Route Birmingham - Crewe Feedback Thread

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  1. shredder

    shredder Well-Known Member

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    Same issue, and I have the evidence!

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    4O21 runs south and is brought down to red, as Aroused by Trains suggests, by a 4-Car 350 (1L71) just hanging out on the line shortly after a signal - not even being held at red at a signal. It appears to have encountered a fault (if your imagination can stretch that far) and will need deleting to continue.

    Sleuthing further, I then ran the 350 service 1L71 from Crewe to Birmingham and didn’t encounter a single issue - in fact, I’d say that run was an ‘Awesome Service Mode’ run.. passing under a flying XC at Norton Bridge Jct., racing into Stafford with a Pendo, pushing a WMR 170 along the adjacent platform arriving into Wolverhampton and meeting another Pendo at the exit of the tunnel into New Street!
     
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  2. aroused by trains

    aroused by trains Active Member

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    And amusingly I'm running 1L71 right now based on your recommendation :D - had a door fault before setting off though so don't know how it'll act

    Did you also have Green to Red sequence?
     
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  3. shredder

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    Yes, so the door issue I must have anticipated without realising and closed/reopened from habit, that’s hopefully something the mooted January patch will resolve (1L71)

    Yes too, to the green to red on the Basford Hall exit.. not sure about those ‘STOP’ boards either.. (4O21)
     
  4. aroused by trains

    aroused by trains Active Member

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    Re: doors - I just mean the random failures thing - I have it on, just set to low probability so it is genuinely a surprise when it happens...
     
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  5. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    Is just container freight on this route? And why is there so few jobs i thought would have been a busy freight hub. But Basford hall yard is always empty.
     
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  6. li150special

    li150special Well-Known Member

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    Driving the Class 390, there are no Class 86/87 parked at Crewe.
     
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  7. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    Are the layers for that switched on or off.
     
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  8. li150special

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    All switched on. Layer selector shows 21 layers active.

    All other layers look fine including the TfW and 323s and stuff.
     
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  9. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    Maybe its only there at certain times on the year.
     
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  10. li150special

    li150special Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately not. I tried several times of year now and with several locos and even on foot. Renewed the licence. Nothing.

    Definitely was there before, like the 158 next to the main track.

    Makes me sad. After all the layering issues on PS4, this "issue" niow starts on PS5 as well. Lots of frustration. Might wishlist Simrail right now already.
     
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  11. dab#3890

    dab#3890 New Member

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    I am also having issue with layers. In have WCMLS installed and all layers enabled but none of the freight is showing that I own it when looking at the layers. Tried uninstalling etc but still the same.
     
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  12. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    If you go into the 66 and pick wcml Milton Keynes version you have freight in that one.
     
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    dab#3890 New Member

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    If I got to trains and 66 I can't play this route and the 66 doesn't show as an option under the route
     
  14. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    What other UK routes do you own.
     
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    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    You need the Cargo volume 3 dlc for freight show up in this route i think. I could be wrong.
     
  17. li150special

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    There are both Aggregates and Intermodal services.
     
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  19. Double Yellow

    Double Yellow Well-Known Member

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    Not adding the Class 90 to this route is a big mistake, and a slap in the face to the players.
     
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  20. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    Why they not adding to this route i was gonna buy for this route.
     
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  21. Double Yellow

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    There’s still tension between AAB and ATS I read. Both parties are salty with one another.
    I said it in a previous post, but they really just need to grow up and do what’s best for their player base.
     
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  22. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    What are they like 10 or something grow up stop acting like kids and give us what we want and pay for.
     
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  23. Double Yellow

    Double Yellow Well-Known Member

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    Exactly, couldn’t have said it better myself.
     
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    jack#9468 Well-Known Member

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    Except they've both said a few times now that this is simply not the case.
     
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  25. dal#7945

    dal#7945 Well-Known Member

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    So what route is intentionally for then.
     
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  26. samuelpower2001

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    I believe wcml south Euston to Milton Keynes
     
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  27. Double Yellow

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    WCMLS, B2C and TV I would’ve thought.

    That’s the PR response to keep everything calm. Who really knows what’s going on behind the scenes.
    For ATS to say they won’t put their loco on AAB routes though, screams resentment to me. What about other routes? Why only AAB routes?

    *Edit* I’ve just read LPGaming’s response @4:10pm regarding the class 90, maybe I was wrong.
     
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  28. IvyJoanTurner

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    Be nice to actually have a patchnote for the recent update.
     
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  29. tom#2834

    tom#2834 Well-Known Member

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    Personally, I think it is totally unreasonable to ask for patch notes for a patch, total and utterly unreasonable ;)
     
  30. glendathu

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    So B2C is still bugged since 3 months ? Just thought about buying it together with the 805, but under this circumstances I'll wait until they fixed the route and then buy both...
     

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