Missing Loose Consists Consists Exist in Activity Editor but Are Missing in the Sim
#11
Posted 13 September 2020 - 03:47 PM
May I suggest Ged's MSTS_Actman ( available at trainsim.com library ) to check your activity.
https://www.trainsim...right&fid=35722
#12
Posted 13 September 2020 - 03:50 PM
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#13
Posted 13 September 2020 - 04:43 PM
engmod, on 13 September 2020 - 03:47 PM, said:
May I suggest Ged's MSTS_Actman ( available at trainsim.com library ) to check your activity.
https://www.trainsim...right&fid=35722
Hi Derek: Thx for the info & the link. At your suggestion, I downloaded, installed, & ran the MSTS ActMan. Results of the activity checker showed 8 missing stock items, all associated w/loose consists. Results of the consist checker was more disappointing, but not unexpected based on the error count in the OR log. The initial report showed 671 errors, mostly missing stock items & mismatched TrainConfig file names. I then ran the Stock Fix function & that fixed several of the consist problems, but a second run of the consist checker showed there are still 569 files w/problems.
So. I guess my question now is what is the most efficient way to fix the remaining problem areas? Is there a utility that consist items that have missing files or does each problem file need to be fixed on an individual basis? clint
#15
Posted 13 September 2020 - 06:09 PM
Search and Replace
#16
Posted 13 September 2020 - 06:21 PM
Nighthawk72, on 13 September 2020 - 03:29 PM, said:
First, I have attached a zipped copy of the activity to this post. Next, if I interpret your last post correctly, the short version is that I have a lot of corrupted engine & rolling stock files & those files have in turn corrupted some of my consist files which have in turn caused those particular consists to become non-functional in the sim. Although I primarily use the TSRE Consist Editor, I do have a version of ConBuilder installed on this pc, so hopefully, I can utilize the CE in CB to fix some of the mess. Pls let me know if you find any errors in the attached activity. Thx again for your assistance. clint
Yes, Those files need to be fixed. When searching for a problem such as this, it is always best that the other files involved not have errors.
As to the Not a Number (nan) errors. I found this in your ACT file:
MaxVelocity ( 0.00000 nan )
That should read:
MaxVelocity ( 0.00000 0 )
or as the TSRE-CE seems to create for Wagon only consists
MaxVelocity ( 0.00000 0.00100 )
As to how to fix this just open the ACT in a TXT file editor and search for "MaxVelocity ( 0.00000 nan )" and Replace with "MaxVelocity ( 0.00000 0.00100 )" till you get to the end of the file.
With additional research I found that all the nan entries occur in consists with only a single wagon and that wagon was always this one:
Box_AAR1937_ATSF_E BLW_ZT_Boxcar_40_PRR
That WAG must have an error in it's Mass line or has no Mass line. As division by Zero = nan.
That needs to be fixed.
Also found no extraneous closing paren. End of Loose Consist section and end of data closing parens are both at the end of file.
Fix the Box_AAR1937_ATSF_E BLW_ZT_Boxcar_40_PRR WAG file's Mass line, the nan errors in the ACT and any ENG/WAG/CON file errors. Then test again to see if the LCs appear where they should in the ACT in the SIM.
#17
Posted 13 September 2020 - 06:31 PM
engmod, on 13 September 2020 - 03:47 PM, said:
May I suggest Ged's MSTS_Actman ( available at trainsim.com library ) to check your activity.
https://www.trainsim...right&fid=35722
I started to include that in my list of CE testers but the description made it sound more like Train Store rather than a tester of files.
#18
Posted 13 September 2020 - 06:38 PM
Nighthawk72, on 13 September 2020 - 03:50 PM, said:
Do you mean that there is a TXT file that lists the LCs in the Activity folder?
Yes I know about the List that is displayed by the TSRE-AE.
#19
Posted 14 September 2020 - 05:29 AM
#20
Posted 14 September 2020 - 06:53 AM
As I was about to say before prematurely sending the previous post, I spent a couple of hours last night going through the list of consists that showed up w/errors after running the ActMan utility. I ran it a second time after revising those consists & the number of errors dropped from 569 to 402. It is a somewhat tedious process but obviously necessary to fix a big mess like I seem to have created here, but it is also an opportunity to freshen up some older consists.
Charles, I have attached a screenshot of the list I mentioned in the Activity File. Its not a TXT file, just a listing of each consist & it's contents. Hopefully the screenshot will clear this up.
I too saw that that BLW Box appeared in almost all of the nan entries, so I found that LC & changed out that box w/another b/f seeing your note. I'm currently trying to locate that file to fix Mass value but have not been able to locate it as yet.
However, I'm puzzled about how the Max Velocity errors might have happened. I assume the incorrect nan values were assigned by the program when I created each of the loose consists b/c I did not assign any of them, so I'm not sure why they are incorrect. The fix will be easy by replacing the incorrect values, but I'm not sure how to keep that from happening again. Clint
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