Raildriver problem

[Komachi]

I got a bit of problem with my new Raildriver *Sigh* When I hit Start/Run Raildriver in the train cab, it doesn't set up, it just keeps toggling back and forth ebtween the three HUD's, like it's repeatedly pressing F5. Help please.

[stresstool]

The symptom is caused by the RD being unable to find the red HUD information in the upper right corner of the screen. Some of the causes are:

You have to run MSTS in full screen mode, not windowed and run it on XP and not Vista.

If you've done something to the HUD such as change the colors or font as might happen with some of the HUD add-ons (or MSTSbin), RD will fail to find its info.

If you have set your video card's antialias or ansiotropic filtering to something other than 'none' or 'application controlled', RD might have trouble finding its info.

If your PC is too slow, RD will cycle the HUD because it takes too long for it to figure out what it's supposed to do. Check your frame rate (shift-Z). If it's lower than about 8, you're going to have trouble.

Good luck.

[Komachi]

The symptom is caused by the RD being unable to find the red HUD information in the upper right corner of the screen. Some of the causes are:

You have to run MSTS in full screen mode, not windowed and run it on XP and not Vista.

If you've done something to the HUD such as change the colors or font as might happen with some of the HUD add-ons (or MSTSbin), RD will fail to find its info.

If you have set your video card's antialias or ansiotropic filtering to something other than 'none' or 'application controlled', RD might have trouble finding its info.

If your PC is too slow, RD will cycle the HUD because it takes too long for it to figure out what it's supposed to do. Check your frame rate (shift-Z). If it's lower than about 8, you're going to have trouble.

Good luck.

I think the font may very well be different, um, how do I change it?

[stresstool]

I think the font may very well be different, um, how do I change it?

Beats me. Did you copy the string.dll from the 'Rail Driver DLLs' directory after installing bin? It is my understanding the default font and/or color and/or position on the screen of the HUD is changed by bin so George provided a string.dll to restore RD's required colors, positions and fonts but you have to do the legwork to replace it. If you haven't done so already, just overwrite the string.dll in the top level directory with the appropriate one from the 'Rail Driver DLLs' directory.

If you have already done that, then I have to ask another question. Do you use mini-routes or do you otherwise have multiple installations of MSTS and either start MSTS via its launcher or via RDmanager? If none of that is true, then I'm out of ideas. Sorry.

[Komachi]

Beats me. Did you copy the string.dll from the 'Rail Driver DLLs' directory after installing bin? It is my understanding the default font and/or color and/or position on the screen of the HUD is changed by bin so George provided a string.dll to restore RD's required colors, positions and fonts but you have to do the legwork to replace it. If you haven't done so already, just overwrite the string.dll in the top level directory with the appropriate one from the 'Rail Driver DLLs' directory.

If you have already done that, then I have to ask another question. Do you use mini-routes or do you otherwise have multiple installations of MSTS and either start MSTS via its launcher or via RDmanager? If none of that is true, then I'm out of ideas. Sorry.

I actually start MSTS via either RDmanager or Train-Store and then RD-Manager. I've also copied that String.dll to the main MSTS directory too, and that hasn't fixed it yet. Also,w hat's a mini-route? And well, no, I just have the installation of MSTS and Trainz UTC on my computer.

[RailDriver_Rocco]

To get the default Heads Up Display text within MSTS please download the attached zipped file and extract the contents to the following location:

:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\GUI\Driveraids

[Komachi]

To get the default Heads Up Display text within MSTS please download the attached zipped file and extract the contents to the following location:

:\Program files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\GUI\Driveraids

I did that and it's still doing the same thing, the RD display showing - - - and it basically just hits F5 over and over...

[stresstool]

It has to be a fundamental problem.

What are your system specs, specifically your video card?
What have you set your video card options to? Can you post a screenshot of them?
I don't know if it matters, but what have you set your screen resolution in MSTS?

[Komachi]

It has to be a fundamental problem.

What are your system specs, specifically your video card?
What have you set your video card options to? Can you post a screenshot of them?
I don't know if it matters, but what have you set your screen resolution in MSTS?

How would I get my system specs and video card specs? And as for MSTS resolution, I tried each option, didn't work, from 640x480 to that 1024 one

[stresstool]

How would I get my system specs and video card specs? And as for MSTS resolution, I tried each option, didn't work, from 640x480 to that 1024 one

Press START
Select RUN
Type DXDIAG <enter>

Then choose the 'Save all information' button on the bottom and pick a place to put the dxdiag.txt file. Open dxdiag.txt with notepad or wordpad, highlight the sections that identify "System Information" and "Display devices" and copy to the clipboard (control-C). Post a message here and copy the clipboard to it (control-V).

I cannot assure you I can figure anything out from that, but maybe it'll highlight something.

[RailDriver_Rocco]

Please follow the procedure below so I can take a look at your screen, this will allow me to diagnose what the issue is:

Open MSTS (No Need to run RailDriver)

Go into a train cab view as if you were about to drive.

