Updated Tutorial Site page - Common Patching Errors

[shaneturner12]

I have updated the following page on my tutorial website:

Common Patching Errors

The information on said page is for TS2009 and later users, as Trainz Classics and earlier used a different patching system.

This now includes the majority of the errors, as well as errors/warnings/information that may crop up during the database repair stage.

This is in addition to my patching tutorial.

The address is http://shaneturner12.awardspace.co.uk/trainzdata/index.php?page=common-patching-errors.

This page is on my tutorial website navigation links as well.

This will be useful for new users who are not sure on what a patch error means.

Shane

 

[sniper297]

I suspect the most common error is failure to prep.

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showpost.php?p=793644&postcount=8

The major slowdown and cause of failure for TS2010 patch I found is having a full temp folder and/or fragmented hard drive. Unless you have run a cleanup in the last day or two check your C:\WINDOWS\Temp folder and look at how many orphans and stray cats are left behind. Patches usually extract to that folder, then have to hunt through all the unrelated files and folders unless the temp folder is empty when you start. I used my disk cleanup and emptied the recycle bin and defragged last Friday, looking just now I have 62 files in 17 subfolders of C:\WINDOWS\Temp totalling 13.9 megabytes. Clean up the junkyard and the patch won't have to work as hard.

 

[shaneturner12]

I agree - that is usually the case for several errors.

I think I've got parts of that in my patching guide, which is also on my tutorial website.

Shane

 

[sniper297]

Well, that's why I brought it up, in this;

http://shaneturner12.awardspace.co.uk/trainzdata/index.php?page=common-patching-errors

You mention running the disk check, but not cleanup or defragging. For most computer n00bs that should come first, you'd be amazed how many have NEVER run a disk clean or defrag, and many are actually unaware of the existence of the recycle bin until they start getting "disk full" errors trying to install something. Feel free to steal the pictures or the whole post, public domain.

 

[shaneturner12]

I will look into adding that information on later today - thankyou sniper297.

Shane

 

[shaneturner12]

Hi Sniper297,

I have now amended the page to include information on this. My patching tutorial also notes the information given as well.

Shane

 

[sniper297]

Looks good here, covers everything I ever heard of.

 

[shaneturner12]

Thankyou for the compliment.

If I do come across any other errors, I will add them to the page.

Shane