Play larger maps, 3GB enabler

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Sometimes Sid Meier’s Railroads simply crashes for no fault of the player or the map maker. When this happens it is likely because the game ran out of memory and when it went to go do that one more thing it found that it couldn’t, so it crashes.

Luckily there is a fix for this. It is called the 3GB enabler and was originally made for another game that suffered from this bug, Stalker. I have edited the files so that they work with RailRoads.exe. Download the files from the bottom of this post and make sure you read the Readme I have copy pasted here:

Edit: If you are running the 32bit versions of Windows Vista or 7 you must skip the “Directions” section and instead follow this post to make 3GB enabler work under Vista & 7 due to the lack of boot.ini.

****** VERY IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE USING AN x64 OPERATING SYSTEM: SKIP THE “DIRECTIONS” SECTION.

Introduction:

This is for intermediate to advanced Windows users.
Follow the instructions carefully…the risk is minimal, as long as you backup your RailRoads.exe.

This will enable RailRoads to use over 2GB of memory in the application space.  It uses conventional tools using a batch file so everyone can see nothing suspicious goes on.
This tool will automatically set the header in the RailRoads.exe so that it can address more than 2GB memory.
Normally XP will only address up to 2GB memory for applications and 2Gb for the kernel.
If we add a boot.ini switch /3GB, then XP is allowed to address up to 3GB for applications.
But unfortunately only applications that are enabled with “IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE” header can utilize more than 2GB of the space.

I highly recommend you look at some official information here at microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx

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Directions:

First you need to tell XP/Vista that it can use more than 2GB of RAM for applications.
Manually edit your boot.ini file by adding ” /3GB /Userva=2900″ to your boot.ini (no quotes).
Your boot.ini is normally read only and you will need to change that temporarily while you edit it.
To do this, right-click the file and untick “Read Only”. After editing the file, restore the Read-only status.
To Edit it manually you can find it on the root of your system drive or
go to system properties/advanced tab, settings under ‘startup and recovery’ section, then hit edit.

Mine looks like:  multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows XP Professional” /FASTDETECT /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /3GB /Userva=2900

Yours maybe different, the only thing you should change is add ” /3GB /Userva=2900″.

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Now for the tool to enable RailRoads to use more than 2GB…

*** Important: First make a backup original of you RailRoads.exe, by renaming the copy to Oblivion.exe.original ***

The tool will add the “LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE” header for you to your executable.
Copy RailRoads.exe to this folder.
Doubleclick startme.bat then the menu walks you through.
1) Hit the A key to add the large address header.
2) Press any key to continue.
3) When back at main menu hit ‘V’ to output the headers in text so you can see the values.
4) Now you can check to see if it is enabled.  Scroll to the top and look for section “FILE HEADER VALUES”. Look for a line in that section that says “Application can handle large (>2GB) addresses”.  It’s the tenth line down in that section.  If you see that line then the executable is now enabled for >2GB, you are done.
5) Copy the enabled RailRoads.exe back to your Sid Meier’s Railroads! folder.
6) To avoid any strange issues with future patches, I suggest you rename your 3GB capable RailRoads.exe to something else like RailRoads3GB.exe, then make a shortcut to it on your desktop.  In the meanwhile, keep the original where it belongs and you will avoid any possible patching or online issues.

At anytime if you want to remove the large address header then you can restore you original backed up exe or use the app and use the Remove function and it will remove the header.  Once you run (R) to remove the header you have the original exe back, the MD5 hashes do match.

No strange side effects have been witnessed, but glad I can play some big games now.

Alright, since you have read the above this link will download the 3GB enabler edited for Sid Meiers Railroads. Do not forget to listen to the readme’s warning and skip the “directions” section of the instructions if you have a 64Bit operating system.

124 thoughts on “Play larger maps, 3GB enabler

  1. Jancsika

    I am not quite sure if this is still revelent.
    I think Vista service pack #2 took care of it.

  2. Warll Post author

    It didn’t, I had SP2 and Rodea’s large map was still crashing right until I used this patch.

    Also IMHO this is not a problem that microsoft can fix since it is a problem with the exe and not the operating system.

