Mystery Stream Next Week | What's Coming?!

When DTG said that, I don’t think they meant that as an actual excuse, more as a pun/joke about the current UK heatwave

while I have my disagreements with DTG, you gotta admit, it’s been pretty hot!

I’m not saying this as a defence in DTGs name, but just in general, the heat has been pretty intense, due to the UK being an island, the humidity is 10x worse, it makes 25C, feel more like 35

 

Reading this, there’s a lovely cool breeze currently coming in through the patio doors and that was preceded by a (distant) thunderstorm during the night. Forecast for today is several degrees cooler with cloud later on. Maybe they jumped the gun a bit cancelling the stream, or perhaps they should just have recorded it at 0800 in the morning.

Or maybe they should have looked at the weather forecast before deciding to stage a livestream rather than just a normal press release!

 

Honestly, the whingeing on this forum is just off the scale. Thoroughly entertaining

 

You're missing the point of my post, which is about the fact that the only people who are claiming it was cancelled due to the heat are people on this forum. Nobody at DTG said that.

Did I say I'd seen streams take place in their huge open space where everyone else is trying to code and test? I don't recall saying that. Firstly, they have meeting rooms like everyone other developer with more than five staff. You can see one on their website and that's how my own company does its roadmap and release webinars. Secondly, if heat in DTG staff members' homes really was a concern for their wellbeing and their ability to work, I'm pretty sure DTG would have the presence of mind to allow them to use... the DTG office space. In fact in many companies, outside of major cities requiring an hour of driving or public transport, many people actually return to the office during heatwaves precisely to benefit from the A/C.

But regardless, we now have about two pages of this thread dedicated to moaning about DTG cancelling "due to the heat", despite the fact that this was an unsubstantiated claim made my someone posting a screenshot of Harry basically saying "it's hot today"

Shortcut much? If she'd said she was drinking a smoothie would we be claiming the stream was cancelled due to smoothies?

 

Perhaps we may be overthinking this a bit.

As it was Bank Holiday weekend, followed by half term in some areas, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the team had annual leave booked at the same time. Just a hunch, but maybe there wasn’t a proper plan for the stream yet due to skeleton staff, hence the “mystery” wording.

Also with this heat, not exactly ideal conditions for cooking graphics cards just for a live stream lol. Plus due to the point about bank holiday/half term period, engagement for a live stream might’ve been lower than usual anyway, so it may not have been worth running a full stream at that time.

At the end of the day as it’s just a game and there was no official announcement about what it would be, I don’t feel like I’m missing out on much. Most likely they would be better off focusing their efforts on the June roadmap for any proper announcements instead.

 

I guess spreading missinformation gets more common these days.

 

The absolute state of this thread. These forums just need to be closed for good for the good of everyone involved.

 

No, don’t do that, I need my daily laughs. This thread is peak hilarity.

 

Suppressing free speech?

 

That's twice you've said this about Trent Valley. Any evidence to back up this assertion? Note that this cancelled mystery livestream is not evidence, as nobody outside DTG knows what it was going to be.

 

This is a privately run forum for a train simulation video game. Get a grip.

 

For me at least its about the complete disarray that the ‘community managers’ seem to be in. The constant announcements and withdrawals just come across as being amateurish. The best option would be to keep quiet and announce a ‘surprise’ stream on the day surely and stop with all the hyperbole!

 

Everyone knows that if you say something twice its true…. :p

 

to be fair on Harry, Alex and Jamie everything they officially put out is signed off by someone else, they create the content and then someone else pulls the strings. same dilemma Matt faces when he talks passionately about the game only to be scuppered by a decision maker above him. the senior leadership team seem to be facing some struggles and unfortunately DTG responds to these by going totally silent and leaving players (and seemingly it's team) in the dark.

 

Youre the one who needs to get a grip Mark

 

Yeh same everywhere. Its those at the coal face that get it in the neck…same in my job…customer not happy they complain to me but Im just the poor sod that delivers…I dint make the decisions…

 

Oh the irony of people falling out with each other in this thread.
If you think about it, absolutely nothing has change.
The stream was a mystery last week and we now know that it is still a mystery today.

I believe that all that has happened is that the people in charge of delivering the live stream to DTG Towers have got stuck in traffic.

 

Big update just announced. Well, long list of things anyway. Seems to be 805 and Birmingham Crewe get a fair look in too. Maybe this is part of the 'mystery' revealed...?

https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/train-sim-world-6-update-notes-may-28th-2026.98127/

 

lol ok cool bro xx

 

They didnt cancel the stream because of the heat, ok.
Some of you reallly.... nah seriously really need to calm down, go out and touch some grass, be careful though it might be hot in your area. If it is hot dont blame Dovetail.
Hentis

 

Yes agreed I'm here less and less. It's become an echo chamber and a conduit for conspiracy theories.

