Train Cars Are Us! Discuss them here..

[slider38]

After looking at your xml files I just have a couple of observations. First, you have at least a few non-city industries that receive a good but do not output one. This works ok for in-city industries like the Power Plant, but when I have tried it with non-city industries, it always leads to crashes. Second, you have a mixed bag of traincar entries. Some have the icon line and some don't. I suspect that doesn't matter, but it looks strange.

I would suggest this - use the <!-- --> to blank out all but one industry that is out of city - something simple and see if you can safely get the good delivered. Assuming that is successful, try adding an industry out of city that has a good delivered but nothing output and see what happens. With what I've got that's the only suggestion that I can thin of. Perhaps that might solve the issue.

[snoopy55]

I'll take a look at it. I may need the whole map, we'll see what happens.....


Now you do understand, if I break anything in these four files, I ain't responsible for it.........

[snoopy55]

In reference to Sliders post (and correct me if I'm wrong Slider), another way to make this work is to do the <Output> with the same one and the main one, in this case Automobiles, but using a low <Output> like this:

<Production>
<Resource>
<Input>Machinery</Input>
<Output>Automobiles</Output>
<InputOutputRatio>0.01</InputOutputRatio>
</Resource>
<Resource>
<Input>Auto Parts</Input>
<Output>Automobiles</Output>
<InputOutputRatio>1.0</InputOutputRatio>
</Resource>
<Resource>
<Input>Chemicals</Input>
<Output>Automobiles</Output>
<InputOutputRatio>0.01</InputOutputRatio>
</Resource>
</Production>

This SHOULD get around the problem Slider brought up. In this case you will get an extra Automobile every so often, but not enough to worry about.

And NSRailfan, PM me the whole map, I want to look at the total Variables and see what kind of numbers it has.

And this crash, does it do it when you handle the 32nd Good by itself, or while you have other Goods active?

[slider38]

I would think that would work Snoopy, as long as the out-of-city industries output something. There are several industries that are out-of-city that contain exchanges that have no output as part of the mix. It shouldn't be hard to determine whether or not those are the source of the problem.

[slider38]

I have posted a shortened doubledoor boxcar. Sometimes the size of some of the version 3 cars just seems to overwhelm the size of the engine. I wanted a doubledoor boxcar a bit smaller than what I had. Perhaps someone else will need it as well.