Thames Valley Branches Discussion

I have no idea as never played TSC. But if true, it could be why it's so poor. Nearly every platform is modelled incorrectly, platform 17 being a prime example.
Then you have putting the stairs down to the subway at the wrong end of the platforms, incorrect signage, the inaccuracies of the passenger footbridge and then not even trying with the Windsor lines side, just a platform and some canopies and I think some seats. Yes, Windsor lines side is not utilised in the game but you can still see it and it's really poor.
Not forgetting the barren Clapham Yard and by that, I don't mean trains as there aren't any in TSW. The lack of clutter, gantries and not even any stacked portacabins in the yard entrance.

I really hope if there ever is an SWR route in the future utilising Clapham Junction, that they build a brand new model.

I'll leave it there so talk can get back to the Thames Valley route.

 

Very cool - thanks both for explaining

 

Yep, parallax is a very common trick in most modern games, Spider-Man for example uses that trick heavily. Lot of airports in MSFS also use that to give a low cost way of doing certain interiors.

Frankly it's one of those tricks that are so common I have to wonder why it took nearly 10 years for anyone in this game to do it. (If what others said about this being the first time is true)

 

It’s used in Training Center according to DTG Matt.

I don’t play any other games so the only place I’ve seen it is in that free Matrix UE5 demo where it is used extensively. It’s an excellent little feature. Side note - I still load that demo up and fly around the city when I get bored of driving trains. It’s nice and relaxing.

 

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough. It isn't fit for humans now. (Sir John Betjeman. 1937)

 

My father was from Slough. I think it was a nice place before the sixties got to it. I never thought it was as bad as people make out though. I probably would have been born there if his job hadn't moved.

 

I watched an old episode of The Office the other day. It's 25 years old and nothing in the opening titles is still there. The old bus station, roundabout, car park, college buildings, all gone. Even "the office" which was only used in exterior shots was demolished when the GWML was electrified as they need to put a wider road bridge in and the building had to go. A Premier Inn now sits on the site.

Of everything that has gone, I miss the brutalist bus station the most. In winter, it was freezing and dark and the wind would whip through it, but in the summer it was so cool and shady. The bus station that replaced it was awful with a roof that offered no protection from the elements. It's awaiting demolishing after some kids set fire to it a few years back.