Two new BCD activities

[kieranhardy]

Are these activities definately for Burton-Derby cd. Two reasons why i ask.

1. I havent seen or used Brittania on the route (although i havent tried out all the locos yet) so does this need to be downloaded?

2. I didnt think St Pancreas was on the route

Thanks

[jimmyladd]

1 its for the CD, you wont need to download anything locowise...but you will need to download and install patch 5 for this to work
2 it isn't.....just the service train you drive started there....
Jim

[johnmnstl]

Mick has got another activity ready for the route, but not uploaded yet, which is Part 2 of the class 44 Coal activity - He's had a few concerns over the amount of AI traffic (loads) and may be doing a bit of fine tuning before putting it out - all with default Stock off the CD.

Cheers

John

[jimmyladd]

Thats my fault......

[kieranhardy]

I just installed the patch and the steam activity but i get the following error message via trainstore:

Error: - Item No. 1
The following File was not found
File: 'BD_7F_G2_49125\$BD_49125.ENG'

BD_7F_G2_49125\$BD_49125.ENG

Activities:
BCD1_St_Pancras-Leeds_Steam (Routes\BD1\ACTIVITIES\bcd1_st_pancras-leeds.act)

This is what it says in the readme for the activity.

IMPORTANT if you have not already done Act 1 :- Please save attached Dead In Tow eng Files ($BD_45156) into “BD_5MT_44156â€

[johnmnstl]

The files are in

Invalid File ID [12954]

then just drag the files into your loco's folder in trainset

Cheers

John

Sorry just put corrected file id in

[MikeandDi]

Just run the diesel version.

Excellent activity.

Thanks Mick.

Mike

[dforrest]

Just run the steam version.

Excellent activity.

Thanks Mick.

David

[kieranhardy]

Thanks for the help, the activity now loads but after the stop at Derby i get a load of "error loading shape" messages.

[johnmnstl]

Kieran

How high are your settings - the main location that will slow fps rates down a bit are the Junctions just to the north of Derby station and round St Marys Yard

Try saving the sim before arriving Derby then reduce the settings a little on the saved game and see if this helps

Cheers

John

[Bigant]

Or save as said above, exit back to the desktop then reload trainsim and your saved game, MSTS doesnt use the memory very well.

Don

[johnmnstl]

Kieran

If your running low on memory as Don suggests, do a search on google for Rambooster [its a freebie], set the slider to the maximum amount of memory and the options to launch at startup.

When approaching Derby press Alt+tab to bring up your desktop left click to run now and your memory will be restored ( I normally get back to 73% from anything below 45%), return to MSTS and you should be able ta carry on without saving

HTH

John

[kieranhardy]

Thanks for the help
Ive downloaded Rambooster and i have to say that it has improved my train sim a lot (specially on burton-Derby) it doesnt jerk as much except for busy bits but i dont mind about that.
I havent reached the bit after Derby station yet as ive been busy doing work (maths exam on tuesday and friday ) but i did manage to do the diesel one earlier and managed to complete that with no probs. I will try the steam one some time tomorrow and ill post here if i have any problems.
Thanks again

[Tonysmedley]

Kieranhardy

Do you use Windows XP because it has been stated in a previous post that Ram boosters will not have any noticeable effect if you do.

Tony

[kieranhardy]

I have Windows ME (the worst system of them all) but it has made a difference to my train sim.