Mersey Rail 4

streamline · Post by **streamline** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:18 pm

Hallo!
I'd like to inform you about a strange phenomenon I noticed after installing the update. Maybe it's a help for other people having problems with the route.
I run several installations of TS. Knowing the long loading time of the route from previous versions I shifted my other British routes and most of the paths to another folder. So Mersey was the only route in my British TS installation. But I couldn't get the route working. MSTS always crashed. Then I shifted the default Settle-Carlisle route back into the game - and it worked fine. I was able to start exploring the route without any problems, and had a great time enjoying British railway athmosphere of the steam era at its best (as far as I as a German railway freak can judge it). Once more my compliments to the creators of the route!

Keep on steamin'!
Dietmar

BobLatimer · Post by **BobLatimer** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:29 pm

Hi Deitmar.

That is a strange phenomenon. I run several pairs of Routes and Trains folders, renaming them as necessary. I have installed TM4 as a stand-alone route, i.e. it is the only route in the Routes folder and the necessary stock and consists are the only ones in the Trains folder. I have had no problems with it at all.

Before you moved the default S&C into the Routes folder, did you run one of the utilities like Activity-Analysis or Route-Riter on it?

Regards,

Bob.

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:30 pm

MSTS needs one activity present to work.

It has probable taken the first one in the folder but has failed to find the path as you have moved it.

Adding the second route gave it the activity it needed.

streamline · Post by **streamline** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:40 am

Hallo!
The last posting seems to be the solution. I didn't know MSTS needs at least one activity to start. and I didn't have any activity installed in Mersey Rail when I tried to start the game. A test with route riter after the installation didn't show any errors.

Thank you for your help
Dietmar

DarwinS · Post by **DarwinS** » Thu May 19, 2005 12:19 pm

On a different note is there any plan to update the Thames Mersey CD to version 4?

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Thu May 19, 2005 1:07 pm

DarwinS wrote:On a different note is there any plan to update the Thames Mersey CD to version 4?

Hi
There are plans I believe...but as yet....no release date.
Dave has stated though that the CD will not include any new stock or activities.
Which thinking about it , it couldn't as there were locos missed off the 3.2 CD due to lack of space.
First UKTS DVD anyone.

Cheers
Jon

ccsdc · Post by **ccsdc** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:59 pm

jbilton wrote:
DarwinS wrote:On a different note is there any plan to update the Thames Mersey CD to version 4?
Hi
There are plans I believe...but as yet....no release date.
Dave has stated though that the CD will not include any new stock or activities.
Which thinking about it , it couldn't as there were locos missed off the 3.2 CD due to lack of space.
First UKTS DVD anyone.
Cheers
Jon

Although thinking about it V4 is actually smaller than V3 in my routes folder because I did a lot of cleaning out of unused files, so there may well be room for some more stock - thinking particulary of Simon Barnes' excellent Buxton Whitetop DMU's and Dave Brans Duchesses which were not avaiable for the V3 CD, and also not forgetting the Claughtons - I had better stop!!

Dave