The Tracks of My Tears

[Measure_Twice]

Wasn't that Dionne Warwick ?

Sigh, was that song dedicated to my new Trainz frustration?

Here's the skinny:

I lay track, add assets, tweak a bridge here, a tunnel there and all is well.

Upon returning to previous portions of track, I see a junction where the branch track is now skewed halfway across my map and connected to a far junction in some other section (sometimes 5-6 baseboards away). The original branches are gone and only a stub left where it/they once joined.

Stop, don't even tell me my 286 processor can't handle it - please. I've added RAM . (I'm actually running a pretty slick machine, I don't think my RAM/processing is an issue).

So, looking at some of these tips and tricks, I believe (but not yet tested) the fact that using the CTRL-Z (undo) function could be the culprit. I'll have to break an old habit (me being very fastidious about my maps) of undo-ing and instead just delete the last mistakes.

Could there be any other culprits ?

Say a Little Prayer for Me
(another Dionne Warwick song, methinks)

Measure_Twice (lay track once)

 

[Pencil42]

If you are running TS2006 or earlier, yes, Ctrl-Z could be the culprit. This has been fixed in later versions of Trainz.

 

[Sourdough]

Wasn't that Dionne Warwick ?

I liked the Johnny Rivers version myself...

 

[SuperFudd]

I think Tracks Of My Tears was first a big hit for Smokey Robison and the Miracles. It has been done by several others including Boys to Men. It was used in the movie Platoon.

 

[Baureihe41]

"My smile is the make-up I wear since my break-up with youuuuuuuu."

 

[ssteere]

Wasn't that Dionne Warwick ?



So, looking at some of these tips and tricks, I believe (but not yet tested) the fact that using the CTRL-Z (undo) function could be the culprit. I'll have to break an old habit (me being very fastidious about my maps) of undo-ing and instead just delete the last mistakes.



Measure_Twice (lay track once)

I have read all about this CTRL- Z issue people talk about - never an issue i cannot replicate their woe so maybe look else where

 

[PGibbons]

Had this problem

...some time ago with TRS004/6. I never got to work out what the problem as but I suspect it may have been a faulty asset , (X-ing, station, platform etc) to which you connect track. The problem only seemed to happen in the route I was building at the time and Ive never had it since going to the latest versions of TRS006 (and 09). It was either a faulty asset as mentioned or some problem resulting from an upgrade of the Trainz version or moving the route from one version to the next.
Another possibility was that track sections were extending across many baseboards without spline points, I seem to remember something about ensuring there is at least one spline point on each baseboard.

Anyway I virtually had to restart the route as the error/bug seemed to appear at random in the middle of surveyor sessions.

Best of Luck
PG