Bug/Issue Adding A Formation To Itself - Do Not Try This

Discussion in 'Formation Designer Discussion' started by LondoSpark, Feb 8, 2024.

  1. LondoSpark

    LondoSpark Member

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    I was silly, I tried to add a formation to itself... The game allows it but then crashes and you can't boot it up. I deleted the UGCFormations_0.sav and did a verify before it worked again.

    Don't be me. Don't do stuff that silly.
     
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  2. Whippy107

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    Thanks for the warning!
     
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  3. DTG Matt

    DTG Matt Executive Producer Staff Member

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    Noted to be fixed :)
     
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  4. LondoSpark

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    Thank you, I think the UI confused me which is why I did it. I didn't try and break it on purpose.
     
  5. spikeyorks

    spikeyorks Well-Known Member

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    Was this you adding a full formation (including a loco) to itself or was it just a run of wagons of coaches which you were using as a 'base' to help create a much longer formation?

    By the way doing "silly stuff" is what makes life great......perhaps shorter but still great ;)
     
  6. DTG Matt

    DTG Matt Executive Producer Staff Member

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    I would take this as:

    Make formation A, containing 5 box cars.
    Edit Formation A, add Custom formation, find A and add it.... to A. inside A. :)

    Boom.

    Matt
     
  7. spikeyorks

    spikeyorks Well-Known Member

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    I assumed it was that so stayed well clear. TBH it's not too bad making a UK consist 1 vehicle at a time......not so sure about US though :o

    Oh hang on. You've said "A inside A" = Boom. (I think that makes sense to me from a system viewpoint).
    Does A plus A work though? (I haven't tried that one yet as I chose to do everything one vehicle at a time).
     
  8. DTG Matt

    DTG Matt Executive Producer Staff Member

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    Nothing to stop you making formation A with 5 box cars. Then making formation *B* and adding a ton of A's to it, that works.

    Matt.
     
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  9. Calidore266

    Calidore266 Well-Known Member

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    There have been at least a couple of occasions in Doctor Who when the TARDIS has materialized inside itself, and it's never been a good thing.
     
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  10. LondoSpark

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    Exactly that, it was recursive... and recursion with no base case is never a good time.
     
  11. iliketrainz#6769

    iliketrainz#6769 New Member

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    It’s also a bad idea to add an empty formation to something.
     

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