You will of course have an example of that - or is it more of your bullsh1t The people on UKTS don't treat others like children in posting pictures to make a point. This place is not much different to Facebook where anyone can post what they want
Nobody as far as I'm aware is forcing you to post here... Just sayin'. Or do you perceive yourself as the hero that can fix us all? Discuss. Listen, Peter, seriously, when you post advice you're on point, I've gleaned many a gem from information you've posted, and I thank you wholeheartedly for that. But when you post with unnecessary snarky attitude filled comments I will call you (or anyone else) out on it, don't like it, don't do it, simple. As for the pictures (they're called memes Grandpa) they are just another way of portraying emotions or feelings, if you feel 'IT' (that's information technology not a clown in a sewer btw) has gone to quickly for you then I'm sorry but as a 50yr old myself who hasn't struggled with the transition into the 21st century I'm not sure I'm the best to offer you advice on your issues. Edited: Typo put think instead of thank.. oops.
When saying to somebody not to be snarky you kind of "lose the room" when you then throw in the ageist comment... Agree with the outward point, but still
Never said I was perfect. Also just to be clear I said Grandpa with a more derisory tone than a snarky one.. But semantics. (edit 2: that last was a joke btw..)
No I don't know everything - not by a long way - Otherwise I would not ask questions on UKTS. The nice part on UKTS is they don't have people posting memes, old man. The people there treat others with respect - yes there can be some friction between people but you get that everywhere. But you don't get people asking questions about something they can find out by themselves. Like "how do you tell one train from another" But here it's more of a place to just witter on, report things as Faulty when they are not etc. It is sort of a Facebook for people who have the games and just post what they want So I will ignore certain individuals as they seem to know everything already and if somebody asks a sensible question and I can help I will. Peter
Bitter cynicism maybe a symptom of the critical mind. Tried to sign up for UKTS a few days ago, still waiting on the verification email - perhaps you could help Peter? Thanks in advance.
Excellent reply thank you Peter, Just want to pick you up on one part of it though if I may.. I'm not being funny here but you do come across on this forum as quite disrespectful, especially to newer members, I don't know if you haven't realised that or if your ethos is different here to how you are over on UKTS. The thing you haven't quite managed to grasp about me is I actually do not have a gripe with you dislike you or go out of my way to annoy you, like I said I WILL pick up on you being mean to other members though. Damn straight, and proud of it. (Tbf not much I can do about it other than popping my clogs and the Wife'd kill me if I did that)
Is it safe to pop my head up out the trench...??? On a serious note, 2 pieces of DLC that I want are Wherry Lines & West Highland Line Extension... When I get round to buying them am I better off getting Wherry Lines from AP or Steam and likewise with WHL from Thompson Interactive or Steam??? Thanks again Eric
Regarding Wherry Lines it depends on what you want from it. If you want to play workshop scenarios get it on Steam. If you want to play scenarios on sites like ATS then get it on AP as non workshop stuff seems to use the AP version which has different stock.
If having a stand alone route with no other requirements and working scenarios out of the box is important, get the Steam version. The AP version will need a lot of DLC for it's scenarios. Further down the line though, some 3rd party DLC that needs the AP version may cause issues if you have the Steam version.. it did with me. Nothing that wasn't resolvable, but a pain in the arse. The other difference is that the Steam version comes with de branded stock... so the 37s for instance have the DRS branding removed (and the AP branding pack doesn't work with the steam version so won't fix it). If you already have the AP 37 packs and the AP 168/170/171 enhancement pack this may not bother you, but having all the trains in the scenarios unbranded really bugged me. The actual route is identical in both cases, so get whichever one suits you best. The Steam version will obviously auto install if you ever need to re-install Steam etc... one less thing to worry about I suppose, and one day you'll have the AP packs for the stock, but you will still need to manually swap it out in the scenarios using TS Tools: The scenarios will carry on using the unbranded versions regardless of whether you have the AP packs for the 37 and the 170 or not. SO even after manually editing them, Steam updates and file verifications will probably put the original scenarios back... so back up the modified scenarios if you ever do this. Mine was a gift... personally I'd have got the AP version if it was my own money.
