I hope for santa fe gameplay pack being moved to 0-3 months section (with maybe an announced release date) but at the same time I'm pessimistic about it, being realistic, I think the santa fe gameplay pack will only be released in tsw6 and will not leave the "tbc" section of the roadmap (not before tsw6)
Unfortunately they don't announce dates for DLC releases on roadmaps, as they have said it alot in the past so I assume its still policy. That is saved for a separate DLC articles. So unless a date has been public prior to the roadmap it wont be on there.
but if any dlc is in the 0-3 months section (wich is the case of the manchester airport commuter) it means that it is about to be released (in a maximum of 3 months), right? unlike the santa fe gameplay pack wich since tsw4 has never left the tbc section
I should be more specific and possibly chose the wrong words which have confused you... But, we do get a rough idea of when a particular add on will be released when they are allocated to particular sections of the roadmap, and in the case of the ATS route, I'm sure it was in the 0 - 3 month category. It's certainly not gospel, and can be changed at a moments notice, but if the last Roadmap was anything to go by, it's getting very close to release and does have a specific release window allocated to it.
Not nessecarily as things change and considering this very DLC was in the 0-3 months back in the October roadmap. This is a perfect example of that instability of the RM at times.
But remember this specific DLC was in the 0-3 months already back in October and and November RM's. So I wouldn't be surprised if its held back until TSW6
but in the case of the manchester airport commuter it was an exception (due to problems that occurred during development) as far as I can remember nothing like this has ever happened before
Most definitly things happen. See the DB420 which at the time Maik said was coming this year for sure in a post in 2021. The class 104 and PFR update TT was in the coming soon and dissappeared for awhile. Because of life. They are a small team working in their spare time. How about San Bernardino in last years May roadmap 0-3 months. Cargo line 4 was delayed recently as well, and the 158 Fife circle updated timetable. It doesn't bother me as I was just pointing out how you can't always trust whats in the roadmap and DTG even say things can change, and that they never release dates on the roadmap. As alot of people are hoping to get such and such release dates on the roadmap on this thread I just was pointing that out. And the fact something is in the 0-3 months category does not mean it still could be longer. I myself am a patient person and don't mind waiting, never have.
This one rings so true to me. It doesn't matter how many times even serious problems which would be an easy fix get raised in the official feedback threads or elsewhere on their forum, nothing is done, and there's not even a hint anyone cares. If you (as in dovetail) aren't going to listen to posts in feedback threads why bother having a feedback subforum if you're just going to show contempt for the people who dare to pay for your product?
That's only because of how the game's turned out, if things went differently and we had 30 steam routes and two modern German routes that wouldn't be the case. Steam era in reality has just as much layering protentional as the German or UK stuff we've got, it just hasn't reached critical mass like those have.
The feedback threads aren't for them. They're for us. For us to tell someone else how good/bad a particular DLC is.
I think the point he was making is that they backdate everything a couple of years, to avoid making any of all the EMU´s that recently went in to service in Germany. Mireo, HC Desiro etc.
I think if they announced that TSW 6 has Ebula included as feature, community will go wholeheartedly and absolutely nutsy bonkers ... I know I would
I'm just hoping we here that the GWE Remaster and 158 timetable for Fife Circle are nearly ready to come out soon. (Of course if they aren't that's cool too, no need to rush something out before it's ready)
You say that as if little things do or don't have all the time that greatly change the trajectory of things, but point is that nothing about any of this content having "less layering potential" is just down to lack of content in game. UK & Germany could've just as easily ended up in the cross fire if things had played out differently, and any other number of regions like Japan or Austria could've instead ending being the breadwinners for DTG. As absurd as it sounds to you a lot of big things though out history happened via chance. Valve & Nintendo scraped by legal issues early in their life that could've killed the companies before they became the huge players they are now. Doctor Who could've died one season in if the BBC weren't as willing to let them either re-shoot or re-air the first episode. DTG in itself likely might've not existed if Microsoft were just a tad more willing to go though with either attempt of MSTS2. German content being in the same boat as French or Japanese content is hardly that absurd of a alteration in comparison. Likewise I think if DTG were more committal now and actually willing to let certain regions have more than one or two routes there'd be a ton more regions they could actually make money on. The fact they're so focused on the short term "What routes can make us the most money in two weeks" mind set that it is self defeating. They're never gonna have steam do as well as German content if they're never willing to give it the same treatment as it.
I wonder if the GWE remaster is actually a red herring.. and that it’s actually a ‘2.0 / Extended’ route like SEHS.. we’ve been drip fed screenshots over the months to keep us happy, whilst also keeping us off the scent?
Think that is a conclusion a few of us are starting to draw. Remastered and extended to Oxford or Newbury to take full advantage of the renewed GWR licence and becoming the UK route for the September shenanigans.
idk, it seems a bit disingenuous to say it's a "free" remaster and then it be a part of tsw6 core. (That is unless they do the free starter pack again and owning the existing gwe also gets you the extended version for tsw6 if you get the free starter pack. Although even them if tsw5s free starter pack is anything to go buy tsw6 free starter pack won't be available for ever.
This, from the August 2024 Roadmap article. ( my emphasis ). So the remastered GWE is expected to be available for the current iteration of TSW.
That doesn't mean anything. It was obviously meant to release during the TSW5 era, and before today. But that doesn't mean it wil actually happen.
I would much prefer not to respond to you. But I'll just say this. You can dismiss DTG's official announcements as meaningless if you wish. I choose to hold them to their promises.
You are right to hold them to their promises. I was just pointing out that they don't always deliver. And if you "prefer not to respond", then don't.
