Dovetail Games Train Sim World - Winter Survey 2024

am stuck it says answer a question which i have but i wont let me contuie

 

can the questions be changed so only options be selected please

 

Done!

 

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I feel like it's unfortunate that there are only detailed follow-up questions on which US locomotive you'd want to see in TSW, but not on which route. To me, the route (and the gameplay it delivers) matters much more than which exact type of locomotive runs on it.

 

Done. Thanks for taking our feedback. Encouraged by some of the questions surrounding fault/event simulation. No expectation of when it may happen but glad you folks are thinking about it. Went well with the expert 101 imo, so a good first test.

Also happy thanksgiving to my American friends.

 

I think both are important. And the loco must be new.

 

Well, then it would still make sense to ask detailed questions on the train and route, rather than just one of them, right?

 

I didnt notice that point during the survey. maybe they care more on how hard to get the audio or logo authorize ?

 

In the survey about the missing features of the game, the option "brightness settings" made me laugh. DTG, well, this is the common thing in 90% of games. It's not a feature - it's a basics.

 

Well filled it out. Interesting it asks about US freight and such, so eh.

Also find it funny the survey lists Euro Truck Simulator, but not American Truck simulator on other games you play.....

 

Done

 

Do not use this to create TSW6.
Just make what’s already in existence work.

 

In the survey I highlighted a lot but I mentioned more dynamic events and also more interactivity with pax, alongside longer routes.

 

Done! Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans!

 

They immediately ignore me just because I am from Russia + even the country is not indicated in the list (but even China and Australia are indicated) - why should I, as an ordinary player, suffer? Anyway, I filled out the survey.

 

Does everyone get asked specifically about US addons in section 3? Earlier I said I was interested in all countries - which I am - but was asked about the USA, which I have the least interest in, know the least about, and have way way less to say about than the UK and Germany.

 

Yep I was asked as well

 

Love that Front Nose View camera option was discussed in the questionnaire, would love to see that become a reality!

 

Done! Always love doing these since it makes me reflect on my own experience with the game.

 

As someone who often awkwardly moves the external cam to the windscreen in an embarrassing attempt to recreate a proper nose cam view, I completely agree!

 

Yeah I was also asked specifically about USA content. Though it is their weak spot, I would've loved to implement my thoughts about UK or German content. Though me being an American myself, I surprisingly know more about the UK rail scene and am more interested in them versus US.

 

Exactly this right! I do this every single time i play TSW, so to possibly have this as a selectable option without having to manually do it every time would be a game changer for me!

 

Fixed it. Always welcome.

 

we all know they will!

 

I’m from Russia, and your Amazon blocked me from taking the survey, so I had to use a VPN. Fun times you’ve got there.

 

I’m guessing that only the US was in there because it’s the only one that needs a reorientation. UK and Germany (especially with JT and TSG respectively) are doing fine. But with freight being (almost) out of the picture and a very limited selection of commuter operators to choose from, I reckon DTG need input on how the US can go on to be represented in TSW. I was just happy that I could spent an entire section talking about old US electrics like the GG1 and the Milwaukee Road.

 

Yes, it's black friday!

 

It's only after finishing surveys that other topics come to mind - I wish I'd added the point "clean up the naming of things" to the list. It's not gamebreaking by any means but annoys me every time I open the "Train Depot" in the menu which says "A-Z", and see "BR101 DB", "BR 111 DB", or "DB BR 628" in the wrong order because the logic of their naming is different. And as an example for British stuff, "Class 52" should be before "Class 395", though I get how this sorting happens.

 

There seems to be a bug in the survey at question 41 for the potential future core features. When I select for example 10 on the first feature, and then select 10 on any of the next ones, the mark for 10 for the first feature ticks off (vice versa as well). So it acts as kind of a vote toggle between the features, which it shouldn't I think and kind of distorts the votes (untoggles a previous made vote as well).

I can't rate more than 1 feature by the same number of appealing, and only can rate them like in order like down from 10-4.

Is this intentional? But wouldn't have a priority order of the features would have been better in the first place?

Would have liked to give a few features the same amount of appeal.

 

Hi Jan, thanks for the quick reply. A quick picture of the question and possibilities.

I think the intention of the question is that each feature shall be ranked by values though instead of ranking the entries.

With the problem explained above, I only can mark one feature with a 10, one feature with a 9, one feature with a 8 and so forth, and thus implicitly can rank the features only per ranking in relation to them all, but not individually.

 

I too tried to do this but it only took one

 

I've filled out the survey, honestly.

From the intonation of the questions I got the definite impression not to expect too much from DTG's future trains and routes at the imagined level of prototype fidelity and realism.

I've voted against more gaming elements, I'd rather have more realism in actual simulation of operations, including dispatching.

 

Why there is 2 LIRR in the pool?
Ah, I get it. People won't figure out which LIRR is which and will vote for the old version. And DTG are like: oh, people like a route without AI and with a buggy signaling system - we can do that, we know how to do that!

 

I sort of did this unintentionally as I was more interested in some suggestions more than others but I'm hoping they are all registered as I also had to keep going back to make sure they were all clicked.

I think with any career mode I'd prefer it to keep a bit of realism rather than some kind of tycoon mobile game where you 'upgrade' your train with rocket boosters or something.

For example drivers sometimes start out doing yard work before progressing to running main line services.

Similarly I saw an advert for Eurostar drivers where you had to have a minimum of 3 years driving experience whereas there are UK TOCs who will take on trainees with no previous experience (if you get through all the recruitment tests/interviews).

So an example of applying this in TSW could be on a route like SEHS you start out driving 465s and then based on your driving performance you can progress up to driving a Class 395 or maybe to borrow the Eurostar example the TGV services (if you have that layer).

Platform/train announcements would definitely be a great missing piece in improving immersion though.

 

Done though a few were a bit of a head scratcher particularly having to rate new features, down from 10 to 4.

Also notable there was no specific reference to steam traction getting a possible reprieve, just didn't feature at all. As testified by new discussions in the last couple of days there are still many of us who would like to see DTG "man up" and have another go.

 

Glad I was not the only one to mention the Milwaukee Road. I think the Mid- and Northwestern regions needs to be represented in TSW so seeing that company, especially the electric trains, would be great.

 

I chucked in the MPKS from St Louis across to Kansas via both the Sedalia and River Subs. The BN Funnel from Spokane to Sandpoint and the D&RGW west out of Denver.

 

Indeed that's as what I came here to mention. But if they added it in there they'd have to at least acknowledge it which they seem to be allergic too unfortunately.

I was a little disappointed by the narrower viewpoints of the survey as I feel like previous years have been much more open to suggestions on types of content like historical, Steam, modern etc. I felt like they could've branched out a little more and been a little more open personally.

 

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to recall there being one rather weird mention of steam: When ranking what operations interest you on US routes (or similar), I think one option was vintage/steam routes. I thought that odd given that I doubt DTG would even consider picking up US steam after leaving UK steam for the virtual torch. Still as close to a mention of steam as we've gotten recently though.