I decided to get the Western Maryland retro pak thats also on sale for 12.99US there are several other high iron simulation s paks on sale but only see them when on steam store itself
T hey also have some stuff on sale for marias pass soldier summit , tehachapi amtrak NEC Washington dc baltimore ..nj transit and more thats not listed on the DTG store high iron sim sale ad
Relatively simple good deal list for this one! Greater than 50% discounts included. Routes 70% - The Story of Forest Rail Route 55% - Hidaka Main Line: Tomakomai - Hidaka-Mombetsu Route Add-On 55% - Shanghai Maglev Route Add-On 55% - Wakayama & Sakurai Lines Route Add-On
RSSLO have a Multiple Unit Sale on for the week end only, %age varies. Includes 50% off the OBB4748 Cityjet Tirol.
Studio sales make me think the content they provide isn't that popular, nor requested by the community. Japan and China come to mind, and the previous HIS sale with recently released routes etc could well indicate HIS' products aren't that popular either.
There certainly seems to be a glut of these sales at the moment, albeit the only UW item I don't own is the Monorail one, which doesn't really appeal.
Or it could be that it's just a case of the Summer doldrums and the company is just trying to stimulate some volume. Cup half full or half empty, not necessarily anything to do with how popular a particular item is or isn't.
Japan and China seem like fairly niche areas of interest, but the High Iron items seem to be pretty popular, although there are a small number of disproportionately loud voices who appear to have a borderline irrational personal grudge against them. I'm inclined to go with buzz4567's analysis.
Whatever the reason certainly welcome. Just wish I’d picked up FRCE in the HIS sale, if I’d known the C424 was coming out. I’m sure it will come round again soon!
I don't have much enhancement DLC, so looking to buy the track and vegetation packs. Do they make a big difference ?
Not noticed a huge difference but l bought them. Worth the price in a sale. Waiting for MML Bedford pack not in sale so will wait for the Xmas or Easter sale for that. The only AP product l haven’t bought yet, but happy to wait as l play more TSW these days.
They do, depending on whether the route you are using actually uses them or not. There are patches to add the track ep to some routes that don't use it. Not aware of any patches for the veg pack though, but it supports a fair amount of routes. The changes from the track pack can be quite dramatic though.
These are the original routes enhanced in the track pack from the manual. French, German as well as British. Not every route has been touched up, but, in a sale I think it's worth obtaining. Unsure if any modern routes have been reviewed. • BMG Welsh Marches Line: Newport to Shrewsbury • DTG Birmingham Cross City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch • DTG Chatham Main Line: London - Gillingham • DTG Chatham Main & Medway Valley Lines • DTG Chatham Main Line: London - Dover & Ramsgate • DTG East Coast Main Line: London - Peterborough • DTG Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Dunfermline • DTG Great Eastern Main Line: London - Ipswich • DTG Hamburg - Hanover • DTG Huddersfield Line: Manchester - Leeds • DTG LGV: Marseille - Avignon • DTG Liverpool - Manchester • DTG London - Brighton • DTG London - Faversham High Speed • DTG Midland Main Line: London - Bedford • DTG Mittenwaldbahn: Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Innsbruck • DTG Munich - Augsburg • DTG Munich - Garmisch-Partenkirchen • DTG North London Line • DTG North London & Goblin Lines • DTG North Wales Coast Line: Crewe - Holyhead • DTG Portsmouth Direct Line: London Waterloo - Portsmouth • DTG Riviera Line: Exeter - Paignton • DTG Semmeringbahn: Mürzzuschlag to Gloggnitz • DTG Settle - Carlisle • DTG South London Network • DTG South Wales Coastal: Bristol - Swansea • DTG South Western Main Line: Southampton - Bournemouth • DTG WCML South: London Euston - Birmingham • DTG West Coast Main Line North • DTG West Coast Main Line Over Shap • DTG West Rhine: Köln - Koblenz • Just Trains Bristol - Exeter • Rivet Games Suburban Glasgow Northwest: Springburn - Helensburgh • Steam Workshop South London to Brighton
The TrackEP replaces the tracks with the licensed Konstanz-Villingen tracks from VirtualRailroads. It repaints terrain tiles to adapt to the trackbed. Note that it is the only thing from AP that does need some afterwork, because you'll get floating AWS ramps or TPWS grids needing you to raise the tracks using TSTools. Also, imho, it takes away some variety from routes combining tracks with different sleepers and trackbed. Choose for yourself. I have uninstalled it, after checking GoogleEarth I found the dark trackbed isn't fitting many of the routes IRL.
