trouble with change engine function Options

[trainfan]

having a problem with activity Generator, Under "Customize your activity" I hit the button "change engines" I get a "reading trainset folders" and " Please wait while activity reads the folders and files in your TRAINSET folder to determine what engines and tenders you have available." I get one small bar in the progression but it never finishes, I even let it run for a couple hours, and it nevers finishes. What can I do to fix this? Thanks

[sgdavis]

That is curious. 

Just to eliminate the obvious, are you using Activity Generator for the other routes but SwitchList Generator for the default Marias route?  Or are you using Activity Generator for both?

If both are Activity Generator (it has a more robust rolling stock read routine), the only way the routes might be different and thus cause a problem like this, would be if you use TrainStore.  While using TrainStore is perfectly ok (I use it all the time), it will cause different rolling stock to be available to you depending on what route is loaded.

So what's happening is, there is some .eng or .wag file that is stored when you run other routes, but not when you run the default marias pass route.  And the program is hanging up when reading that file.

I would LOVE to get to the bottom of this and figure out what it is about certain files that causes the program to hang up like that.  So, I have just posted an update to Activity Generator, version 3.1.2.  The only change is, it displays each file name as the program reads the files.  This will usually flash by too fast for you to read, but, if the program hangs up on a file, you'll be able to see what file that is.  Then, please e-mail that file directly to me at SteveDavis@skylinecomputing.com and I can use this to fix the program so it will be more tolerant of errors in .wag and .eng files, which will help all of our uses.

Thanks for your trouble report, I await your reply.

Best,

Steve

nbeveridge2007-3-23 11:36:9