Can't finish scenario because reverser & throttle stuck

[TAIPAN303]

Just bought this game, unfortunately might have to refund already :(
Restarted a long scenario at checkpoint I'm near the end coasting no throttle needed and brake to stop. But for the scenario to end I have to change the reverser.

However both the throttle and reverser are stuck, doing some searches it looks like there was an old bug that loading broke these.. I was hoping that sort of thing would be fixed by now.

Apparently a workaround is to stand up out of the driver seat and sit down again, but it doesn't work.

Anyone know how to fix this bug? I can't finish the scenario if the reverser is in forward position.

[Rudolf Jan]

Just use the workaround. It happens occasionally (mainly when saved the game and resumed it later form Last Played and not for all rotues). Into my opninion no reason to ask a refund. The game has some issues, but it is far more reliable than e.g. TrainSimulator2020. and runs stable. Sometimes you will run into a problem and you may need to play a service or scenario again.

There are people complaining a lot about this game, but this really is not justified. I played now, I think over 1500 hours and rarely have problems not caused by my own stupid behaviour ...

[ArcherDooser/Roo]

Maybe switch the master key on.

[topcat1077]

I'm kinda late on this, US railroad, or foreign?? What scenario?

[TAIPAN303]

Originally posted by Rudolf Jan:

Just use the workaround. It happens occasionally (mainly when saved the game and resumed it later form Last Played and not for all rotues). Into my opninion no reason to ask a refund.

I said in the original post the workaround doesn't work :)

A few weeks on I've found that I'm totally fine with using the trains, much easier than flight sims. It's definitely a bug specific to that train and/or scenario.

Unfortuantely scenarios lock down things and they may have locked down the wrong controls.

[TAIPAN303]

Originally posted by ArcherDooser:

Maybe switch the master key on.

Did many times :)

[TAIPAN303]

Originally posted by topcat1077:

I'm kinda late on this, US railroad, or foreign?? What scenario?

Class 47 - Driving Rain

[LeadCatcher]

Just check and I finished that scenario with a gold medal. I do not recall having any problems such as you have described.

Tutorials will lock controls and that is so stated at the beginning of the tutorial. I have yet to run into locked controls on a scenario in my over 500 hours -- you might not be able to proceed on the task list until you perform the current action, but the controls are all operational.

I have run into a few scenarios where the current task will not check off after you have completed an action - but repeated attempts usually get it done.

I will confirm that the save function does have problems, just like in TS2020. I have found that if you save when the driver's train is stationary, you have fewer problems with the saves. No guarantee on that however.

Best of luck with this scenario -- it does work...

[lys_knight]

I concur with LeadCatcher.

[darkage]

TS2020 has an issue with save files, I remembered experimenting with the german content, and found out that if you were moving above 45km/h and with PZB on when you saved, left, and loaded, that the save file reset PZB to its initial state and would trigger emergency brakes due to being above 45km/h, so i discovered that if you saved and loaded when stationary, for example at a station, most issues are gone. So it seems that TS2020 saves only store speed info, and not much else.

TSW, like TS, has issues with save files, and I'd highly recommend that instead of saving, you do the scenarios in one go, and do the scenarios that require the time that you have available.

About tutorials, when you're doing them, only do what the tutorials tell you to, when they tell you to, if you do anything more, you'll have issues. i remember discovering this because one time I reduced the throttle right after being told to apply throttle, but because I reduced too fast, it locked the throttle controls until I reached the speed required by the tutorial, and it took way longer than it should.

[TAIPAN303]

Yep I agree with you guys, it's due to saving. I had reloaded a save, it seems the game loses something of its state when you do that.
For timetable it's ok, but this particular scenario is a problem.

It was unfortunate it was my first 2 scenarios I had issues with, when since then I've done hundreds of miles without problem! They'd do well to fix the issue since it's a bad impression for new buyers, almost made me miss out on the rest which is working totally fine.