Thanks Pookyhead... A lot of the time I get frustrated with the fact that you need lots of extra DLC to run the game, so you pay say 25 quid for the game then another 8-10 pieces of DLC which (I've never sat down & added it all up) then adds another 50-60 quid (it's not even cheap or freeware) on to the game in order to get it to run as it was intended... not so cheap now...!!! Eric
Then the Steam version is probably what you want Eric. BTW.. take advantage of sales to get routes that you may not want to drive, but are needed DLC for routes you DO want to drive... for example, Isle of Wight can be had for £2.99 in the current DTG sale... that is used a lot lot in 3rd party DLC. As is the original ECML for £2.39... Original Woodhead £3.99 etc Filter by price, then do a little research into what 3rd party routes you want and what their DLC requirements are.
Going to get a bit pedantic here... "The game" isn't actually the game at all as the base system has no content. All content is in DLCs If you ONLY get your DLCs from steam then they will work "out of the box" because DTG will provide everything you need to runt he career scenarios provided with those routes. The issue comes if you move from "the game" to being a hobbyist, ie you want to be able to run other scenarios than you get in "the box", be they workshop or third party... Then you really do need to start considering whether you want to spend some money and time in the sales. The good news is that almost every consist DLC (at least in the UK) comes with a route somewhere, so you can pick up some really good bargains in the sale. The dovetail sale right now has the East Coast Mainline route for £2.39, but in that you get the route, Deltic (class 55), class 47 and HST (Class 43). You also get the European Asset pack which has: HST, Class 55 Deltic, Class 37, Class 47 and Class 166 locomotives DB Class 101, Class 143, Class 151, Class 294, Class V200 and BR52 locomotives Black 5 and 7F steam locomotives So for £2.39 you're getting a route (even if an older one) and 13 locos or units That's an extreme example, but it does mean that in the sales, look for the routes you want which also have the locos you want and the value is there
Some of the DLC requirements say that sound packs are required... Are they??? I don't mean to sound like a skin flint (my Mrs would say otherwise!!!)...!!! Eric
Depends... I've used DLC that requested it but didn't have it before... but I suppose you'd just have to try and see. If it's freeware no problem I suppose.
Have done that, thanks Peter. I must be upsetting someone, the Gold Star Trains website got hacked last night, so I'm definitely on the right track. Onwards and upwards
Any stock in a scenario is defined by it's *.bin file. The bin file for a loco/unit that uses an AP Sound pack would be slightly different than the default version But it should not make a difference as the name - like emd_66_EWS.bin - would still be the same. Peter
749006 You're a mod for UKTS Peter, any chance you could move my registration along? No reply from Matt P. Thank you.
Any help would be hugely appreciated, we've almost got a ballast tamper in TS to play with - and I'm keen to deliver.
dunkrez the best way to progress this is to follow Matt's advice on the UKTS front page. You'll need to join Matt's discord server at https://discord.gg/mattplaystv as that's the best place to get in touch if you can't log into the forums, many of the mods, plus myself and Dad are both on there. I have just been talking to Matt's Dad about various things including some site based stuff like user name changes. Just join the server and there is a section for UKTS Support.
Thank you mate, I've signed up and just waiting out the 5 minute timer to post in the support thread. Thank you so much!
