Fatal error on old MSTS route running in OR (moved from MSTS forum)

[charland]

Nothing I think, just grasping at straws Ged. Might help if the author also posted a WAG file for a similar car that works to compare the two. Strange problem when the same car fails for on but not others.

Paul :-)

[niknak]

Hi gentlemen,

Ged: I installed the route 1.0 from the original cd then installed svce packs 1.2, 1.3 and 1.31. Then the misc updates and finally the stock fixes all from your file 38089 on UKTS. I have made several saves - all saves with the htv wagon fail to resume. With other wagons all saves resume correctly. I have attached the act file, also the wag file of the Esso tanker as Paul suggested, which is one of the wagons that DOES save correctly when substituted for the htv wagon.

[slipperman]

Hi Nick,
Unfortunately, the .act file you sent me has already been modified to replace the htv wagons!
I needed to be able to compare your .act file with mine to check for any differences.

I still think the problem is specific to your installation. On that tack, using this link :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlT4W_EzH402HqqWbIcqE0M9bZJydtQU/view?usp=share_link

please download the .zip file containing my .act file and BR-HTV Hopper Wagons folder. Rename your BR-HTV Hopper_Wagons folder and your .act file to something completely different. Then copy my .act file into your Activities folder and the hoppers folder into your TRAINSET folder. Doing it this way ensures that both the .act file and the hoppers folder are written to different parts of the hard drive to their originals.

Please let us know what happens when you try running/saving/resuming the activity again

Cheers,
Ged

[niknak]

Hi Ged'
Sadly no change from before. I renamed the htv folder and the act file and then inserted the ones you kindly sent me. the act runs ok but upon saving and then resuming I get the same error as before. Log attached.

[slipperman]

Hi Nick,
Sorry it's not worked for you.

However,. there are a couple of differences in your OR log, compared with mine.

1. Your log - Route : London & SE >> Mine - Route : London & South East -- this is the 'Name' from the .trk file
2. Your log - Folder : London & South East >> Mine - Folder : LSE -- this is the RouteID from the .trk file and is also shown in each activity (.act) file.

This doesn't explain why only the htv wagons are causing you problems but I considered it worth raising!

I tried changing mine to match yours, but OR complained that each activity was 'not the same route'!!
Have you made any changes to the names or is it as supplied?

Cheers,
Ged

[niknak]

Hi Ged,
No, no changes were made at all. Not to worry - I can run that act with slightly different rolling stock and hopefully the other acts will be fine.
Many thanks for all your help anyway.

[niknak]

Hi Ged,
Just for confirmation it was the htv wagons and not the activity, I've just tried the act 04 Purley-Hoo Junc Transfers which has a similar scenario of the loco picking up a loose consist of htv wagons. Sure enough a save won't resume unless I change out the wagons for something else. Seems my system just doesn't like htv wagons! lol.

Stop press - Just picked up the 4 htv sand unfitted2 wagons at the quarry in that act and it saves and resumes!