Dovetail Games Tsw February 2026 Roadmap Q&a Thread

How long has ecw remaster been in development for and on what basis was it chosen for a remaster. Player surveys or internal feedback?

 

Any update on blurry textures and other fixes or not yet?

I never seem to really get any if I am honest.

 

Why is Thomas considered important enough to get it's own forum section, but Metro Rivals isn't?

 

Hi DTG Alex
You mean the TSW February roadmap, right?

 

Why are there still problems in the list of priorities that disables the fixing of so many, especially older issues across so many older ("legacy"?) routes?

 

Are there any plans to bring working suspension to some older trains? Some relatively recent like the 710.

 

How do dtg decide which routes to remaster?

 

Why are certain routes such as NTP and BML harder to remaster than other routes?

 

Some people have said Stadler don't want their trains in any simulator games, do you know is this true?

Have you considered adding features like suspension and announcements to the class 395, along with the performance updates for Southeastern High Speed?

 

Upcoming December roadmap you mean February Alex?

 

On PS5, the announcements volume settings have to be changed every time the game is loaded and the ‘apply’ button does not work at all when doing so, as reported many times by players. I’ve had to set the levels over a hundred times now as cab announcements are too loud for me with the default level. Is there any chance this can be bumped up the list for fixing as it seriously annoying for us to have to do this any time we play a route with announcements. Asking here because of a lack of action from previous reports, so I know it will at least be read.

 

In TrainSimPlay's Stuttgart to Heilbronn preview stream DTG Lukas mentioned that DTG is not in the position to make a Stadler Flirt 3.
Dont want to know if it will come or not, but whether there are restrictions from Stadler that prevent the development of this unit?

 

-Will rail singing be a standard feature for British routes going forward?

-What improvements have been/ are being made to train faults and temporary speed restrictions?

-Stuttgart- Heilbronn timetable on PS5 still doesn't have S-bahn services to drive, any update?

 

Call me crazy, but that could be a result from Folezz having worked on a Stadler FLIRT 3 himself aswell, in DB red livery from what I know. Either that, or Stadler really did get pissed off.

 

One year ago there was the intention to develop another section of tutorial for the editor, but since then we haven't see nothing. There's some plan to add at leat 2/3 tutorial on a specific argument (like animation for level crossing and terrain cover for snow and rain)?
In another way to help us on this, could you provide at least some unprotected BP or some picture on how we can build it?
If there isn't any plan on this, what the actual help you can give us (eg. like asking at someone)?

 

Why has the ScotRail Class 43 Inter7City still not been announced when we've all known about it's existence for months?

 

When does east coastway remaster release and hst farewell pack.

 

Where do we stand with regard to the problem of the maximum number of DLCs that can be installed on the Xbox (currently 86) before the game crashes during loading? What has been done about this so far? When and how can those affected expect a fix?

 

I have 115 installed and doesn't crash .

 

It hasn't been working for me since Stuttgart Heilbronn. But there are several on Xbox with the same problem. There’s a whole thread about it:
https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/loading-issues.94548/
And I’m in touch with ten other Xbox players with the same problem.

 

Are on series s or x

 

I’m on series x. Bought about 142 DLCs. Worked fine until December and the release of Stuttgart. Got a CTD before Stuttgart and after that the game is only loading with 86 or less DLCs installed. Even tried to reinstall TSW 6 but nothing has worked out.

 

So what when you open the game it only loads a certain amount of dlcs even tho you have them all installed. On the xbox memory.

 

nope. With more than 86 the game loads about 50 percent and crashes back to desktop. Atm i installed 83 DLCs and the game crashes in 6 of 10 times at loading. The fewer DLCs installed the better it gets. There seems to be a problem with the loading management of DLCs.

 

Do you save dlcs to xbox memory or like usb hard drive.

 

I tested it out on the internal storage and on the official Xbox storage expansion card. Each time with a complete installation and both with same result.

 

Ok sorry i cant help much more because my xbox doesn't suffer that well hope it gets sorted soon.

 

If we're getting a Freightliner Class 70 does that mean there's a chance of a Freightliner Class 66 at some point?
(To be clear not as it's own "Freightliner Class 66" add-on, but more as part of something else, like a Cargo-Line pack or with a route)

 

What happened to the DB BR 420?

It's been in the 0-3 months category for the past 4 months and now it's back in the to be announced category?

What's going on here?

I'm getting more than a little miffed, and that's a first for me with DLC, about a product that's been in development for half a decade and finally been announced to come out, mathematically, basically right now. What major set back could've happened to an almost finished product?

 

Medway Valley Line

North Kent line

Looking like Sheerness isn't included as anticipated.

Looks decent.

I did wonder whether HS1 would run further down the line. I assume its still same concept with Class 395 with powering system. GSMR improved into working etc.

Trent Valley line

How many services will it include?

I suppose the Northampton loop services Birmingham to Euston London North Western will be AI at Rugby & driveable from Wolverton or vice versa. Just to add services.

CrossCountry Ai some must have a very detailed second station for use by Ai. Something that couldn't be done last time at Smethwick Galton Bridge 2nd station.

Forgot to mention 2nd or 3rd interchange station Tamworth with CrossCountry another 2nd station.

Rugeley Trent Valley would no doubt be subsituted Class 350 rather than 730s for valley line, if even run at all on Trent Valley, though by looks they join it to / from Rugeley Trent Valley. Sadly folks it won't give you Walsall Branch, that could be another future upcoming.

