What do u do if a train messes msts up 37886

overmarze · Post by **overmarze** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:08 am

right i downloaded 37883 from uk train sim installed it now its makeing my msts crash it crashes to desk top just after it has loaded

no the file is not in the trainset file

can anyone help????

now i bet its something i have done wrong

if its possoble can someone start a post were it tell us that trains work
because im always downloading somethi g that makes msts not want to load up?

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:16 am

Could you give as much detail as possible on what you are trying to do when the error occurs and what any error message says.

overmarze · Post by **overmarze** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:25 am

um it wont let me play msts it loads up then it says 4 times

error reading train database file train\trainset\37_886\37886.eng

thats what it says before it crashes to the desk top

hope u can help

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:45 am

Have a nosey at http://www.uktrainsim.com/index2.php?fo ... r=beginner , and the downloads readme as it sounds like you haven't installed it correctly.

David

overmarze · Post by **overmarze** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:56 am

thanks for the link

all i did was hit the install button and i think it did the rest for me but it didnt wana load up msts so i took the file out and dumped it into my recycle bin

i have other class 37s that work so i didnt think i would be getting a problem so now the only thing it can be is in the consist files lets have a look

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:04 am

If you deleted the loco, the consist will still be in the consists folder, have a look for anything to do with 37886 in your Trains\Consists folder and bin it

David

overmarze · Post by **overmarze** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:18 am

nope it not haveing it msts still dosent wana work evan after i have deleated the consist file the train file

looks like im gonna have to re install msts all over again for the 10th time in under 2 weeks

isnt there a casche folder like in trs 2004?

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:44 am

You might also need to look in the services folder for a service using that loco and possibly also in the paths folder too. Just deleting the activity and consist isnt usually enough. But why not try installing the loco again. Make sure its installing to the right location and, after the install has finished check its actually there. If it isnt search for it as it must have been installed somewhere. If you find it copy it manually into your trainset folder with a folder name which matches what the activity is looking for (37_886 not 37886 or anything else).

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:51 am

Did you read the readme file with this download?
Ive just downloaded it and this is what it says :

INSTALLATION:

(1) Unzip all files into a temporary then move the new folder with all the files into your TRAINSET directory.
(2) Make a new consist in the Consist Editor or ConBuilder with the new wagons.
(3) The Loco can be found named: "*37886*" in the consist editors

Your 37886 Should now be available in the sim.

Did you do that? If you did you should have a folder in your trainset folder called 37_886 or 37886. The activity is looking for a folder 37_886 so if yours isnt called that then all you may need to do is rename it

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:30 am

Lad491 wrote:Did you read the readme file with this download?

Wow....that would be a novelty...

Cheers
Jon

PS Touch wood....2 years and never had to totally re-install msts.

overmarze · Post by **overmarze** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:10 am

errrr i installed it form a install file but it didnt wana show up so i tried to make a consist with it but the i kept on getting an error and msts didnt wana start up

yes the file was in the trainset file but i deleated it

no theres nothing in the services folder or the paths folder

nope still dosent wana stop saying
error reading train database file train\trainset\37_886\37886.eng

ive serched my whole computer for the file but it dosent find anything

Blaster · Post by **Blaster** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:35 am

Have you got an activity that uses 37886?If so even after deleting paths,services,consists etc you will still get this error message as the activity can't find the engine!
Hope this helps
Phil

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:39 am

As the others have said, somewhere you still have a reference to 37886.

Deleting an item of stock from the trainset folder will not remove all reference to it if a consist comes with it or if you've attempted to make or alter a consist.

If that consist is used in an activity, there will be an activity or service file in a route folder with a reference to it.

It may not be obvious from a file name but contained within the script.

Only by finding and removing or amending the reference to something MSTS can recognise and it being compatible with the rest of the consist will the problem disappear.

The alternative is a reinstall.

I've only had to re-install once in four years after a month or so when it was all new to me. That's not because I'm clever, it's simply that I'm too lazy and so err on the side of caution

overmarze · Post by **overmarze** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:11 am

as ive said i have deleated every single file name 37886 from my computer

and im still getting this stupid error message

error reading train database file train\trainset\37_886\37886.eng

this is starting to make me sick

i have done everything i have been told and its still doing it

right time for another reinstall i think for the 16th time in 2 weeks

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:44 am

And we've said it is contained within a file which is named something different

It would appear simpler to reinstall MSTS.