[RR] Welcome to the Railroads forum!

[SuperSatan3]

The switch is a pretty simple program, if you are that worried, just back up the .exe, and everything else should be easily reversible. I am curious as to how people managed trains. I always had twice as many trains as CPU opponents, because I got confused otherwise. The automatic lubricator was always a god-send.

 

[obi]

I just got myself hooked on Civ IV Revolutions, which led me to look up what else was available and discovered Sid Meier's Railroads. Downloaded the demo and naturally I simply have to get the game. Problem is, I am seeing all these complaints about crashing. My system is Vista 64, so am I going to end up frustrated? or do these fixes really help? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who is playing on one of the newer systems. I have a Gateway "Super Gaming PC", it's less than a year old, it's very cool but it's hard when you can't play your older games or older games that are new to the player.

Oops, I meant to start a new topic, I hope it's ok I posted in this thread since it is related. Sorry about that.

 

[Darth Fred]

I just got myself hooked on Civ IV Revolutions, which led me to look up what else was available and discovered Sid Meier's Railroads. Downloaded the demo and naturally I simply have to get the game. Problem is, I am seeing all these complaints about crashing. My system is Vista 64, so am I going to end up frustrated? or do these fixes really help? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who is playing on one of the newer systems. I have a Gateway "Super Gaming PC", it's less than a year old, it's very cool but it's hard when you can't play your older games or older games that are new to the player.

Oops, I meant to start a new topic, I hope it's ok I posted in this thread since it is related. Sorry about that.

I'm running Vista 64 s well. The problem though is that my lap top only has two gig RAM to begin with. I've got the "fix" all set up and ready to go, but until I drop the $$$ for a stick of RAM, I'm afraid I can't answer your question.

I wish you luck though because it really is a blast to play.
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[obi]

Well I gave in to temptation and ordered it from Amazon today anyway. I really hope it works, if not I will have to sneak it into work and play on this system which is xp. I'll just tell customers and the telephone to go to...um to go away so I can play.

 

[SuperSatan3]

All you have to do is download the 3 GB enabler, which I've posted a link to in several topics already. The main issue with Railroads is the AI, and the lack of people who play this game multiplayer. Still, the single player content should keep you entertained for awhile.

 

[obi]

I play single player anyway so that means I won't have an issue? Cool. I am completely addicted to the demo and can't wait for the full game to arrive, I had to order it from Amazon.

 

[obi]

Ha! Like I was going to wait that long, I bought it as a direct download. It played beautifully for a week before it started crashing so I have downloaded the patch and am off right now to try this other fix you guys have mentioned.
Love this game!

Hold on, the site with that switch says it has to be win xp compatible, I thought it was to fix the crashing on vista, Help please?

 

[Darth Fred]

Ha! Like I was going to wait that long, I bought it as a direct download. It played beautifully for a week before it started crashing so I have downloaded the patch and am off right now to try this other fix you guys have mentioned.
Love this game!

Hold on, the site with that switch says it has to be win xp compatible, I thought it was to fix the crashing on vista, Help please?

I'm not sure which site exactly you mean, but this might help (I hope).

http://www.smrsimple.com/2009/12/play-larger-maps-3gb-enabler/

The Warll fellow seems to know his stuff and is also a member here. Failing all else, you might try contacting him.
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[Krupo]

It's a fantastically fun game and every time I see a new post pop up here I'm tempted to load it up again - but be aware that the "bigger"/"messier" your train table (game) gets, the likelier that it'll crash.

Thank goodness on a fast PC you can reload quickly, and autosave is pretty quick/frequent if you set it up properly - but this game does have some technical issues with regards to stability from what I've seen - and what many here have also noted.

I don't think there's a "magic bullet" which will ever make it super stable, unfortunately.

 

[dalamb]

I don't think there's a "magic bullet" which will ever make it super stable, unfortunately.

Do you mean that you tried the 3GB enabler and still got crashes?

 

[SuperSatan3]

It seems all crashes are directly related to Memory. so...

1.) Turn down graphic settings to low

2.) use the 3GB enabler

I am on Vista, and have 4 gigs of ram, and it is plenty stable for me. I still get the occasional crash every 2 or 3 games and sometimes have the missing track bug.

 

[obi]

My pc has 12 gigs of ram, a gig of video memory but it still crashes once my maps start getting more complicated, or as one poster put it, messier. I also have to leave the settings on default, which means most of them are just on medium.

 

[Miles Teg]

Alright, we're going to have to conserve space in the Underground Off Topic, so this thread is going to be the combined politics and religion section.

Opening points:

Every idea ever expressed by a Republican is wrong.

I found this stuff on Wikipedia about how everything in the New Testament is really stolen from Goosebumps.

Obama is the awesomest president ever. And Kathleen Sebelius is an awesome secretary of Health and Human Services. Just throwing that out there.

I think abortion should be mandatory.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I'm angry at Obama for not including Death Panels in the healthcare bill

Always rolling over to conservative interests!

 

[Miles Teg]

This is a serious super thread. Don't drag you silly spam into it, Secret OT doesn't have enough room or moderation for those luxuries.

Anyways, I want to see Sarah Palin's "long form birth certificate", if you know what I mean.

 

[Joecoolyo]

I didn't realize Sarah Palin's a dude.

 

[GamezRule]

Or black...