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  4. Donald Sullivan

    I have read the readme file, but I still not sure where to put the files, can you please explan it to a dummy like me. Thanks

  5. Warll Post author

    You need to put the files in the in the my programs/2k/sid meier’s railroads folder.

  6. Janick

    Hi,

    thanks for the tips. It seems that I have a problem with the .exe file: at the end of the list (after pressing “V” and seeing the modifications) I read this:

    “Fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or disk full: cannot seek to x14ef367”

    Any advice?

    Thanks

  7. Warll

    Are the files in the correct location? ie are all the files you need stored in the same folder as the script?

  8. Janick

    Hi,

    first, thanks for the quick response.

    The answer is yes, I put all the files in my Railroads! folder. This after trying it the way you explained, moving railroad.exe in a different folder with the .bat file, editing the file then moving it back.

  9. Mark

    Apologies is this is teaching grandma to suck eggs, but it might just be Vista’s UAC getting in the way. Try right clicking the batch file and selecting ‘Run as Administrator’.

  10. Sam

    Hey I have windowss 7 and have the same memory problem however Windows 7 no longer has a boot.ini and the other way
    system properties/advanced tab, settings under ’startup and recovery’ section, then hit edit.
    does not work as when i click on the startup and recovery button and go in there is no edit button. However patching the game file is fine i just cant figure out how to tell windows 7 to let it use more than 2gb.

    Any help much appreciated

  11. Warll

    Sam are you sure you are not on a 64-bit system? Is it still crashing when the game goes over 2GB?

  12. Sam

    yep still crashing when it goes over 2GB. Checked this by looking at system information as soon as it crashes and it always say 1.99GB used when it crashes. And i’m running on 32 bit windows 7 prof

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  14. Sam

    Thanks a heap for looking for me. I have now applied the fix and will now go test it. *fingers crossed*

  15. Warll

    Well, I can only assume it has worked. My email says that you posted that an hour ago, had it crashed I would expect you to be back by now. =)

  16. Sam

    Yep finally got it to go over 2gb Phisical Memory usage and all is fine.
    So anyone with windows 7 (32 bit), i’ll reclarify what to do. Do everything the same as with vista with the railroads file by modifying it with “LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE” but when it comes to modifing the boot.ini file you cant because it does not exist use this new method.

    1. Open an elevated command prompt (right click on command prompt and run as administraitor)

    2. type in bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072

    Viola you are done

    P.S. Remember to always boot up from the new modded railroads.exe as i forgot and started using the shortcut on the desktop forgetting.

  17. DB

    I tried all this but everytime I go to run the game it says, Application error. Failed to find steam. Then opens a web page in my browser. Maybe I don’t need it? In task manager it says 848,430 in memory for smr. Idk i’m stupid on this stuff. any help would be appreciated.

  18. Warll Post author

    It sounds like that is really a steam shortcut and not the railroads.exe. Where did you find this exe?

  19. DB

    Steam\steamapps\common\sidmeier’srailroads\railroads.exe

    My game locks up really bad after i put down tracks. It jumps to 900,000kb on the memory and after a few seconds it’s playable again. Would this help that at all?

  20. Warll Post author

    No, your problem is not that the game is using too much memory but that the game has to recalculate the track paths.

    The only solution to that problem is to get a more powerful computer.

  21. DB

    I’m running the 965 Phenom II BE. AMD doesn’t make a more powerful cpu that i know of. Shouldn’t this be more than enough to run this ?

  22. DB

    Oh ok. It does say around 2 or 3k miles of track when it does lol. Thanks you for your help Warll. I really appreciate it alot.

  23. Chrisp

    This fix is only relevant if you have over 2GB of DRAM on your computer though right? My laptop is old, and I can only expand my memory to 2 GB . . .

  24. Warll

    It likely will not work, but there is a chance that it will help by allowing the program to use your virtual memory.

  25. springwater

    I feel kinda stupid, but when I open the startme file, go to the next part where it says choose A to add R to remove ect and hit A it says oblivion.exe has not been copied to this folder, and it has been copied. Can you help me?

  26. Warll

    Sorry springwater I had forgotten to change that error message (I should say Railroads.exe), what you need to do is move Railroads.exe into the same folder as the script.

    You can find railroads.exe in the smr folder in “my programs”.