Depends. Sometimes the soundpacks have additional scripting as well as the sounds being changed An example of this is the Avanti 380 done my MajorWales. It uses additional scripting from the AP390 sound pack to work so that's definitely a requirement for all functionality to work
Well, it will do, because Thomsons don't sell their products directly to customers, which Richard Armstrong does. Quite a few creators only sell their stuff through Steam, some of them do both, Just Trains, AP, Victory Works and Bossman Games, for example. It all depends if you want to support that developer directly by cutting out the Steam commission, etc, the only thing is that Richard Armstrong's sales are not as frequent throughout the year, and he only offers about 40% discount maximum, if I remember correctly, whereas DTG can offer anything up to 85% discount on the Steam platform, depending on what it is, you make your choice accordingly. The only thing is that nowadays creators use quite a few different payware routes for all sorts of assorted equipment to build their freeware routes with, which reflects the local geography of that particular layout. but, it all adds up if you don't have those DLC routes already bought and installed, the same goes with scenarios, variety keeps everything fresh and entertaining, but, at a cost when you add it all up and you'll never change that. Cheerz. Steve.
Just noticed that the Class 89 is on sale at just over 8 quid... Is it worth picking it up at that price??? Eric
I know nothing on the planet that has just positive things said In the end, if you want to drive it, make your choice.
The Class 89 comes in one livery and they reused the Class 86 sounds which are wrong. On Vulcan Production there are repaints in to the other liveries that the loco ran in.
As well as the Class 86 sounds, it also says on the Steam reviews that the reverser doesn't work, so as it was only released in March 2020 I'm unsure if DTG have had time to sort it out yet. I would wait another year and get it at 50/60% off, the choice is yours, as always, but, no refund. Cheerz. Steve.
Re: 89. Apparently this helps with the sound.. https://backdatedtrainsim.weebly.com/misc-downloads.html It uses the class 90s sounds, and some other stuff that is a lot closer to the real thing.
Just Trains Black Friday Sale. https://www.justtrains.net/category/black-friday-sale-2020 With just 10 products on sale, it's a bit crap though if you don't mind me saying. Still... big saving on the Western Mainline Collection if you need that.
Highlights of the Year Sale starts today in the DTG shop, so, no refunds, until 18th December for TSW2 and TS2021, lovely...... https://store.dovetailgames.com/uk/sale Cheerz. Steve.
I expect the Steam sale will begin at 6pm on the 18th when this one closes a few hours before hand. DTG getting in first. I really hope Just Trains have a decent sale of some of their routes not on Steam.
Probably wait for the Steam sale as at least you get the money back guarantee. Torn though between expanding my TSW2 collection a bit or getting something for Railworks which I'll probably drive once then leave in the box. Welsh Marches might be of interest though if it pops up at a significant discount and that last Japanese route looks quite reasonable.
That's a valid point, but some of the items are so discounted and so cheap you might not even bother to ask for a refund. Doncaster Works is now only £1.79. Even if I didn't like it I'd probably still keep it in case I needed the assets some day. BTW, it's a requirement for some of the scenarios in the recently released Barrow Hill extension for JT's Midland Mainline route.
Yes, a lot of the older route's assets Woodhead, IoW, Donny Works, etc, are utilised widely on freeware layouts, particularly British Steam era routes from the 1940s - 1960s and diesel routes ftom 1970s onwards, some excellently created models that are invaluable and are worth obtaining cheaply. Cheerz. Steve.
OldVern I can fully recommend the Welsh marches, better than I would the Tadami. It is a fabulous drive from Shrewsbury to Newport, you will not be disappointed. I am waiting for Steam Sounds Supreme to reduce their Stainmore Shap and Eden route. Can anyone confirm if it is worth £30?
Was I seeing things...??? Earlier on today I looked at the West Highland Line South & the Kyle Line, I'm pretty certain they were priced £8.74 & £9.99 respectively... I checked steamdb as to their price history and once satisfied that WHLS was as low as its ever been I went to purchase it tonight... HOWEVER, when I searched for it the prices had increased suddenly to £10.49 for WHLS & £11.99 for the Kyle Line... Can someone confirm if I'm losing it please???!!! Eric
Ok... Mad... just mad... I clicked a few items I wanted then suddenly WHLS turns up at £8.74 & the Kyle Line at £9.99... I don't get it... Just don't get it [shaking head] Clicked through & bought it at that price and spent 15 quid on WHLS, NSE 159 & the 455, but can't make my mind up about the Kyle Line... Eric