December Roadmap Q&a Thread

Will there be any new updates with the current routes with more usage of a busy schedule, more trains being ran, and also any extensions?

Furthermore, I hope that we get to get different mass transit routes in NYC, Chicago, and Boston and more. But, I know things take time.

 

Here's the bug when I'm playing on the xbox

 

Please could you sort it as soon as possible?

 

On the DB BR 426 the doors close automatically after a set amount of time can this be implemented into all trains where this features? Also I would love if the doors remained closed unless a passenger was boarding through that door.. Its kinda weird being at an EMPTY London Victoria... and all the doors just sitting open for 2 minutes with an empty train

 

Well that's not good.

You (as in corporate DTG) do realise that Railroader now actually has better physics on its steam locos than those in TSW and it's primarily a strategy and network building game?!

 

I hope the wait will be worth while, and it will be something that the community will be blown away and please be a full Route this time not a half route like the Harlem Line

 

I'm not sure I'd go that far Vern, you can't actually run out of steam in Railroader. But it does burn coal/useup water.

 

I wouldn't have any hopes on this lol.

 

I noticed that JD was not doing the Stream again for the second month in a row...
i miss seeing him on the streams

 

Posting my main two questions from a more detailed response over in the roadmap article thread.
This is regarding West Somerset Remastered:

• I‘m wondering about the new track near Norton Fitzwarren, since this area is already modeled and accessible (albeit not used in the current in-game timetable very much). There are even mods on PC putting HSTs on the mainline. I wonder what additional track was added there!
  
• I’m also curious why Peak Forest is required for the bulk of the main services in the new steam gala timetable, as it‘s a rather niche route and not owned by many. Why is Spirit of Steam, arguably the steam route owned by the most players by far, not represented in the timetable at all? It even has two of the three locos included with Peak Forest. Having to buy Peak Forest just to enjoy a WSR steam timetable mainly comprised of locos I already own through SOS sounds unnecessary and unfortunate. The target should be to make the new steam services available to as many players as possible in order to increase the attractiveness of WSR to the overall player base.

Thanks to the team for their hard work, and have a great festive season!

 

Well, massively worth it to whom? To us players, sure. But to DTG? Their experience with the Preservation Crew showed them that, however lovely their work, it didn't generate enough additional sales to be worth it financially.

 

Oh, malarkey. Much as I am really enjoying Railroader - as an operational game, getting freight cars where they need to go - its loco "physics" are on a par with Transport Fever. It accounts for grades and train weight- and that's about it. No dampers, no blowers, no cylinder drains, no fire mass, no air depletion - all abstracted. Which is fine for what the game is; I let my AI hirelings drive them and just make sure they get coaled up as necessary - but the idea that the physics are "better" than TSW's is simply not on.

 

When will PC editor support the Microsoft Store for PC?
And how come the US Loco was removed? Is this being pushed back or will we not see this again?

 

thanks for the reply JD

 

100% conformed its indeed Goblin

 

they have to keep JD away from streams when announcements are near JD is only one step away from leaking early and free access keys/codes to everyone

 

13 miles 58 chains (22.1 km) to be precise, so even shorter
I have been waiting for London Overground for ages, and then to get such a measly offering is pretty disappointing to say the least.
Look at all the possibilities...

Hard pass on this one I reckon.

 

Perhaps I was a little ebullient but it’s still saying something that what’s essentially a strategy game has done such a good job. And I’m sure more in depth performance and management of the fire/boiler will come. At least DTG could actually have their locos consume coal and water…

 

Fair enough, but they feel good to me, I really have to pay attention to speed and gradient to brake effectively, sometimes in TSW the physics can feel v basic, even though they are programmed to be quite complex. There's something about the feel of driving the train in Railroader which is quite realistic, getting up there with Run 8 physics which is probably top of the tree. Just my humble opinion though.

 

Indeed the point I was making. Railroader does miss out certain elements, as does TSW just different ones. And the RR developer has already stated this is just the beginning. With the comment from JD either in this thread or another that there are no plans to change TSW steam physics or interaction then it looks like we are stuck with the current very imperfect setup.

 

Yeah I honestly love filling up the water and coal in RailRoader.

 

It's worth noting that the TS version has both the North and West London Lines as well. Granted I don't think it's an automatic loss for the TSW version - length and quality aren't always mutual - but based on previous efforts I won't get my hopes up. I have slightly more confidence in the German route, and I am absolutely loving the new scenery on the West Somerset Railway. If the Class 710 is any good I hope it would be made playable on the Bakerloo Line, assuming they're making the appropriate version of the train. I've seen some people complain about the lack of a 378 but they only ran on that route for a limited time with a non-standard configuration so I'm not bothered. If done right, the route could be a good full end-to-end route. If done wrong however, it'll just be a shorter version of a route that is an entire network in TS.

 

I thought the WSR update wasn't until next year?

 

Will Rivet games ever get round to solving any of the long standing issues with routes such as Edinburgh Glasgow, West Cornwall Local and Isle of Wight 2022. In particular, will there ever be a fix for the IoW 2022 Mastery that hasn't worked at all since launching?

 

It isn't out till next year, correct. I'm assuming they mean how it looks in the screenshots.

 

I guess we're not going to get an answer to the question about the sudden disappearance of the promised US loco?

In fact this roadmap has so little mention or information about future US content, we over here would be forgiven if we imagined that DTG was in the process of abandoning the North American market.

 

What? Better physics? I must not have gotten the right version of railroader. I have yet to see the pressure gauges show anything in Railroader, the cylinder c0cks are just window dressing, have yet been able to cause any wheel slip. I mean once you put coal and water in the tender, it is an advanced point and click. Not that that takes anything away from Railroader at all, its focus is more on railroad management rather that locomotive operation.

Not trying to state TSW Steam physics are much to write home about in their current state but at least there is some physics involved. TSC advance locomotives are the best for Steam in my humble opinion, but to state Railroader has better … sorry, I can’t agree.
As I stated in another thread TSW and Railroader fill two different niches for train fans, I like they both for what they bring to the table, but I do not see them in direct competition. I wish them both success

 

Ah, gotcha.
For a minute I thought I was missing out

 

Please consider adding Platinum medal support for older routes.