Upcoming Release Course Set For Czechia: Liberec - Stará Paka - Coming 10th March!

Discussion in 'Dovetail Live Article Discussion' started by DTG Harry, Mar 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM.

  1. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Well yes maybe I was taking more from the night lighting than was actually there. Sadly I just think TSW's use of UE4 lacks the capability to do much better. As you know I'm fairly vocal about the lack of ambient light aka pollution or even the illumination provider by a full moon. Guess we will find out for sure next Tuesday.

    Said it many times, there needs to be a slider for those of us who would prefer a slightly lighter night to make it so. Those who prefer pitch black can retain the option to run the route like an old text based sim.

    And without flogging the horse, still no answer from DTG or the devs about the pedestrian incursions at stations.
     
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  2. Tigert1966

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    I would like to know this as well. It was one thing in the stream that really bothered me. And whether by accident or design Matt moved the camera at that point so we didn't see anyone get run over. But it looked like they were still moving around the track.

    Also slightly concerned about the road crossing. There were a couple of instances where a car made a very last minute dash in front of the train.
     
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  3. OldVern

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    Indeed. I cannot in all honesty support a route where even if there are no injuries or gore depicted, people are walking in the path of trains. They need to go back in and fix this before release even if that means postponing it.

    I already pinged Matt who hasn't responded so DTG Harry can we have an assurance this is being addressed as a matter of urgency please.
     
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    vendys#6021 Well-Known Member

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    I don't believe this will happen... it's a common occurrence in the Czech Republic, every now and then there's an emergency on the railway, someone gets run over by a train... unfortunately
     
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    Isn't pedestrian behaviour more of a core thing though? I don't think we have many routes where passengers have to cross the tracks like this rather than use an over or underpass. Maybe Niddertalbahn or Mittenwaldbahn
     
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    Yes, such unfortunate accidents happen everywhere.

    But there's no need to depict them in the game!!

    Nothing to do with Czech railways however. Just the lack of attention towards NPC behavior on the part of the developers.

    Although we may be dismayed by such depictions, surprisingly the railway operators don't seem to mind, or at least they're not publicly complaining.
     
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    I would say virtual passengers get into trains' path less often than real ppl :D (sorry for this kind of black joke :D )
     
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  8. OldVern

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    It happens on every railway network in the world. And yes we know countries like Czech Republic are more laid back as to how and where passengers can cross the line between platforms, but in real life all but someone intent on harming themselves would stand back when a train is moving or about to move.

    Sadly still silence from DTG on the matter…
     
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    Well to be fair that's only one day ago.
     
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  10. OldVern

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    Well I’m surprised this one wasn’t picked up during beta and play testing. Surely enough railway experienced people are involved with the process to throw up a red flag. And this doesn’t look like the normal passengers spilling on to the track as we have seen on routes such as WCMLS or Goblin Line. This looks as if people spawners are specifically set up to emulate passengers crossing the line at these particular locations.
     
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    Well, I think it looks brilliant. Above all, it seems fresh and different, not more of the same; and compared to the Dutch route the scnery is varied and interesting. And the sounds! Obviously Vector found an outstanding audio engineer.
     
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