RailWorksProc error

[CaptainBazza]

The above post is my first post with IE 8, which is absolutely pathetic.....it automatically installed this morning. I originally tried the beta IE 8 some months ago and it was rubbish, so I reverted back to 7, until today.

I don't see MS taking over the internet any time in the immediate or far future....they can't even get their own flagship browser right.

Sorry for the sudden digression, but this is an truly awful iteration of IE. (Nothing new, end of rant, sorry, end of comment.)

Cheers Bazza IMPC

PS I haven't corrected the previous post.....that mangling is what IE 8 did without help from me, this time.

[gnash]

Only time i get this error is when i have the anti alisaing on in the settings.

Not seeing the DEP protection error should by no means be taken as an indication that RailWorksProc.exe has not not crashed , it invariably has crashed on program exit . Advising users to disable DEP a poor response for poor coding. :bad-words:

We are now approaching one month from game release and with the exception of a small mention of acknowledgment that this is a problem , RW has made no other statement , great PR , more > :bad-words:

RSProc errors

This RSProc problem is so wide spread it makes you wonder why it wasn't, or if it was, picked up in beta testing? The problem is too widespread (yes, even here in NZ) for it to be down to something simple, like individual computers.

Cheers Bazza IMPC

If they're using in-house testing for QA then something is very wrong with the testing/reporting methods . With the number of people reporting problems on a variety of systems , I fail to see how this would not be in evidence even in closed testing.

[smarty2]

In tha faq it is recommended that you uninstall the latest physx and install the one in the railworks folder, what a load of tosh! you get that horrible pumping visually where it slows then speeds up! And it doesn't cure the proc error! I think it has something to do with steam too as microsoft acknowledge that, and i agree the recomendation to turn dep off is irresponsible imo.

Mart

[tads1970]

Agree with Mart,I'd strongly advise against turning DEP off,I've never come across a program that needs this turned off to make a program run,it's as though PROC error is seen as a threat,hmmm steam??

[AndiS]

Also these errors:

Could not initialise blueprint

ASSERT(0);

cBlueprintSet::LoadCacheFile()

C:\Dev\RailSim\Code\DLLs\DataManagement\cBlueprintSet.cpp : 567

....

Assertion failed

ASSERT(mStartPos.isNearCurrentOrigin());

cCurveStraight::setTangent()

C:\Dev\RailSim\Code\CoreLibrary\cCurveStraight.cpp : 367

To put it positive, let's hope that this trouble raises the desire for proper error messages in the people at RSC enough to go and get the code upgrade to proper standard practice. I always found it unacceptable that you do not get any hint where and how the error occurred.
Which blueprint is missing or faulty? Where is it referenced (if it is missing)? Which field has a bad value (if it is a fault that triggers the error)?
Which track piece (or pair of track pieces) cause the problem? Either of location or ID would do. Then you could try to get rid of it if the programme indeed cannot handle it.

Baring such information, please quote the route and scenario you were trying to start when you get these errors. I only got the cCurveStraight thing when I mess up my own trackwork, I never got it on a default route in KRS.
The missing blueprint could be found using RS_Tools, if you are lucky.

[smarty2]

Hi Andi, the route was for W&B3 and RS.com wont support routes that are not default, understandable, i had this problem with RS and sent them at the time the log and even they couldn't pinpoint what the missing blueprints were! However i am pretty sure i could re-create these set of errors in the default routes And i find it not very helpful in the faq that RS.com advise adding the RW's proc.exe for dep to exclude it when my system won't allow the procedure! Vista x64 Business is not in the list of supported OS either?

Mart

[CaptScarlet]

Hi Andi, the route was for W&B3 and RS.com wont support routes that are not default, understandable, i had this problem with RS and sent them at the time the log and even they couldn't pinpoint what the missing blueprints were! However i am pretty sure i could re-create these set of errors in the default routes And i find it not very helpful in the faq that RS.com advise adding the RW's proc.exe for dep to exclude it when my system won't allow the procedure! Vista x64 Business is not in the list of supported OS either?

