Upcoming Release Db Br 147 - Coming Soon!

As much DTG bleat on about console editions NOT holding back the PC side of things I really am starting to believe that notion is simply not true!

 

I was not talking about content but the way how they are communicate with us. Thats very dumb....

 

As mentioned earlier, on the vid of British Ace you can clearly see a lot of lag and even screen freezing. I never noticed this on other vids of him, so I suppose this happened because of the DLC/new timetable.

 

I think their sales figures will show something else

 

You really believe that ‘quality control’ happens there?

 

To be fair, quality control is what caused them to delay it at the last second (if it wasn't, they would just have released it). You can question the timing of it all, but quality control is definitely there.

 

Yes until you put Dostos behind and go over 70 km/h you often get a traction lock

 

..and another delay to patches and hotfixes for the DLCs released with issues recently.

 

If Quality Control had been there, it wouldn't have been left to the last moment to delay it.

 

Yup, just like in ATS’ videos apparently several issues with the Class 90 were caused by QA finding an issue then fixing it, by pulling bits from 2 separate builds, combining them into one and pushing it.

That isn’t QA. They’re building software like it’s Lego.

You have to wonder if they do QA, find issues, attempt fixes & then don’t QA the fix.

 

I’ll be honest. If this is the last DLC they release for the next 6 months, and instead shift 100% focus to fixing bugs and patching things, I’d be a happy man.

Having said that, I was kinda looking forward to this loco, more so than the somewhat tepid 90 release, so I’m a little sad.

 

Quite disappointed by this news with, in my opinion, insufficient information about what the issue is. Multiple videos on youtube showed a working DLC but this is quite a late notice. Don’t want to speculate too much but I sincerely hope the bug fixing for console didn’t break the pc build. It gives me the impression it did since it was showcased by community contributors.

This leaves me with a request/advice. Please don’t announce something if you are yet unsure whether it will work in a stable build that will release. In my opinion it’s unprofessional to announce something a week in advance only to cancel it hours before release (and a day in advance for consoles). I get the feeling that more and more releases are announced before proper testing and quality assessment is being done. This leaves me with a feeling I don’t want to buy DLC’s at launch because it’s yet unknown if they will even work as designed. I have the feeling that a year ago this was better.

To end on a positive note, the previews from community contributors was looking fantastic and it looks like some great effort and work has been put in this locomotive for which I thank the developers.

Was really looking forward to this release. Hopefully things get sorted out quickly and in the future stable releases are the norm.

 

Why? Because they get to play with the new toy before you? Stop being so childish. Content creators received a preview version. And that’s what they did, preview the product, for us for enjoy and evaluate. This delay doesn’t change anything about that.

 

Signed. New content is always exciting, but at this stage I'd prefer seeing all effort put into improving what's already there.

I'm not mad because of the sudden delay of the 147... I'll rather wait a bit longer than getting a(nother) half-baked released-too-early DLC.
At least it shows that there is a QA process working at DTG after all, and stuff is being tested right up to the deadline (and beyond?)

 

This is something that's pretty needed, TSW's own "Operation: Health".
There are so many features that have been added over the games... that simply don't work properly.

 

they need to change this thread title to: DB BR 147 - coming (not so) soon

 

I enjoy it as freight definitely

 

Sorry, but what would you rather DTG do? Release it like it is and then have you lot bitching and bleating on the forums a few months or they postpone the release and fix it?

Not aimed at you but people are quick to moan, and slow to show praise.
It's disapointing yes, but I would rather it goes back and gets sorted before release.

Hentis

 

I had hope xD

 

l agree Hentis. Sensible of DTG to delay the release until the issues have been resolved.

 

I want them to do the tests properly, it's clear Q&A or whatever isn't working. To have the DLC delayed so close to release...PC delayed within an hour of release is incredibly unprofessional. If the issues are so bad that it's been delayed for the foreseeable and it wasn't spotted before, then somewhere along the line, the testing is broken. It needs a top to bottom clear out. That's what I want DTG to do.

 

There is so many patches and hot fixes that we are due. Hoping they within the next week.

 

Trust me you're not the only one on that. It saves the ambassadors from getting this abuse from certain members of the TSW community. I klnow of some that have decided to restrict comments on their channels because of it.

 

I mean I’m not not condoning it, but just a few posts up you replied to someone with “you lot bitching”. I would say at that point you’re just inviting unnecessary drama toward yourself.

I don’t disagree with the sentiment, but personally if I was to have an issue with someone swearing & making personal comments toward me, I probably wouldn’t be taking part in it myself.

You’re not the only one to have issue with people complaining, general community behaviour or even then a step above that proclaiming to be a victim of abuse, whilst simultaneously leaving inappropriate and/or antagonising remarks.

 

Has this even got a date yet now.

 

No, but the route was updated in the patch today, which I guess is partly because of the issues that DTG mentioned. So my guess is that the loco's release can't be far off now.

 

Seems like the loco will not be "Coming Soon" really sad, Console holding everything back again

 

Why do you think console keeps hold it back it might pc as well .

 

*delays exactly 1 thing*

“Holds everything back”

 

erm you sure about that bub?
maybe you should read the news a bit more often.

Hentis

 

Don't let all the negativity here get you all over there.

I for one welcome that a product gets delayed to iron out bugs - it's the opposite (bug ridden products) that annoy me really.

And it's not like lives are lost because you have to wait a few days or weeks to drive a new loco, people.