In Train Simulator, can you add as many cars as you want in the game? I ask these questions because I have the simulator but I cant play it because of something to do with Hardware Acceleration, So I want to know what are all the things I can do in the game.
Acela, What are your computer specs, i.e. processor, amount of memory, video card, etc.? It may just be a case of changing a setting on your video card in order to be able to run MSTS. I'm not aware of a maximum or minimum on the number of cars you can place in a consist except that you need to have adequate motive power for your consist. If it is inadequate you may not move at all.
I finally came across the info I was alluding to in my previous message here is the info/faq from off of train-sim.com: RUNNING MSTS MY SYSTEM FREEZES EVERY 2 TO 10 MINUTES. HOW CAN I STOP IT FROM FREEZING? I had, until last night, a problem with MSTS freezing up at unexpected intervals between 2-10 minues into activities. (I am running a Pentium III 800 MHz / 320 woo woo woo ram / ATI Radeon 6300 64 woo woo woo, 15+gig free space). This usually occurred when I was running at high speed and changing views frequently with high graphics definition (I am a frustrated model railroader). The only way out of the freeze-up was to reset/reboot, losing the activity. Then, whilst reading the good old MSTS forum, I came upon a mention of a utility called MaxMem at the www.analogx.com site. I went there and not only found MaxMem for free, bur also an awesome little piece of kit called CacheBooster, ditto. This is a configurable cache adjusting device, complete with uninstaller and a howdyuzeme file. It comes pre-set with various settings like"general purpose", "gaming", etc. I downloaded it, installed it, and started MSTS using the "gaming" settings. After some noodling around, my freezing problem appears to have gone away. If you have a setup like mine, right now, here are my settings: Min 11859 kb, max 34554 kb, chunk 1301 kb, last 52 kb. I saved these settings in a custom cache configuration called MSTS. Result? Classic UK steam rides the S&C and the ECML again, uninterrupted and at high speed! - - - Thank you for reminding me to check www.outertech.com for a Cacheman update - version 5.1 is available and I upgraded from 4.1. Everything you mention for the other utility and probably more than you imagine is in Cacheman. I've been using Cacheman for about a year and if you took away all the other utilities except one, it would be Cacheman that I retain. Version 5.1 now has an extensive Help file and features have been expanded to include memory recovery - it does a better job than RamIdle from the prelim tests I've run, so there is a lot to gain by having Cacheman. Cacheman is freeware with an option to register for $10. US - I'd call that the best bargain in software yet. But you can keep it as freeware if you want, nothing will be disabled and so far as I know neither does it expire. The only difference I can see is that when Cacheman loads with Win98, the registered version will not display a splash screen unless you want it to do so - I paid my ten bucks and the splash screen no longer loads. Since the splash shows for maybe five seconds then closes itself, its not a big deal. This is the only utility I simply could not be without. How can you lose?