  27. springwater

    Yeah, I did that. Railroads.exe is in the same folder as the script.

  28. springwater

    Okay, thanks that worked. But now what do I do with the file? It says it’s missing a .dll file.

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  30. springwater

    Oh, sorry. Bah I’m new at this. The Railroads file you gave me the link to. It says it when I click on Railroads to play it. I already did the three 3gb enabler. Ha, ha sorry this must be annoying.

  31. Jared

    Warll my game goes over 2gb on memory and i dont think i have the 3gb enabler Problem: it works fine for awhile but then suddenly it locks up and it says abnormal problem or something like that.

  32. Jared

    now it was loading it was taking a long time i alt+tabed out and got my task manager it said 2.25GB then i exited out clicked on railroads and it said abnormal progam termination and advice or anything.

  33. Patrick

    I am new to Railroads, and am excited about this website. I have a laptop with 2G of memory. It’s newer, but the cheapey dell. Has there been any feedback about 2Gs using the 3Gb patch? I saw some preliminary talk above about possible use of virtual memory. No feedback though. I only want to mess with code if it’s necessary as I am a mediocre computer guy.

    Also, are there recommended maps for us neanderthal 2Gbs dudes? I thought this might be a cool subsections of the map database.

    The two maps I have tried, Europa and the first one on the list….a something about a real railroad crash when I load them.

    Any hints for 2Gbs guys on lessening RAM use by Railroads to stretch our memory?? Graphic settings, etc?

    Finally, impressive site. The idea of playing dozens of maps really is something exciting. I thought the downfall of RR Tycoon 2 was the limitation of scenarios.

    Thx,

    P.

  34. Warll

    Unfortunately the 3Gb enabler will likely not do you much good.

    Try reducing the texture quality setting and reducing the number of trees.

    Next to see if your problem is not enough ram try running the game in windowed mode and having task manager open at the same time and monitoring ram consumption. You can run smr in windowed mode by unselecting “run full screen”, and then selecting a lower resolution.

    Good luck!

  35. Kmanagerz

    I need some help. I’m running a Windows Vista 64bit computer. I can’t seem to find Boot.ini. and this link http://www.mediafire.com/?oqvgqywwemd doesn’t seem to lead me anywhere. Could somebody send me a copy of their already edited Railroads.exe? Or post it.

  36. Dayle

    Hi, im running windows Vista, after following the step by step instructions on how to install the 3gb enabler and installing it, my game crashes every time i try to run any map. i never had this problem until i installed this enabler =(

    can any one help me out?

  37. John Conway

    The 3GBEnabler path won’t work for me. Running Windows 7 x64, I have skipped the ‘directions’ bit, have RailRoads.exe in the same folder as the script, the script folder in Railroads folder, and I’m running the script as an administrator, and it’s giving me the: “Oblivion.exe has not been copied to this folder” error.

    Any ideas?

  38. Warll

    Could you take a screenshot of the folder you have railroads.exe in?

  39. jancsika

    If I remeber correctly Windows 7/64 does not need the enabler. It can read up to 8 Mb directly.

  40. Warll

    No Jan, 64bit does not need the boot.ini fix. Railroads.exe still needs to be patched.

  41. warll

    I’m looking at the code that triggers the error and it shouldn’t be generating that.

    Are you sure you are using a copy of 3GB enabler you downloaded from here?

    Unfortunately simply removing the error code will not fix it, the program really cannot find the exe.

    Running it in a VM will not have caused this, likely.

    Perhaps try using this guide: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1090651

    Tell me if and where you encounter an error.

  42. mike

    i cant figure out how to make the 3gb enabler. i just bought a new laptop. please help

  43. Sea

    I have Windows 7 32-bit, and SMR keeps crashing to desktop. I have run the BCDEDIT command in cmd.exe, and have patched my RailRoads.exe with your 3GB program, yet it still doesnt seem to work. It still crashed to desktop everytime I play! Can you please help with this? Thanks

  44. Sea

    Constantly crashes on Northeast US, but also on others, although less so. I have not played every map yet, only a handful, so I cant comment on the rest.

