Dovetail Games Wcml Trent Valley Q & A

*rewriting this in a way to keep certain operators from getting angry at me for useless questions*
Given the rocky state of previous all aboard releases on consoles, what steps have been taking to try to minimise occurrences of game crashes and blurry textures?

 

It's not like you'll acknowledge any posts with a hint of negativity anyway

 

Will this route feature optimised textures and memory to improve performance and blurry textures on launch?

 

Well you moved one of mine but there actually were several questions in there, now highlighted in bold:

Hence my question about how the freight that runs via Northampton will be represented, also the outer suburban Class 350 services north of Wolverton. I wonder also how many of those 478 services will be short hops between MKC and Wolverton or vv on said trains which disappear off stage north of Roade to re-emerge at Rugby.

And as regards the price it may be 108 miles, but nearly 30 of that is (presumably) copy and pasted in from B2C unless AABS would like to confirm otherwise.

At least three questions there if the time was taken to read it, or perhaps it was decided to quietly shuffle the awkward ones off elsewhere? All you have done Jan, is antagonise and reduce even further the chances I might actually buy this route.

 

Considering that B2C still suffers from performance issues on Console, can an insight be given into the testing / QA procedure for this route? Especially considering it adds another variant of the 350 which is already a memory intensive train. What has the performance, especially with blurred textures been like? - Also, when the trains from this route eventually layer back onto B2C, what impact will it have?

 

More of a niche question from me: is the parliamentary service to Polesworth playable as part of the 350 services?

 

Based on the WCML Trent Valley Route showcase video on YouTube, at timestamp number- 1:06 the chair on the right of screen has textures which are I think blurry. Will be rectified before the public release?

 

Can DTG Explain in the most Simplistic of terms how there 46 that they considered trust Ambassadors get a free pre-launch copy game with game key which they are possible allowed to keep i seen enough of them in you tube Video The British Ace & Tin tin 57 spring there is something very wrong some where they get a free version of the game & the rest of us have to pay 32.99.

I mean do DTG see us as Stupid?

 

Is there any consideration of doing a pre-2024 timetable for the route featuring the Avanti West Coast's Class 221 Super Voyager?

 

Them having a copy actually helps me decide whether I want to buy something or not in a lot of cases. I find it quite useful.

 

for longer routes, yes.

 

How will route hopping work between this and WCML S? Route hopping currently does not allow you to choose timetables so will it just hop to the vanilla timetable or the 805 timetable? It would be a huge problem if it just hops to the original timetable as they will not match

 

Any difficulties modelling certain sections?

 

Not strictly true. The Czech route is 45 miles and £33. Swollen - Gronigen is 52 miles and £33. NYP to Stamford is mostly reused track and scenery and cost £33. The only actual long route that cost £33 is WCML Preston to Carlisle.

Route length isn't the factor here.

 

It's not likely targeting Russian... It's them just making localization support in English and German.

 

Has the Class 350/4 been built from the ground up or will it be the same model currently used?

If it’s the same model, what updates and upgrades have been done on the train eg sounds etc.

 

Since route length and new rolling stock are not the reasons for the $50 price, how are you justifying premium pricing?

And don't you think a 10% loyalty or pre-order discount would be a decent gesture these days?

 

Excluding the JT sections already revealed, is that it for the WCML for a while? Please?

 

i suspect that we’ll get rugby-birmingham sooner rather than later and then that’ll be it. it’d be an expensive route to make, but would be very popular given the amount of requests for it

 

Content creators getting access to stuff early isn't unique to dtg and tsw

 

Is the poor quality QA unique though?

 

I'll take that if no other WCML routes/branches are announced for 5 years so that the Southern, Eastern, Scottish and Western can level-up with London Midland. A further WCML DLC would take it to 15 sections of it while the Eastern still only has 2. It's infuriating for those of us who want to support TSW but find LMR to be the least interesting BR region.

And yes, I worked for LMR's rivals the Eastern Region.

 

thats just how product ambassadors work, they get the product at no cost and can choose to make content to show it off or not.
in the most simple of terms, ambassador shows product to general public, general public sees thing in action, general public buys thing.