Engine Designer Demo - OFFICIAL BUGS THREAD

@Marcin I'm guessing you tried to select the muffler without having selected a cat well in this case without having selected none.

@did you select something for each field in the fuel systems taps, if you did try selection different stuff in fuel system and see if that didn't make a difference.

Sorry if this has been mentioned - I couldn't immediately see it:-

Although I've got economy set to UK MPG, I get in in lb/hph which is the same as emissions. is this a bug or a way of recording economy i've not come across before?

Otherwise great

OK, we'll need to update FAQ.

You can't give economy in MPG for just an engine. You must have a whole car.

Thus, the economy is given in lb/hph, which is correct unit for stationary engines.

I think I've found a possible bug:

I was testing my engine a few times, and on each of the tries, the sound almost "fades" away as the number of revolutions per minute increases. For example; it was louder @2000 RPM then it was @4000 RPM, and @5000 RPM it regained the correct sounds.

This also happens during some of the "Help on this section" videos.

As far as I've seen, it has happened on 8, 16, and 20 Valve Inline 4 engines; regardless of fuel system type.

EDIT: It doesn't seem to happen with 20 Valve engines.

I had a little problem installing direct X the first time I tried it, but I got it to work, I don't believe that was related to your software; other than that, no problems running the game so far. I have noted a couple glitches when I was fine tuning air/fuel mixture and timing advance that slight changes would suddenly show huge losses in power (I'm talking 89hp down to 35hp) that I'm assuming must be a glitch in the programming. It's intermittent, but it's happened a few times both in the scenarios and in the sandbox.

Other than that, great work, I'm floored with this so far and I can't wait for the turbos.

ok it says that it has downloaded to my computer but then it says theres an update that needs to load. it will say the update is done then say the update has failed and im back to the beginning.

Same here, I just got home from holidays and tried downloading it. the program itself was fine but when you boot it up it says update build 79 or something, click no and it quits. If you click yes a large file TRIES to download but then crashes after a completely random amount of time and exits everything again. HELP!

(also first post, I've been here just a lurk though. Finally made an account haha)

Getting a crash when I click the TESTING button 100% of the time, doesnt matter if its sandbox or scenarios, full screen or windowed. I am able to build an engine from scratch, but the second i click to Test the engine i get this



This is on my Windows XP machine, havent had this issue with my Windows 7 Laptop (or any other issues for that matter)

System info:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/10/2012, 12:08:41
Machine name: KRUSS
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: P5Q3 DELUXE
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/25/08 18:33:53 Ver: 08.00.14
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Page File: 1725MB used, 3483MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 260
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_05E2&SUBSYS_34C81458&REV_A1
Display Memory: 896.0 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.8558 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/8/2011 14:50:00, 4226688 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 10/8/2011 14:50:00, 12791488 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-46A2-11CF-8656-C41400C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x05E2
SubSys ID: 0x34C81458
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D

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Sound Devices
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Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_989B&SUBSYS_10438311&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.6480 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 3/24/2008 11:08:14, 331264 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 33, 32
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 33, 32
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): Yes
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

Description: HD Audio digital out 2
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_989B&SUBSYS_10438311&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 65535
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.6480 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 3/24/2008 11:08:14, 331264 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: AnalogDevices
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xB5B
Min/Max Sample Rate: 44100, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: SoundMAX HD Audio
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: ADIHdAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0001.6480 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 3/24/2008 11:08:14, 331264 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x41
Format Flags: 0xCCC

Description: Logitech Mic (Pro 9000)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: usbaudio.sys
Driver Version: 5.01.2600.5512 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 4/14/2008 00:15:14, 60032 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x41
Format Flags: 0x0

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DirectMusic
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DLS Path: C:\windows\SYSTEM32\drivers\GM.DLS
DLS Version: 1.00.0016.0002
Acceleration: n/a
Ports: Microsoft Synthesizer, Software (Not Kernel Mode), Output, DLS, Internal, Default Port
Microsoft MIDI Mapper [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth [Emulated], Hardware (Not Kernel Mode), Output, No DLS, Internal
Registry: OK
Test Result: Not run

ok it says that it has downloaded to my computer but then it says theres an update that needs to load. it will say the update is done then say the update has failed and im back to the beginning.

Same here, I just got home from holidays and tried downloading it. the program itself was fine but when you boot it up it says update build 79 or something, click no and it quits. If you click yes a large file TRIES to download but then crashes after a completely random amount of time and exits everything again. HELP!

After getting help from my more tech savvy younger brother, the solution is to quit everything else running in the background and turn off your firewall, I did that and it downloaded fine.

[Daffyflyer]

Ahh ok, Firewalls can cause issues like that, so makes sense

I have noted a couple glitches when I was fine tuning air/fuel mixture and timing advance that slight changes would suddenly show huge losses in power (I'm talking 89hp down to 35hp) that I'm assuming must be a glitch in the programming. It's intermittent, but it's happened a few times both in the scenarios and in the sandbox.

Other than that, great work, I'm floored with this so far and I can't wait for the turbos.

How slight are these changes? Remember that knocking reduces engine power.