Issue with Open Rails on Windows 10

[FrEdBakker]

Hello Everyone ,

Perhaps before I raise the issue I ll give you my laptop specs :Asus sonic master
Processor: Intel (r) Core (TM) i5 421iu cpu@ 1.70 ghz
Videocard:Nividea Geforce 820m
Videocard 2: Intel (r) HD Graphics family
RAM 4GB
Operating system MS 10 ( Build 10586) 64 bit

Before installing Direct x 9.0 and updating my graphics card Open Rails was running fine.
Now, when I open it , I get a blank page and then 4 minutes later I the sound of the MSTS Route I chose.
What could be the problem?

The changes also effected MSTS, add ons are sluggish and the function loading/unloading passengers does not work, I might touch base about this in the MSTS section.

Best regards,

Father Ed Bakker

[EricF]

Make sure that the Intel video chipset is completely disabled when MSTS or Open Rails is running. On laptops with this kind of setup, it will often default to using the Intel graphics to save power. If you can just disable the Intel video in the BIOS, it's probably best. Relying on software under Windows to make the switch isn't always reliable, and I've encountered problems under Windows 10 with software that controls hardware features making the computer unstable, or unable to sleep/wake/shut down correctly.

[FrEdBakker]

Thanks Eric .. will look into it.

Cheers

Father Ed Bakker

[mikeebb]

Win10 is noted for driver problems. Consider re-running the latest Windows Update, or getting the latest drivers from the nVidia web site. Getting drivers from nVidia is almost always the better of those option.

Other things: as noted elsewhere, the key Windows components Open Rails needs are .Net 3.5 and XNA 3.1. If you install the stable Open Rails version (1.1 at this writing) those will be installed if they're missing (as they would be in a stock Windows 10). Also note that Windows 10 uses a different method for installing older .Net frameworks - just installing the 3.5 redistributable from MS won't appear to work, but it should trigger installation from the library that's built into Win10 (check out the "add or remove Windows features" setting). Also, installing XNA 3.1 appears to install DirectX 9, so you might not have to do that separately; doesn't hurt to do it, though.

Finally, as Eric said, you need to make the nVidia graphics hardware active for Open Rails. Most Intel-based laptops default to the built-in Intel which will probably work (it does in my oldest Win10 laptop, which has no alternative), but it's very slow and at times the graphics might be corrupted. You might have to get into your computer's BIOS settings before starting Windows and disable Intel graphics for nVidia to work with everything.