AFAIK, the Track Enhancement Pack's draws from continental Europe shapes and textures, possibly DB-tracks. The widely used in Britain 'pandrol' clips aren't modeled. https://www.pandrol.com/product/pr-clip/ Almost indentical results on mainline tracks can be achieved by swapping textures from a few German routes. Nevertheless, it is a welcome and useful pack. To me, the greatest visual differences are made by the Signals Enhancement Pack and the Sky and Weather Patterns Pack, amended by the Clouds Pack and the different Time of Day settings. Some require a bit of tinkering, but provide for very nice, truely 'atmospheric' visuals on well detailed routes.
For me the reason I keep the Track EP is because of the sound enhancements, most notably the improved (from the very dreadful) track "warble".
Indeed, they replaced some superfluous Kuju trackbed sounds (that are provided by the locos themselves) with empty sound files, and improved the Tunnel/Bridge Reverb. I have kept the respective Audio\RailNetwork folders from the TrackEP only, but reverted to default visuals just for variety as I don't think the german tracks do fit everywhere. (And when driving, I don't really care if the sleepers are true 3D) And if you check München-Garmisch, it has very bright alpine grey/white gravel irl that the TrackEp replaces with dull dark brown.
Interesting, might see what I need to remove to see which I prefer, I think the Track EP was my 2nd or 3rd purchase so I've had it so long now I couldn't imagine what vanilla tracks look like, though I do have a vanilla install so I might have a nosey about.
Should be using München-Garmisch Deluxe anyway. It was the first route remaster by the german community way back... but it´s definitly better than the vanilla route.
Wow so much information. Thanks. Splashed out and bought the track pack, vegetation pack and the sky and weather pack. have installed the track pack and using WCML over Shap can see the track junctions that showed up initially as dark then as you approached them blended in to the track, don't stand out any more. Wasn't aware that the track in the pack was based on German track. My era is UK 60s to 80s so a mixture of wood sleepers and early concrete. Didn't know that the pandrol clip isn't modelled in the pack. I will probably only be playing on the North of England routes, so will try these routes out and see how it goes. If I do decide I don't like the enhancements how easy is it to uninstall ?
Precision Locomotive Developments (Bossman Games). Have an end of summer sale. 30% off with code SUMMER-30 until 1st September.
On their site only until 15th September: https://www.rsslo.com/ A few routes and locos 50% off, rather more 30% off, most about 15% off.
It feels lazy and uninspired. Doesn’t look nice or fun to me either when so many details of the “art” is messed up since an AI generated it since someone wrote some text into a program. Lots of the text is garbled and many of the art and background details do not make sense at all blending together in absurdly strange and unnatural ways. Like I said the whole thing comes off as lazy. I have no issue with the style itself they were going for; Art Deco-ish is a wonderful style and one of my favourites. It and other styles have been executed very well for promotional images. It’s just no good when a computer tries to haphazardly put together sloppy artwork when a perfectly talented human artist could be putting this together instead. The idea is nice but the execution isn’t. Admittedly I am probably overreacting and I apologise; but I’ve always been very against the AI image generated art craze since it’s so uninspired and takes away the specialties of real human produced art; even if it would just be for a sale promo… I’m just pretty ticked to see such a practice come to the TSC hobby and I reallyyyyy hope other developers don’t follow suit just to save some quick money.
It's just a temporary sale poster that will be thrown away in a week. a) it works. b) life is too short to worry about such things.
You have a point; in the grand scheme of things it is a small complaint. An overreaction on my part but this is how I feel about this sorta stuff. Anyway I don’t wish to derail the thread topic so I think that’s all I’ll say on the matter.
From the Caledonia Works Facebook page Caledonia Works 17h · **AUTUMN SALE** 25% OFF LOCO DLC Promo code: CWLOCO… See more All reactions: 6363
Yes, link to historic lows in my original post - https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/latest-sale.26955/ 30-90% discounts DTG post - https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/trains-planes-automobiles-fest-live-now-on-steam.84850/
There are a number of third party DLC items that are also reduced that don't appear on a search for Published by DTG Virtually all DLC from Just Trains is also reduced https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Just Trains With the exception of the Blackpool North line for TSW5 and the Wessex Mainline - Southampton to Salisbury Bossmann Games DLC also reduced https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Bossman Games Thompson Interactive DLC https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Thomson Interactive
I picked up 3 TSC US routes got Clinchfield for 15.99 , Wasatch route for 19.99 , BNSF hi line 19,99 and 1 loco dlc the Chessie U30c , there a lot on sale 50 to 60 pct off in the steam sale ..i bought the wasatch route for some steam got the big boy and challenger with it .the Hi Line got that so i can play some workshop routes that require it ..Clinchfield i got since it was 60 pct off eventhough it s a old route in tsc i want to run csx trains scenarios etc on it from workshop etc ..