  45. Sea

    Yes – I have installed 1.10. I have noticed though that playing not in full screen helps alot. Are there maybe any other tips/solutions you can give me? (Anti-Aliasing is also off).

  46. Warll Post author

    Does turning off auto-save help at all? This used to be an old trick, I don’t know if it does anything anymore.

  47. CB

    Hi there,

    great site in the first place. Thank you for putting all this together.
    Unfortunately SMR crashes during a lot of custom maps on my machine.
    Specs: Vista Home Premium 64bit SP2, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB RAM VidCard.
    So I tried the 3GB enabler, both versions, 1.0 (?) “SidMeiersRailroads3GBEnabler.zip” as well as the 1.2 version “3GB_Enabler_1.2.zip”, downloaded from this site.

    My steps were
    -create a new folder on my desktop
    -unzip all content of the 3GBenabler zip/s to that folder
    -copy “RailRoads.exe” from its directory (“C:\Program Files (x86)\Firaxis Game\Sid Meyer’s Railroad!\”)
    -make a backup by remaining the old .exe to something else
    -exec startme.bat

    -version 1.0 outputs like it was done fine but after checking I can’t find the “FILE HEADER VALUES”

    Here’s what it outputs:

    1000 size of stack commit
    100000 size of heap reserve
    1000 size of heap commit
    0 loader flags
    10 number of directories
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Export Directory
    D39000 [ 37E] RVA [size] of Import Directory
    D12000 [ 2EA0] RVA [size] of Resource Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Exception Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Certificates Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Base Relocation Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Debug Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Architecture Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Special Directory
    D15000 [ 18] RVA [size] of Thread Storage Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Load Configuration Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Bound Import Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Import Address Table Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Delay Import Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Reserved Directory
    0 [ 0] RVA [size] of Reserved Directory

    SECTION HEADER #1
    .data name
    5DD71D virtual size
    1000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #2
    .bss name
    7A4CC virtual size
    5DF000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #3
    .text name
    75CB0 virtual size
    65A000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #4
    .rdata name
    D21D0 virtual size
    6D0000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #5
    .tls name
    9 virtual size
    7A3000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #6
    .rsrc name
    2A40 virtual size
    7A4000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #7
    .data name
    16DC4A virtual size
    7A7000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #8
    .idata name
    56AE virtual size
    915000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #9
    .rsrc name
    36D0 virtual size
    91B000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write
    DUMPBIN : warning LNK4078: multiple “.bss” sections found with different attribu
    tes (C0000020)

    SECTION HEADER #A
    .bss name
    3F18C9 virtual size
    91F000 virtual address
    3F1A00 size of raw data
    1000 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000020 flags
    Code
    Read Write
    DUMPBIN : warning LNK4078: multiple “.idata” sections found with different attri
    butes (C0000040)

    SECTION HEADER #B
    .idata name
    72E virtual size
    D11000 virtual address
    800 size of raw data
    3F2A00 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000040 flags
    Initialized Data
    Read Write
    DUMPBIN : warning LNK4078: multiple “.rsrc” sections found with different attrib
    utes (40000040)

    SECTION HEADER #C
    .rsrc name
    2EA0 virtual size
    D12000 virtual address
    3000 size of raw data
    3F3200 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    40000040 flags
    Initialized Data
    Read Only
    DUMPBIN : warning LNK4078: multiple “.text” sections found with different attrib
    utes (D0000040)

    SECTION HEADER #D
    .text name
    1000 virtual size
    D15000 virtual address
    1000 size of raw data
    3F6200 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    D0000040 flags
    Initialized Data
    Shared
    Read Write
    DUMPBIN : warning LNK4078: multiple “.rdata” sections found with different attri
    butes (C0000020)

    SECTION HEADER #E
    .rdata name
    18000 virtual size
    D16000 virtual address
    17600 size of raw data
    3F7200 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000020 flags
    Code
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #F
    .data name
    1000 virtual size
    D2E000 virtual address
    0 size of raw data
    40E800 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000080 flags
    Uninitialized Data
    Read Write
    DUMPBIN : warning LNK4078: multiple “.bss” sections found with different attribu
    tes (C0000040)

    SECTION HEADER #10
    .bss name
    A000 virtual size
    D2F000 virtual address
    9E00 size of raw data
    40E800 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000040 flags
    Initialized Data
    Read Write

