Patch failure

Just had another thought. That error may be related to the temporary files the patch creates - is your hard drive nearly full?

Shane
 
I think you need to guide the patch in to your Trainz install, as it may not be looking in the correct place. Click on the little icon with three dots to the RHS of the patcher window and navigate in explorer until you find the correct folder.

I had this problem when I uninstalled TS12 and went back to TS2010, the patcher was still looking for the TS12 exe file, but trainz.exe for TS2010 in a different place altogether.

It's also possible the Just Trains version has a slightly different install path than the original Auran product. Again, same solution just navigate through the folders and files until you find it.
 
Tried this also, but still nothing :(. I'll give it one more shot and I'll let the game install in C:, if this fails, I think I'll have to reinstall Windows :( again.
 
Vern said:
I think you need to guide the patch in to your Trainz install, as it may not be looking in the correct place. Click on the little icon with three dots to the RHS of the patcher window and navigate in explorer until you find the correct folder.

I had this problem when I uninstalled TS12 and went back to TS2010, the patcher was still looking for the TS12 exe file, but trainz.exe for TS2010 in a different place altogether.

It's also possible the Just Trains version has a slightly different install path than the original Auran product. Again, same solution just navigate through the folders and files until you find it.
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Vern is correct, the Just Trains version which I have has a default install path which is different from the Auran install path.

I am definately of the opinion that the reason why the patch is failing is because the path in the patcher window is not where 2009 has been installed. Using the icon with the three dots as Vern says allows you to re-set the path. Since I have installed my different versions of Trainz in different drives and folders, I always have to change the path in the patch window to re-direct the patch to the correct location for the Trainz version I am patching. Are you absolutely sure that you have navigated the patch to the correct location since the error message you are showing is exactly the one I get if I have set the path for the patch to the wrong location.

Scottish
 
I'm positive that, when asked to set the path for TS2009, I inserted the corect path (which, in my case, is E:\Auran\TrainzSimulator2009).
 
Any possible ideas of how the file might have been corrupted? And why? Last time I installed Trainz, in April, all went fine. I even saved at that time the patch file and tried with that one too, and I got the same error. Could it be a registry problem (e.g. The registries needed by the patch are in C: and, even if I specify the corect path, the patch still goes in C:)?
 
When i wanted to update my trainz 2009 with two service packs, I saved the service packs FIRST to the downloads folder on my PC (also to make win 7 do its security checks with the downloads), i didn't download the service packs straight to the game. then, i updated the game to service pack 41844 from the PC's download folder. so, maybe saving the service packs to the downloads folder on your PC first, and not straight into the game, might be of some help to you. Doing the updates in this way, the 2 service packs seemed happy to integrate with my copy of trainz 2009.

On win 7 machines, Trainz SHOULD be installed in this location - C:\program files(x86) , and not installed in c:\program files. I made the cock-up of putting trainz2009 in the wrong file location and was unable to install the first two patches up to 41844. all i got was 'unable to find trainz' when attempting the patches. if the patches get corrupted during the process, the only way around is to un-install trainz and then re-install it again. If you have any content downloaded from the DLS, it's best to copy the CDP files onto a back-up location, either a seperate folder on the PC, or in my case, i have all my DLS content and my route backed up in a USB flash stick.

On windows 7, Trainz2009 has to be run under administrator settings to bypass the many security protocols that Win 7 has got built in., otherwise patching the updates can go wrong and also saving a game session won't be possible - you will find a saved session will be automatically deleted each time the game is re-started and maybe any DLS content ends up missing from the list.

Regards.

Andy
 
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Well, although I still have 27GB in C:, I have 2 full dual layer DVD's of content :) and , should I install in C:, then my Windows partition would get too full. I intend to install the game in E: . I ran everything with admin priviledges.
 
Trainz is configured to install in the default folder location * C:\program files\ * [C:\program files(x86) on win7 machines] as any other folder destination such as D:\ or E:\ could be causing the patch failures or errors. the patches themselves also need trainz to be in the default C:\ location as they too also are configured to install only into the same C:\program files location. Ony my old (now broken) win xp machine, i tried to install the patches whilst my game happened to be located in D:\ only for the patches to cause similiar errors and failures.

Trainz 2009 service packs - (2) 38869 to 40040, and then (3) 40040 to 41844.

my legit copy of trainz2009 is the version by Justtrains.net and not the Auran version, so your copy might or might not be awkward in where the default save destination has to be.

Regards.

Andy
 
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I just spotted a little problem right now... My username in the PC has a latin vocale „ă” and, in the Users folder I 2 subfolders instead of one ... one is the corect username and the other one with a czech C instead of that latin vocale :S. Odd thing is that this one was last modified just as I uninstalled the game, again ... Could this be the issue?
 
not sure of this. when trainz first installs, the username and password it asks for in the main options/settings are the exact same as what you use to log in the forums and DLS. for the game to modify your username when uninstalling & re-installing, that's an unusual thing to occur. then again, the game only wants a username & password so to be able to access the dls & forums
 
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ah, okies :) if your windows log-on password is being changed for some unknown reason by the game, try resetting and using a new windows password and see what that then does.
 
That confirms one of my theories. The patcher is not designed to read from a temp folder with non English characters in the name.

Shane
 
Hello stormboy1992,

I have trainz09/10/12 installed on a separate HD with Windows Xp sp3 and a separate HD Windows 7 ( 64-bit ). My Trainz versions are not installed in the program files folder ( XP ) or program files folder ( x64 ) and all trainz versions are functioning.

Now for your updating patch issue.

Did you clean all elements from within the temp folder which you can find on a WIN 7 pc on c:\windows\temp. I have had a problem with a patch and after cleaning the temp folder, the update installed without any problem.

Best regards

Kurt :wave:
 
Hello belgian46,

I've must say that I haven't look in the temp folder :) ... and it's kind of full. I'll try to delete the content and then try again to install :). Also I created another user account with english letters only. Now I'll give it another try to see.

Best regards, Marius.
 
Fingers crossed that you can update the game with packs 2 and 3 after trying things like having a seperate win password and deleting old temp files. CCleaner is ideal in clearing out old temp files and other useless junk that builds up.

Let's hope you can start playing trainz, stormboy.


note: service Pack 4 is quite large at 449mb whilst the other 2 packs clock up to the 30mb range each.


*waiting for the BR Class 31 to finish downloading so I can start building a few sidings nr the station to store my coaches and to construct a station on my first baseboard


Regards.

Andy
 
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