Press F5 to bring up the heads up display

Press "Print Screen" on your keyboard

Exit Train Simulator completely.

Go to :Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator

Email the file SCRGRB0.PCX to Roccol@RailDriver.com

[OTTODAD]

Try this:

With your Raildriver plugged into a USB port start it with it's Desktop Shortcut, select the loco type you want to drive and start MSTS with it's Play function.

In MSTS choose the route and select an activity you want to drive in. If selecting Explore Route mode then select a loco to drive and a consist for it, if desired.

When in the loco's cab then press F5 twice and you should see this:

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4227&stc=1&d=1213287116

Set the Raildriver's Reverser and Throttle to Neutral, the Independent Brake to OFF and the Automatic Brake to say 50%.

Now press the Raildriver's Run/Stop button and it's LED digital speedometer should show ZERO, the above shown RED text HUD display remaining fixed.

Now drive the loco with the Raildriver.

That still not working then download the attached ZIP containing three *.IOM files and after un-zipping it COPY/PASTE the un-zipped GLOBAL folder over the one in the Train Simulator folder and you will be asked for permission to overwrite it. If not then you have not done it right !

If you are using VISTA then the *.exe which runs the Raildriver program needs to be run as Administrator in it's properties by right-clicking on it, select Properties and click on "Run as Administrator" or words to that effect.

The Train.exe may also have to be set to run with Administrator's rights !

O t t o

[Komachi]

Try this:

With your Raildriver plugged into a USB port start it with it's Desktop Shortcut, select the loco type you want to drive and start MSTS with it's Play function.

In MSTS choose the route and select an activity you want to drive in. If selecting Explore Route mode then select a loco to drive and a consist for it, if desired.

When in the loco's cab then press F5 twice and you should see this:


Set the Raildriver's Reverser and Throttle to Neutral, the Independent Brake to OFF and the Automatic Brake to say 50%.

Now press the Raildriver's Run/Stop button and it's LED digital speedometer should show ZERO, the above shown RED text HUD display remaining fixed.

Now drive the loco with the Raildriver.

That still not working then download the attached ZIP containing three *.IOM files and after un-zipping it COPY/PASTE the un-zipped GLOBAL folder over the one in the Train Simulator folder and you will be asked for permission to overwrite it. If not then you have not done it right !

If you are using VISTA then the *.exe which runs the Raildriver program needs to be run as Administrator in it's properties by right-clicking on it, select Properties and click on "Run as Administrator" or words to that effect.

The Train.exe may also have to be set to run with Administrator's rights !

O t t o

Tried that, didn't work.

[OTTODAD]

Tried that, didn't work.

Scanning this thread once more I noticed you saying the RD display showing - - -, indicating that the Raildriver has not recognised that a route has been started and after pressing the Run/Stop button has not displayed the F5-HUD, nor has changed the digital Speedometer from the flashing Run to 0 !

So I took my son's Raildriver out of mothballs, nobody using it since I bought it for him as soon as it was released and must have been one of the first to order two, one for him and another one for myself. ;)

Downloaded the Rdmsts.exe from the Raildriver web site and installed it, letting it reboot my son's WIN-XP Pro SP2 computer.

That done, I plugged it into a USB port and WIN-XP recognised new hardware and it was ready to be used.

Started the Raildriver Manager, did all the calibrations and it was ready to PLAY, the digital Speedometer displaying rd:

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4338&stc=1&d=1213743912

Clicked on Play, the digital Speedo changing to a flashing run and MSTS loaded.

Selected a route and a single DASH-9 to run in it and displaying it's driver cab there is no sign of the F5 HUD.

Pressing the Raildriver's Run/Stop button part 1 and part 2 of the RED text HUD displayed and the digital Speedo changed to 0 (Zero). This at 1024x768x32 on a 22" wide-screen Apple TFT monitor, the horizontal stretching of the HUD not giving the Raildriver any headaches: ;)

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4339&stc=1&d=1213743912

Ready to drive the DASH-9 and all controls worked as they should.

If your's after doing all the above is not functioning the same then there are a number of possibilities.

A) It was not installed or not calibrated properly.
B) Your computer's graphical display capability is inadequate.
C) Other programs running in the background at the same time.
D) A slow CPU.
C) The Raildriver itself is faulty.

That's all I or anybody else can do to help you make it work and failing to do so have to hand you over to the Raildriver Support team.

O t t o

[Komachi]

Scanning this thread once more I noticed you saying the RD display showing - - -, indicating that the Raildriver has not recognised that a route has been started and after pressing the Run/Stop button has not displayed the F5-HUD, nor has changed the digital Speedometer from the flashing Run to 0 !

So I took my son's Raildriver out of mothballs, nobody using it since I bought it for him as soon as it was released and must have been one of the first to order two, one for him and another one for myself. ;)

Downloaded the Rdmsts.exe from the Raildriver web site and installed it, letting it reboot my son's WIN-XP Pro SP2 computer.

