no saving to external drive

[namrak99]

Im a long time Trainz user just returning to the sim after a few years off. my last version was TANE. I recently bought TRS22 platinum. I play on a MacBook and it runs surprisingly well. I have an external SSD that I have a copy of the current program that works perfectly for running all the routes, etc. the problem is saving anything. I get a message that says it couldn't save and I need to check my storage space. The SSD has more than 1.5Tb available space. any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[pware]

the problem is saving anything

I do not know anything about MacBooks but what do you mean by "saving"?

Is it the normal ingame "Save" and "Save As" operations from Surveyor or Driver? Those saves are made to your User Data Folder wherever that is located. To check its location select Trainz Settings from the Launcher then select the Install tab. You can change this to any drive and/or folder. See the Trainz Wiki page at How_to_Move_Your_User_Data_Folder for the details.

Is it the "Export to CDP" operation from Content Manager? In my experience (and again, I do not know MacBooks) that will only be stopped if the destination drive is full or faulty.

 

[autodctr]

I do the normal save and then go into my Content Manager, find what I just saved, and export it as a .cdp file to my external drive.

 

[stagecoach]

The program is on your SSD as you asked it. The data folder is on your internal OS drive by default. Look for the data folder in your MacBook open it and copy the build folder to your SSD. Open TRS22 launch screen and the install tab. Change the path to the newly placed build folder and do a DBR.

 

[sultan1966]

Your Database (DB) Folder/Files on a Mac are located at /Users/**Your Name***/Library/Containers/com.n3vgames.trs22 ..Your DB folder.. and 2 files. By default Mac OS hides the Library Folder so to see/reveal these hidden Mac Folders - Click - CMD Shift Period. There are 2 Library folders so you need to follow the path above exactly. Once you get this DB folder, backup, then move it to your external device and change path on Trainz/Trainz Settings/Install/ and change Local Data install path to that the DB Folder you just moved. The Path on your external doesn't matter, I always use /1/DB Folder or Trainz/DB Folder to make things easier. If Trainz is open, I always shut it down and restart to make sure Local Data path change doesn't revert back to Trainz Default. Hope this helps

 

[namrak99]

I appreciate the suggestions. Got it working now.

 

[namrak99]

Im a long time Trainz user just returning to the sim after a few years off. my last version was TANE. I recently bought TRS22 platinum. I play on a MacBook and it runs surprisingly well. I have an external SSD that I have a copy of the current program that works perfectly for running all the routes, etc. the problem is saving anything. I get a message that says it couldn't save and I need to check my storage space. The SSD has more than 1.5Tb available space. any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all suggestions. I can save to an external but not an ssd for some reason. by saving, I mean when you exit a session, I get a message that there is not enough space. there is because the ssd is1.5Tb and there is plenty of space. it works fine on another external drive.

 

[JCitron]

Thanks for all suggestions. I can save to an external but not an ssd for some reason. by saving, I mean when you exit a session, I get a message that there is not enough space. there is because the ssd is1.5Tb and there is plenty of space. it works fine on another external drive.

Could this be a permissions issue writing to the SSD? I've seen programs put up the incorrect error message.

 

[sultan1966]

I run Trainz on a RAID 0 setup that "Syncs" to another RAID 0 setup exactly the same, so I know Trainz runs fine on a SSD. SSDs on Mac OS do prefer to be formatted APFS and HHDs prefer HFS+. The will "talk" to each other if you mix, so no worries. Is your external SSD formatted APFS or HFS+? Also, as I mentioned above, open Trainz/Trainz Settings/Install/ and change/confirm the Data DB Folder is to path of your DB Folder on the external SSD. I have found that for some reason if you leave the DB folder on the Mac and also on any external, Trainz likes to revert back to its default on MacBook. I thinks its in the code so If I go external or anywhere else, I remove or rename the default DB folder on Mac so Trainz can't find it as long as I'm on external. If you want it and it isn't currently set to your external, be sure to make the change on the path, shut it down and restart to make sure Local Data path change doesn't revert back to Trainz Default. This only needs to be done once. Be sure and backup your current DB folder, put it somewhere safe and if things start going screwy make sure Trainz didn't revert path back to default, unless that's where you want it.