AE does not work with XP patch

[cbblackard]

At least for me it doesn't. It worked using the regular version of the latest patch but when I install the XP version, I get a message when I try to open the AE saying a file is missing. The name of the missing file is not specified.

Anyone else experienced this?

[klsc85]

I'm not getting any "file missing" messages, but now when I enter and exit AE I'm getting the old pre-1.4-update "No disc in drive" message. I just click "continue" and AE either loads or exits normally...annoying but not fatal.

Maybe there is something shifty going on between the XP patch and AE, but perhaps it's affecting different machines in different ways.

Uncle E

[GaryG]

Hi

Did you install the two required .dll files? If not, that might explain why the editors won't run.

GaryG

[OTTODAD]

No problems opening activities using the MSTSBin 1.6.122319XP patch !

If MSTS announces that there is no CD in it's drive then that is telling you that you had a CD in the drive and then took it out before running MSTS. Re-boot your computer or put any CD into the drive.

If MSTS needs one of it's CDs it would say "Insert a MSTS CD" or words to that effect !

O t t o

[cbblackard]

>Hi
>
>Did you install the two required .dll files? If not, that
>might explain why the editors won't run.
>
>GaryG

That was the first thing I checked. Do these .dll files affect only the editors?

[cbblackard]

>No problems opening activities using the MSTSBin 1.6.122319XP
>patch !
>


Well, then maybe I need to try re-installing. I installed the new non-XP patch first and it worked fine. Then, after I found out the new XP patch existed, I uninstalled the non-XP patch and installed the new XP patch. I was able to run an activity just fine but when I went to run the AE, it would not open.

[OTTODAD]

Try this:

Delete the MSTSBIN_BACKUP folder and the two Uninst_Patch*.* files in the Train Simulator folder and find a December 2001 V.1.2/1.4 Train.exe to replace the one installed by the 1.6. patch and then install the MSTSBin 1.6.122319XP patch, followed by copying the Translated DLLs\EN\*.dll files into the Train Simulator folder.

If that still does not work then there is something in that activity the 1.6.122319XP train.exe does not like !

Any other activities refusing to load in the AE ?

O t t o

[cbblackard]

>Try this:
>
>Delete the MSTSBIN_BACKUP folder and the two
>Uninst_Patch*.* files in the Train Simulator folder and
>find a December 2001 V.1.2/1.4 Train.exe to replace the
>one installed by the 1.6. patch and then install the MSTSBin
>1.6.122319XP patch, followed by copying the
>Translated DLLs\EN\*.dll files into the Train Simulator
>folder.
>
>If that still does not work then there is something in that
>activity the 1.6.122319XP train.exe does not like !
>
>Any other activities refusing to load in the AE ?
>
>O t t o

It's not one activity that is failing to load but rather the entire AE. I received the (rather strange) message that the installation failed and that I might need to re-install train.exe. Strangely, the sim itself worked fine and I was able to successfully run an activity using the XP patch. It was only the AE that refused to cooperate.

I'll try re-installing this evening.

[OTTODAD]

[font color=blue]I received the (rather strange) message that the installation failed and that I might need to re-install train.exe.[/font]

This message is telling you that the MSTSBin patch installer could not find a Version 1.2 (1.4) December 2001 Train.exe in the Train Simulator folder or that the previous MSTSBIN_BACKUP folder was still in the Train Simulator folder.

In either case doing what I suggested above should take care of all that !

If you do not have a copy of the December 2001 1.2 (1.4) train.exe then download the Train Simulator Version 1.2 update from the MSTS Download web site and install it into your Train Simulator folder before running the MSTSBin 1.6.122319XP patch !

O t t o

[cbblackard]

Thanks, Otto, it seems to be working now! I'm not exactly sure what I was doing wrong but I think it had something to do with my mini-routes. I was trying to install the patch to my "MiniMaster" folder and then copy the new files over to my mini-routes. Apparently I was failing to copy something.

Anyway, thanks for your help!