    SECTION HEADER #11
    .idata name
    37E virtual size
    D39000 virtual address
    400 size of raw data
    418600 file pointer to raw data
    0 file pointer to relocation table
    0 file pointer to line numbers
    0 number of relocations
    0 number of line numbers
    C0000040 flags
    Initialized Data
    Read Write

    Summary

    7B000 .bss
    3F2000 .bss
    A000 .bss
    74D000 .data
    2000 .idata
    6000 .idata
    18000 .rdata
    D3000 .rdata
    3000 .rsrc
    7000 .rsrc
    1000 .text
    76000 .text
    1000 .tls

    ______________________________________________________________________
    INSTRUCTIONS…

    Scroll to the top and look for section “FILE HEADER VALUES”.
    Then look for a line in that section that says “Application can handle large (>2
    GB) addresses”.
    If you see that line then the executable is enabled to handle greater than 2GB,
    you are done.

    Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

    -version 1.2 doesn’t even seem to try, here’s its output:

    ——————————————
    —- This will allow your game to use —-
    —- more than 2GB addressable space —–
    ——————————————

    Make a backup of the original program’s “.exe”.
    Please make sure that the “.exe” has been copied to this folder.
    Then write the file’s full name, this includes the “.exe” portion.

    Note: The name is case sensitive
    Note: To paste text into command prompts like this one you must right click and
    select “paste”

    RailRoads.exe
    The text you wrote does not match a program in this directory (folder), did you
    forget to add “.exe”?
    please try again.

    “RailRoads.exe” definitely is in that new folder on the desktop along the contents of the 3BGenabler zip/s. I also tried pasting the name of the exe into the cmd prompts. No Luck.

    Bought my copy of the game through a download game portal (all legal, I assure you. Gamigo was the name I think). Don’t have a CD/DVD, just a license for 5 installs. So I’m kinda shy about a re-install. Might the problem lie somewhere in their distribution?

    Thanks in advance,
    CB

  48. CB

    Forgot to mention, in case it’s important, patch1.10 was already part of the setup I bought/downloaded.

  49. Warll Post author

    Could you take a screenshot of the directory for me? Use the SidMeiersRailroads3GBEnabler.zip, version 1.2 is a general purpose one.

    Maybe try running it as administrator.

  50. CB

    Thanks for that fast response!

    Is there a way to send you a Private Message?

  51. CB

    err, forget it. A simple right click can make that much a lot clearer :).
    Sending you Infos on how to get a hold of those screens…

  52. eightman

    Great Website. I have SMR that I downloaded from Steam. My problem is that the game crashes midway through. I have the latest version. I have downloaded all the maps from this website and I have enabled the enabler from this website as well. Now when I play no matter what map I play it still crashes after a few minutes of playing. My OS is windows 7. I have 1gb Gforce t240 video card. I have 2gb of memory.

    I am wondering if I have to put more memory in.

    Please help because I love this game and I would love to play the new maps and mods.

    Thanks

  53. Warll

    The enabler will only do any good if you have more than 2GB of RAM. You likely should get more RAM especially if you already have a good video card.

  54. FredKroket

    Thnx! Great to see that there are still people active in this game. And this solution is a musthave!

  55. Joe

    Hey Folks !!!
    I’ve got Sid Meier’s Railroad (patch 1.10) and it crashes soon after 3 to 5 mins, game is beautiful but sucks…
    I’ve got 4gb ram, core i5, 1 gb graphic, and I think problem is in my .exe….
    so where can i download new exe or what else could be done to run this game ????

    most of the people changed the exe and ther game is running smoothly…..

    plz help

  56. Nino

    I have tried everything from above, also the directions from the Steam forum. I am running a 64 system.

    But i get the following error, each time.

    “EDITBIN : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file “RailRoads.exe”

    Any solutions? :/

  57. Daniel

    That steam thread also contains a pre-patched exe, maybe use that?

  58. Nino

    I don’t have the Steam edition. I bought the game on CD when it first came out. Just not been playing it for a while now and then came upon these problems with the game crashing when starting a new game and so.

  59. BigBigRobot

    Please help: When ever i copy the oblivion file into it, it says: Oblivion.exe file was not backuped (It says somthing close to that) please help!

