Creation Sharing Gwr Pannier Tank Loco Success ( Working In Game)

Apologies for not thanking you earlier and for your earlier encouragement to keep at it. You were right that I did finally over come that problem.

 

Apologies if I misunderstood. Thanks again for your interest in the project.

 

thank you for the advice. I had checked up on the Severn Valley route being released by "greggygran" and found my way to the Train Sim Community website, which also had a link to DTG conditions regarding User Content which was helpful.

My loco doesn't include any significant DTG content but it does use their couplings, particle effects (for the smoke) and references their Audio /Sound effects.

Do you know how (or who) to contact at DTG "just in case" as they don't seem to respond very much to threads on this forum.

 

I think DTG Harry, DTG Alex, DTG Jan and candacedtg are the community managers that are on most often
DTG Matt (executive producer) is on Discord sometimes, but not the forums so much

 

One of the contributors who has responded to my last you tube video has pointed out that I have the Driver's Brake Valve wrongly orientated
(should be right for Ejector / release and left for Apply. He was quite correct and I have thanked him for the advice.
Apologies to the Great Western Railway for going "the wrong way" !

I am rearranging that and making a few other adjustments before repacking and considering where to go next.

 

I have watched this project with a lot of interest. What you have achieved is remarkable and shows what can be done with time and patience. Keep up the good work.

 

Thanks for your reply. I tend to look at all my hobby projects as a challenge for me to learn how to turn my original idea into reality and I can be quite determined to find a way past obstacles when they crop up.

Sometimes you just have to study carefully how DTG have done something (looking at a child blueprint for example) and get a clue from that. I have been surprised at how much detail and potential there is "under the bonnet" in TSW and all due respect to them.

Not so long ago I thought making my own Simugraph, moving the driver to the "other" side, Lever Reverser and making a tank engine would be difficult as no existing DTG steam locos have these features. In the end it all worked out, although I still have to get an animated fireman working on the other side.

The encouragement from yourself and others on this forum has been a great help in keeping me plodding on so thanks again to all of you.

 

You have my congratulations on this project; you are bringing the modding community forward on this game.

Don't put pressure on yourself, take your time, even if some bad people try to pressure you (I hope there aren't any).

You have done an impressive job, and I wish you all the best.

 

Thanks for your support. I think I have nearly done as much as I can on this loco so hopefully I will release it as a mod. in the near future and then try to incorporate design improvements in the Class 14xx.

For example I now know it didn't help to replicate the 4F skeleton (right at the start of the project) so on the next build I will use my own (simpler) one.

 

…thank you so much for your skill, endeavour & perseverance ! you give hope to those of us who haven’t given up on the ‘Dream of Steam’ (& 1st gen. D&E. !) Bring on the 14XX & Autotrailer !