Mart

Mart did you add the steam.exe to the dep exclusion list ? The fact that it wasn't tested on Vista Business 64bit shouldn't make a difference considering it was tested on the other 64bit versions. There isn't much difference between it and Ultimate other than Media Centre and some extra enterprise stuff.

John

[AndiS]

I will PM you when I got that blueprint checker done that spooks around in the back of my brains.

I can understand if RSC want to fix their own routes first.

[smarty2]

Hi John, yes i have steam excluded but no way will it let me add the RW's proc.exe? Yes i would like to believe that that is the case with the O/S but it seems that this proc error is affecting my system rather badly, not so bad if i have no Ai, but what use is that

Thanks Andi

Mart

[smarty2]

Agree with Mart,I'd strongly advise against turning DEP off,I've never come across a program that needs this turned off to make a program run,it's as though PROC error is seen as a threat,hmmm steam??

Yes, it seems steam is trying to write something to system memory i suspect that may be the cause for a lot of our woe's, hope that they sort it out properly and not just consign it to the FAQ, with suggestions that won't work!

Mart

[JJ212]

Just thought id add this to the list of errors/bugs with this software at present.



Not sure as to the cause. I will advise though that I do only have 512mb of RAM installed on the machine and the gane does react a little slow. The game only messes up on loading up the actual simulations. There appears to be an issue with my screen resolution in the settings tab also. When i click 800 X 600 the game says the settings are fine however when i click my actual screen resolution of 1024 X 760 it says the settings are not usable. However when i leave on 1024 X 760 and click full screen it says their fine again. Weird! I have done most of the suggestions like update my directX, update my .net to 3.5.

Ive yet to re-install or do that Nvidia which ive only just found out that my machine has (Dell Dimension E520 - 3.06Ghz). I've had enough of trying to get this silly thing to work for one day :bad-words:

Any other suggestions for this problem would be most welcome.

Many Thanks,

[Easilyconfused]

Just thought id add this to the list of errors/bugs with this software at present.

Not sure as to the cause. I will advise though that I do only have 512mb of RAM installed on the machine and the gane does react a little slow. The game only messes up on loading up the actual simulations. There appears to be an issue with my screen resolution in the settings tab also. When i click 800 X 600 the game says the settings are fine however when i click my actual screen resolution of 1024 X 760 it says the settings are not usable. However when i leave on 1024 X 760 and click full screen it says their fine again. Weird! I have done most of the suggestions like update my directX, update my .net to 3.5.

Ive yet to re-install or do that Nvidia which ive only just found out that my machine has (Dell Dimension E520 - 3.06Ghz). I've had enough of trying to get this silly thing to work for one day :bad-words:

Any other suggestions for this problem would be most welcome.

Many Thanks,

I would check the Railworks Wiki entry at http://www.railsimdownloads.com/wiki/ti ... aqId=6#q61 It would appear your graphics hardware is not supported ?

Q: “Could not find valid technique for effect…” or “Failed to create vertex buffer”
A: This error occurs when graphics hardware does not meet the minimum requirement of supporting Pixel Shader 2.0 technology.

You can check your graphics card Pixel Shader support here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_shader (external link)

If you find that your hardware does support Pixel Shader 2.0, please ensure you have the very latest graphics drivers. These can be obtained from the hardware manufacturers such as nVidia (external link) and ATI AMD (external link)

[moranb]

The new RailWorksProc file works for me. My own rolling stock now works and there is no RWP error on exiting the game. Well done RS.com.

BFM

[Ghostcav]

The new RailWorksProc file works for me. My own rolling stock now works and there is no RWP error on exiting the game. Well done RS.com.

BFM

Has it been released? or did you get sent it?

I would so love to get RW working.

[SuperTux]

The new RailWorksProc file works for me. My own rolling stock now works and there is no RWP error on exiting the game. Well done RS.com.

BFM

Has it been released? or did you get sent it?

I would so love to get RW working.

RW will self-update when you run Steam. The version you are looking for is 96.5e.

Matt