Something Bad Happened Is Back

[balloonist2009]

Hi all just had the update installed from steam, soon as i load the paddington route it dont load and all i get is somethink bad has happend, how can i fix this the only way i can think of is uninstall and reinstall the game. :bad-words: :bad-words: :bad-words: :bad-words: :bad-words:

[maddog989]

i kept getting it when trying to select one of my existing consists. just stopped selecting them now, bit annoying though.

[almark]

I never got rid of it But now its worse than ever. I feel MSTS coming back,as much as i would hate to have to install it,i want to play RW but there are just too many errors i can't even make a decent scenario,its so hopeless.

[maddog989]

I never got rid of it But now its worse than ever. I feel MSTS coming back,as much as i would hate to have to install it,i want to play RW but there are just too many errors i can't even make a decent scenario,its so hopeless.

it's not that bad, (in my case at least) and besides if you were to go back to MSTS after railworks you'd notice the massive backwards step in graphics. with the RSC commitment to railworks as well it's worth reporting your problems to them, and in many cases they are resolved in future updates.

[almark]

Well.....at least NWC wont crash on me,but thats the problem,even the most brilliant of routes on MSTS just cannot beat RW,its that simple,but oh so sad. If MSTS only had the graphics i'd go back to that in no time!

If i sent in all my reports i would be sending one in about every 10 minutes,but i've got better things to do than sit around firing pointless reports off. I just let it crash 5 times and then switch it and i leave it. Completely pointless doing anything else because it will just keep crashing.

As a constructive bit to this post,it,for me at least appears to be when i am in built up areas (which in routes like W&B is nearly all the time!) that my screen flashes and i get the "Something Bad Happened" error,whereas up until about a month or so ago i had it maybe once or twice a day,i now get it at least 5 times an hour,which is precisely why i lose my patience! It makes me wonder if it is certain assets that do it,or the asset count?? I certainly notice on my WIP route that when i enter the very detailed areas my FPS drops slightly,but occasionaly the screen just goes blank and i get the magic "ping" to tell me RW has expired...

Cheers,
Mark

[balloonist2009]

Hi all got it fixed steam have said that any big update can make railworks not work and crash so you have to uninstall and reinstall i did this last night and it works.

[balloonist2009]

Hi all just uninstalled and installed railworks and the somethink bad happend is still there, its the same as befor when you cope past or snap to track i think steam need to do a update to fix this, if you are working on a route be for you cope past or snap to track, save the rout befor you doit or you will lose all the work you have done i am emailing support about this thanks darren.

[almark]

Steam aren't responsible for what happens in RW...surely??

[FrankJ]

You need to look at your Graphics settings. I have not had the "Something bad happened" error since I adjusted the graphic settings as suggest in the theads for Wales and Boarders 3b in january. It is certainly not a Steam problem and is it seems closely related to your graphic card drivers which is why only a small number of people (relatively) are affected at any one time.

Frank

[almark]

Well,if that is the case,can anyone recommend settings to stop it?

[FrankJ]

High Definition Shadows - Off
Low Definition Shadows - On
Water - High Details
Particle Density - High Detail
View Distance - High Detail
Procedual Flora - Off
Passenger Dencity - Medium
Terraine textures - Medium
Object Textures - Medium
Shader Quality - Medium
Scenary Detail - !0

Works for me

Frank

[class313]

I am getting 'something bad has happened' after about 3 minutes of playing, whatever route I am on, it was bad when the last update got applied, but the 'German' update has rendered the game useless. Also when the box pops up saying that something bad has happened, I try to click save report, but then my PC locks up, and I have to force quit. Please help.

[FrankJ]

Have you tried adjusting th graphics settings as above

Frank

[stuart666]

Can anyone check to make sure save game works? I was driving the King on South Devon banks (Ive been having a job getting the scenarios to work, but Im uncertain if thats a problem with the new update or not) when I saved in newton abbott, just before splitting the train. I split the train, pulled forward and the game crashed. Hum. Load it back in from the save, looks like everything is ok, but the key controls dont work. The mouse controls and view controls DO works, but as I cant find the regulatior click point its not much use. Also, part of the cab looks displaced forward.

I cant expect them to check ALL third party stuff as well, so I can hardly complain. But Im just curious to find out if its a problem with just this scenario and route, or its happening on other routes as well. There is also an issue of consists being broken, I find clicking on them and moving them in the editor fixes it, but its a bit of a strange bug even if its fixable.

As I say, I cant lay all this at the door of the new update, but it might be worth having a look to see if anyone else can replicate it, or its happening on other routes.

[AndyUK]

Can anyone check to make sure save game works? I was driving the King on South Devon banks (Ive been having a job getting the scenarios to work, but Im uncertain if thats a problem with the new update or not) when I saved in newton abbott, just before splitting the train. I split the train, pulled forward and the game crashed. Hum. Load it back in from the save, looks like everything is ok, but the key controls dont work. The mouse controls and view controls DO works, but as I cant find the regulatior click point its not much use. Also, part of the cab looks displaced forward...

I get a similar result. On loading the save there is no response to the keyboard but everything else seems normal. If I try to load again from the save I get a 'something bad' error but if I load another scenario, exit it, then reload the save the keyboard works again. So far I've only tried with the Oxford - Padd route, one default scenario (Rush Hour Run) and the '6A11 Robeston - Theale' scenario from the TEA pack but the results seem consistent.

I'm sure that this didn't happen prior to the update as I used the 'Rush Hour Run' scenario quite a bit and always could resume from a save without a problem.

Andy L