Oakville Subdivision Bugs/issues

I will kick us off

1, the welcome to Oakville Subdivision intro cuts out at the end when the guy is mid-sentence



2, Ethanol loading tutorial- perform the steps as required but visually the hose/pump has disconnected itself but the tanks still fill up

 

Can vouch for both of these.

 

i agree they are bugged. here we go again. why do i bother

 

The scenario ‘in with the new’ also has the bugged ethanol filling animation

 

No trophy awarded for ‘In with the new’ scenario. Shows the completed medal and has registered against the total number of scenarios completed. So it knows it’s done it.

also in journey mode I am seeing medals for things completed, but to the left of them no ticks. I’ve done everything so far via the Journey list rather than timetable

time for me to take a break I think

 

Missing textures on several buildings around Burlington station in snowy conditions. DTG, you're a bloody fail machine.

 

Lol the audio cutting bug is pretty hilarious. It's like DTG's staff doesn't even test what they make before they release it.

 

i now have a problem with the 3rd scenario petrochemical chaos.
i loaded the tanks and took them to the filling facility. it let me load the first tank no problem. but it wont let me load the rest of them with im supposed to do.

this download is full of bugs and is a load of LOVE seems like i have wasted my time and money

 

In the ethanol introduction, I can't get on the rail vehicle...

 

So glad I didn’t give them £24.99 of my hard earned money. It’s not game breaking issues, but they’re issues which shouldn’t be there in the first place.

 

Never mind, I've done it. Found TinTin_57 video for it. Thanks mate

 

As I said before, the apparent lack of pre-release testing is alarming. DTG already charges quite a lot for their products so we should really expect that there aren't glitches in something that expensive.

 

The next TSW route. And, of course, we got bugs:

 

EDIT There is a freight on its way out of the yard. So give it another 5 minutes.

I'm doing the M82561-05 Aldershot - Oakville Journey (GP9 RM) and I am 4.2 miles outside of Oakville Yard sat at a red light (Signal 238T3).
No route available according to the despatcher. (PS4)

Still waiting after 5 minutes.
A freight has already passed me so it cant be for that.

Regards

Hentis

 

On 25 mins it will go green! Only found this out because I got fed up waiting and went to make a cup of tea. Was clear when I got back

 

Can you post this on the xbox one too its the same on that too

 

Dtg are getting worse with the bugs and not better. im enjoying the scenery and the yards and shunting. but i do wish they get there act together. we pay a lot of money for this game and get basically rubbish made game in return.

 

Further problems this afternoon Dave Mel ?

 

Have completed ‘In with the new’ scenario twice now. No trophy still. Also apart from the animation glitch it doesn’t ask you to load all the tanks. After 3 it tells you it’s happy. Very confusing

also my best score is 0 even though it awarded me some 6000 odd points, and I can get no higher than a silver medal. The medals are of less importance to me personally but I assume that part of this scenario is also bugged

 

The shameful thing is, this works absolutely fine on PC, as evidenced in the recent live stream.

Shows where their priorities lie, and that consoles are just an afterthought.

 

TinTin_57

Same here.

 

As so many bugs are present in new releases and console specific bugs seem to be a surprise to DTG when someone reports them on day one of the release, often very obvious fundamental bugs (even in scenarios and services selected for Journey mode), do we think that the extent of testing for DLC is basically Matt playing it on PC for a few days prior to release?

In the dev streams, Matt says stuff to Dimitri like "I normally do this" or "I've been doing it this way" so he obviously does play things a fair bit before release, but could he be the only one who does and that's why so much gets through. Obviously features will be tested throughout development but in the final assembly of the released package there won't be enough time or staff to completely play every scenario on every platform, so is it just Matt casting his beady eye over the scenarios and a couple of timetable services and only on PC?

Maybe they do test everything and see all the bugs and just release it like that anyway.

I genuinely don't know and is beta testing for DLC even a thing for games? It definitely needs to improve.

 

Well... I set out some very basic testing criteria for this route here:

https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/tsw-“oh-canada-”.20430/page-4

All I asked for was for some very basic testing:

- on one standard recommended spec PC, an example XBox and an example PS4
- to check that all of the training and scenario modules can be played through from start to finish, and that all instructions for these modules are clear and match the hover text for train controls etc.
- to check that all of the Journey modules can simply be played through from start to finish (even if the instructions are nonsensical and left unchecked)
- to check that all other service modules can be started and played for just the first two minutes of each module (even if the modules then subsequently break or can't be finished - I am just asking for the first two minutes to be checked)
- to check that any trophies/achievements for each platform that should be awarded by that point are actually awarded

And I don't think they did this basic stuff. Literally - I do not have any belief at all....... that........ any "end-user" testing gets done.... at all.

