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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 21/12/2021 at 22:20 #143062
stighetl
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Evening!

Yes, I'm aware that this issue has been brought up many of times before.

I tried following the tutorial posted here: https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/ThreadView/47615?postId=106991
and here: https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/ThreadView/48859?postId=110013

without any luck.

The TT I want to play is the 1922 North Wales Coast timetable.

Here's what I've done so far:

1. Download the .WTT file from https://www.SimSig.co.uk/File/Details/700
2. Started a new game with no timetable and no scenarios selected. Started the simulation paused.
3. In the timetable menu I clicked on "Open (Merge with current)".
4. Choose the North Wales 1922.WTT file and loading it. Tells me the "timetable merged successfully".
5. In the timetable menu, I click on "Save timetable" and give it the new name 1922.WTT
6. Exit the simulation
7. Start a new sim, using my 1922.WTT TT.

And now I get the error message: "Not a SimSig timetable".

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I really appreciate all the help I can get!

- Stig
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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 21/12/2021 at 22:28 #143063
Albert
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Do you have both timetables in the same folder? I would suggest to move the old one elsewhere as its file name might clash with the new one's given name (in the timetable editor.)
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Last edited: 21/12/2021 at 22:29 by Albert
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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 21/12/2021 at 22:46 #143064
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Thanks for the tips!

Unfortunately it didn't work. Might the be something wrong with the 1922 timetable? I will test with some other timetables as well!

- Stig
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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 21/12/2021 at 22:56 #143065
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Problem confirmed.

The resulting savedtimetable.xml is not in xml, yet the timetable in sim looks OK (if rather heavy on errors).

saved game attached - which gives some clue when reloaded 'Cannot load file XML parser error raised with message : Invalid unicode character line 38289 <Description 0710 from Holywell To'.

Suspect original wtt has some dodgy characters in it, does not look normal in notepad either

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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 21/12/2021 at 23:12 #143066
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bill_gensheet in post 143065 said:
Problem confirmed.

The resulting savedtimetable.xml is not in xml, yet the timetable in sim looks OK (if rather heavy on errors).

saved game attached - which gives some clue when reloaded 'Cannot load file XML parser error raised with message : Invalid unicode character line 38289 <Description 0710 from Holywell To'.

Suspect original wtt has some dodgy characters in it, does not look normal in notepad either
Thank you for the help! I tried the same with the 1981 scenario. Worked perfectly! Think I will just play that TT then, if there's alot of errors on the 1922 timetable!

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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 22/12/2021 at 08:37 #143069
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If it's just one character in a train description you could edit the XML with Notepad, save it and re-load. SimSig will then complain that the file has been edited because its checksum doesn't match but if you save again you should get rid of that.
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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 22/12/2021 at 11:57 #143070
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Albert in post 143069 said:
If it's just one character in a train description you could edit the XML with Notepad, save it and re-load. SimSig will then complain that the file has been edited because its checksum doesn't match but if you save again you should get rid of that.
Thanks for the tips! I will try that!

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Problem when trying to load old format TTs 22/12/2021 at 14:58 #143071
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It is 6H02 that causes the problem. So can be fixed in TT editor if reloaded from the old wtt file.

Then seems to load OK - attached

Bill

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