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Four hours sat in front of a VDU is well in excess of published guidelines. The people defending no save game in SimRail use the same argument...

So long as they stick to making static assets that will be fine. Just don’t allow them anywhere near the route itself or the trains in particular....

Think the biggest problem facing tram routes, as I found when I did Blackpool in Railworks all those years ago, is no support for line of sight...

By comfort zone I meant their TSW route builder is from the area, a tram driver in Blackpool I do believe.

Well DTG can hardly expect us to ignore that, when one of the sub contractor’s sub contractors splashes one of the models on an art site and ends...

Well AWS faults on a UK traction unit boil down to a few simple outcomes… Wrong side failure - set out of traffic at the next available location...

The route merging gurus would have to answer that one!

O Gauge in the garden would be a dream, but only if you win the National Lottery! Actually thinking about reliability, the stuff made in the late...

Good point. I would much rather TSG had devoted resources to making a BR141 or BR151 along with some UIC coaching stock to “standard” level for...

I wouldn’t know about the latter as I deemed the hobby far too expensive even a few years ago. But I do wish I had hung on to some of the more...

Good stuff but as stated the scope of a remaster is pretty much TOD and changes to existing scenery, not extensions welcome though they would be....

Although it’s a bit basic by modern standards and relies on ancient default stock, the Just Trains Western Main Lines (Paddington to Weston SM and...

Glad you finished the scenario. Think of steam locos in TSW as slightly advanced Triang Hornby models with the old style sound system (a...

Well Run 8 does throw random defects at you, with the automated voice over the DS route telling you to stop the train. Ought to be possible for...

The other very relevant point about model railway equipment vs a PC train game, is that $300 locomotive may well end up being a collectible. It...

This is actually a good point. The vast majority of traction units complete their daily "diagram" without any issue let alone a catastrophic...

Ah, sorry Fred, mst be the heat. Usually it's my Mrs who doesn't get my sense of humour. Just accuses me of sarcasm (or stupidity!).

If these are actual verbal messages, how about as I suggested earlier putting subtitles on the screen? Surely with all the programming...

I have a soft spot for the old Yugoslavian narrow gauge. I bet not many people could track the old line from Gostivar to Ohrid in what is now...

Well yes, that would seem better personal useage value all round than the DB 101 and not least because it would add traction and rolling stock not...

Best to put it in manual firing and open the firebox doors. To all intents and purposes it’s still automatic anyway with no coal or water really...

A rather skewed view… Then it’s not 99% of the British and American population playing train games, but those that are I suspect have an IQ and...

Well we already went into this where Flight Sim is concerned. I probably have had several 100 hours out of the Level D 767 which I initially...

Thread drift. It happens. No one was harmed or died in the writing of the various musings. :) But back on topic, maintain this would have been...

As noted previously, they are exercising the iron control they probably regret not imposing on RS/RW/TSC, though in the beginning it was mooted...

Google Glass (I think it’s called) is actually quite innovative. Just go to it on the tablet, it views the monitor or TV screen through the camera...

I would say it needs to be something not already in game. The Class 55 Deltic has already been mentioned in another thread, the famous Class 50...

Glad we agree on something Tom! I still occasionally buy Railway Modeller magazine and it is horrifying to see the prices listed in the...

If that was aimed at my ramblings above, as a point of order and tl:dr… 1. I’m all in favour of more complex add ons provided: a. They don’t sell...

Railway modelling is a hobby which has completely priced itself out of the market for normal working people. Besides, with a model you are getting...

As a further thought on pricing and accepting there would be issues for the console market… How much of the Expert 101 price tag could have been...

£30 for an expert level Deltic. Now there’s a quandary. Of course if it came with a full set of new Mark Two coffins (plus catering vehicle!) then...

There’s a difference between getting the sounds right and not being able to understand what on earth you are supposed to be doing. My previous...

Thanks Kilt46.

The last thing you want to be doing though is Alt Tabbing or trying to view the manual copied across to an iPad or similar while fault finding....

For something this complex, some localisation would not go amiss. Otherwise the product is going to cause expensive grief for non German speakers...

Think we are talking ETS2 here, Pete. After Greece, the next territory is Scandinavia though the extent TBC.

Maybe there is also a market for a halfway house… locos which offer a bit more complexity but at a consumer friendly price. If there is to be...

Or PFR at Ambergate, oh hang on... :)

Like I said, all hypothetical and believe me along with everyone else if DTG are doing the Premier Line at a minimum it needs to be Euston to Rugby.

If it starts at Euston I can only see them going to MKC. If it starts at Watford Junction then Rugby, with or without Northampton. All...

I think that’s all fair comment and a sale will be the likely course of action as generally I do like the TSG stuff and it does bring a touch of...

Think some might have been assigned to Heaton for a while and I might have travelled on one from Felling into Newcastle, prior to the Metro going...

Sorry to go OT from the thread, but would you mind mentioning the name of the randomiser software? Did a quick Google and not finding anything...

That was a hellfire episode. It’s going to stop, it’s going to stop… Er what do I do now as my oxygen counter hits zero.

Simplest solution is to have the code altered so off by default? I don’t suffer from epilepsy but nonetheless find frequent strobing can be...

But surely part of the motivation for making this is the “labour of love”, too? No one really expects to get rich making train sim add ons...

Anyhow back to the main event… In the Pricing thread a screen dump from another social media source purports to show the EP as stating he feels...

I am definitely one for brighter nights and stars. It’s something that should be user controllable.

I know the feeling… I started doing a play through of my routes in alphabetical order, starting in Career. Got to the C’s where I admit to...