  60. Doug

    Thank You,
    After trying to play SMR for the last year on windows 7 64 and crashing 18 times (windows told me) I found your fix and it works! I just played for 2 hours without a problem! Thanks again.

  61. Karsten

    @ BigBigRobot

    That message about an “Oblivion.exe” file is just a leftover error message in the 3GB Enabler code, mentally replace it by SMR.exe and then see whether the error message makes sense to you!

  62. Shawn

    First, thanks for keeping this page and SMR up and running.

    I’ve read the entire page and didn’t see my problem posted. I haven’t tried the 3G Enabler yet, put I can’t event get the game to boot up. I’m running Windows 7 64 bit with an i7 processor and 9 GB of ram. The error message I’m getting is “Unable to authenticate original disc within time limit. Please have a look at http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=timeout for further, more detailed information”. I am using the original disc. I’ve tried to follow the directions on the web page, but I couldn’t find the tab within device manager to make the change suggested.

    Any suggestions?

    I’ve waited for 4 years to play this game again, so I REALLY appreciate any feedback.

  63. karsten

    The Securom will play that annoying game. Take the disk out, perhaps wipe it clean gently, and retry. Normally, the game should now work. If not, try exchanging it at the shop where bought.

  64. Kvil

    Hello

    I just bought Railroads but it keeps crashing on Windows 7 64-bit. I checked the task manager and it crash at 0.99 GB, can someone help me out. I’m have no real knowledge about changing codes or anything really, so any help would have to be very step by step, thanks.

  65. karsten

    We all seem a bit conservative here, I will probably get my first Win 7 64 bit machine only in a month or two …
    Anyway, give us some details: what exactly do you mean when you say “Railroads keeps crashing”? At start up, with standard maps, with a user mod?

  66. kvil

    I mean that after 1-30 minutes of playing the game crashes and just says that the game has stopped working. This is in any of the maps that come with the game (I haven’t downloaded any). It does seem to happen more when i have lots of kilometers of railway or when i’m trying to run a really long and complicated track. Therefore, i’m thinking it has to do with the memory issue since it happens when it hits 0.99 Gb. Any other info you require?

  67. karsten

    Windows 7 gobbles up more memory than XP, for which SMR was designed, so you definitely need to enable more memory.
    1. Make sure your Custom Assets folder is empty, you don’t want any stuff in there that would eat up available memory.
    2. As a Win 7 user you are in luck, the steps to enable 3GB for SMR are very simple and described in detail here:
    http://smrsimple.com/2010/02/3gb-enabler-fix-for-windows-vista-7/
    Enjoy your troublefree SMR after that!

  68. Alex

    Win7 64bit here and it works a treat. Thank you so much! It was unplayable and tech support didn’t want to know. Now I can railroad for hours, woo!

  69. Primoz

    U know, THIS FOLDER isnt’t really exact. Been movin this Oblivion file all over my computer and the fix cant detect it. Shame you cant write directions, for being a genious and all.

  70. Warll

    Ah sorry. I cannot even undetrstand exactly what I meant.

    What I’m pretty sure I meant is to move the Railroads.exe into the folder that contains the batch scripts. The Oblivion file is just the backup.

  71. karsten

    That message about an “Oblivion.exe” file is just a leftover error message in the 3GB Enabler code, mentally replace it by SMR.exe and then see whether the error message makes sense to you!

  72. TWO

    Hi, I’m having problems with the game. I haven’t played it in quite a while and when i try it on this computer, it runs VERY slow. It loads fine, it doesn’t crash, graphics are nice but its just slow.

    Running on windows xp sp3(fresh instal):
    Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz
    Memory: 3062MB RAM
    Card name: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
    Display Memory: 256.0 MB

    So everything loads but then i can barely move around on the move and everything i do takes ages to complete.
    I assume its something to do with the video card but not sure.
    Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

  73. karsten

    That seem to be rather low-spec graphics. Comments I have seen:

    “i used to have this card, thank god im free… (now i have a nividia geforce gtx 550 ti)”
    “It suxs doesnt i have this card and lm planning on getting the geforce 9500”

  74. TWO

    I agree is a rather poor video card, but the game should work fine on it still…:-s

  75. Otty8116

    Hey there,
    store bought, patched to 1.10v
    using windows 2000 pro sp4 (i know…)
    3.6gb ram.
    ati radeon 9250.v6.14
    sometimes i get over 6000km of track. and no crash. but once in a while it will. any tips?

    im leaning on a graphic problem, cause when the train goes by at the main menu, he’s glitchy.

