Odd phenomenon at least to me

[MIKEinNE]

I was testing the PRR-ER in OR. working my way east. I attempted to run two separate trains from trains from Harrisburg to the Rockville Bridge and came up with the apparent error "Out of Control:Spad." When i ran the same trains through MSTS taking the same paths I was able to get to Altoona w/o any problems. What is this error? On another note..where does OR store its actvity saves?

[cn bala]

Michael -- if you go over to post your message at the forum of Elvas Tower. I am sure that you will get an answer for this. I don't know if you are a member of that forum and if not then you should register there.

John

[markus1996]

No need to go over to ET, I´ll answer it here

First of all, SPAD is short for "Signal Passed at Danger". Why that happens, I´m not the one to tell, as it could be for many reasons, and is thus impossible to tell without a log file (please attach the Open Rails log file (TXT file) here. Maybe you will have to turn logging on first and try to produce the error again).

What could be the cause for a SPAD: First of all, you yourself could be at fault and have passed a signal at danger. However, if the route is correctly set up, I would say this is rather unlikely. If it is not correctly set up, a signal could be placed a little before it is actually displayed, or it could be a "hidden" signal (to trick old MSTS into something) that doesn´t work in ORTS as it does in MSTS. And finally, if you have AI in the activity you´re running, something could have gone wrong there.


Seondly, ORTS stores its saves in a subfolder of C:\Users\<CurrentUser>\AppData. Do not try to look for said path in Windows explorer, as it usually is a hidden system path. Rather, open ORTS, go to the Resume / Replay window, click the Import / Export Saves button, and on the newly opened window, then find Open Save Packs folder. If you´re planning to backup saves (or move them from their original locations in AppData, select them first in the Resume / Replay window, then open the Import / Export window and click Export Save Pack before opening the Save Packs Folder.

Hope that helps.

Cheers, Markus