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Problems after loading a save game 10/11/2013 at 15:15 #51268
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24 posts 		I had two issues which appeared after loading a save game. Please find attached the save game at the bottom of this message.

  1. The settings for failures had changed vs the game I was playing before saving. I started my original game in normal mode, after loading my savegame signal failures and train delay amount were set to high, while points failures, track circuit failures and train delay probability were set to none. Failure time length on medium and minimum failure time between low and medium. I did not change these myself, also did not play any other simulations in between.
    The attached save game is from the orginal (0:00) 15th Oct 2009 timetable, the same issue happened in a save game from the 04:45 timetable

  2. Trains are appearing on the panel display on other locations than in the F2 screen. For example 3J92-0 shows on the panel at signal 364 while in F2 screen it says it's stopped at signal 362



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Problems after loading a save game 10/11/2013 at 15:26 #51269
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3984 posts 		" said:

  • The settings for failures had changed vs the game I was playing before saving. I started my original game in normal mode, after loading my savegame signal failures and train delay amount were set to high, while points failures, track circuit failures and train delay probability were set to none. Failure time length on medium and minimum failure time between low and medium. I did not change these myself, also did not play any other simulations in between.
    The attached save game is from the orginal (0:00) 15th Oct 2009 timetable, the same issue happened in a save game from the 04:45 timetable
    • Not sure if it's related, but in the manual it says that bespoke train delays have been written into the simulation, so it's recommended to keep F3 delays at None. Not sure if this would affect signal failures though.
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    Problems after loading a save game 21/12/2013 at 08:57 #53036
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    24 posts     		Hi,

    Here's a print screen from the F2 window. While the sim was loading I pressed the pause button. Trais seem to be running at very high speeds.
    The issue appears in all simulations which use the loader on my laptop. I'm running Windows 7.
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    Problems after loading a save game 21/12/2013 at 16:35 #53063
    GeoffM
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    6376 posts     		Sorry, I didn't see this before. That is rather bizarre! There is a developer setting to switch units (eg mph to km/h) which gives me somewhere to start looking.
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    Problems after loading a save game 22/12/2013 at 00:48 #53079
    BarryM
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    2158 posts     		Interesting, I loaded this save and it displayed everything as it should. No problems with F2 screen. I am running XP (SP3).

    Barry
    Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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    Problems after loading a save game 22/12/2013 at 07:55 #53086
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    2158 posts     		Cap, Would this Link be of any help?

    Barry
    Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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    Problems after loading a save game 22/12/2013 at 09:58 #53088
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    24 posts     		Geoff, Barry,

    Thank you for looking into this.
    I've tried running in compatibility modes, this didn't resolve the issue.
    Barry - as your testing showed that the save game seemed to be correct, i.e. you didn't get the high speed issues which I encountered, this made me question then why does it load differently on my machine? I found the reason in the regional settings. For my country by default the decimal symbol is set as a comma while the digit grouping symbol is set as a dot. Just changing decimal symbol into dot and digit grouping symbol into comma resolved the issue.

    Below you can see the F2 screen now with correct speeds. Comparing with my previous post, the speeds in my previous post are big multiples of what they should be due to this 'comma-dot' issue.


    Now for everyone who wishes to reproduce the 'bug', post your F2 screen speed records as a reply down here ;-)

    Kind regards,
    CAP
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    Last edited: 22/12/2013 at 10:27 by CAP.
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    Problems after loading a save game 27/12/2013 at 17:58 #53274
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    2789 posts     		Raised as Mantis 10266.
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    Problems after loading a save game 27/12/2013 at 17:59 #53275
    GeoffM
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    6376 posts     		Thanks for the discovery work - I didn't even think of that!
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