Train sim 2015 will not work

[trainman16]

After doing some stuff in the graphic settings, when ever I try to use the game it comes up the the save dump file and the game exits. Really need help.

[brimellor]

sounds like the problem I had. It looks that you have to delete steam from your computer and reload it again its a pain but I have had to do this twice now and it happens after a upgrade but steam

[Captainbob]

What did you do in the graphics settings?

[Growler]

Before you resort to the drastic measure of uninstalling Steam & doing a full game reinstall (and it might come to that; it's something I've sadly had to resort to when the TS2015 updrade was released), is it first possible for you to use your Window restore points, and go back to an earlier time on your PC? I suggest this because you say you messed about with the graphics settings before the troubles happened. It may also be possible to overcome the problem if your graphics card control panel, has a wind-back reset to factory default graphics levels. If this exists for you that's also worth a try (ideally before trying a Windows system restore point).

Very much hoping you can avoid the aggro of a full Steam uninstall/reinstall. Good luck!

[Captainbob]

Isn't there a file that you can delete, and the next time you restart TS2015. a new one is created. ( can't remember the name of it)

[trainman16]

I onley changed the screen size to make the game run better

[Mavadelo]

according to a post on uktrainsims where someone had set the wrong res and only got a black screen The easiest way is to:
Exit TS 2014 and STEAM
navigate to the Railworks\Content folder and delete or rename "playerprofiles.bin" file
Restart Steam and TS2014

[Captainbob]

Originally posted by Mavadelo:

according to a post on uktrainsims where someone had set the wrong res and only got a black screen The easiest way is to:
Exit TS 2014 and STEAM
navigate to the Railworks\Content folder and delete or rename "playerprofiles.bin" file
Restart Steam and TS2014

You beat me by a few seconds, I was looking for the name of this file, and just found it. :)

[Mavadelo]

Originally posted by Captainbob:

Originally posted by Mavadelo:

according to a post on uktrainsims where someone had set the wrong res and only got a black screen The easiest way is to:
Exit TS 2014 and STEAM
navigate to the Railworks\Content folder and delete or rename "playerprofiles.bin" file
Restart Steam and TS2014

You beat me by a few seconds, I was looking for the name of this file, and just found it. :)

I am sorry Bob :) The player in question that had the problem also confirmed in the topic that his graphical settings had reset and he had no issues anymore.

[Captainbob]

Originally posted by Mavadelo:

Originally posted by Captainbob:

You beat me by a few seconds, I was looking for the name of this file, and just found it. :)

I am sorry Bob :) The player in question that had the problem also confirmed in the topic that his graphical settings had reset and he had no issues anymore.

Originally posted by Mavadelo:

Originally posted by Captainbob:

You beat me by a few seconds, I was looking for the name of this file, and just found it. :)

I am sorry Bob :) The player in question that had the problem also confirmed in the topic that his graphical settings had reset and he had no issues anymore.

Yeah, if you set a resolution that your monitor or GPU is incapable of, it apparently causes TS2015 to crash, and by deleting this file, you force it to reset to the normal resolution of the monitor-Gpu.

[I'm Back]

Hi
in STEAM folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps
You will see some files like appmanifest_24010.acf
make a backup of this file into another folder and delete the orginal one.
Steps
1) Exit from STEAM

2) copy C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_24010.acf
d:\SteamBackup\appmanifest_24010.acf

3) Delete C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_24010.acf

4) Load STEAM

Steam will start download railworks files or you need to reinstall railworks

If you want to be sure also you can search steam community by appmanifest_24010.acf

As Growler says you do not uninstall staem at all

[Mavadelo]

Originally posted by I'm Back:

Hi
in STEAM folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps
You will see some files like appmanifest_24010.acf
make a backup of this file into another folder and delete the orginal one.
Steps
1) Exit from STEAM

2) copy C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_24010.acf
d:\SteamBackup\appmanifest_24010.acf

3) Delete C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\appmanifest_24010.acf

4) Load STEAM

Steam will start download railworks files or you need to reinstall railworks

If you want to be sure also you can search steam community by appmanifest_24010.acf

As Growler says you do not uninstall staem at all

I am sorry but that is a load of ....
the first thing steam will do when you say install is "discovering exisiting files for Train Simulator 2015" any file that is present will not be downloaded thus not resetting the game. for that you need to uninstall the game first which is ridiculous if just deleting one file is the answer, if deleting that file is no solution you might as well just delete the game and reinstall it the normal way thus making sure steam doesn't screw your installation. the app manifest is nothing more than a simple text file with no settings for the game itself

oh and before I claim something I check it so I tried your methode, nothing was downloaded from steam besides a new app manifest

[Captainbob]

I hope the OP doesn't go though a delete amd reinstall when deleting the PlayerProfiles.bin file will most likely fix the problem and takes about 10 seconds.