fatal error Loadstat_t::start_tag when starting
I have split this as this appears to be a different issue.
Kittens - as with your previous bug report, if you mean that this occurs invariably every time that you start a game, this does not happen to me, so I cannot reproduce this. Can you give more detail as to your setup and the executable that you are using so that I can try to discern why you are getting this error?
verson Simutrans-Experimental_160825_9d192e7 and it crashes before choosing packset
I had something like that come up and found this in another post which fixed it for me.
Note: If you get an error with loadsave_t::start_tag(), delete or rename your Simutrans folder in My Documents.
Have you tried deleting settings-experimental.xml in your Simutrans folder?
fixed now
Excellent.