TRAIN. EXE. PROBLEM

[PGH60]

MSTS loads up alright but when i try to run any activity on any route MSTS crashes and a message says TRAIN EXE as encounterd a problem and needs to close can anyone help me out of this mess please. I am running Train Store.Thanks Pete.

[ashgray]

I'm assuming that at some point, you had it working OK.

Try installing the latest Tsection file:

MSTS Standardized global tsection.dat file Build 00042UK [325489 bytes] - Tsection42UK.zip File ID: 13758 Date: 05 Jan 2012 - 25066 Downloads

Installing routes can often mean that your Tsection file is over-written by an older version, often causing MSTS to crash.

If that doesn't fix things, come back here and we'll think of something else.

Ash

[PGH60]

Downloaded the file but still the same problem cannot even access Activity Editor guess i will have to uninstall and start again.Everything was working alright. Thanks Peter.

[jbilton]

.Everything was working alright. Thanks Peter.

Hi Peter
Until you did what.... if you can remember it might help.
Cheers
Jon

[thenudehamster]

Invariably the only message you get, if you get one at all, is that Train.exe has 'encountered a problem', so that part is not unusual.
my guess is that you have installed something new and that it has a fault of some kind. Use TrainStore to change to a different route and different activity, preferably one that does not use rolling stock common to the one that's crashing the sim, then try again.
If you still get a crash, try one of the default routes - the Orient Express is a good bet as that uses stock so totally different to UK stuff and almost nothing gets aliased to it. If that crashes, then you're probably into a reinstall as something fairly fundamental has gone pear-shaped.
If one of these options allows thing to start, then just narrow down the problem by trying activities for the questionable route one at a time until you find the one that crashes. You can try reinstalling it, or put yourself into diagnosis mode and see if you can figure out why it crashes.