Accidently altered the local file path folder, Trainz will show running but launch screen won't open? What can I do to fix this?

[CofG509]

I accidentally screwed up the local data path folder in the Launcher's Settings Install. Now the game will show running but the Launcher screen won't open to start the game. What do I need to do?

 

[stagecoach]

Redirect the path to your data folder if you know its location.

 

[CofG509]

I'm somewhat PC illiterate. How do I go about doing this?

 

[stagecoach]

If it is in the default location when you installed it, then the path is something like
C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\N3V Games\trs22\build***********
Click on the three dots to the right of the path you have wrong in settings/install.

 

[CofG509]

That's the thing when, I hit play the game will load up and says it's running but my launch screen won't show up anymore so I can't get to the install settings.

 

[stagecoach]

It might be trying to find the path you entered incorrectly. Let it run for a bit and see if it will show once it can't find the path.

 

[CofG509]

I'm not at the PC. I will be later this afternoon. I'll give that a try and see if that will work.

 

[Forester1]

As Stagecoach mentioned above, you may be able to edit the file path at the following location:
C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\N3V Games\trs22 Look for a file called userdata-redirect-map.txt
Edit with any text editor and change the line that looks like this: "c:/program files/n3v games/trainz railroad simulator 2022" "E:/Trainz/trs22/build oadv6x201"
The second part should point to your actual data folder.
Then try launching the program.
But it seems odd that the launcher isn't even showing, as that launches from c:/program files/n3v games/trainz railroad simulator 2022\TRS22.exe

 

[CofG509]

Forester1 as soon as I get back to the PC later this afternoon I definitley will try that. If either of yours or stagecoach's suggestions doesn't fix it, I hope I can still pick yours and his brains some more help. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

 

[JCitron]

Start TRS22
At the Launcher, click on Trainz Settings.
Click on Install tab

In the white box, click on the ... located on the right-hand side.

This will open up a File Explorer type window.

You will need to navigate here to your local data folder.
Look for C:\Users\<your username>\App Data\Local\N3V Games.

You should see a folder here that says build followed by some letters and numbers.
Click on that folder
Click on Select Folder.

A box will come up saying that it's doing something and will need to restart.
Restart as required.

Start up again and hopefully you chose the correct build folder if there's more than one.

 

[CofG509]

JCitron that's the thing. My launcher won't show up to get to settings/install. What happened was I somehow managed to goof up all the text in that white box in the launcher/settings/install menu. And when I exited out and tried to restart game, it says its running but the launch menu won't appear so I cant access that white box. Stagecoach suggested its trying to search for it and I may need yo give it time but I do remember seeing the little loading circle fir a few seconds but it does go away but still no launch menu. And did go into the "C:\Users\your name\AppData\Local\N3V Games\trs22\build***********" and it used only showing one build.

 

[JCitron]

JCitron that's the thing. My launcher won't show up to get to settings/install. What happened was I somehow managed to goof up all the text in that white box in the launcher/settings/install menu. And when I exited out and tried to restart game, it says its running but the launch menu won't appear so I cant access that white box. Stagecoach suggested its trying to search for it and I may need yo give it time but I do remember seeing the little loading circle fir a few seconds but it does go away but still no launch menu.

It's possible that TRS22 is doing a background database repair because you broke something. This can hog your system and appear as though the program isn't running.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC at the same time.

This will bring up Task Manager.

Click on Name to put all the running apps in alphabetical order.

Scroll the list until you find TRS22.exe

Are there more than one running?

One will be sitting while the other is busy. You can tell by the CPU, disk, etc. doing lots of stuff with the disk really busy with up to 100% access.

Click on the idle one - the one that's just sitting there.
Right-click and choose End Task.

This will remove it.

It may take a while for TRS22 to start from here.

 

[CofG509]

JCitron, I'm away from the pc until this afternoon. I'll definitely do that and see what happens. Hopefully I'm just not giving it enough time to do the data repair as you've said. All of your help is greatly appreciated.

 

[CofG509]

It's possible that TRS22 is doing a background database repair because you broke something. This can hog your system and appear as though the program isn't running.

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC at the same time.

This will bring up Task Manager.

Click on Name to put all the running apps in alphabetical order.

Scroll the list until you find TRS22.exe

Are there more than one running?

One will be sitting while the other is busy. You can tell by the CPU, disk, etc. doing lots of stuff with the disk really busy with up to 100% access.

Click on the idle one - the one that's just sitting there.
Right-click and choose End Task.

This will remove it.

It may take a while for TRS22 to start from here.

It doesn't show TRS22 to be running at all. Any suggestions?

 

[Forester1]

Before starting, check the userdata-redirect-map.txt file mentioned above for the correct path.

 

[CofG509]

As Stagecoach mentioned above, you may be able to edit the file path at the following location:
C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\N3V Games\trs22 Look for a file called userdata-redirect-map.txt
Edit with any text editor and change the line that looks like this: "c:/program files/n3v games/trainz railroad simulator 2022" "E:/Trainz/trs22/build oadv6x201"
The second part should point to your actual data folder.
Then try launching the program.
But it seems odd that the launcher isn't even showing, as that launches from c:/program files/n3v games/trainz railroad simulator 2022\TRS22.exe

Forester1 THANK YOU! That worked. Everything back up and running. Very much appreciated.

 

[CofG509]

I want to thank all of you guys for helping me out. Very much appreciated. One more question. How do I restore an accidentally deleted route?

 

[JCitron]

I want to thank all of you guys for helping me out. Very much appreciated. One more question. How do I restore an accidentally deleted route?

I'm glad you got TRS22 up and running. I don't understand why it wouldn't start up and ask you for a username and password and create a new database.

Whatever...

Anyway, to restore a deleted route or any asset, this requires a bit of work in File Explorer.

Open up your Trainz user data folder. This is usually located in C:\Users\<your login>\App Data\Local\N3V Games.

The folder named begins with build.

Within that folder is a backups folder.
Open the backups folder and then the date where you think you may have deleted your route.
Look for the kuid for your route. There are rarely names. You can tell if it's a route because that file will be larger than others.

Copy that .tzarc file and paste that into the TRS22 editing folder.

Start the Launcher and run a database repair.

This will import your backed up route.

 

[CofG509]

I'm glad you got TRS22 up and running. I don't understand why it wouldn't start up and ask you for a username and password and create a new database.

Whatever...

Anyway, to restore a deleted route or any asset, this requires a bit of work in File Explorer.

Open up your Trainz user data folder. This is usually located in C:\Users\<your login>\App Data\Local\N3V Games.

The folder named begins with build.

Within that folder is a backups folder.
Open the backups folder and then the date where you think you may have deleted your route.
Look for the kuid for your route. There are rarely names. You can tell if it's a route because that file will be larger than others.

Copy that .tzarc file and paste that into the TRS22 editing folder.

Start the Launcher and run a database repair.

This will import your backed up route.

Sweet! Got my route back. Thanks for all your help.

 

[JCitron]

Sweet! Got my route back. Thanks for all your help.

Excellent!