Recent content by wilts747

Don't let the term 'AI' fool you, it is a list of rules and conditions dating back some 20 years or so. Yes a consist can find its way from A to B, waiting at red lights and switching the odd junction, but again it's following rules and conditions and even this frequently goes wrong if such...

There was less to go wrong, our expectations were fewer and if I recall correctly Trainz was probably a little more tolerant towards Windows. If only the same could be said today. Peter

Thank you :)

It's only a file, right click on the file and choose 'Open with Archive Manager' or similar then proceed how you would have done if using Windows. Its unlikely but if there isn't an archive manager installed, download the likes of 7 Zip or Pea Zip both of which have Linux versions. Whether you...

I'm not sure if Linux Gamer's are aware that many Linux distributions install by default 'Gamemode' which is a tool that allows games to request temporary optimization of the likes of CPU, GPU etc. for better gaming performance. When using the likes of Lutris, Bottles, Faugus, etc. it can be...

Very best wishes to you and your family on your retirement. Safe journey to your new home and the next chapter in your life. Peter

Most weeks I try out at least one new or updated distribution of Linux in an attempt to find a better, easier solution to run Trainz and hopefully one day overcome the Content Manager refreshing issue. For a change this week I tried out two fairly new applications with the aim of doing just...

35% of drivers in the UK are unsure what side of the road they are meant to be on.

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...