424.wag, try renaming the folder to GN27424.
I don't know if that'll work for you but it did for me.
I didn't do anything to the wag file, just renamed the folder.Jim

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LAST EDITED ON Jun-05-03 AT 10:16 PM (EDT)

Yeah, I got a handle on it.The source of the problem may have been in the con file for
widow_ai_freight.near the bottom the file the code lists the folder as gn27424, for two adjacent cars there, at least on my system. My system was tolerating it for some reason, but I tried changing the folder name and it puked. So I finally used gn27424. Things are again fine. Anyway, whether you use gn27424 or GN_4oftbox_27424 for your folder name, MAKE SURE it is the same in the widow_ai_freight.con, and the problem will clear up.v1.2 apk will undoubtedly unpack the con with the gn27424 folder ref
so using that for your trainset folder name should be correct.

Yardlimit

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Activity Analysis can automatically take care of folder name problems be editing the activity files so they look for the folder the has the .eng or .wag file the activity is looking for. (Provided it is in your trainset folder.)RegardsEric

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I renamed the folder GN27424 as mentioned above and now the activity works great so far. NICE JOB,
ThanksChris

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