  76. Kojiro

    when i wrote in cmd “Set IncreaseUserVa 2900″ pops up is not defined the environment variable
    please help me

  77. Steve

    Are you sure you have a 32bit version of windows?

    Try skipping that step.

  78. Steve

    I did this with railroads on Windows 7 and it works great now. Thanks!

    … The problem is, now ALL of my other games run slow (Sims3, NBA 2k12, Civ5) and before I did all this they ran perfectly fine. I like RR a lot but I also like my other games! Any clue on what may have happened, how to fix it, or if this has happened to anyone else?

  79. HeyHeyHey

    Trying these steps on 64 bit windows 7, I keep getting
    “EDITBIN: fatal error LNK 1104: cannot open file “RailRoads.exe”
    Large Address Aware has been enabled”

    What’s going wrong?

  80. Casey

    I did this, and when I try t launch the game now, it says:
    A required security module cannot be activated.
    This program cannot be executed (13000).
    Please have a look at http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=module&c=13000 for further, more detailed information.

    And wont let me run it. I bought and downloaded it from the Gamefly Client.

  81. readeng

    各位大侠们,请教一个问题,网站上说的很复杂,我的是win7,64位的,4gb,玩到一定程度就死机了,而且从网站上下载的地图也无发使用,有谁能够指导,小弟不胜感激呀

  82. Евгений

    Создайти пожалуйста карту россии со всеми городами которые есть сейчас очень хочу поиграть

  83. Krupp

    I tried it in both Windows xp and Windows 7 still it crashes when u played for a while such as buying out competitors or simply playing alone in large map such as america map and europa map

  84. Karsten

    This is likely due to issues with the particular map, so I would post your comment in the relevant map thread 🙂

  85. Евгений

    Guys help create a map of what needs to be done

  86. William

    I followed all of the steps and replaced the old exe with the new but when I go to launch it says binkw32.dll missing and cannot run the game. I am using a physical copy of the game if that helps.

    Anyone know what I did wrong or how to fix?

  87. Madrox

    Game keeps crashing, and i have done the 3Gb enabler. AFAIK, you need to play SMR on one single core (process) for better stability. Tried it a while ago, and it works well but! not perfect.

    Still gonna crash once in a while, mostly when you have more stuff running on the rails.

  88. Jebowlin

    I keep getting an error for the “LINK.exe” with the default winzip for win7, I tried 7-zip and it tells me that the “LINK.exe” is broken!

    Is there a fixed version, and if so is there a link for it?

  89. J

    This instructions aren’t clear at all.
    It says copy railroads.exe to this folder. WHAT FOLDER? The download didn’t come with a folder, it just added the 7 applications.

    I put all the download applications and railroads.exe into a new folder, but when i run startme.bat it says lnk1104: fatal error cannot open “railroads.exe” even though its in the folder. what do i do?

  90. J

    Using Windows 7 64-bit with 8gb RAM. Game plays for a couple of hours, then crashes to desktop. Loading the auto-saved game results in a crash within a minute. I am running the ‘patched’ EXE (with > 2gb addressing enabled) but that’s not preventing it.

    However, when the game crashes, the Railroads process (observable from Task Manager) is showing close to 1gb of RAM being used. Every time it gets close to this is when the crash happens.

    I don’t understand these systems well, but it seems like the patch etc. is geared towards expanding the available RAM from 2gb to 3gb or more. I and presumably others like me are getting crashed out at 1gb consistently. I see a similar message from kvil last year, but don’t know if it got resolved for him.

  91. steve s

    tried to install the 3 g patch to my new pc running win 8 and doesn’t seem to work, used to have it going fine in win 7, any news on the chances of this working in win10

  92. Maria

    Hope they will not take it as cheating but even if they do, good fix. 🙂 Hard to play if there is a black screen. Thank you.

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