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Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:21 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

muddmankv wrote:Hello Automation community, I seem to have stumbled across a bug or a crash. The game still works as of 150707, but the beta 150918 will not even start up. When I launch the game an error pops up and the game ceases to continue, I press ok and everything is closed. I have completely deleted the game then re-installed, restarted the computer. Any kind of help is appreciated.


I'm getting the same error only on my old laptop; from doing some googling online, it looks like it's because a flag was set in the compiler for the beta that is incompatible with versions of Windows prior to Windows 7 64bit, and it looks like in your screenshot you're using Windows XP, same as my old laptop is. The openbeta still works and opens fine on my desktop that's running Win 7, 64bit, so this is just an issue with the OS you're running. Hopefully it should be a quick fix for the devs, as it's just a flag that needs to be changed back.
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Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:10 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Similar to the 1st gear bug... My car wont exceed 60 MPH (100 KMH) on the test track no matter what. Everything else is fine otherwise
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Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:35 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Ben1014 wrote:Similar to the 1st gear bug... My car wont exceed 60 MPH (100 KMH) on the test track no matter what. Everything else is fine otherwise


Can confirm this, very annoying.
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Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:23 pm

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

[B150918] has given me the following joys:

Fatal error while loading init.lua:[string "--SANDBOX_DATA/CEngineCalculator_PartsManagem..."]:118: attempt to index local 'modelInfo' (a nil value)


Occurs when starting up the game and effectively stops the initialization dead, leaving me unable to play the game at all. It might have something to do with the massive amount of engines I have built in the past three months, but still.
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Post Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:07 pm

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Awildgermanappears wrote:[B150918] has given me the following joys:

Fatal error while loading init.lua:[string "--SANDBOX_DATA/CEngineCalculator_PartsManagem..."]:118: attempt to index local 'modelInfo' (a nil value)


Occurs when starting up the game and effectively stops the initialization dead, leaving me unable to play the game at all. It might have something to do with the massive amount of engines I have built in the past three months, but still.

Does the game start if you move the cars and engines folders in Documents\My Games\Automation away (onto your desktop for example)? If so, it might be one of the save files corrupted by the save bug in the last update.
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Post Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:23 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Sorry to steal this thread, but I'm getting the same error code. As suggested, I moved my car folder outta dodge, and the game started fine. I then copied one car back (model and trim files) to the save folder and the game started. All good so far. Copied save content back, and it threw the error msg. Is there a way, besides moving each one individually to find the guilty party, to tell which file is causing the hiccup? Like the file date, or is it alphabetically processing the conversion to the new format?
Again, apologies, but I felt this was related.

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Never mind. All fixed. Moved trim files in batches, found the issue. Had a dud trim.
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Post Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:35 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

MWisBest wrote:
Ben1014 wrote:Similar to the 1st gear bug... My car wont exceed 60 MPH (100 KMH) on the test track no matter what. Everything else is fine otherwise


Can confirm this, very annoying.



Same here. It seems that with the arrival of the new beta release the test track driver also received an update in self preservation. The car will not go intro 3rd. Also, rather strange, at top speed the graph show that the brake pedal is fully pressed and the throttle is not pressed at all, and still the car is able to go at 100kmh the entire straight of the Automation Test Track.

I'm sure this will be solved quickly. I like the new update.
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Post Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:03 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

X-posting this topic, because I really need some help ASAP.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7976
AlternateSteve90 wrote:So, after *lots* of trouble getting Automation to even boot over the past couple of weeks, I finally got it to load today, so I could check out the new Open Beta.....only to have Steam freeze up (*aarrgghh!*) when the game was still trying to convert my old engines to the new version. Should I be worried to any extent?
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Post Sun Sep 20, 2015 3:24 pm

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

AlternateSteve90 wrote:X-posting this topic, because I really need some help ASAP.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=7976
AlternateSteve90 wrote:So, after *lots* of trouble getting Automation to even boot over the past couple of weeks, I finally got it to load today, so I could check out the new Open Beta.....only to have Steam freeze up (*aarrgghh!*) when the game was still trying to convert my old engines to the new version. Should I be worried to any extent?

If you're having trouble with your Steam version of the game it's probably not Steam's fault ;)
I would recommend getting to a clean slate install in this case: remove/delete your whole Documents\My Games\Automation folder, then go to your Steam library and right-click Automation -> Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Game Cache

Then start the game and tell us what errors pop up, if any.
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Post Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:12 pm

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Cars won't go any faster than 60 on the test track, or won't shift up past second gear.
Changing the price on any car will crash the game.
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Post Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:34 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

jagermeister wrote:Cars won't go any faster than 60 on the test track, or won't shift up past second gear.
Changing the price on any car will crash the game.

What error message do you get when doing that (changing price)? Is this on a newly built car or an old one from the previous big update?
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Post Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:01 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Something is wrong with the awd calculations. I'm getting the same 0-60 time, within a tenth of a second regardless if it's 100%f 100%r or anything in between. It also has almost no effect on the stats as I change the distribution.
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Post Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:53 am

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

nialloftara wrote:Something is wrong with the awd calculations. I'm getting the same 0-60 time, within a tenth of a second regardless if it's 100%f 100%r or anything in between. It also has almost no effect on the stats as I change the distribution.

Please upload the car (use the export function) so I can have a look.
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Post Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:51 pm

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Just checked and what seems to happen is that acceleration doesn't change from 99% to 1% rear power distribution, and it becomes slightly better when the power distribution is 100% rear or 0% rear.

Wheel spin seems to vary properly.

I tried a car with huge semi slick tires and a 30hp engine, as well as a car with a 800hp engine on tiny hard compound tires and they both present the exact same problem.
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Post Mon Sep 21, 2015 1:14 pm

Re: Open Beta [B150918]

Yes, I tested the AWD issue and confirm that something weird is going on, will be fixed soon.
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