JT Scottish East Coast Mainline

[gptech]

Hi
I think I am able to get into the route through Editor, but not being technically minded and always wary of doing more damage
I have never attempted anything like that. I don't even do anything with RW Tools because of this.

Probably the best way to learn how to fix things is to start by breaking them ----just remember to make a copy of whatever you're messing with so you can easily go back to a working version.

Follow up :

The "Open Route Folder" is blacked out.
If I attempt to open "Edit Route" I immediately hear the ping and get the same 2 error messages.

Yeah, 'Open Route Folder' is usually like that and as you're getting the error when trying to open the route it would point to something in the route itself and not a particular scenario that is part of the problem.

The instruction at " 0x015ce932" referenced memory at "0x00000000"
The memory could not be "written"

can be caused by numerous things, it basically means something is preventing a memory location being written to---bad memory, Windows protection, Anti-virus are just 3 possible causes.
As you're not technically minded delving into the innards of the PC won't appeal, so lets start by looking at your Anti-virus and security software---temporarily turn off your AV and see if that makes a difference.

EDIT: Should have spotted sooner that you're using a 32bit OS---have you applied the 3GB switch?--have a read of this thread http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 4&t=120867

[PINZA9007]

After further investigation it appears that there was a problem with this error message
posted by Growler37 on 5 March 2011 "Error : not a serialized file"

The remedy looks far too complicated for me

Barrie

[nobkins]

The error message is a generic error message. It simply means one of the files trying to be loaded is not serialized correctly. It could be any file and unfortunately the error message chooses not to tell which one.

As no one else is reporting the issue I would be very surprised if it is a problem with the route. More likely to be a corrupt file on your computer I am afraid. Due to the less than helpful error message it is very difficult to track down.

You could rename your existing RailWorks folder to "RailWorks Old" or something. Then verify cache which will re-download every single file from steam again (will be slow and use a lot of download bandwidth). Then you will have a 100% default install. Install the JT route and see what happens. If it works then a file somewhere in your old install is damaged.

Jim

[gptech]

After further investigation it appears that there was a problem with this error message
posted by Growler37 on 5 March 2011 "Error : not a serialized file"

It's a pretty vague, generic, error message; Growlers problems may not be akin to yours...as Mike Simpson replied in that thread:

This line 113 error has been mentioned numerous times in the forums. This is a RailWorks error which occurs if an .xml file is found with an error in it. Unfortunately the error gives no detail as to which file is faulty, it can be a routeproperties.xml file, a scenarioproperties.xml or various other files.

[PINZA9007]

Does the fact that all other routes are OK not point to it being a fault with this particular route?.

[gswindale]

Does the fact that all other routes are OK not point to it being a fault with this particular route?.

Not really, as I, and many others, have run the route with no problems.

If it was a route specific problem, there would be about 6 million posts about it by now!

[gptech]

Does the fact that all other routes are OK not point to it being a fault with this particular route?.

No, but it does point to a problem with how your machine/setup interacts with this particular route, a problem that may have been unapparent until now and the fact it just happens to manifest itself after the installation of this new route is coincidental---look on it as SECML being the last straw to your PC's back, but it could easily have been Woodhead.
I'd suggest you look into the 3GB switch to allow RW a little bit more of your machines resources.

[PINZA9007]

Please tell me how to instigate the 3gb switch.


So sorry as I see it has been covered earlier

[gptech]

No need to apologise, the thread title doesn't make it clear what it's about after all.
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 4&t=120867 no guarantee it'll work, it may even work but bring about its own problems, but as it's something thats easily reversed it's a no-lose (other than the time it takes) situation.
If it does work though, don't take it as a miracle fix but as an interim solution until you can upgrade to a 64 bit operating system, which is something that brings a vast improvement in how RW runs.

[mikesimpson]

Error 113 is usually or always a bad file in the route in question. As we all know this route is OK then it looks like a bad download (it took me a long time to download the route myself, so JT's servers seem to have been very congested this week).

I would suggest deleting the route in total and downloading it again.

The poor spec of the OTs PC will not help either.

Mike

[pjt1974]

The specifications are probably better than mine

AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core Processor 3600+ 1.90 Ghz
Windows XP 32 bit
Nvidia Geforce GT 8600, 256 mb VRAM
2Gb RAM

I would suggest the same as Mike and reinstall the route. Sometimes a file gets corrupted during the installation process, it's probably happened to us all at one point or another. If that doesn't work, re-download the route, part of the download may have become corrupt during the process. I had it happen with Woodhead.

[clarke]

Hi

I don't know if this will help you or not

My version kept crashing very quickly with SBHH for every scenerio. Eventually I found that my routeproperties.xml, which you can edit in word pad, contained references to Developer and Developer01 folders, which I didn't have, or need according to RW tools.

I removed the 8 lines relating to these 2 folders & all references to rolling stock & it has loaded perfectly ever since. My routeproperties.xml is now 2kb less

You could try making a copy of file & refer to the forum re: the South West Wales route, where a guide on how to do this was explained clearly. This problem tends mainly to affect freeware routes.

This may not solve your problem, but worth looking into. Just make sure you backup the file first

Kelvin

[PINZA9007]

Hi folks,
I am so very grateful to all of you for your help and patience in sorting out my problem.
Not being much good at anything technical, I tried Jim's idea of naming my Railworks folder "old"
then verifying the game cache.
This has worked which as Jim said points to a corrupt file within my RW folder.

Once again thank you all so very much.

Best regards
Barrie

[gptech]

This has worked which as Jim said points to a corrupt file within my RW folder.

One of lifes little mysteries---a seemigly unrelated file being corrupt can have very strange consequenses. Good to hear you're all sorted out now though, enjoy your new route!!

[msmith4000]

One thing that should always be done but is always forgotten about and was not mentioned here and is especially pertinant to file corruption problems.

Run a chkdsk on the file system

Open a command prompt (Start button type in 'CMD' into the search field then press enter OR Start buton -> Run -> 'CMD')

Type in "chkdsk c: /f"

change c: to d: or which ever drive you wish to check. If you are checking the C: drive you will always be asked if you wish to schedule the disk check on next reboot. Yes you do then reboot to run the test.