Help needed with saving the beta track

[Midas67]

Dear admins, members, users, etc.

I just need a liitle help with DigitalEarthWorks, when I have done my track edit etc. and I want to compile it as beta track I am always looking at the logs if any errors occure, so far no errors occure but the logs and compiling stucks at the "Saving track fileset". I need your help I was trying and searching through the forum and I found one topic with game having the same problem but it wasn't solved so I will have to make a topic. I have even a right path for the saving "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MX vs ATV Reflex\database" but it is still stucked. I even tried to move my database files from database folder in Mx vs Atv Reflex game. Didn't work, but yesterday it was wroking, I could compile beta tracks etc.

My question is there a way how we could change the folder or directory were the compiled beta tracks files are being saved?
or is there some fix for this?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Midas67





Compiling package file.
Beta_Track_Slot_2.dx9.scene has successfully compiled.
Added asset Custom_HFTRN.material
Added asset Custom_BaseBump.material
Added asset Custom_DISP.texture
Texture packed for Height map
Added asset Custom_TopDown.texture
Texture packed for Top down
Added asset Custom_DetailMasks.texture
Texture packed for RGB Mask
Added asset Custom_CHR_LUM.texture
Texture packed for Chrominance luminance map
Added asset Custom_LightSLM-9000003.texture
Texture packed for Spherical light map
Added asset Custom_SPH_REF.texture
Texture packed for Spherical reflection map
Added asset Custom_ShadowMap.texture
Texture packed for Shadow volume map
Added asset Custom_Base.texture
Texture packed for Base texture
Added asset Custom_Dirt_R.texture
Texture packed for Texture R channel
Added asset Custom_Dirt_G.texture
Texture packed for Texture G channel
Added asset Custom_Dirt_B.texture
Texture packed for Texture B channel
Added asset Custom_BaseBump.texture
Texture packed for Base bump texture
Added asset Custom_Bump_R.texture
Texture packed for R channel bump texture
Added asset Custom_Bump_G.texture
Texture packed for G channel bump texture
Added asset Custom_Bump_B.texture
Texture packed for B channel bump texture
Added asset Custom_DEF.texture
Texture packed for Softness map
Added asset Custom_Sky.texture
Texture packed for Sky map
Compiled texture for Zone 0
Compiled texture for Zone 1
Compiled texture for Zone 2
Compiled texture for Zone 3
Compiled Zone data
Added asset Custom_Zones.packdata
The Zone data has been added to the package
Beta_Track_Slot_2.dx9.package has successfully compiled.
Track compiled successfully.
Saving track fileset

[mcm2boys]

There is no way to change the save directory in DE, you might be able to trick it into using a different folder using the registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Strawberry\DigitalEarthworks\options

and setting the ReflexRootPath (you might need to create it) value to the folder that you want DE to save to. Warning: Only do this if you are comfortable with editing the registry since a mistake editing the registry can make your system unusaeable.

You would be telling DE this is where to find the game files, and unless you copy most of the game files across the same folder, will cause more problems.

Are you running DE as administrator? That might be why it gets stuck, if DE doesn't have permission to write to the Reflex folder, because by the time you see the line 'saving track file set' all the hard work has been done and it is just saving files from memory to your HD.

Also make sure any beta files already in that folder aren't set to Read Only.

Laurie

[Midas67]

I tried to run it with administrator permissions. No change stil stuck at "Saving track fileset".

There are no previous or older beta files because I have deleted them as I made some upgrades to the track.

as I have said yesterday it was all working fine, today I started PC and then DE tried to compile and from that moment it is getting always stuck at "Saving track fileset".

I might try the registry but if there is some easier way to go with I will be more than happy to use registry as my last option.

[mcm2boys]

I would like t understand the problem as well, the only thing that happens after the message "Saving track fileset" is saving the data in memory to the HD. The only thing that would stop it is your HD full, file or folder permissions, possibly a virus scanner or a bug in DE, but I can't see where a bug could be.

Can you give more details about the track you're trying to save? How many objects are there? Is it a Nat or Sx? From the Log it looks like it's just the terrain with no objects. Did you make changes to your system around the time that DE started to have problems - if yes what? What's you're version of windows?

[Midas67]

HDD isn't full it has still 30GB left to use.

I turned off anti-virus while compiling to see if that isn't a problem but no effect.

It is just a plain track I have made with some jumps.

No objects.

I didn't make any changes to system if an installation of game doesn't count as a system change.

Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit

[Midas67]

Files of the started test track.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/v0voanzqgx7g8j4/Track.rar

[mcm2boys]

Thanks i'll try the files out myself to see what I get.

Installing another game might be something that changed your system, can I ask which game it was, do you know which version of DX it uses?

[Midas67]

Game I installed is named Deadpool.

DX version can use 9,10, and 11

[mcm2boys]

Must admit i'm stumped, how much memory do you have in your system. It sounds a bit like you're running out of memory with it working 1 minute but not the next

[Midas67]

It is

Installed Memory (RAM): 16.0GB (15.4GB usable)



http://www.mediafire.com/view/es4xd56w919kbej/Ram.JPG

[mcm2boys]

hmm that's not it then - unless you have a lot of stuff running in the background...

[Midas67]

No the memory is used on like 5% all the time

[mcm2boys]

I'm really not sure what the problem is here since like i said before all that happens after the last log entry is data in memory is dumped to file. I still feel it has something to do with permissions, i can add some more log comments after each file to see which file is causing the problem.