JonMyrlennBailey
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This means deselecting the Trainz game while a Session is running and using another program like a web browser so Trainz just runs in the background with the PC mouse active in another window.
This means Trainz is running in an inactive window, and this can be trouble. I found out it is best to pause the game before going to check email or something so the Trainz session doesn't collapse.
I was running an AI schedule and left TS12 running in an inactive window for a while. Some drivers did not stumble on their respective schedules but at least one did stumble when he got to the Couple at Trackmark command in my train yard. I had Trainz running in the background as an inactive window for a couple of hours and came back two find two inter-coupled engines out on the main line without the manifest freight consist in haul that they should have picked up at the yard already. Looking at the timetable, Couple at Trackmark was the lead command on the schedule still not completed. The unintended-wildcat driver was running around the layout like a chicken with his head cut off stuck on this failed command. Retesting this session from a saved point did not result in any errors with this particular timetable when the Trainz window was left active or put on Pause whevever the window was made inactive.
In short, Couple at Trackmark won't execute properly when the session is left running in an inactive window. Pause the game if you have to leave it for a while. Having a Trainz session run in an inactive window can cause the works to break down for reasons known only to computer science experts. I don't know about TANE and other editions, but my TS12 doesn't seem to like being left running in an inactive window.
This means Trainz is running in an inactive window, and this can be trouble. I found out it is best to pause the game before going to check email or something so the Trainz session doesn't collapse.
I was running an AI schedule and left TS12 running in an inactive window for a while. Some drivers did not stumble on their respective schedules but at least one did stumble when he got to the Couple at Trackmark command in my train yard. I had Trainz running in the background as an inactive window for a couple of hours and came back two find two inter-coupled engines out on the main line without the manifest freight consist in haul that they should have picked up at the yard already. Looking at the timetable, Couple at Trackmark was the lead command on the schedule still not completed. The unintended-wildcat driver was running around the layout like a chicken with his head cut off stuck on this failed command. Retesting this session from a saved point did not result in any errors with this particular timetable when the Trainz window was left active or put on Pause whevever the window was made inactive.
In short, Couple at Trackmark won't execute properly when the session is left running in an inactive window. Pause the game if you have to leave it for a while. Having a Trainz session run in an inactive window can cause the works to break down for reasons known only to computer science experts. I don't know about TANE and other editions, but my TS12 doesn't seem to like being left running in an inactive window.
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