A problem with OR just out of the blue!

[trainman_47]

It was working fine a few days ago, NOW when I place a drivable consist at a certain location on the route, it shows up in a COMPLETLY different location! Also static trains and cars don't show up. Anyone have a clue what's causing this?

[R. Steele]

Anything appear in the log when this happens? Post log from an occurrence, it may help people find the problem.
First question I had. Place how? with MSTS AE? or some other method? Also does this happen on a particular route, with specific eng and wag files...people will need more information than you are posting.

[trainman_47]

I'm using MSTS AE and get no errors (that I know of) Where would I find this log you mention? It seems to appear on ALL routes. Now the activities I have saved before this started happening doesn't seem to be affected.

[ebnertra000]

I'm using MSTS AE and get no errors (that I know of) Where would I find this log you mention? It seems to appear on ALL routes. Now the activities I have saved before this started happening doesn't seem to be affected.

The logfile should appear on your desktop when you start an activity in OR. If it doesn't, make sure the Logging option is checked in the OR main menu. The logfile should generate when you try to run an activity

[trainman_47]

That box you mentioned is now checked but how is that going to help my problem?

[qballbandit]

As Gerry mentioned above, post the log here after the next event.
Does this happen when you try these new activities in MSTS?????

[R. Steele]

That box you mentioned is now checked but how is that going to help my problem?

The OR log records information when OR loads the route, trainset, consists, shapes, sounds, etc. etc. ... solutions can be found by reading the log after an event happens. The log on your desktop regenerates every time you run OR.
So keep the box checked and try to duplicate the problem, if you do, immediately post the log here, so whoever is following the thread can look at the log and hopefully find what is going on.

[trainman_47]

UPDATE: I have every box checked concerning the data logger and all it says is "Please remember that the size of the dump grows with simulation time!" Does this possibly mean that I have TOO many activity saves or activities period? I'm wondering if deleting many of the saved activities' would help?

[R. Steele]

Hold on trainman_47....we need visual aids...at least I do sometimes. Look at the pics, that should explain everything.

first do this >>> bandicam 2018-09-08 16-17-07-236.jpg then do this >>> bandicam 2018-09-08 16-15-49-813.jpg

You can usually leave the front panel logging box unchecked...this will produce higher fps, in some cases. When you have a problem, check the front logging box and try to duplicate the problem...the log will then ( hopefully) contain some information that may help.

All the other boxes on the data logger tab do not need to be checked. Just the top two...the others are for more troubleshooting and debugging than you need. Hope this helps.

[baldwin]

Actually, you can run OR with the front page logging box checked with no performance hit. On the data logging page you only need the first box checked. A check in any other box will produce a spreadsheet style log and it is this that causes the performance hit. The only one I use is the steam locomotive data.

[R. Steele]

Thanks Baldwin, that's good to know.

[Erick_Cantu]

UPDATE: I have every box checked concerning the data logger and all it says is "Please remember that the size of the dump grows with simulation time!" Does this possibly mean that I have TOO many activity saves or activities period? I'm wondering if deleting many of the saved activities' would help?

No, it means precisely what it says. The longer you run the sim, the more data it collects. The reasons are a priori. The more time the sim is active, the more events will accumulate.