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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:12 #123102
midlands_lad
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Good evening all,

I have downloaded SimSig onto my laptop but can not start any simulations.
When I press start a new simulation there is nothing there. I have clicked on update and it goes through the update process but each update stated 'file does not exist on server'.
Does anybody have any ideas?

Many thanks,

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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:20 #123103
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Have you downloaded the system files

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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:31 #123104
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I just downloaded SimSig I think, how do I download the system files please?
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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:31 #123105
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Have you downloaded the system files recently, or have you done the install from an old download? If that's the case I'd recommend redownloading and installing the system files again then see what check for updates returns.

If that isn't the problem I wonder if the updater has write access to the directory in which it's trying to get to?

I'd also check if Anti-Virus is blocking internet access for the refresher.

System files are downloaded here

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Last edited: 30/01/2020 at 17:32 by headshot119
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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:36 #123106
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That is the exact download that I did, still no joy!
My laptop is running windows 7 should it work on this?

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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:43 #123107
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midlands_lad in post 123106 said:
That is the exact download that I did, still no joy!
My laptop is running windows 7 should it work on this?
Windows 7 is supported. What antivirus are you running?

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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:48 #123108
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Mcafee
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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 17:55 #123109
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midlands_lad in post 123108 said:
Mcafee
It may be that it's blocking the download of files. SimSig, while popular, is not "well known" to antivirus programs so if the sensitivity is set too high, it'll block the download out of an abundance of (over)caution. Have a look at the settings in McAfee - there might be a log file you can look at.

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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 18:09 #123110
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I have turned antivirus off and still no joy, I don't know what else to try.
All the files are downloaded but when I click on them on my c drive they are all empty?

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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 18:16 #123111
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Can you run check for updates, use the advance option, and then copy and paste the output log?
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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 18:18 #123112
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midlands_lad in post 123110 said:
I have turned antivirus off and still no joy, I don't know what else to try.
All the files are downloaded but when I click on them on my c drive they are all empty?
Are there any files in C:\Users\Public\Documents\SimSig\Simulations?

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Last edited: 30/01/2020 at 18:19 by GeoffM
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No Simulations Available 30/01/2020 at 19:05 #123113
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midlands_lad in post 123110 said:
I have turned antivirus off and still no joy, I don't know what else to try.
All the files are downloaded but when I click on them on my c drive they are all empty?
I don't understand what you are saying there. Do you actually mean that the loader has created a lot of directories/folders on your C: drive but the folders are empty?

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No Simulations Available 01/02/2020 at 09:38 #123122
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Yes I have all the folders but they are all empty. I have all the stations Aston, Stafford etc.
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No Simulations Available 01/02/2020 at 09:58 #123123
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Do you have something like this as a file structure?

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No Simulations Available 01/02/2020 at 11:57 #123125
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midlands_lad in post 123122 said:
Yes I have all the folders but they are all empty. I have all the stations Aston, Stafford etc.
I'd still put my money on the anti-virus being the problem, then. How did you turn McAfee off?

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No Simulations Available 01/02/2020 at 12:03 #123126
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I wonder if you haven't got SSL or TLS turned on correctly? see here
"Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer
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No Simulations Available 01/02/2020 at 14:11 #123127
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midlands_lad in post 123102 said:
Good evening all,

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Does anybody have any ideas?

Many thanks,
Hi,
A simple thing,
#1 did you click a rescan buton above window with sim choice ?
#2 had you mark directory to scan/read at Folder options ?



( sorry for my english ... )

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No Simulations Available 04/02/2020 at 20:07 #123160
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Thank you to everyone who helped me with this. I have finally resolved this, I had to go into my files on the c drive and double click them for them to load. After that everything is working fine, yet again many thanks!
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