UCT Help?

patrickbishop

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I spent a year designing and creating a extremely large layout of the Kings lynn to King's Cross. It was almost complete but today it had vanished from my Driver + Surveyor Lists. I thought I was doomed but I found I could use it in driver by using the LOAD SAVED GAME button please help I dont won't all that work to be for nothing. :'( :'(
 
What version of Trainz are you using?
In TRS2006 I also "lost" a layout I had been working on for no aparent reason.
The name is still there in Suveyor, including a session but when I select either, I get another layout. In driver though I can run a session so I know the layout is still there some where. Dern if I can figure out how to get at it in Surveyor.:'(
 
Just to Clarify

I am using UCT does anyone know if I can retrieve it after all I can drive trains by using the Load saved game Button
 
Hi patrickbishop,

First when saving some thing on a computer NEVER rely on one copy of your hard work, make backup copies and preferably save a copy to removable media.
Every time I go to make a major change to one of my layouts I save it as a separate map, ie Mylayout05, Mylayout06.

Now I will have a guess what happened to your map.

( OH! Before you do anything use Windows Explorer to open the Trainz UTC folder and copy your custom folder OUTSIDE of the UTC folder so you do have a backup copy of your work! )

(1) The last time you saved the map the file on your hard disk was corrupted and now windows is unable to load it, open Windows Explorer, right click on the icon of your hard drive, select properties, select tools and run error checking on your drive. You may be lucky and windows can repair the directory.

(2) The map was accidentally deleted from in UTC, in this case the deleted files does not show up in the recycle bin. There are utilities to recover files from the hard disk but they are not for inexperienced users and usually only work if you have not saved any new files to that hard drive since the file was lost.

(3) The map was accidentally deleted from windows Explorer/desktop in which case the files should be in your Recycle bin.

(4) Your copy Trainz UTC is corrupt and needs reinstalling. You did backup your Custom folder?

Sorry I have no idea if you can recover the map from a saved game? :confused:

I hope this helps,
Lindsay
 
That's what's wierd about patrickbishop and my situation. The functional session using the "missing" layout is still in driver but gone from surveyor.
 
Losing Layouts

Thanks for getting back to me people anyone who has lost a layout should post a reply here. I wonder how many there will be?
 
Help Me

"The map was accidentally deleted from in UTC, in this case the deleted files does not show up in the recycle bin. There are utilities to recover files from the hard disk but they are not for inexperienced users and usually only work if you have not saved any new files to that hard drive since the file was lost."

Does anyone know the way to do this
Step by Step instructions please
 
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