Dovetail Games Tsw June 2026 Roadmap Q&a Thread [answered]

When is the mildmay extension releasing and when can we expect the class 90 update. And 145 update. Also why on earth is taking you so long to release 3rd party updates and patches .

 

Do we have any progress reports on a fix for the broken PIS displays on many Ai trains? Most commonly affects the Class 350, Voyager and Class 390.

 

When will the cab lights be fixed on the class 220?

 

Unfortunately, this PIS issue – the one that says ‘Please do not board’ – isn’t just an AI problem.
In some cases, this problem, which was introduced into TSW via an update, still occurs on moving trains, yet it hasn’t been properly fixed to this day.

So, DTG, when will you finally fix this problem that you yourselves caused?

 

Does having too many third parties affect qa and timelines for dtg made routes?

 

Month 4 of me asking for updates on the GWR Class 387 if none, then I am seriously concerned something wrong has happened.

 

How is this strike force from a roadmap earlier this year shaping up?

 

Since all recent route releases coming from 3rd party teams featured railsinging, can we expect this to be implemented in every new DTG release from now on too?
If yes, is there a chance for it being implemented in other existing DTG made routes which do not necessarily need a complete overhaul, similar to the extended track shadow updates? (for example most routes released after TSW 4 launch)

 

1.When do you plan on releasing the long-awaited 3rd content updates? The 145 was supposed to get its improvements in the last core update.
2.More 3rd parties are including virtual guard on their trains, can DTG please join them?

 

What's being done about the crashes for PS4 and 5 users?

 

Just to reemphasise what others have said, when are you able to provide the 145 expert update, which was hinted at already some time ago. Pretty sure the TSG fixes must be with DTG for almost two months now (unless more fixes were provided later?!)…

 

In The Thames Valley Branches What's The Differences From The GWE 165 And Thames Valley's

 

Would you'll maybe consider transitioning to UE5?

I understand everything has to be reworked on and is a lengthy process. But in the long run, from the performance point of view, won't that be a better route to take? In the mean time in place of releasing the next TSW version this year as a regular update, maybe take a break and work on the next TSW version with UE5?

As I also understand Metro Rivals was going to be the testing ground for UE5 in the first place.

 

Can we have an update on blurry textures please?

 

A route suggests would be the ECML Edinburgh - Newcastle. In my opinion the best section of the ECML and it has some stunning views. I think that we need some more ECML as I feel right now there is a lot of WCML DLC's and its feels like its mainly being focused on that rather than other parts of the UK.

 

Will blurry textures on consoles be fixed any time soon? And also I would like to suggest some of the ECML, specifically York to Newcastle with the Class 91 and Class 801, and possibly a Class 55 DLC for railtours

 

When are the Class 90 patches expected, can they be expedited at all?

 

Since last update I’m experiencing crashes when loading up the game. Is this being looked at? (PS5)
When will touch screen mfd’s finally be fixed on consoles? We’ve been waiting since TSW4 if I’m not mistaken.
Will the total number of services completed ever get fixed? It’s been saying 00/00 for almost 2 years now. Is this really that hard to fix?
I’m also still waiting on fixes for broken and or unfinishable services on older routes (HMA / RRO/ London Underground to name a few). Lost count of the number of years these bugs been in the game.
I know blurry textures are a pain in the backside but at least they’re not game breaking. Services that you can’t finish because of bugs are gamebreaking imo.

 

Hard to ask questions without sight of the Roadmap first, but a few general ones...

Any progress towards the save game improvements - i.e. more slots and greater reliability, particularly with longer routes and adjoining routes allowing "hopping".

Why has there been no DTG "midi" route this Spring, as we have seen in previous years with the likes of Goblin and Glossop etc?

Is the TSG work on steam traction likely to lead to DTG renewing their own production of similar content?

Will it definitely be TSW7 this summer or is something different planned?

What are the views of the DTG Trains Dept on Running Train and how it compares graphically to TSW? (With the caveat it did try to melt my PC!).

Not of huge interest to myself but on behalf of those who purchased Wonders Of Sodor, is it getting any more route and loco DLC or is it considered project complete at this time?

Player numbers for WoS seem very low, so is it considered a success or with hindsight a waste of resources that could have been deployed on more core business products?

Could the CM's possibly run through the Troubleshooting and Product Feedback threads with some updates on where things stand. Even better, why don't you do as SimRail do and actually note whether reported issues are regarded as bugs or not and the current status?

Going forward, can you please consider enabling AP for Free Roam train insertion runs, along with the ability to define passenger stops etc.

More to follow once the roadmap lands.

 

One simple question from me.

Is it time that Xbox (and possibly other console users) gave up on this simulator now or are there improvements coming that will make it worth continuing with?

 

Asked this last time already, but didn't get picked (thanks for answering my other question tho):

On Frankfurt-Fulda, the Expert 101 timetable is still broken. Every service started after around 18:00 leads to an immediate SPAD. A couple of months ago, this has been mentioned in a stream as a known issue, and was said to be addressed but seemed to be a complicated thing. Any updates on that?

 

Any news on the sort of announced but not products such as the 387, Scotrail HST or Northern 158?

