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I'm sure this has been addressed before, but a search didn't turn up an answer. Tonight, after using MSTS for nearly two years, my AE has decided it is going to crash as soon as I start to build an activity. Trying to start a new player service or placing a consist, etc. will cause the "phone home" screen to appear. I've tried reboots, different routes, etc., etc. with no luck. I've checked all kinds of things (consists, etc.) with various add-on utilities (i.e., ConBuilder, RouteRiter, etc.) and found no errors. Interestingly, MSTS seems to run existing activities or Explore Route OK.I've done a lot of minor modifications to MSTS that have not previously caused any problems, so I would like to avoid a re-install (I do have a recent backup of MSTS, hopefully without whatever the problem is now), so any suggestions would be appreciated.All this just confirms for me what a worthless piece of crap the MSTS Activity Editor really is. Cumbersome, unstable, poorly designed, inadequate--all are descriptions that come to mind. I've used a lot very complex programs for both business and pleasure over the years. The AE is without doubt one of worst-designed I have ever seen. Microsoft should be ashamed to let a program like this go unrepaired. If it isn't fixed in MSTS2, I won't buy MSTS2! They should have patched it on MSTS1 long ago!As I said, any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Have you added any new cars or engines lately? Kevin Arceneaux DEFAULT IS FOR DUMMIES Cry havoc and Let slip the dogs of war. It's fun being CRAZY!!!!! Lone Wolf Activities Forum and Activity Packs are on www.3DTrains.com
I haven't added any engines or cars, but I have been modifying some, using Shape File Manager, ConBuilder, etc. I have also been editing some with Unicode. That said, I have tested them all with ConBuilder and found no significant errors. I have also loaded them in Explore Route with no problem.The other thing I did yesterday was to modify some sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset times some of my environments. I'm testing those to see if that caused a problem. The ones I modified I ran in Explore Route mode and they ran fine.I'm still running tests.Thanks for the advice, I'll keep looking.
I just had a 72 hour marathon with this sort of problem. Kevarc is quite close to the possible source of trbl. After nearly blowing up MSTS and rebuilding several time I found:...a recently added AI engine whos file name did not agree with two of the three wag/eng description names in the code text. Its my own fault, I wasn't paying attention to details. cost me most of a weekend.This sort of thing will bring the editor to its knees, and often it will not kick in until several runs of the editor later. Route-Riter did not detect it; Route Control was totally faked out. It hides like a rat in the woodwork.Ways to find it: 1. back up your individual route folders 2. eliminate one of them from MSTS. 3. run editor again. error again? go to step 2. 4. editor runs ok -problem is associated with eng/wag file from most recently eliminated route. 5. go thru associated eng files then wag files for that route. it should be a result of a fairly recent change/addition somewhere. Thats how I found it. Best wishes,
AI eng files drove me nuts. There are 3 places that the name (Wagon and engine lines) that must match EXACTLY the file name. It will crash out without any error message. Luckily the first time I did it, I knew exactly what file I had edited and was able to fix it up right away.Kevin Arceneaux DEFAULT IS FOR DUMMIES Cry havoc and Let slip the dogs of war. It's fun being CRAZY!!!!! Lone Wolf Activities Forum and Activity Packs are on www.3DTrains.com