Is it standard for TSW routes to have completely incorrect PIS boards? I'm used to playing German and U.K. routes and haven't been to real life so I haven't noticed this, but I recently started playing the Morristown Line (which I ride often IRL) and the PIS boards are completely made up. Not only are the screen size, shape and graphics wrong, but they are in places they aren't supposed to be. For example at Hoboken Terminal, the main departure board is blank, with screens placed on poles on each track that aren't there in real life. The real PIS screens are instead paper advertisements in the game. This is the same for all stations on the line. Do they do this for all routes? A little disappointed.
They take a lot of creative liberties with things like that. I regularly ride the Hudson and Harlem lines and, like you, there are several details that I've noticed are wrong/missing. Some things I just ignore because they can be petty and minor, but other more obvious things stick out. DTG's based out of the UK, so they have to rely on research trips, community input, photos, videos, etc., which leads to certain things getting overlooked. For better or worse, this means not every detail is going to be correct. The most important thing you can do as a player from the area is provide feedback and photos like you've done here. Now whether they actually do something is a whole other story... lol Nice photos, btw, it's nice to see another member from the northeast here.
I’ll be straightforward here. The local Beta team members provide DTG all the information needed , feedback and suggestions. It comes down to the amount of dev time required . This was the case with Morristown and at the end the best options were suggested. There are still open tickets for current PIS information boards like in broad street and Hoboken which the font of the letters don’t fit the screens.
Just frustrating because such a oversight would never be allowed to go unfixed on a UK or DE route. The community would rightfully be heard. I guess, for US routes we should just count ourselves lucky that we get PIS at all! /s
And I’d assume for dev time, it’s much easier to reuse assets that already exist in game vs. having to create brand new ones for specific stations (which I’d also assume takes up more space/memory on the route as well)?
