Yorkshire Coast Railway CD

[gwladok5]

Just installed this new CD

Even with Trainstore, this route seems to take a long time to install and the screen colours look like a B & Q lorry carrying paint has crashed.

I presume this has something to do with the install of the Global folder although my other routes seem ok

Can anyone help?

[salopiangrowler]

well, the loadin screen is an original coastway poster from the 1930's and no one else has had the delayed loading sscreen, was it the first time you loaded it because it could have been the terrain buffers it doesnt take so long after

[JohnKendrick]

Just installed this new CD

Even with Trainstore, this route seems to take a long time to install and the screen colours look like a B & Q lorry carrying paint has crashed.

I presume this has something to do with the install of the Global folder although my other routes seem ok

Can anyone help?

Is it OK now? It is a large route (though I took out unused tiles so it's smaller than the version I have) so it may take a long time to set up the first time you run it .

John

[gwladok5]

John

have gone back to run this route again having given it a rest for a couple of days & its ok now, Bit hard on the frame rate but a good job done.

Thanks for your support

Gwladok5

[JohnKendrick]

Pleased it's running OK now. Frame rates ought to be OK on all but the lowest spec machines outside the urban areas though.

John

[gwladok5]

John

You might be able to answer this question; I've been getting little speckly bits "dancing" in various parts of MSTS when I run it - on the roof of locos & carriages and on the screen shots before launching the route - any ideas?

I have Flight Simulator on the same hard drive with no problems so I think it can't be my video card.

Gwladok5

[asalmon]

I wonder - are you running MSTS in 16 or 32 bit colour?

(options - display)

Alan

[jonrach73]

Is it OK now? It is a large route (though I took out unused tiles so it's smaller than the version I have) so it may take a long time to set up the first time you run it .

John

I installed tonight from CD, but when I try any of the activities (or explore mode) the setup gets as far as 'Establishing World Space and Content' then just sits there... I left it for 15 mins and still no response - the only way out via CTRL ALT DEL.

Any ideas? I would have expected the initial terrain buffers to take a long time etc but it just zooms through all this until it seems to hang at the above point.

I have the UKFS Track Manager installed and I use Train Store.

I suspect I will need to do a clean install of MSTS, but before I do that, is there anything I can try to avoid this more drastic approach?

Cheers

Jon

[JohnKendrick]

Could it be the specular lighting option in the MSTS Advanced Display options?

John

[JohnKendrick]

Is it OK now? It is a large route (though I took out unused tiles so it's smaller than the version I have) so it may take a long time to set up the first time you run it .

John

I installed tonight from CD, but when I try any of the activities (or explore mode) the setup gets as far as 'Establishing World Space and Content' then just sits there... I left it for 15 mins and still no response - the only way out via CTRL ALT DEL.

Any ideas? I would have expected the initial terrain buffers to take a long time etc but it just zooms through all this until it seems to hang at the above point.

I have the UKFS Track Manager installed and I use Train Store.

I suspect I will need to do a clean install of MSTS, but before I do that, is there anything I can try to avoid this more drastic approach?

Cheers

Jon

Hi Jon,

How frustrating. It's hard to know without knowing what you have installed, MSTS wise. Number of routes, consists, stock and so on.

Are we talking of installing off the YCR CD or the download version?

John

[jbilton]

I suspect I will need to do a clean install of MSTS, but before I do that, is there anything I can try to avoid this more drastic approach?

Cheers

Jon

Hi
You shouldn't have to do that.

Did you unstore.... before installing the new route.
Have you got Route Riter....does it give any faults.
Dont know what spec your PC is....perhaps a reboot would help?
CTRL ALT DEL....brings up the task manager?...what does it report?
Train.exe...unresponding?
Sorry more questions...than answers.
Cheers
Jon

[dforrest]

.. and I will add:

You sat that you "have the UKFS Track Manager installed". I trust that you mean you have the UKFS Track Manager installed and have used it to install UKFS track or have installed UKFS track from the CD, and not just installed the manager.

.

[JohnKendrick]

Another thought,

The CD version ought to have everything needed to get it running (though the alternative tunnel shapes may be preferrable);

but if the download version, it needs more than UKFS, so make sure you've read all the requirements from the readme and then obtained and installed the rest. There's quite a few items required... magnetic platforms, new roads, tsection, and make sure you have a recent enough version of these.

If you haven't got the CD, you may find it easier to get that and let it do the install for you.

John

[salopiangrowler]

You dont need unstore everything to install a route or stock, well atleast not me any way

[jonrach73]

Thanks for responses guys, I will check tonight and post fuller details of my MSTS install.

Cheers

Jon

edit: actually I'll post as much as I can remember now...!