That done, I plugged it into a USB port and WIN-XP recognised new hardware and it was ready to be used.

Started the Raildriver Manager, did all the calibrations and it was ready to PLAY, the digital Speedometer displaying rd:


Clicked on Play, the digital Speedo changing to a flashing run and MSTS loaded.

Selected a route and a single DASH-9 to run in it and displaying it's driver cab there is no sign of the F5 HUD.

Pressing the Raildriver's Run/Stop button part 1 and part 2 of the RED text HUD displayed and the digital Speedo changed to 0 (Zero). This at 1024x768x32 on a 22" wide-screen Apple TFT monitor, the horizontal stretching of the HUD not giving the Raildriver any headaches: ;)

Ready to drive the DASH-9 and all controls worked as they should.

If your's after doing all the above is not functioning the same then there are a number of possibilities.

A) It was not installed or not calibrated properly.
B) Your computer's graphical display capability is inadequate.
C) Other programs running in the background at the same time.
D) A slow CPU.
C) The Raildriver itself is faulty.

That's all I or anybody else can do to help you make it work and failing to do so have to hand you over to the Raildriver Support team.

O t t o
Lord I hope it isnt' the raildriver. Slow CPU? Not really, it worked the first day I got it, after that the Series 2000 stopped workin, then the Steamers, then everything. Other programs? Not that I know of. Installed and calibrated wrong? No, installed it right from the disk and followed the calibration instructions to the T. To be more specific on the problem, I set the loco for example here to the Acela HHP-8, and open RD Manager, select HHP-8 for locomotive, and click play. It goes to the MSTS thing, and then I get into the route, the raildriver displaying 'run', then I hit the Raildriver Start/Run button, and then RD displays - - - and it continually cycles through the F5 menu's. I'm also using MSTS BIN, but, again, it worked before, with BIN. So...

[OTTODAD]

Hi Jeremy !

This from the Raildriver web site:

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbts/attachment.php?attachmentid=4342&stc=1&d=1213758958

Here's another option which I think has helped some which had HUD toggling problems before.

Switch on part 1 and part 2 of the F5-HUD before pressing the RUN/STOP button. Does it start toggling again or has the digital Speedo changed to 0 - Zero ?

Downloading and installing this latest rdmsts.exe RD-Manager for MSTS might also help ?

http://www.raildriver.com/support/downloads.php

O t t o

[Komachi]

Hi Jeremy !

This from the Raildriver web site:


Here's another option which I think has helped some which had HUD toggling problems before.

Switch on part 1 and part 2 of the F5-HUD before pressing the RUN/STOP button. Does it start toggling again or has the digital Speedo changed to 0 - Zero ?

Downloading and installing this latest rdmsts.exe RD-Manager for MSTS might also help ?

http://www.raildriver.com/support/downloads.php

O t t o

Trying the installer now as none of the other stuff is a issue, and no, I did switch on parts 1 and 2 of the HUD and then pressed the button, and the ONLY time it changed to 0 is temporarily when I accidentally hit the windows button on the keyboard which switched to the desktop, then it went from - - - to 0 for a second then to 'run'

[Komachi]

Just tried it, didn't help...

[Komachi]

Also, for those that think it is BIN(Like Rocco), it's not. I un-installed bin much to my displeasure, and tried it, and it did the same thing.

[OTTODAD]

Also, for those that think it is BIN(Like Rocco), it's not. I un-installed bin much to my displeasure, and tried it, and it did the same thing.

This reminded me that the latest MSTSBin patches also provide a Rail Driver DLLs folder.

Copy it's EN\string.dll file into the Train Simulator folder.

Re-installing the MSTSBin 1.8.05 patch should be no problem.

http://mstsbin.uktrainsim.com

If there is then let us know.

Could you show us a screenshot of your monitor after displaying the F5-HUD 1 & 2 manually before you start the Raildriver with Run/Stop ?

O t t o

[Komachi]

Well I got it working after going for broke, backing up the custom content, and re-installing MSTS AND Windows adn that seemed to do it.

[jp 4712]

Having terrible troubles here. I had used both the beta and RC versions with no problem, but the 'final' version is proving to be a bit of a disaster.

Having uninstalled the RC version, I installed the 'final' but the installer told me it couldn't write raildriver.dll. So I deleted that from the RS plug-ins directory, cleaned out the files that RD had installed to the PI Engineering directory and started again. Still no joy. So, I retrieved the raildriver.dll from the Release Candidate version back from the recycle bin.

On starting, I now get the 'corrupted script' message and a whole lot of stuff in the RD screen as attached.

I'm running 32-bit Vista, ran both the RD installer and RD program as administrator. Everything is installed to default location.

Any help, please?

Thanks

Paul

[johnan]

Paul, have you looked at "angelscript error" thread below this one?
I had the same problem until I found a spurious "#" in the line of text that needs to be altered to point to the non default location of RS.

[johnan]

On re-reading your post Paul, I see your installations are in default locations so my previous suggestion may not be relevant.
Perhaps worth checking though!