Worth noting the VRC U30C needs some work to work on 64bit IIRC. https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/chessie-system-u30c-loco-add-on-any-fix.39358/
As everyone has pointed out; a new sale is on for TSC Steam productions! So without further ado here is my usual collected list of the best deals of this sale with anything with a greater than 50% discount included in the list below: Locos 90% - ScotRail Class 380 EMU Add-On 73% - East Midlands BR Class 222 DEMU Add-On 70% - Class 67 Diamond Jubilee Loco Add-On 70% - DB BR 442 'Talent 2' EMU Add-On 70% - LIRR M3 EMU Add-On 70% - Network SouthEast Class 121 DMU Add-On 63% - GWR 7800 'Manor' class Add-On 63% - LNER Class V2 Steam Loco Add-On 60% - Amtrak P42DC 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition 60% - BR Class 24 Loco Add-On 60% - BR Class 419 MLV BEMU Add-On 60% - BR Rebuilt West Country & Battle of Britain Class Steam Loco Add-On 60% - BR Standard Class 2MT Loco Add-On 60% - BR Standard Class 4MT 60% - BR Standard Class 6 'Clan Class' Steam Loco Add-On 60% - BR Standard Class 7 'Britannia Class' Steam Loco Add-On 60% - Canadian National SD70 Loco Add-On 60% - Chessie System U30C Loco Add-On 60% - Class 2F Dock Tank Loco Add-On 60% - CSX NRE 3GS-21B 'Genset' Loco Add-On 60% - DB BR 101 Loco Add-On 60% - DB BR 151 Loco Add-On 60% - DB BR 204 Loco Add-On 60% - DB BR 407 'New ICE 3' EMU Add-On 60% - DB BR 648 Loco Add-On 60% - DR BR 44 Loco Add-On 60% - E60 Electric Locomotive Add-On 60% - GP40-2 Loco Pack Add-On 60% - GWR Class 14XX Loco Add-On 60% - GWR Large Prairies Steam Loco Add-On 60% - GWR Steam Railmotor Loco Add-On 60% - LMS Coronation Class "Duchess of Hamilton" Loco Add-On 60% - Merchant Navy Class 35028 'Clan Line' Steam Loco Add-On 60% - Network SouthEast Class 159 DMU Add-On 60% - Network Southeast Class 205 'Thumper' DEMU Add-On 60% - Norfolk Southern GP38-2 High Hood Loco Add-On 60% - RhB Enhancement Pack 04 Add-On 60% - RhB Enhancement Pack 05 Add-On 60% - San Diego Commuter Rail F59PHI Loco Add-On 60% - SBB RABe 523 EMU Add-On 60% - SD70 V2 Volume 2 Loco Add-On 60% - Southern Class 455/8 EMU Add-On 60% - Union Pacific Big Boy Loco Add-On 60% - Union Pacific SD70Ace Loco Add-On 55% - China Railways CR400BF 55% - London Underground S7+1 EMU Add-On 55% - London Underground S8 EMU Add-On 53% - DB BR 18 Steam Loco Add-On Routes 90% - Glasgow Airport Rail Link Route Add-On 80% - Feather River Canyon Route Add-On 80% - Long Island Rail Road: New York - hicksville Route Add-On 73% - Marsdonshire Route Add-On 73% - Tōhoku High Speed & Main Line Route Add-On 71% - ECML North: Newcastle - Edinburgh Route Add-On 71% - Metropolitan Line: Aldgate - Uxbridge & Amersham Route Add-On 70% - Bristol-Exeter Route Add-On 70% - Doncaster Works Route Add-On 70% - Isle of Wight Route Add-On 70% - Norfolk Southern Coal District Route Add-On 70% - LGV: Marseille - Avignon Route Add-On 70% - South Western Main Line: Southampton - Bournemouth Route Add-On 70% - U-Bahn Hamburg U1: Norderstedt Mitte - Ohlstedt & Großhansdorf Route Add-On 70% - Valley Corridor Route Add-On 70% - West Rhine: Köln - Koblenz Route Add-On 69% - Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham Route Add-On 69% - Midland Main Line: Sheffield - Derby Route Add-On 69% - The Kyle Line: Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh Route Add-On 67% - Hope Valley Line: Manchester - Sheffield 67% - South Devon Main Line: Highbridge and Burnham - Plymouth Route Add-On 67% - Southwestern Expressways: Reading - Exeter Route Add-On 65% - Frankfurt S-Bahn Rhein Main Route Add-On 65% - Frankfurt U-Bahn Route Add-On 65% - Three Country Corner Route Add-On 62% - South West China High Speed Route Add-On 61% - Midland