Recent content by wilts747

Unfortunately not only do you not have permissions, you cannot get or give yourself permissions through Windows (Wine) or the Linux host OS to enable you to mount a volume drive from within Windows. This is not a result of using Wine, it is the reality of managing the assets of different OS. I...

A bit late to discover and I'm very sorry you found out the hard way but dual boot is as dangerous as it it helpful. When it goes wrong, which too frequently it does, it really goes wrong as I now understand it has for you, because it can crash all three elements, Windows, Linux and the boot...

Download Mint, write to USB stick and run from the Boot Menu but do not install at this point. Use the file manager to save any files to removable storage. Locate the partition manager ‘Gparted’ (not on all Linux distributions) and run, delete all existing partitions on the hard drive and...

Your space issue could be just in the way your respective drives are formatted. Drive space is divided up into blocks (sectors) and can vary on the type of storage and chosen format. eFAT for example can be between 4KB and 128KB subject to drive size. Trainz has loads of small files but each...

I sync my current 'local' and 'original' Trainz folders to an ancient NAS and have done since the days of Win 7. I'm now a Linux user but when between OS never had an issue cloning these folder between Win and Linux and visa-versa. Remember we are talking .tzarc files but the same will apple to...

I suggest your issue is between that signal and the next otherwise the train would have advanced to the next signal. When driving use Map View with markers and signals enabled to try to spot it. Alternatively place an additional signal a short distance ahead of where the train is currently...

Sounds familiar. I think the problem with route building is that every turnout becomes a branch line and then every branch line becomes a mainline and so it snowballs. we don't know how to stop the expansion and complete what we already have. However a couple of words of wisdom has change my...

To me it looks like the native resolution/screen ratio of the game and the screen are different. Perhaps un-check the full screen check box in the game and use ALT + Enter to obtain or cancel full screen viewing. Change the screen resolution/ratio where possible to match that of the game and...

A spinning wheel like windows is just Mint saying I'm busy so I don't think you are doing anything wrong. But back to basics. Open Trainz any way you can, if necessary using one of the file managers navigate to TRS22.exe and right clicking on it and selecting Open with Wine Windows Program...

A couple of points. There is always the exception but generally when installing a program through Wine a program icon is placed under the Wine sub-menu of the Start Menu and sometime on the desktop when selected during the install options. However you can create your own menu entry either by...

Regarding speed, if you haven't already done so do ensure that your drivers are up to date. The likes of Mint has its own Driver Manager under Administration and its as easy to update a driver as it is to go back to the previous one. Wine can be tweaked a little. Run winecfg in the terminal to...

They are only outdated for the later versions of Trainz but many members still build and run the earlier versions going back in excess of twenty years. This video on YouTube will give you a little of the history. Peter

Sorry I do sincerely apologies. I was of the impression you were in the process of creating a simple universal 'go-to' web page with the instruction on how to install Trainz on any Linux of choice preferable without having to spend too much time in the future frequently updating it. It seems I...

Why are you re-inventing the wheel, or in this instance explaining to others how to get Trainz up and running on Linux when others have already done a fairly good job and the majority of the work for you, which they in turn are already keeping up to date. To save yourself a lot of effort now...

I'm not sure it will make a lot of difference to Trainz if any at all, but if you are multi-tasking, editing video in the background for example go for it. It's not going to cost you anything and can be easily removed should you want it for another job. Peter