Comments on: Lake Michigan West

By: slider38

slider38 — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 23:56:00 +0000

I don’t know Don. It may be case sensitive. Should be slider38 in the box and then hit “add”. Give it a subject and type your message. Seems to work fine for others. All I can tell you.

By: Don Ayres

Don Ayres — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:13:38 +0000

Not sure what’s going on, but get this when trying to send you a pm on Bobby’s site.

The requested users to be added do not exist.

By: Don Ayres

Don Ayres — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:33:08 +0000

I had just been on that site earlier that day loo. By the way, you got a pm from me on the forum’s under my nickname, J484fan the other day 🙂

By: slider38

slider38 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 19:35:06 +0000

One more thought for you Don. If you have not joined bobby’s site, you should. You can get help there for all sorts of issues. There is some activity on the site almost daily. I post my maps plus a number of other stuff I make. Go here and register. Post a question and you will get an answer. http://www.sidmeiersrailroads.net/portal.php It is worth your time.

By: railage

railage — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:58:17 +0000

Don, you might have memory issues. The game in the default form has memory issues. This is the same with CD or Steam versions. The difference is that the CD version is easier to fix. If you want to try with Steam, you will need to hunt through some of the Steam forums for instructions.

When you get the CD version, I recommend downloading the patched executable from near the bottom of this page: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Railroads!. If you are on a 32-bit OS, I would also recommend going through the 3GB enabler process found on this site.

The game is also available from GoG games. I haven’t tried it out to see if it suffers from the memory bug. If it does, the patched executable should work with it as well because this is an off-line version.

PS. There is another SMR site: http://www.sidmeiersrailroads.net/portal.php. It has strict security provisions for viewing (browser must be up to date, some types still may not work, Firefox seems to work consistently). Also, sign-up needs more info than usual, and you must be an active member before you can download. However, there are a lot more resources for this game including new maps, engines, etc. and some additional patched executables that are slightly better than the one I linked to. If you are thinking about building maps in the future, the resources are invaluable.

By: Don Ayres

Don Ayres — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 22:32:23 +0000

ok, thanks

By: slider38

slider38 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 20:00:45 +0000

Simple fix for that – buy the game CD. I bought a back-up copy myself about a year ago. I think it cost me 5 bucks. Go check Amazon. Also, this map is a SAM (Stand Alone Map). Make sure there is nothing else in your Usermaps or Custom Assets folders. You cannot have any other files in those folders other than the Lake Michigan West files.

By: Don Ayres

Don Ayres — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 18:32:15 +0000

Yes, I am running the steam version, I thought I saw something about a possible fix for that too. But I’m not one of those computer gurus, so it would have to be something fairly simple if there is that option.

By: slider38

slider38 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:06:02 +0000

Sorry you’re having trouble Don. Not sure what to tell you. I still use WindowsXP on my desktop, but I did test this map on my laptop which runs Windows 10. This map has been around quite a while now and has been run by a lot of folks. Trains and traincars are not the issue. It could be a memory issue. Are you running the Steam version by chance? That causes issues on some maps. Perhaps someone else might have a suggestion. I really don’t know what else to suggest.

By: Don Ayres

Don Ayres — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:04:37 +0000

I think what the issue is, I played the Texas map for quite a while yesterday, seems the only ones that give me issue are the ones with player created locos and cars. That one didn’t mess up on me once.