Main Line: Nottingham - Lincoln Route Add-On 60% - Chengkun Railway: Hanyuan - Puxiong Route Add-On 60% - Clinchfield Railroad: Elkhorn City - St. Paul Route Add-On 60% - Engadin Linie: Pontresina - Scuol-Tarasp Route Add-On 60% - Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Dunfermline Route Add-On 60% - Gotthardbahn Alpine Classic: Erstfeld - Bellinzona Route Add-On 60% - Great Eastern Main Line London-Ipswich Route Add-On 60% - Hamburg S1 S-Bahn Route Add-On 60% - Inselbahn: Stralsund - Sassnitz Route Add-On 60% - Lake Constance: Schaffhausen - Kreuzlingen Route Add-On 60% - Miami - West Palm Beach Route Add-On 60% - North Somerset Railway Route Add-On 60% - Return to Maerdy Loco Add-On 60% - Sherman Hill Route Add-On 60% - Suburban Glasgow Northwest: Springburn - Helensburgh Route Add-On 60% - Surselva Line: Reichenau-Tamins - Disentis/Mustér Route Add-On 60% - Totham - Passengers, Power & Freight Route Add-On 60% - Wherry Lines: Norwich - Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Route Add-On 57% - Chengdu - Suining High Speed Route Add-On Marketplace 70% - Bernina Line Scenario Pack 01 70% - Bernina Pass Scenario Pack 01 70% - London - Brighton Reigate Scenario Pack 67% - BR Blue Class 07 Add-On Livery 67% - BR Railfreight OTA Wagon Pack 67% - Canal Pack 67% - DB Sgns Container Wagon Pack 67% - DB Sgns Hopper Pack 67% - EWS Class 58 Add-On Livery 67% - EWS OTA Wagon Pack 67% - GWR 40t Coal Wagon Pack 67% - Laaeks 553 Wagon Pack 67% - ÖBB 1044 '100' Livery Add-On 67% - ÖBB 1144 Livery Pack Add-On 67% - ÖBB Rnoos Wagon Pack Add-On 67% - ÖBB Sgns Container Wagon Pack 67% - ÖBB Sgns Hopper Pack 67% - Renewable Energy Pack 67% - Zacns Wagon Pack 01 Add-On 67% - Zacns Wagon Pack 02 Add-On 67% - Zags Pack 01 Add-On 67% - Zags Pack 02 Add-On 60% - Battle for Sherman Hill Add-On 60% - Class 08 Railfreight Add-On Livery 60% - FahrBAR Charity Coach Pack 60% - Lake Constance Scenario Pack 60% - Metronom Scenario Pack Add-On 60% - Sps 466 Wagon 60% - Surselva Line Christmas Scenario Pack 54% - Torpedopfannenwagen Pack 53% - BR52 Wannentender Pack 53% - DB Donnerbüchsen Coaches Pack 53% - Guterwagen Leig Einheit Add-On 53% - ÖBB 1189 'Krokodil' Loco Add-On
i clicked that link and read it.i had some issues at first but finally got it to work..1 issue i had was as soon as you spawn into route the engine just dies on me this same is happening with the NS C39 8..i press the green start key but wont start ..the Chessie U30c i did get it to start by pressing the slow start button right next to the red engine stop button on the back wall cabinet area guess i will try the same with the NS C39 8 later ..at first the ns c 39 ran fine on HSC but lately its acting funky somtimes it works others it does engine dies alarm bells going off
Caledonia Works has a sale also: 25% OFF LOCO DLC Promo code: CWLOCO 15% OFF ROLLING STOCK DLC Promo code: CWAGON https://caledoniaworks.com/ Sale does not include LNER A4 or CR 812 Class. Sale ends September 22nd.
Adding to the above: if you don't like the vivid colours on many of those 19th century steam locomotives, here are some patches: Texture Patches - GOLDEN AGE DEVELOPMENTS (golden-age-developments.co.uk)
Picked up the TFW North Wales coastal in the Steam sale so proves this thread works. Drove an Avanti 805 from Hollyhead to Bangor in QD … for a modern route it was pretty poor and very boring. Hope the route gets more interesting from Bangor to Crewe!
Since it was modernised quite a few years ago Holyhead to Crewe is boring in real life - a basic two track line. It was better when it had Semaphore Signalling on the main line
yes... North Wales Coast is kind of boring. I always wondered why it got so much praise in the community.