 

There were talks about improving the layer situation and performance through a new "DLC mounting" logic (in particular for PS5 users, but as a general matter). Now, we have seen layers on the Birmingham-Crewe route being removed in order to improve performance. Is this not a sort of contradiction and is DTG still committed to enable more layers to consoles rather than less? Thank you.

 

Can we expect ETCS to be released for TSW in the future?
The German high-speed line between Erfurt and Halle/Leipzig would be nice.

 

Have you made any more progress with optimizing textures and on which routes?

And, did you eliminate more layer dependencies? The Crewe-Preston manual suggests otherwise: you need several full route DLC's installed for the use of some wagons (WCL, Peak Forest, SoS), couldn't those be added to the Crewe-Preston DLC itself?

 

When are you going to fix the running sounds on the Fife circle 170 which you have promised to fix twice in the past year but haven't?

Sorry for this not being a "forward thinking question", it's more of a "when are you going to fix the thing i paid your wages for which worked initially but still doesn't work after you broke it with a 'fix' for other problems." You have promised to fix twice over the past year and and haven't so why not?

Eagerly looking forward to your answer and a date for when you can restore the 170 to how it was when I paid you for it.

 

It’s about time they start getting it fixed. Sick of waiting month after month. Shouldn’t even be too hard of a fix neither. Surely it’s not that complex… and while they’re at it they could consider the class 385 sounds too please.

 

I have it on good authority that when the next 170 pack featuring Northern and TfW 170s is released, they'll definitely 100% be back ported then.

Absolutely, definitely, 100% tell no lies. Just like all the other times.

 

Can we get a more concrete idea of when Tadami will be released?

 

In regards to the in-train announcements, it seems that there is no way to adjust the volume on these announcements as heard in-cab. In the audio menu you can adjust the slider, but it has no apparent effect. It also doesn't save the new settings effectively. This results in the volume being quite low in some cabs, and louder in others. Is DTG aware that the in-cab announcements do not have effective volume control? This on Series X.

Can we have any kind of acknowledgement at all that "random signal delays" were either implemented, or were not ever implemented, on consoles? If not, I am not even asking for an explanation why not, or if they will be at some point. I just want to know if this feature even exists on consoles. Thank you.

 

Is the SD40-2 from Stamford ever going to get a more realistic horn and bell sound and flashing ditch lights?

 

Yesterday I've run the Kassel-Wurzburgh route and I've noticed that the shutter is really low there so, considering how smooth is due the low scenery (it's really all three the ambient around the route) did you ever consider to create the new routes with a more simple distant scenery? Or at least to create objects with a better LOD's usage?
I've notice that the more recent DLC's use the same scenery object (like houses) both for near and distance population and, maybe, this could help to reduce the stuttering...

 

This is just a general question wasn't sure where to post it. How come out of all the us freight routes only cajon pass has seen so much loving towards it. When the likes of sandpatch grade and horseshoe curve and sherman hill. Could really use that loving as well. Thanks

 

They are fixed.

 

With regard to Route/ product patches. Can DTG produce a table of the patches that they have from 3rd parties showing the current status and expected release. I'm especially interested in the Liberec - Stará Paka update.

 

Cajon Pass is the most recent US freight only route, from TSW3. And it was polished up a bit for the TSW5 special edition. Everything else is older and uses older lighting models.

 

I know but, every roadmap came out with some questions about optimisation so, why don't ask /suggest another way to do it?
Especially if they just work on the new TSW and have some time before the annual release to do that

 

1). What’s the situation with fixes for blurry textures? Around the time of MVL releasing, there was a lot of hypoactive talk regarding a solution over multiple routes & rolling stock, but since then it’s been practically silent in that regard. The TVL stream last week did not instil any confidence that those fixes were even likely anymore.

2). Why are third party content updates taking so long to get released? We have third parties telling us several updates are with DTG, but are not yet released, along with a general consensus that DTG takes too long to actually release these updates.

 

This might be one of the most random questions ever, but it's also been one of my pet peeves about the game.

Can you please explain what 'Correct cab setup' means in the scoring system?

I believe it was supposedly some new feature back in TSW 4 – am I correct? Since we might never see it happen, would it be possible to hide this line from the scoring page so it doesn't show N/A all the time?

 

There is a few trains where you are scored for correct cab set up.

 

Is there any more news on the Mildmay line extension being released?

What’s the latest on blurry textures? Is this ever likely to be truly fixed for consoles?

Will the passenger system ever be fixed?

 

Will the coming Mildmay DLC have passenger announcements?

I'm very happy of the announcements so far and hoping you can persuade Asha Sharma and her staff to start a sale for Xbox.

 

Another one from me…

TSW6 now occupies a larger HD footprint than MSFS 2020 with some of the scenery enhancements installed. Are we ever likely to see progress towards some sort of “common” folder, so that scenery assets etc. which appear in several routes don’t need to be duplicated in each DLC.

 

That is an excellent question and hope it is acted on.

 

Has the roadmap been released yet?

 

Not normally until late afternoon. Try at 4pm.

 

Will console previews will be standard thing moving forward and any news on ps5 mounting issues

 

Presumably the Branches 165 will be an actual 165 with the correct interior, rather than a renumbered 166 as on GWE.

 

Would you consider remastering older routes without necessarily having to update TOD?
Bakerloo for example which I understand would be difficult to implement TOD4, could still be transformed with realistic reworked audio and passenger announcements etc.