(solved) annoying problem with powerlines.

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(solved) annoying problem with powerlines.

October 01, 2008, 02:39:20 pm

As said in the title, I have this problem :

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #1 – October 01, 2008, 03:25:34 pm

What is the problem?

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #2 – October 01, 2008, 03:29:15 pm

As far as I can see, (from the depressed icon in the toolbar) he tried to build a transformer station but just a powerline was actually built.

But gauthier, please try to be a little more detailed than this, ok?

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #3 – October 01, 2008, 03:36:43 pm

Sorry

Yes, I want to build a transformer station and the game built a powerline $:-\$

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #4 – October 01, 2008, 03:39:03 pm

Now we could still use the version of both simutrans and pak128...

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #5 – October 01, 2008, 05:27:40 pm

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Now we could still use the version of both simutrans and pak128... Wink

Could you explain

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #6 – October 01, 2008, 06:12:01 pm

The versions you used when you encountered the problem.

For example: simutrans nightly r2045 and pak128 nightly r160

BTW these should be part of all bug reports. And please, whenever possible, with the real version numbers instead of the popular "the latest".

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #7 – October 01, 2008, 06:17:49 pm

ooops !

I use Simutrans 100.0 r2038

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #8 – October 01, 2008, 07:04:14 pm

Just tried with ST r2038 and pak128 r160* (you didn't say which one you used

) and it worked just as it's supposed to...

* I used the one from the nightly site, not self-paked from SVN (but that works also without problem...)

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #9 – October 02, 2008, 08:59:31 pm

I will try, thanks :

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #10 – October 05, 2008, 11:50:09 am

could you give me a link beacause I can't find pak128 r160 (I found a pak128 on sourceforge but it doesn't say its release).

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #11 – October 05, 2008, 11:58:01 am

http://www.wernieman.de/simutrans/#_NPaks

Now there's "only" r165 left, but that shouldn't matter.

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #12 – October 05, 2008, 04:33:27 pm

I replaced the pak, new ground textures are nice but it didn't solved the problem. I built transformers in a first savegame but when I tried in a second one, the problem appears again.

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #13 – October 05, 2008, 04:47:04 pm

Does it only happen in one particular savegame? Maybe that's broken somehow?

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #14 – October 05, 2008, 07:18:14 pm

It already appeared in the first savegame (wich one I built normally transformers after having replaced the pak) and in an other savegame so it's not proper to one savegame.

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #15 – October 05, 2008, 07:41:50 pm

If it hadn't happened in r2038 already, I'd guess it's related to the same problem I have reported with vehicles (after r2040) but this... strange. I suspect a program bug at work here, but one that cannot be reproduced easily.

But just to make things clear: did you put your new pak128 into a clean new folder or do you just overwrite older stuff? (The latter method can cause many problems)

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #16 – October 06, 2008, 05:01:12 pm

I used the first method and added some addons :
_ Chrysler building
_ cheap power plant "wind kraft werk" and "solar kraft werk"
_ all the latest MLM dev.1 objects
_ joker roads (I thought joker roads could replace normal roads, I find strange that it haden't been made)

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #17 – October 06, 2008, 05:04:13 pm

Hmmm... only one of these has something to do with powerlines... so have you tried without the cheap power set?

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #18 – October 06, 2008, 06:54:21 pm

yes, my savegames can't load

I will remove these power plants and try.

EDIT : it didn't fix the problem but ...
I'm allone to have this problem

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #19 – October 07, 2008, 02:13:53 pm

Well... at least I cannot reproduce it.

So... what else could it be?

Oh wait! You changed your menuconf.tab for your maglev tools, right? Maybe something went wrong there?

Could you upload that file (either here, or maybe better at http://files.simutrans-germany.com)?

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #20 – October 07, 2008, 04:18:21 pm

@gauthier: how do you call the two tools (powerline and generator/transformer) anyway - by icon or by shortcut key? (in addition to supplying the whole menuconf.tab).

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #21 – October 08, 2008, 03:30:56 pm

It can't be menuconf.tab because it sometimes works and often no.

I generally call the transformer by the shortcut key, the powerline shortcut key "l" doesn't work (maybe only in my game ?).

My menuconf.tab is already downloadable in MLM dev. topic

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #22 – October 08, 2008, 03:54:34 pm

Quote from: gauthier – on October 08, 2008, 03:30:56 pm

It can't be menuconf.tab because it sometimes works and often no.

Well, the error's got to be somewhere - so let's check that one, too, shall we?

Quote from: gauthier – on October 08, 2008, 03:30:56 pm

the powerline shortcut key "l" doesn't work (maybe only in my game ?).

That won't work for anyone using your menuconf.tab since you haven't defined the key anywhere. You need to add this line to your special tools section:

Code: [Select]

toolbar[9][12]=general_tool[14],,l,128

NOW WAIT A MINUTE...

Could it be that you tried to build that transformer in pause mode? When I do that, instead of a transformer, only a power line is shown - until I unpause the game. Then it automatically changes into a transformer immediately.

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #23 – October 08, 2008, 05:10:12 pm

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Shocked NOW WAIT A MINUTE...

Could it be that you tried to build that transformer in pause mode? When I do that, instead of a transformer, only a power line is shown - until I unpause the game. Then it automatically changes into a transformer immediately.

I tested it and it's that

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That won't work for anyone using your menuconf.tab since you haven't defined the key anywhere. You need to add this line to your special tools section:

I didn't think that I changed it, thanks a lot for find it

Re: annoying problem with powerlines.

Reply #24 – October 08, 2008, 05:38:30 pm

Quote from: gauthier – on October 08, 2008, 05:10:12 pm

I tested it and it's that

Dude, now you owe me one!

Quote from: gauthier – on October 08, 2008, 05:10:12 pm

I didn't think that I changed it, thanks a lot for find it

No, you didn't change it - it hadn't been included for a quite a while. But finally it was noticed (by whoami, I think), and when the entry was added to the regular menuconf.tab, you simply forgot to update yours as well. That's the problem with isolated files like this, unfortunately...