Wcml: Trent Valley Q + A

Hello everyone,

DTG Harry, dtg_jan
Since DTG doesn't seem able to set up a Q&A thread for the WCML: Trent Valley livestream, I'm just going to go ahead and do it myself.

This is the official Q&A thread for the upcoming WCML: Trent Valley Preview Stream. Please use this thread only for questions, not for discussions.


The preview stream will take place on Wednesday, June 3, at 6:00 p.m. UTC on YouTube and Twitch.

 

They will probably set one up at last minute like they have before.

 

at least one run that doesnt have the fog turned up to "Victorian era nightmare" please

 

Livestreams should just be set to manual. I’m pretty sure it was the Medway Valley Stream where halfway in it was ruined with fog… I could be wrong it might have been a different stream but I’m pretty sure it was Medway.

 

whoever is streaming for DTG usually sets the weather to manual, light clouds and add the fog slider. fog is known to help reduce TSW stutter and blurring. they use the fog to hide the issues. its not that the route wont look good, its more that id like to see what im actually paying for and not get spat on but told its raining

 

Please, DTG, show the WCML: Trent Valley route in the livestream without all that fog.

As paying customers, we want to see exactly what a route has to offer so we can get an unobstructed view of it. That’s all we customers want to see in a preview stream.
We don’t want to see fog, or hear laughter and constant chatter; instead, we want to be able to hear the sounds that have been added.
If you stick to your usual standard for this livestream, as you have in the past, I hope that many users won’t buy the route right away, but will wait until the ambassadors show us unaltered videos.

 

What guarentees can made that consoles will get an experience free from major issues, given the previous All Aboard releases...?

 

Will the product that is being shown for sale end up being the actual product you sell or will layers or services be removed after the stream but before it goes on sale on the various platforms

 

I hope consoles don’t receive a reduced TT.

 

Hopefully the questions in this thread can be merged to the official Q&A, if there is one.

Some of my thoughts have already been raised so apologies if repeated, but here goes…

This route is coming very close behind B2C which launched with numerous issues, some still not resolved. We can be forgiven for thinking the even longer Trent Valley has seen a rushed development schedule. For DTG, what oversight have you brought to bear to ensure past mistakes are not repeated?

Following on from the above, what steps are being taken - not necessarily detrimental to the overall experience - to optimise performance?

What’s the LAMPOIL here? To me this is just another route using the uniquitous Class 350 which is getting boring now along with yet another variant of the Class 8xx, quite possibly one of the least interesting trains to drive in TSW.

Length caveats aside, why have you ignored Northampton? This is a key location for the outer suburban services including the stabling depot.

How accurate have you depicted one of the most iconic structures - Kilsby Tunnel? Does it feature the correct architecture for the portals and the two very distinctive large ventilation shafts encountered passing through the structure? Or is it a generic copy and paste from stock structures?

Why ultra modern? This route would have been arguably more interesting set in the BR Classic era with Class 81 - 87 hauled express services and Class 304’s or 310’s on the Trent Valley locals. Nuneaton would have seen Class 31 hauled services on Norwich to Birmingham and DMU’s on the Leicester locals.

How will services that skip stop or don’t call at MKC or Crewe be represented?

 

should we expect blurry textures/crashing after:

A) hours
B) minutes
C) seconds
D) before the service has even loaded

 

They can't, that would require fixing the bugs with the dynamic weather always switching to thick fog after 10-15 minutes. In fact last night I had a case where I was driving through dense fog which instantly evaporated (as if controlled by a light switch) about a mile outside Reading. "Expect the unexpected"... I suppose they did subtly warn us there'd be bugs everywhere.

 

I hate it when the fog just disappears suddenly all at once

 

It’s like something you’d see from the Harry Potter films

 

Point of order. If you don’t work for or are authorised by DTG how can you claim to make your Q&A thread ‘official’?

 

Going forward and starting with this stream can DTG tell us what ‘build’ is being shown for the livestream. It’s important for punters to know whether its pre-release or final.

 

I am not super into Harry Potter but I believe he casts "De facto" that achieves this.

 

I'd also like some re-assurance that if I buy on day one (PC) I'll not suffer a loss of drivable services in any subsequent attempts to solve issues with the console versions. Lesson learned from recent events with B2C!