Expansion Engineering Express Pack - Feedback Thread

EDITED: So not a complete waste. The DRS 66 is of course the ex ews ones so are correct. The one 66 is better than initial screenshots show as it has correct lights and 5th door plus ladder and correct windows. Sadly it still has the ews branding in the cab though. The Seacows haven't been used on the network for years so are not right for the era either, which is a shame. Also no timetable runs for the Seacows, again a shame as would have been nice to have been able to pass these doing normal timetable work etc. is it worth £10, not personally, I'd say more £5. If they had used mfa wagons instead of Seacows, and added more timetable runs it would have been great.

 

I dind't test it so far and i dind't plan it either.... This is price is ridiculous for this pack.... And the re-used class 66 is not the right one.

 

For people that have already bought it, can you substitute in the new liveries on existing 66 services on other routes?

 

Yes both new liveries can be used on all routes with the class 66.

 

I've updated my comments having purchased the pack myself, the screenshots shared previously don't make it clear the 66 has actually been updated with the extra door/ladder, correct lights etc. still a little steep at £10, but not as bad as first thought

 

Nice, that was my concern. I'm buying just to have a little more visual variety in my routes.

 

How many services did this add? Was trying to look for it in the article but didn’t see it. Then again I’m on mobile atm so maybe I missed it

 

10 timetables services, a mix of pulling disabled 385s and seacows.
5 Scenarios
and the 2 skins

 

Where are the Seacows timetables? I can only find unit drags unless I'm missing something

 

I used the DRS 66 on the first search, so they might be more common on that than the ONE 66

 

I just realised all the timetables are listed as 5Sxx headcodes making you think they are all unit drags when they are actually a mix and some should be 6Sxx not 5Sxx. A shame as makes it hard to work out

 

Only route that it doesn't layer onto is the one engineering service on Cathcart, almost all others are available.

E-G ONE 2 DRS 8
BCC ONE 1 DRS 1 (6V92)
ECML, ECW, Glossop, GWE, BML, MML & SHS All (-RHTT) for both

 

It's sad how many times they've had us pay for the same locomotive. Sadly won't change as people will keep buying these money grab packs...

 

Thought id just drop what ive found so far into here! Little showcase of rivets lazyness.

The seacows still have all the bugs and issues they had in WCL, like the bearings on the wheels not rotating. The wheelblur from older TSW still being present. And lack of tail lamps on services.


The 66 just couples to whatever even with the Dellner attached!


You can just swing the coupler arm with the Dellner attached lol



This is all the spawn options really?



We told you time and time again about this sticker yet here it still is.

 

And the attention to detail award goes to…
Just Trains for BPO.

Better luck next time Rivet

 

the Gap between the 385 and the adapter is way to big kinda seems pointless that we cant use to go with 801 as it doest sit at the right hight

 

Not trying to make excuses or anything; but could this be the reason why ?

Source: https://www.modernrailways.com/article/25-years-privatised-rail-freight

 

My work still has posters and even fire extinguishers mentioning BR and Railtrack. Despite at least 3 redecorations and a rebuild since I started.
I haven't seen the inside of a DRS/ ONE 66, but I wouldn't be surprised if a poster is still up, if the details haven't changed.

 

Not on a loco that has never worked for EWS (66587). It's just lazy not to remove the logo on the Freightliner 66. I can sort of accept it on the drs one for the above reason, but not on the ONE liveried example.

Roll on formation designer when we can create better spawn options for these and make them useful in game.

 

Good idea. My main gripe is the choice of locos. Another Class 66 add-on. Erm no thanks. There are other locos.

 

Also depends on the license and what can actually be accessed. If another reskin had been released for another loco already in tsw, I think the responses would have been the same. But not having major licenses prevents many modern freight locos from being made

 

Did the 66 ever drag a 385 without barrier wagons?

 

Apparently... yes.

 

I am enjoying this pack. Its great having an extra two options for services on the other UK routes like SEHS and ECML too. I would prefer a brand new loco, of course, but after years of just the EWS 66 I will take this (for now!). A fresh interior would have been nice but what do we expect for £7.64?

 

I bought it yesterday and at £7.64 (as it was to me) I’d say it’s worth it. £7.50 should just be the price for everyone.

Turns out the 66 is marginally more interesting when it’s not just the EWS repeated ad-nauseam.

