Sid Meiers Railroad

[zebraca]

I've played 115 hours and all of a sudden the game won't play. It says its running. I tried restarting the computer and uninstalling the game and reinstalling but didn't work. Any other suggestions?

[Nulano]

Have you tried compatibility mode?

[Big D]

I have the same problem. It started a few days ago, and now always does it. Occasionally I have been able to manually close the process on Task Manager, but often it does not appear there. The Steam inventory also says it's running.

[wizardtac]

having exactly the same problem, all of a sudden.
Haven't seen any further responses for suggestions.

Hope there is one, play it all the time.

[wizardtac]

I have found a way to get the game stated...
Go to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Railroads.....
and run the RailRoads. exe file.

Run as an administer

[mikecarrick]

I have the same issue (Win-7) in the last two days. (and I'm ticked off)

Why does Railroads.Exe spawn a sub-task called Rundll32.exe that goes out to Microsoft? It is a fact that I can execute as Administrator (THANKS wizardtac) but it sure seems like there is no reason to stream back to Redmond WA (on IP 40.113.76.66) when launching from Steam.

I see a gameux.dll active in here ; typically UX is User Experience jargon.

"Games Explorer" Product Version 6.17601.18020 on about a 20 second interval
Don't need it; don't want it.

Is this some kind of trade dispute?
Is my favorite game End Of Life?
What's Microsoft's interest anyway?
Is this a vestigial software tail that Firaxis should have lopped off?
Is is some support modality for Steam support that will never come?
What's the deal?

Can we please NOT launch manually in Administrator mode?
FOREVER?

[Nulano]

Originally posted by mikecarrick:

I have the same issue (Win-7) in the last two days. (and I'm ticked off)

Why does Railroads.Exe spawn a sub-task called Rundll32.exe that goes out to Microsoft? It is a fact that I can execute as Administrator (THANKS wizardtac) but it sure seems like there is no reason to stream back to Redmond WA (on IP 40.113.76.66) when launching from Steam.

I see a gameux.dll active in here ; typically UX is User Experience jargon.

"Games Explorer" Product Version 6.17601.18020 on about a 20 second interval
Don't need it; don't want it.

Is this some kind of trade dispute?
Is my favorite game End Of Life?
What's Microsoft's interest anyway?
Is this a vestigial software tail that Firaxis should have lopped off?
Is is some support modality for Steam support that will never come?
What's the deal?

Can we please NOT launch manually in Administrator mode?
FOREVER?

Does this help? (I just googled gameux) https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-gaming/windows-7-game-explorer-interfering-with-game/efd39c74-cfab-4c2c-b6c5-834b8849a1b3?auth=1&page=1

[Jamjuice]

I tried running the exe file from steam apps as an admin and it still didn't launch
:(

[BeantownFan73]

I have Windows 10, game runs for about 20 minutes and crashes every time. I see fixes and workarounds for Win Vista, 7, 8 and even XP. Any known fixes or workarounds for Win 10 users?

[Nulano]

Originally posted by BeantownFan73:

I have Windows 10, game runs for about 20 minutes and crashes every time. I see fixes and workarounds for Win Vista, 7, 8 and even XP. Any known fixes or workarounds for Win 10 users?

LAA fix works for any 64-bit Windows:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349679487

[BeantownFan73]

Originally posted by Nulano:

Originally posted by BeantownFan73:

I have Windows 10, game runs for about 20 minutes and crashes every time. I see fixes and workarounds for Win Vista, 7, 8 and even XP. Any known fixes or workarounds for Win 10 users?

LAA fix works for any 64-bit Windows:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349679487

I've already done this and sadly the game crashes still, like within minutes of starting.

[BeantownFan73]

Originally posted by Nulano:

Originally posted by BeantownFan73:

I have Windows 10, game runs for about 20 minutes and crashes every time. I see fixes and workarounds for Win Vista, 7, 8 and even XP. Any known fixes or workarounds for Win 10 users?

LAA fix works for any 64-bit Windows:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349679487

Ok so after further investigation, it was a custom map I had installed that was causing the crashes. After removing said map from the directories, I started the game using a vanilla map and played for three hours without any issues.

The issue with the custom map is in the readme file the guy says that you may need to put the files in directory A instead of the recommended directory B cause testers of his maps said they experienced crashes. I did what he suggested, tried both locations and still crashed. So I’ll have to go back to that site and see if there is something about it.

The two .fpk files either go in CustomAssets or UserAssets. Sadly, both locations (not at same time) cause crashes. One location the game starts as does the scenario with the custom map. The other location the game crashes while starting.

[Nulano]

Originally posted by BeantownFan73:

Originally posted by Nulano:

LAA fix works for any 64-bit Windows:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349679487

Ok so after further investigation, it was a custom map I had installed that was causing the crashes. After removing said map from the directories, I started the game using a vanilla map and played for three hours without any issues.

The issue with the custom map is in the readme file the guy says that you may need to put the files in directory A instead of the recommended directory B cause testers of his maps said they experienced crashes. I did what he suggested, tried both locations and still crashed. So I’ll have to go back to that site and see if there is something about it.

The two .fpk files either go in CustomAssets or UserAssets. Sadly, both locations (not at same time) cause crashes. One location the game starts as does the scenario with the custom map. The other location the game crashes while starting.

Right. I've mentioned custom maps being a problem before, but didn't think to include it in the guide. I've now updated the guide to point this out in the "Other issues" section. Thank you for the reminder.

[BeantownFan73]

Originally posted by Nulano:

Originally posted by BeantownFan73:

Ok so after further investigation, it was a custom map I had installed that was causing the crashes. After removing said map from the directories, I started the game using a vanilla map and played for three hours without any issues.

The issue with the custom map is in the readme file the guy says that you may need to put the files in directory A instead of the recommended directory B cause testers of his maps said they experienced crashes. I did what he suggested, tried both locations and still crashed. So I’ll have to go back to that site and see if there is something about it.

The two .fpk files either go in CustomAssets or UserAssets. Sadly, both locations (not at same time) cause crashes. One location the game starts as does the scenario with the custom map. The other location the game crashes while starting.

Right. I've mentioned custom maps being a problem before, but didn't think to include it in the guide. I've now updated the guide to point this out in the "Other issues" section. Thank you for the reminder.

Glad to help. Btw, any suggestions on custom maps? Know anyway around the crashes? Or just steer clear of them altogether?

[BeantownFan73]

I just wanted the USA map is all.

[Nulano]

Originally posted by BeantownFan73:

Originally posted by Nulano:

Right. I've mentioned custom maps being a problem before, but didn't think to include it in the guide. I've now updated the guide to point this out in the "Other issues" section. Thank you for the reminder.

Glad to help. Btw, any suggestions on custom maps? Know anyway around the crashes? Or just steer clear of them altogether?

I have tried two (don't remember which ones). I couldn't get one of them to work at all. The other one crashed every 20 or so minutes (but I was in LAN multiplayer with two AI and two human players as well). So I would say get used to crashes if you want custom maps...