Bristol to Birmingham-New Route Help

[slipperman12]

Hi Mike,
Thanks, yes, I am using Bin 1.7.0519, so will try again with the 1.8 version.

Clive, Thanks for the answers. As I said, they are minor points and don't detract from a very good route.

Cheers,
Ged

[Tonysmedley]

tsection 41 fixed the Bath Green Park SPAD.

[dforrest]

Has anyone managed to run the route through Route Riter? In the Read Me's the author says that RR does not like his route, and I am puzzled by this.
I find thatv RR starts all right but seems to take an age procesing World files before stalling whilst processing w-005135+014966-w It does not seem to be able to get past this point, although CPU uasge remains at a relatively high level.

Not me. RR hangs when processing world files.

Is it perhaps because there are 3,836 of them, most of them only 44 bytes in size?

David

Are all these 3,836 .w files, the vast majority of which are just a haeder, necessary?

David

[michaelhendle]

Hi Clive,

I've just run the Worcester Shrub Hill to Birmingham New Street activity and at Birmingham about half way down the platform there are two missing pieces of rail,and also on the parrelel track there is a left point with theleft bit dissapearing under the platform.

It's a good activity but with a start at Broomsgrove I just managed 10mph going up the bank,I lost nearly 10 mins by the time I got to New Street.

Michael

[casperdog]

Hi Michael

Hi Clive,

I've just run the Worcester Shrub Hill to Birmingham New Street activity and at Birmingham about half way down the platform there are two missing pieces of rail,and also on the parrelel track there is a left point with theleft bit dissapearing under the platform.
It's a good activity but with a start at Broomsgrove I just managed 10mph going up the bank,I lost nearly 10 mins by the time I got to New Street.
Michael

I'll download the route and have a look. Just checked my version and everything is ok except for a similar problem on the line into platform 3 or 4. For some reason the Dynatrax either shrank or expanded but the track database stayed intact and i wasn't getting any broken path errors. The 2 faults you mentioned i'd already found and corrected Once the track is deleted and replaced it should be ok and the paths don't show as broken so the activities will be intact.
The trick to getting up Lickey a bit quicker is to stop at Bromsgrove about level with the footbridge. On the whistle, cut off 75,increase the regulator steadily up to 100% and keep the sanding on until the bank starts slowing you. If you can get to about 40MPH before the climb,you'll still be doing about 20MPH at the top.
Cheers,Clive

[stephenjrhodes]

What a excellent route well done casperdog,
It worked straight out of the box had no errors ran the the peak activity from Bristol TM-Birmingham was about 2-3 minutes late only because i was looking at the scenerly as i was driving .
It` not to far out of date to run BR Blue diesels which is my era so i will have to put my thinking cap on to make some activities.

Cheers
Steve

[stevefran]

Hi Guys,
have downloaded route 3 times but am not getting the full amount of files, In route properties I am showing 389mb, 9992 files, 31 folders. (should be; 390mb, 9994 files 32 folders)
Am getting no extended shape data for gr21T20m 45ddr2al.s
failed to load shape file global/shape as above
failed to load shape as above.
Any ideas.
Looks a brilliant route.

Steve

[slipperman12]

Hi Steve,

In route properties I am showing 389mb, 9992 files, 31 folders. (should be; 390mb, 9994 files 32 folders)

The figures under route properties are correct; the other figures are for the Bris_Brum27022010 folder, which includes the .jpg and .txt files as well as the BTB folder.

Am getting no extended shape data for gr21T20m 45ddr2al.s

As for this file - I don't have this on my PC anywhere!

By the way - it really is a brilliant route!

Cheers,
Ged

[dforrest]

For the last mile or so into Birmingham I am running in a green cutting with no track and no scenery. Birmingham buildings including the station are there but the green and no track continues about half-way down the station.

Any thoughts,
David

[chrisiveson]

David,
Have you applied the patch from the front page?

Bristol-Birmingham Route Patch 1.0 [1804699 bytes] - Bristol_Birmingham_Patch1.zip File ID: 23367 Date: 04 Mar 2010 - 1501 Downloads

If you have, then it looks like it could be just a resources issue with your PC.

Chris.

[dforrest]

David,
Have you applied the patch from the front page?

Bristol-Birmingham Route Patch 1.0 [1804699 bytes] - Bristol_Birmingham_Patch1.zip File ID: 23367 Date: 04 Mar 2010 - 1501 Downloads

If you have, then it looks like it could be just a resources issue with your PC.

Chris.

I have installed the patch. I pretty sure it is not a resources issue.

David

[jbilton]

I have installed the patch. I pretty sure it is not a resources issue.

David

Hi David
Try starting, in explore mode, in Birmingham.

Cheers
Jon

[ianmacmillan]

Have to agree with Rick re. the track textures, also the brown ground cover around the track looks a bit iffy IMO.

I also disliked the brown texture so tracked it down to DarkBrownDirt.ace.
A little increase in brightness and a drop in saturation toned it down nicely.

Completed the three activities with no fault found.
Piece of cake getting up the hill. 39MPH all the way.
Had to do a bit of speeding with that 60mph fish van to keep to time tho.

Great route and a pleasant surprise.

[dforrest]

I have installed the patch. I pretty sure it is not a resources issue.

David

Hi David
Try starting, in explore mode, in Birmingham.

Cheers
Jon

Same problem Jon (in reverse of course!).

David

[jbilton]

I have installed the patch. I pretty sure it is not a resources issue.

David

Hi David
Try starting, in explore mode, in Birmingham.

Cheers
Jon

Same problem Jon (in reverse of course!).

David

Hi David
It sounds as if you have a corrupt tile (or two).
I would re-install the route.
Cheers
Jon