last 2 days, still no downloads coming down from CM

chopperaddict

Chopperaddict
I have been trying to 2+ days now to update my assets on a new tS12 installation. It was working fine, my FCT shows as active, and then 2+ days ago it has just stopped. I press Start - nothing, time and time again.

Is the CM down (again), or what is going on ?
Ian
 
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We are told that the servers are unstable at this time. They ask for patiense until they nail the problem. :eek:

OK, I will wait, of course :)

Only one problem though: Our FCT's are slowli ticking away. :'( No remedy is offered for that............ :(

ChrisD
 
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I just downloaded loads of stuff. The DLS works fine.

Your FCT is not ticking away... you are simply not using it.

Go download.
I doubt you have downloaded the whole site yet, so I am sure there is stuff to discover for you. You don't need new content in order to download stuff.

@ OP:
Wild guess... problem updating build in content? Try right-click and "show all version". List those and ask CM to download the not downloaded version. That bypasses that bug.
Also note that some content updates are for TANE / MAC and are simply to high version for TS12.
 
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Your FCT is not ticking away... you are simply not using it.

Very smart. Now tell me why My TANE says: Unable to contact MyTrainz Server.

And, Yes, My internet is working, I am answering Your Post right now.

ChrisD
 
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Now tell me why My TANE says: Unable to contact MyTrainz Server.
Because.... Under Trainz Settings, on the "Internet" tab you still have "Disable Online Features" selected?

Alternatively: You forgot to allow T:ANE internet access (so your firewall is blocking it)?
 
I've been downloading stuff from the DLS for the past few days for my TS12 and T:ANE programs without any problems. Maybe I've been clogging it up, lol.

I think you've forgotten to un-check 'Disable On-line Features' as oknotsen has suggested.
Cheers,
Roy3b3
 
Because.... Under Trainz Settings, on the "Internet" tab you still have "Disable Online Features" selected?

Really? Thanks for Your confidence in me. :eek:

My first reply was to Ian, trying to comfort him a bit. Unstable servers are not the easiest thing to troubleshoot, so all I was trying to say to him was, do not give up just Yet.


Then You came around, and instead of helping, You thought this was an ideal opportunity to have some "fun" at my expense .:(

Users like You are the reason, I normally stay out of these fora.

You forgot to check the top line. I have been using Trainz and the Download Station for more than 10 Years.

Yes, after 4 Hours and several retries, I finally got a connection.

If Ian does not check in to tell if he has managed to get in, I will not blame him.

ChrisD
 
As you say Chrisd, no extensions offered for our dead money on the FCT. Not good enough really. these guys have been doing it long enough to be able to run a RELIABLE downloads server better than this ?
Ian
 
Really? Thanks for Your confidence in me. :eek:
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You forgot to check the top line. I have been using Trainz and the Download Station for more than 10 Years.
So after more than 10 years of experience, you still don't know that if you do not tell us what you did so far to solve your problem, we can only guess and are going to ask the obvious (but easily overlooked) options?
That has absolutely nothing to do with questioning someone's confidence (or experience for that matter).

A common thing that comes with having a lot of experience is overlooking something obvious or that you assume you did check something. That is part of being human. Never had that experience?
Also keep in mind that T:ANE has been around for just a few months and some options are new or hard to find. 10 years of experience with other versions is only going to help you so much in that case.

I have been in IT all my life. One of the things I have learned is you can never know everything and assuming something is a common mistake.
 
Gentlemen ...
I did not want to spark a row in the forum, and it is not necessary. As one poster has said, and I can agree with him based on my own many years in the IT/Software development arena that to a great extent, SOFTWARE is a right Ba....t.....d and it is always full of bugs in the early days.

It is not that we are complaining about, it is the fact that the CM servers seem to be really erratic in who can get what and when ?

I hate to see my 12 month FCT wasted when I cannot use it to get what I need.

As an aside, one thing ta is really "p....s....g" me off is that the model layout I am/WAS working on use the AURAN hi speed track. I had to reinstall W7 (Guess why) and it seems that this basic "developer" track does not exist any more on the DST. This will take me hours to reset. How can Auran just junk something that was a part of their standard assets without any word of goodbye or warning.

I am going to have to spend forever replacing each section of a mainline double track with something else just because I cannot get hold of the Manufacturers "hi speed track", and all because Windozzzee threw its legs in the air yet again, forcing me to install YET ANOTHER INSTALLATION on my multi boot system. If an asset comes from Auran, surely it is reasonable to expect that it should always be available ?

It is only track after all, why has it just disappeared ????? Or that is what the DS is telling me, if I get lucky enough to make contact with it on my 12 month FCT
Ian
 
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