Dumb question but how do I contact Mark?

Email Mark at support@startersorders.com.

Few Notes about the next few updates:
2.291- The next update will be a silks update, with all of the UK silks that I was asked to do done. This should be up by the end of the week. I will have two copies of the trainers.dat file (for folder 1), the one that was sent to me as well as an updated one of mine with the silks changed.
2.300- After that update will be the next courses update. This will include the final 6 TB courses for the US/Canada that are scheduled to be made. I am also including Gulfstream Park West (just a renamed Calder) as well as a new showcase and schedule file to reflect changes. The showcase file will still contain the Calder races, just twice, once as Calder and once as GPW, so not to interfere with any games. I am including some old Calder races that are no longer run, and may have moved and been renamed by Gulfstream Park, as GPW races just to add more to that track. The races that kept the same name and moved to GP are going to be at GP (hope that is clear).
2.301- This will include many of the missing trainer, jockey, and owner portraits. This will only come out if you all help me find who is missing a portrait. I am not going to be looking for missing portraits as that takes way too long. If you find any trainers, jockeys, and owners without a portrait, please post here.
2.310- This will be the first pack of courses for the harness tracks.
2.320- This will be the second pack of courses for the harness tracks. This will also include a harness racing schedule as well as associated files.
2.330- This course pack is so far up in the air. I may do it, but not sure. The only courses that I am definitely doing in this pack are Kranji and Happy Valley. The others will be tough since exact locations cannot be done on the map (Kranji will be placed in HK if I cannot get it in Singapore, the trainers and jockey files stay the same since Kranji uses HK connections for the most part).

As always, if you have any courses that you would like me to work on in the future, comment below.

Start It 2.291 is released. It includes more silks for the UK and an updated trainers file with those changes. There are two trainers files in the download, _trainers.dat and _trainers-New Silks.dat. The first is a slightly updated file with some silk changes, but only replacing those that were in Marks original game (the first 80 or so silks). The second file is completely redone with all flat trainers having their own silks.

Just tried downloading all of this.

I started it up, looked fine. Until I get to Jan 15th and hit next day. Then I get a black screen and it says:

FATAL ERROR. Corrupt course 'Meadowlands'! Unable to continue. Contact support@startersorders.com

I see there seems to be *3* Meadowlands files, "2_Meadowlands", "2_Meadowlands Classic" and "2_Meadowlands Dirt". I think the first file comes from 2.20 and the other 2 come from 2.26. I've tried dl'ing 2.20 and 2.26 and writing over them again with no luck. I tried removing the first Meadowlands folder with no luck.

Is this something I should just email Mark about or is it more likely I'm an idiot and just did something wrong?

There is nothing wrong with the Meadowlands. I have tested all of them after I first got notified of this error. 1st, make sure your game is on the most recent patch. Then, if that does not do the trick, open 2_Meadowlands in the editor and press export. This is a problem with downloading, not with the course itself. This method worked for a previous person who had this error.

Hey MJ, Can you check your Hialeah70s map because I'm getting that course error message again and when I try to load and export the regular Hialeah map I get the same error but when I try to load the Hialeah70s map it crashes the Editor every time. Can you help me? Thanks

Hi Mj, are all the UK trainers/silks sorted in 2.291.

Cheers mate.

I'll look at it when I get a chance later today.



Yes. The other trainer file, New Silks, has all the silks used. The normal trainer file has some used.

You're a star mate, thanks.

A few more changes for the next update. Besides Calder being renamed to Gulfstream Park West, stakes races from Portland Meadows, Del Mar (Bing Crosby Meet), Remington Park, Hawthorne, Charles Town, and Sam Houston (on top of the new courses) will be added in (there are some in game, but more on the way). This will help fill the schedule in the winter months for your older horses in December. Also, all 2015 graded stakes changes will be added in. This information was unavailable when I first made the schedule and I have yet to update the schedule. There is the possibility of other changes coming as well but so far those are the only ones. Also, the summer schedule is completely filled (3 stakes meets a day from last day of Ascot to first week of September), giving you a true to life summer schedule. No more seeing Aqueduct in July.

MJ, if, after you've spent some time editing the US courses/schedules etc you want to do UK jumps trainers/silks, I can compile another list of trainers and silks they use.

I can only do like 30 more silks as I'm running out of room for silks. I'll be happy to do the major 30 owners but I won't be able to do full silks for every trainer.

No problems MJ.

If you would like me to do the major ones, just give me a list of the trainers and owners that you want done.