 

The ROG had 2 liveries (37 and 375)with interiors for less. Would've been nice of Rivet to have just tried a little harder in my opinion though But at least it is some variation

 

Am driving the Rainy Recall scenario, what a mess and I've only just started. In Edinburgh Waverly station and it's absolutely pissing down (not that you can hear it) while you walk over to your train. As soon as you enter the ONE 66 door the rain sounds start as though the station roof has suddenly retracted to allow the rain to hit the train roof. The train is also about 30 foot too far back from where the start point should be because Rivet in their infinate wisdom (read laziness) failed to put any rear lights on the 385 we're towing and you can't get into the rear cab of the 385 to turn them on without shunting the train forwards. Having left the station the infamous rain repelling windscreen is still evident but I'll get penalised if i don't use the pointless wipers lol

 

This pack crashes the East Coastway route even when selecting a service that's not a class 66

 

What platform?

 

Xbox Series X

 

Same for me, playing on xbox series X too.

 

Not an isolated problem it seems
https://forums.dovetailgames.com/th...ly-because-of-engineering-express-pack.78190/

 

I have tested this for the PS5 and East Coastway works ok. Idrove a 313 service to Lewes. Cant check for the xbox as its packed up for the house move.

PC is also fine.

Hentis

 

It seems ok on Xbox Series S. Did a Lewes to Newhaven Aggregates service with DRS 66 and it was fine.

 

The problem for me is on Xbox Series X.

 

Indeed.I've highlighted the ones that should be class 6.

 

Game updated this morning and other than it loading in with the weird black boxes covering most of the routes (reboot sorted that out) everything seems to be fine. Loaded into and ran a 313 service with no issues both times.

 

The crashes are fixed for me too.

 

Don’t know what platform you’re on, but if you’re on PC you might be interested in this;

https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/m...i726-tsw4-new-in-cab-wind-rain-thunder-sounds

 

BUG: Scenario "Spring Morning" (PC/Steam)

You are instructed to stop at Cadder, great. Red signal. Contact Signaller, check. Permission to proceed , signal changes to yellow- this is key. Because as soon as you pass the signal, you're hit with a brake demand-- the TPWS loop was never de-activated.
Now if the signal stayed red, this wouldn't be a problem: you have fair warning, hit the override, you're good. But this is an ambush, because you shouldn;t be getting a BD on a yellow light!

 

It's not just the 66's. It's also on the 47 on Blackpool-Ormskirk despite it telling you to turn on the safety systems for more points.

 

Yeah I Just done one to see and yep same problem Should have tested that out but was doing all the Pacer Runs instead.

 

I’ve Found a solution to the 66 Use the one that comes in the Cargo lines Pack that seems to work but the 385 drags will be unavailable

 

Can Anything be done to prevent the ONE permanently parking itself in Mountsorell Aggregates on the MML

The only way I've found is to uninstall the DLC but with just DB and EWS on the network kind of defeats the point of buying it.

 

Okay I will try here before raising a ticket or being directed to Rivets games about quality of products that DTG publishes.

Basically the models has a mirroring defects as shown below. This is me working on the ONE Class 66. So can this be picked up by giving feedback here. Or Raise a ticket or be passed to Rivet games to short my self. If I am to believe DTG has no quality control measures in place when working with 3rd party developers.

Which means I have no power or authority over how Rivet responds to me, a customer of DTG published product.

Here if you could advise on the best option to take then it would be very beneficial for me.
I don’t like to waste my time raising a ticket if I can get some advice now.

Thank you.
✌

 

The problem isn't the software. You need to adjust the projection settings for the balloon image so that it isn't 100% (infinite), which projects right out the other side.

 

I appreciate your feed back but it’s not that. What ever colour I choose be the full paint of the loco will reflect on the 3 circles from the head lights on the side. So if I leave yellow on the front with it projected back it will appear on the sides. That a bug not me being dump

Meaning if I put anything over the circles on the side which is a green ballon it will reflect on to the head lamp. Project should work like this.
I place on side it mirrors the (Edit) opposite side not on the rear or from the front.
I perfectly understand your logic but if I am not able to simply mirror yellow from the back to rear without 3 yellow circle appearing on the side (Something I Don’t want or it should be doing) then this to me is a bug.

As I don’t want grey on the head lamps but have to do to cover the 3 yellow circles on the side.
I am working on the grey on the sides with a green ballon but now the green ball mirrors over the rear top lamp.

This is what I am working on. If I don’t put the grey on the head lights I will get 3 circles in the yellow. Ie meaning I have to work around a problem that I never created yet I am faced with one. Something that doesn’t function as intended in a system is a bug.

I will try with the projection again see if that helps but as I say I wouldn’t normally have to do this when a decal has its standard 50/50 set.
Hence I am still working around a system issue I wouldn’t normally have to do.

Thanks for the feedback, I will give it a go and report back.

Cheers Bill
TSLP, Or Lee✌.

 

Seeing as we are waiting for updates for stuff like stock on some of their other rotues , I wouldnt
A Hold your breath
B Waste your time