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[smokeytc]

Hi all.. all of a sudden, I am having major problems with Train Sim. Routes that I have been using for years (Pokey, Cape Cod, Gallup, Clovis) and some new ones (Scenic 2, ACN) are giving me trouble. I can make activities for all, but while loading "setting up simulation", I keep getting error messages such "can't load xxx.s shape files. OR - it will load to "loading world content" and then I get error "can't add car xxxxx.wag (UID123456) to world".
Yesterday I defragged my HD, reloaded the clone from my backup HD, and still getting the same errors. Am about to reinstall complete Train Simulator, but thought I would ask in here first, and see if anyone has any thoughts on this prob, or a fix???? Any and all help will be appreciated

Ted

[jrmeindl]

Hi all.. all of a sudden, I am having major problems with Train Sim. Routes that I have been using for years (Pokey, Cape Cod, Gallup, Clovis) and some new ones (Scenic 2, ACN) are giving me trouble. I can make activities for all, but while loading "setting up simulation", I keep getting error messages such "can't load xxx.s shape files. OR - it will load to "loading world content" and then I get error "can't add car xxxxx.wag (UID123456) to world".
Yesterday I defragged my HD, reloaded the clone from my backup HD, and still getting the same errors. Am about to reinstall complete Train Simulator, but thought I would ask in here first, and see if anyone has any thoughts on this prob, or a fix???? Any and all help will be appreciated

Ted

Ted,

Take a look to see how many consists you have. There is a magical number that can cause some problems. I'm just not sure what that number is. As a rule, I tell everyone, that I work with, to keep that number below 500 if possible. Also, take a look in your 'Saves' folder. Too many of those can cause issues as well. I normally clean those out after I have finished an activity. Both of these items can cause Train Simulator to do some strange things when loading. One thing I do is turn off the routes that I am not using to keep the program from loading too many things. I don't use TrainStore. Instead I use a batch file that I created to rename the *.trk file. By doing that, TS doen't load all the services that are associated with the route freeing up some of the memory.

Jim