It's pitiful to watch as it actually used to feel like a community.

 

No evidence and there never will be. When it's released those that revelled in the misery they seem to enjoy, will stay silent and act like nothing was said in the first place. It happens often. Still they have a little coterie on here to side with

 

I wonder if this will quell some of the doom mongers?!

 

Agree, thoroughly lifted my wet bus ride into work this morning.

Case in point.

 

I had a lot of potential disappointments on my bingo card, but "removing content in an attempt to un-gently caress the textures" was not one of them.

 

Have you ever considered that this may be a good trade-off? Memory is not unlimited, so something has to go. Could well be the right choice.

 

I would say anyone who liked to drive the Class 86 or 87 on BtC will not consider this a good trade off.

 

Some people are impossible to appease. So my guess is no.

 

That doesnt make sense at all. A rail tour side quest should never be more important than a well functioning main course. But hey, that's just my opinion I guess.

 

Maybe DTG need to start marking certain timetable layers as "side quests" so we can tell the difference and know to expect their future removal.

 

It will be ok, guys.

 

An appointment was cancelled.
Okay....
How has anyone upset about it ever functioned in life thus far?
If my dentist cancels/moves an appointment, I don't always demand a full detailed explanation or compensation.
Life happens.
You just reschedule and move on.
They don't ask ME for a huge drawn out explanation if I have to move my appointment.
People seem to think DTG "owes" them something above and beyond.
If you had been "harmed" then you might have a case, but what is the "harm" you have suffered?
You have to wait one more week to find out what the "secret mystery you didn't know about before" is?
They could just toss it up on the store and say "there it is, buy it if you want."
They don't have to do any "reveal" at all, it's all for free entertainment.
People arguing for not getting something free on schedule seems silly.

 

Where is the dislike button?! Sorry but they have cancelled a few streams now so its very fair that people asking whats happening right? You're approach is a little silly...

 

Has this harmed you beyond mild disappointment?

 

So there won't be any announcement about new "Thomas and Friends meet ridiculous bugs" today?

 

the fact that the page has existed on steam since the 11th raises this suspicion, doesn't it?
of course, nothing confirms this, it's all theorizing and speculation
but in the end, everything we write here is theorizing and speculation

 

We often wonder why DTG staff have decided to take a step back from the forum... Theres room for criticism where it's necessary. But the amateur dramatics on this thread alone, answers that question!

I don't use Discord, but does the same amount of hand bags at dawn go on there?

 

We don't wonder, it's because they are busy fixing everything.

 

Well atleast there’s the June Roadmap coming up.

 

And it will be exactly the same as the last one .

 

That’s a embarrassing reason, I guess DTG can’t afford a tap and some cups

 

Not just that, if you have the 805 they have removed quite a bit from that too.

I never had any major issues with Crewe-Brum nor West Coast South but now I'm missing out, cheers DTG.

Not going to be a good selling point for Trent Valley at this rate, "Yes you can have the route but if you want to use the 805, 807 or Pendolino you can only do so on a couple of services, sorry" followed by "oh yeah and we removed the static AI so the stations are totally dead too". Anyone got that South Park BP "Sorry" meme to hand?

 

From what I've seen lately, the conversation on Discord is more relaxed, and the DTG team participates much more in discussions than here. Of course, there are still some questions, but it's clear that it's more civilized than here.

Besides being easier to interact, it's probably because of the curt responses on this forum that the DTG team is communicating very little here, only providing basic information to avoid conflicts...

 

for those who didn't know, the livestream got cancelled.

they might as well just leak what this MYSTERY stream is all about.

 

See I beg to differ, if they were here more often they could deal with a lot of issues before they get out of control. Just look at this thread for example, one of them could have stepped in days ago to quell some of the speculation and latterly dispel rumours but instead they are nowhere to be found and thus the echochamber of speculation kicks into high gear.

Without wanting to sound nasty I do actually wonder what the role of the community team actually is? It's a paid role so surely they are expected to do more than a typical volunteer who mods a forum in their spare time, so what are they doing?

 

I'm revising my decision to stay away from Discord as the hysteria on here is getting beyond parody.

It seems some are deliberately trying to accelerate the demise of the forums. Yet still complain about lack of interaction.

You couldn't make it up frankly.

 

I’ve been asking the very same thing for months now although be very careful what you say on the Forum…as I got shut down by a CM not long ago for questioning the CM’s roles! It appears they don’t like to be questioned. You’ve been warned!

 

You're informing us it's been cancelled by replying to a thread that already contains four pages of discussion about why the livestream got cancelled

 

Probably lol. The last two have been bare…