MT CIG errors

[3digitdriver]

Hey all, been a while since i posted with a problem but this is an old one and i gave up before trying to fix it and ive been trying things again but no joy. It's been mentioned before but no solutions was found. It's Making Tracks SWT Heritage MKI Farewell pack, the vep works perfect, but the cigs seem to work sometimes but majority not, alwayse get shape errors and that ends up crashing the sim. Ive put an example below, look at the cab window, now im no expert in editing models but if some one could point me in the right direction as to find out why this is happening that would be great since im fond of the old slammers

[steve1023]

Hi - Im not sure you will get a fix for this one. As you say, its been a known fault on this pack for a long time - IIRC dave said at the time (I think on the MT forums) that he would have pulled the pack except it was working fine for some people and not for others. On my old computer I think the VEP and green CIG worked fine but the blue/grey one didn't.

There is/was in the library a freeware pack based on the UKTS CIG for the 2 Lymington units.

Steve

[3digitdriver]

Hi steve1023, thanks for reply, I thought thats the answer id get. Just wonderd if some one had found a fix. It seems to be the route and specific parts of routes it plays up. So for example, both units work fine running the Lymington branch on dorset coast so thats a definite plus. But for ages ive tried to create a wheel turning activity with them, so thats dorset coast again, but yet for this no hope atall. I can get so far and then thats it. As you say ive got the freeware pack from here so i guess any running outside the Lymington branch will be with them. Cheers all

[buffy500]

As has been said, I have no idea what the problem was, and no idea how to fix it.

It works for me sometimes and then it falls on its arse another time.

If it did not work for everyone I'd have withdrawn it, but it is there with a health warning.
I don't know if shapefile fixer would do anything to it or not. If someone wants to give it go they are welcome to do so.

[NiallGray]

If it did not work for everyone I'd have withdrawn it, but it is there with a health warning.
I don't know if shapefile fixer would do anything to it or not. If someone wants to give it go they are welcome to do so.

I tried that when we had this discussion a while back, it didn't help.

[buffy500]

If it did not work for everyone I'd have withdrawn it, but it is there with a health warning.
I don't know if shapefile fixer would do anything to it or not. If someone wants to give it go they are welcome to do so.

I tried that when we had this discussion a while back, it didn't help.

Its knackered then !

[3digitdriver]

Id never used shape fixer before, until after posting about this. So i have gained somthing from it at least But i too ran it threw shape fixer, and i got confident after it said it had changed somthing, but still didnt work Never mind, thanks for the replys guys, il put this one to bed now then and keep them strickly bound to the Lymington branch. Cheers all

[SDtrains]

Hi 3digitdriver,
Can we ask which type of graphics card you are using? I remember this problem from a while ago, and as the said CIG seems to work OK on my installation, I presumed that it actually might be a graphics card problem. Most cards get a revised driver after a while, so this might be worth checking.

Regards

[3digitdriver]

Im using a NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT at the moment, and it's running latest drivers. But i could have a play with the settings i guess, somthing i havnt tried yet. Cheers all

[3digitdriver]

Well i changed settings in the Nvidia control panel, and i did get different results. Now the unit appears fine apart from the headcode missing, so it will probly still crash in an activity, but may be a bit more stable.