Steam Dlc On I3

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Brad_Jf, May 11, 2020.

  1. Brad_Jf

    Brad_Jf Member

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2020
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    16
    Would my DLC of a standard 4mt run ok on a, lenovo ideapad 305. I havent got a PC so i play TS on laptop. I wanna purchase the 4 mt dlc. Would it run ok on my laptop with a i3 processer
     
  2. Reef

    Reef Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2018
    Messages:
    2,806
    Likes Received:
    1,817
    You've posted the same thing twice under a different title. Why?
     
  3. Brad_Jf

    Brad_Jf Member

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2020
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    16
    Because no one has responded to me, why ask?
     
  4. JJTimothy

    JJTimothy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 14, 2018
    Messages:
    1,536
    Likes Received:
    986
    I started playing TS2016 on an i3 laptop which was not great but better than nothing especially if you stuck to older, less busy or less detailed routes. Steam locomotives definitely seem to be more work for the system although some, mostly older more basic models, work better than others. TS2016 includes The Riviera Line in the '50 which is all steam and sorry to say it didn't run too well.
     
  5. Brad_Jf

    Brad_Jf Member

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2020
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    16
    What laptop were you using, maybe some differ. But i suppose a route could be different to an engine.
     
  6. JJTimothy

    JJTimothy Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 14, 2018
    Messages:
    1,536
    Likes Received:
    986
    It's a Toshiba with a 1.7GHz i3, 8GB RAM, no discrete GPU and originally Windows 8 so five years old or so now. No idea how it compares to yours.

    I mentioned the route because it is all steam as it comes and, without being particularly scientific about it, I think the laptop made heavy going of it because of the kettles not because of the route particularly (unlike Köln-Koblenz in the same bundle was really hard work for this system). I persevered with it because, like I said, it was better than nothing and I drove and enjoyed a few of the Riviera scenarios on it. Things could go horribly wrong though- I saw things slow to a crawl and loco's rendered incompletely usually just before a crash.

    On the iPad at the moment so can't check but isn't the 4MT one of the expert models? If so I'd expect it to be one of the more demanding.
     
  7. Reef

    Reef Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2018
    Messages:
    2,806
    Likes Received:
    1,817
    Because spamming a forum with the same question is bad forum etiquette, could you not have waited until your original thread was answered?
     
  8. Brad_Jf

    Brad_Jf Member

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2020
    Messages:
    36
    Likes Received:
    16
    spamming is continuously putting stuff on mate, i only did it twice
     
  9. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2016
    Messages:
    10,193
    Likes Received:
    3,174
    Do you normally post again if nobody replies in a few hours - 4.53 + 6.45?
     
  10. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 9, 2018
    Messages:
    10,832
    Likes Received:
    10,490
    Define "OK"...
    I started playing TSx on a microsoft surface, but then I also had it windowed, with all the graphics turned right down and FPS limited to 15. It still had a few issues on the bigger stations like London Victoria but generally it ran OK
    I've now go a cheaper core i7 PC and it still glitches out, mainly because the game engine is old and doesn't work well on newer machines, but it works "OK for me"
    So again, what's your version of "OK"? If it's that the train moves when you expect it to, but you're going to get a few slow downs and one game second might be two real seconds, yep.
    If you want more than that, maybe not
     

Share This Page