 

Hi, if you have any specific feedback on specific issues with the route then please do report them to us so we could escalate further, the only specifics in this thread are mentioned in the first couple of posts. Walls of text are not helpful when we are trying to collate feedback. Thanks for understanding.

 

So... are you saying that your testing check-lists are really very short and snappy.....? If so, then that would explain quite a lot.

 

tl;dr: Too long, didn't read the feedback. Reading takes too much development time.

 

What I'm saying is that I'm trying to collate feedback from this and other threads but reading long posts with no specific data doesn't help, esp. if you don't own the route. In short, please keep to the topic of the thread - specific bugs and issues with Oakville Subdivision.

 

Ah, okay. That's actaully fair enough.

*backs out of thread, and closes door behind him*

 

Thanks. I have no issues with your contributions elsewhere.

 

Anyone else done Petrochemical Chaos scenario and had a phantom brake stuck on from the point you pick up the empty 10 tankers at McAnaulty yard?

 

in my case with them 10 tankers i could not move them, even had throttle on 8. So i walked down the train to check if any handbrakes were left on, and no there wasnt.

Next i unhooked the engines and did a couple of laps arond the yard to to test the engines and brakes out, no problem with them.
i hooked back up to the tankers again and by magic i was able to move them with no brakes on.

instead of taking me 75 mins like it said on the scenario it took me 2.47h and got a silver. i did a bit of walking about as well looking for some jobs to do

 

I experienced the same thing. I don't know if I did something wrong but the engines barely move and if you get off notch 8 they immediately stop.

 

I reported the ‘phantom brake’ as I call it, to DTG earlier. Glad it’s not just me

 

I thought I did something wrong! I guess DTG is did something wrong rather than me lol.

 

The signalling system is the worst out of them all.

 

I flagged 2 major issues in a separate thread.

 

FYI the trophy for completing the 'In with the new' scenario WAS awarded to me when I switched to my Test profile and ran it there. I am hoping I don't have to run all the other scenarios there too to get the complete all scenarios trophy. Such a pain

 

Not really a bug, but an annoyance, I've given up loading Ethanol manually due to the amount of times I've accidentally abandoned a journey mode service as the box pops up just as I press X to either connect, disconnect or start the loading... Which means to tick it off the list you have to start all over again.

 

why is there no flange squeal at least we should hear it in the sidings on tight curves

 

Is the GP9 losing amps back to zero when at notch 8 a bug? Anyone know?

 

yep it happens to me. i thought it was a bit strange but then i dont know anything about North American/ Canadian locos

 

Oh yes it does. Drops the load.

 

Not supposed to be doing this when you're hard pulling.

 

Engine-driven compressor works when engine is stopped,
GP9 engine can be started with fuel pump turned off.
Feel the detail..huh

 

Also a bug on PS4 possibly? Bought the DLC but the routes is not showing up.
It is not marked in the game as bought.

This one can be marked as solved, possibly a PS database error.
After repair Database it showed up.

 

Has anyone managed to get the alerter on in the GP38? I've switched the fuse but can't get it on at all...

 

One other bug. Completed 6/6 scenarios and no trophy awarded. This seems to be a common one across recent dlc's

 

- service M39221-05 Aldershot to Oakville spawns you on foot in Hamilton yard... :/

 

I always have to start a new savegame in order to achieve trophys after an update or added DLC

 

Hi TinTin

I am not sure if you will be up for this... but I have thought of something to try, to get missing trophies. If you've done this already (what I explain below), then disregard this message....

The OSD DLC is presumably the first route DLC listed in your UI, appearing at the left on the panel at the bottom of the screen. My proposed solution is this (and using exactly these steps):

1. Switch off the PS4 and restart it (do not worry about internet off or on).
2. Start TSW.
3. Wait for the intro to run through, or click a button to pass through it (but not using the X button on PS4)
4. You will be in the main screen, and there should be a background image from OSD, and a green box highlighting the OSD route. There will also be a globe highlighted in green below the green box. Do not press X yet. Instead, press the R1 button (so the globe goes white, and the train icon goes green) - and this action will launch the route (instead of the X button).
5. Play your scenarios. And use the profile that you've already done them on (no new profile).
6. If you return to the main menu at any time (mid-trophy), then always launch the route again using R1, and not the X button.

Please note: I have absolutely no evidence that this works. It's just an idea. And if you are up for trying it out, then that's cool. But if you think this idea is a bit bananas, then I won't be offended at all. (Cos it is... LOL...!).