RW2 : The Unhappy Thread

[FoggyMorning]

I could never find the pause button before

[Acorncomputer]

I don't think it helps a great deal but in windowed mode if you click on the top bar of the window with the cursor the game pauses. All you have to do now is keep the mouse button depressed whilst you contort yourself into a position where you can press Alt+Print Screen to get the screenshot.

I have tried this and it actually does work

[ladyoflynn]

yes GEOFF me,still no Railworks 2,all loades files verified ect ,have picture on screen,click on start and get error send or don^t send,
maybe a Moderator could point me in the right dirrection please
Eric(ladyoflynn)

[Acorncomputer]

yes GEOFF me,still no Railworks 2,all loades files verified ect ,have picture on screen,click on start and get error send or don^t send,

Eric(ladyoflynn)

I am sure you have checked this but have you set the correct resolution for your monitor in the Settings Tab AND clicked on the Test Button and then saved the configuration if it is OK.

[ladyoflynn]

Hi GEOFF, just went through all the settings and had no luck
Eric

[philspace]

If you can remember how this thread started, it's good news at last - I've verified my cache (twice - if only life was a little longer!) and can now switch the Fisher-Price HUD off with F4.

Everything is now so wonderful, that I am thinking of moving over to the "Happy" thread

Best wishes

Phil

[jimmyshand]

If you can remember how this thread started, it's good news at last - I've verified my cache (twice - if only life was a little longer!) and can now switch the Fisher-Price HUD off with F4.

Everything is now so wonderful, that I am thinking of moving over to the "Happy" thread

Best wishes

Phil

Me too mate, I'm thinking of defecting over to the happy crew. Last night I did some messing around with the various settings and graphics options and somehow as if by a kind of dark magic, I've stumbled upon a miracle setting and transformed the sim!! The graphics have suddenly gone ultra-sharp, the track detail has morphed into something that looks nothing short of real life. I can't get over the track, it's truly incredible. Couple with that I've managed to increase my frame rates and can now run nearly all WCML scenarios without SBHH, even around Glasgow. There is now only one scenario that won't load without lowering the settings and that's the 'round in circles' 101 DMU job.

Gobsmacked I am, I just wish I could put my finger on what I did that made such a sudden difference.

[black8]

If you can remember how this thread started, it's good news at last - I've verified my cache (twice - if only life was a little longer!) and can now switch the Fisher-Price HUD off with F4.

Everything is now so wonderful, that I am thinking of moving over to the "Happy" thread

Best wishes

Phil

Me too mate, I'm thinking of defecting over to the happy crew. Last night I did some messing around with the various settings and graphics options and somehow as if by a kind of dark magic, I've stumbled upon a miracle setting and transformed the sim!! The graphics have suddenly gone ultra-sharp, the track detail has morphed into something that looks nothing short of real life. I can't get over the track, it's truly incredible. Couple with that I've managed to increase my frame rates and can now run nearly all WCML scenarios without SBHH, even around Glasgow. There is now only one scenario that won't load without lowering the settings and that's the 'round in circles' 101 DMU job.

Gobsmacked I am, I just wish I could put my finger on what I did that made such a sudden difference.

What ARE your settings and graphics option now Jimmy?

[Oldpufferspotter]

Hi Jimmyshand,
The very next thing to do now is to make a note of all your settings, and do a full backup of the Steam/Railworks files onto your own media, so that should any update in the future 'jigger up' your RW setup, you can always return back to this satisfactory state of affairs. Full backups really are essential for your own sake.
Glad you have it all sorted now,
regards Ted.

[jimmyshand]

If you can remember how this thread started, it's good news at last - I've verified my cache (twice - if only life was a little longer!) and can now switch the Fisher-Price HUD off with F4.

Everything is now so wonderful, that I am thinking of moving over to the "Happy" thread

Best wishes

Phil

Me too mate, I'm thinking of defecting over to the happy crew. Last night I did some messing around with the various settings and graphics options and somehow as if by a kind of dark magic, I've stumbled upon a miracle setting and transformed the sim!! The graphics have suddenly gone ultra-sharp, the track detail has morphed into something that looks nothing short of real life. I can't get over the track, it's truly incredible. Couple with that I've managed to increase my frame rates and can now run nearly all WCML scenarios without SBHH, even around Glasgow. There is now only one scenario that won't load without lowering the settings and that's the 'round in circles' 101 DMU job.

Gobsmacked I am, I just wish I could put my finger on what I did that made such a sudden difference.

What ARE your settings and graphics option now Jimmy?

Settings are as follows:

Nhancer running
RW Screen Res 1280x720
Anti Aliasing 4

In game graphics options:

Everything high with the following exceptions;

Terrain texture medium
Passenger density medium
Flora & High detail shadows off
Scenery detail slider set to 7.

My rig is an off the shelf Packard Bell iextreme, Intel Core 2 quad (2.4ghz), NVidia GS8500 Graphics card, 3Gb RAM.

[johny]

I know I'm getting on a bit (age-wise) but do we really have to be reminded by a change in the cursor when hovering over a platform. The only thing missing is the message "Slow Old People Crossing".

John

[ightenhill]

Is anybody still unhappy

Just fix the new HUD so its not on as default ,remove the playskool giant cursors (though I think I have done that myself almost) remove the pause box and remove the god awful new splash screens (though again I think I have sorted that out as well) and i'll be happier So almost there

Oh and just carry on calling it Railworks which it is, I bought a sim/game not a marketing experiment..

[jimmyshand]

Hi Jimmyshand,
The very next thing to do now is to make a note of all your settings, and do a full backup of the Steam/Railworks files onto your own media, so that should any update in the future 'jigger up' your RW setup, you can always return back to this satisfactory state of affairs. Full backups really are essential for your own sake.
Glad you have it all sorted now,
regards Ted.

Cheers mate, I think the secret must have been in the Anti-aliasing or the scenery detail slider perhaps? I've played with the other settings loads of times but never had an impact this good. I am guessing that the anti-aliasing change must have been what brought the track to life??? Scenery detail slider set to 7 seems to make no noticeable difference to the amount of detail seen and is a great compromise for those with less powerful rigs. Any lower than this and things start to get odd, like station buildings disappearing etc.

I did follow the instructions on the thread about tuning Nvidia settings but then I aborted after I realised I had Nhancer running and that messing with the Nvidia control panel might conflict with the Nhancer.

Strangely it was after this that I booted up RW and noticed the difference, but it must have been coincidence because I never saved the Nvidia settings nor did I touch Nhancer, must have been down to the AA / scenery detail

[Acorncomputer]

Hi

I have noticed that the AA settings do now definitely make a difference to the frame rates at least. You have to remember that the gradient of 16 means AA full OFF and 0 is AA full on. So you should get better frame rates at a setting of 16.

remove the god awful new splash screens (though again I think I have sorted that out as well)

How did you do that, it is a bit of pain looking at those each time and the previous settings in the Steam launcher to by-pass these screens does not now work.

[briyeo1950]

But dont you start to miss a few scenery and trackside objects if you move the slider down to 7, I moved mine to 10 to fix missing signal posts in SD Banks.