Class 373 has stopped working

[thubble9]

Hello all for anyone who owns the class 373 does anyone now have an issue where the train now no longer works. I have followed the start up procedure from the manual and It still does not work just wondering if anyone else had the same issue.

[wacdag]

If this is about the AHS Class 373 then an update to the core of TSC a while ago broke the 373 and the developer of the has long since disappeared without trace.

[thubble9]

I guess there is no current fix for this or any way to fix it?

[Spikee1975]

The big core update addressed the code instability and OOM (which were incorrectly labelled as such) issues.

Previously, TSC allowed "bad" lua scripting, and is seemingly more strict now in terms of sticking to programming guidelines to avoid crashes.

Technically what I have gathered is was mostly incorrect usage of the Initialise() function and/or its parameters in 3rd party scripts.

The developers of affected DLC cooperated with DTG and the issues were fixed to be future-proof (Searchlight Simulation, Smokebox, VirtualRailroads, G-TraX, VNHRR).

Only AHS did not, DTG tried to make contact to no avail, nobody knows where the developer is now. As the scripts are compiled, nobody can fix them except AHS.

I own 90% of the TSC DLC and a lot of 3rd party stuff too, all working very stable and well now, but the AHS 373 and EuroShuttle are the only trains left that's not working after the update.

I heard another developer is currently making a new 373.

Note that you can download any previous version of Train Simulator using a Steam console command, and use that next to your main installation. I have done so, a small core v72.3b installation which only has the Ashford-Lille route installed.

I've written a guide on how to do so here:
https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/guide-how-to-legally-install-old-ts-versions-next-to-tsc.71041/

[Highball Simulation]

Originally posted by wacdag:

If this is about the AHS Class 373 then an update to the core of TSC a while ago broke the 373 and the developer of the has long since disappeared without trace.

Damn. I'd been thinking of getting that. I guess I won't now.

[Spikee1975]

Originally posted by Highball Simulation:

Originally posted by wacdag:

If this is about the AHS Class 373 then an update to the core of TSC a while ago broke the 373 and the developer of the has long since disappeared without trace.

Damn. I'd been thinking of getting that. I guess I won't now.

You cannot buy it, the website doesn't exist anymore. And on FB, last post was in 2021.

[x1Heavy]

Aw.