Tough but fair, that running via Stoke wasn't included to complete the full running of London North Western services. Besides much more stock would be needed, perhaps this is set for another Manchester route in future partly anyway.

East Coastway line

So it didn't get its extention as anticipated by many either to Hastings or extended to Brighton Mainline (London Commuter) to bring the full length of Victoria to Eastbourne driveable.

But gained extra station.

From looking at my sum up seems to be a rather lot on future upcomings in future for TSW may get released or amended depending how they go about things.

 

In regards to blurring of textures.

You say you are looking at reducing certain sizes of textures to save memory use but you have a number of routes due to be released in next few months.

Are these changes already in the works for these soon to be released routes or is it a release first, fix much later scenario

 

Well, I hate to use the old adage that matt uses. If not on the roadmap its not on the roadmap

 

There isn't any setback. Maik Goltz is just to lazy, to work on the BR420. Or at least that's what he stated in the DTG Discord Server...

 

We see that the ECW remaster will include track shadows, but this wasn't mentioned for the SKA remaster. Can we say for certain whether the SKA remaster will include track shadows or not?

 

All my fault being tooo lazy and demotivated all day. So blame me, not DTG or anyone else.

 

I didn't blame anyone and I still won't.
At least we've got an honest explanation and I can actually relate to your statement personally, so all good.

 

finally some transparency but at least we’ve got a simple explanation instead of just ‘it’s not officially cancelled even though there’s been no word on it for 2 years’

 

Lol, full marks for honesty

 

Thanks for being open and sincere about it! I know how it is to work on a big project over a long stretch of time, with so many people having high expectations of it... Don't burn yourself out and take your time mate

 

I would like to see the 156; it's been a British staple for decades and deserves its place in TSW6! Also, why were the Scottish HST sets not touched at all? Not good enough. TSW/DTG, surely it wouldn't have been too hard to change a livery. And I know I’m going to hear that it wasn’t the Scottish part being remastered, but as I’m mentioning, it would have been a little easier; it couldn't have been hard. In fact, I’m making my own ScotRail look-alike, lol. The Intercity 7, going to the seven cities of Scotland. Very disappointing; I thought they could or would do that at the very least! Hope we get an update with the remastered ScotRail HST sets since we are currently the only country in the UK to still use them. A bit ironic, actually.

 

Regarding Q&A questions:
Are there any fixes or updates planned or even intended for pre-TSW6 content? Honourable mentions in that regard would be the E94 pack or Ludwigsbahn.

 

On ECW remaster:
Will the GSMR functionality be added to the 377/4 and 313? It isn't mentioned in the improvements, but it was added to GWER. Also, will sounds be updated (imported from the BML dlc, for instance)

As for the 377/3 add-on timetable, how does the 313 and 377/3 complement each other? Will there be a 4 train variety on the route or is it either 313 or 377/3 depending on the chosen timetable?


Are station announcements going to get some updates? Such as reordering them in some cases, or making the "random" announcements less constant (Class 350 see it say it sorted for example)


I also wanted to say that making a dedicated team for past add-ons improvements is a great idea, if it can help improve older and somewhat broken routes, and avoid that problem in the future.

 

Yes and in the same spirit, will the Leipzig journey broken 363 service, and the 294 journey broken SPAD services, be fixed? If not then can we at least have these three faulty services removed from journey mode?

 

Blank post getting a ‘like’? Lolz…I must post more blanks in future….

 

I have two questions and one request please Alex.

1. Where has this sudden urgency to remaster 3 routes in quick succession come from? Player feedback or a new approach from DTG?

2. What are DTG’s plans for the future with TSW as there seems to be a lack of new routes from the company. Most new DLC seems only to be coming from 3rd parties. Is DTG’s time predominately taken up with bug fixing now?

and finally a request please.

Can you let the audience know what build version of the game dlc you are showcasing. It’d be helpful to know if it’s a release candidate or pre-release build.

Thanks in advance.

 

In the bit about the PS limit on mounting and this stopping layers showing up, is the other issue of layers that are definitely mounted content as the trains are present in the route but just don’t show up in the timetable menu for selection, also related to this? It seems like it could be a different issue as the trains are there just not in the menu. It’s been happening on all the new German routes on PS5 released in the last two years, with different trains disappearing from the menu but still being present in the route.

One of these is the ICE services in Frankfurt S-Bahn, which on the PS5 timetable is one of only a few trains present, but it is still missing from the menu. It’s there in the route driving around and spawning on foot at the right time means you can drive the services but you can’t select them in the menu as they are missing. That can’t be down to the limit surely?

 

Looks like my question about the 420 has been answered though nevertheless disappointing for those of us who want something different to the modern DB EMU's in game.

Otherwise content wise this is a fairly positive Roadmap though it does bring us back to the same old issues...
1. When will you get round to more than one save slot? Yes PC users can now use the mod but it requires running an external app behind the game and doesn't help console users.
2. When will the chained service save issues be addressed? Is this even on the to do list any more?
3. Many routes have complex layers and timetables, could consideration please be given to offering a tabular timetable in addition to the current system which requires the player to ferret through the various train types and cumbersome linear format.

Can you be wholly honest and say whether or not the Sodor project has abstracted attention away from TSW (and TSC) to service the big bucks being offered by Mattel?

Will any tech improvements from coding Metro Rivals and Sodor be back ported to TSW?

 

Richmond (London) _ any news nothing noted in Roadmap article. Like community has stated been their months if not longer?