The shortlist is of a total of six sessions, from four creators:
CN Supplies dropoff - CN Holly Subdivision (hert)
Shift Race - Conrail Lincoln Secondary (hert)
Run for the money - CSX Saginaw Subdivision (racertodd)
CN Holly Subdivision Pontiac Yard Ops - CN Holly Subdivision (dap)
Switching Grogan Loop - Downtown Traction Company (dap)
Freight in, freight out - Springfield Industrial District (mr.jingles)
If you aren't in this list, and you think you've entered, please either post here or send me a PM with either a DLS link to the session asset or it's KUID. There's been a lot of SP4 (multiplayer) sessions uploaded for the default routes, so it has been a little more challenging picking through them to find the competition entries than I expected...
Anyway, here are my initial thoughts on the sessions:
CN Supplies dropoff - CN Holly Subdivision (hert)
Immediate issues:
* The HTML file is not listed as a dependency. Add this asset to the KUID table of your session.
* There is a missing dependency:
- <kuid2:46162:60001:9>
This appears to be a newer version of built-in asset that is not available on the DLS. I recommend modifying session to use the older built-in version. You may also wish to contact the creator and ask for the updated version to be uploaded.
Advice:
* Check for successful switching, rather than just arrival at specific locations. Do this by checking for the specific vehicles that should arrive at the trigger in your trigger check rules, and using the consist check rule to verify only those vehicles have arrived.
* Verify the max score has been achieved before recording session complete with the session complete rule. Otherwise, a half-successful attempt will be recorded as a successful completion.
Shift Race - Conrail Lincoln Secondary (hert)
Immediate issues:
* The HTML file is not listed as a dependency. Add this asset to the KUID table of your session.
* There are two missing dependencies:
- <kuid2:86105:60600:2>
- <kuid2:86105:60601:2>
These appear to be newer versions of built-in assets that are not available on the DLS. I recommend modifying session to use the older built-in versions. You may also wish to contact the creator and ask for the updated versions to be uploaded.
Advice:
* Move the 'session complete rule' into the set of rules executed for score equal or over to 850 - otherwise a poor run will be recorded as a successful completion.
Run for the money - CSX Saginaw Subdivision (racertodd)
Immediate issues:
* None found
Advice:
* You should check that the setouts are made in the right location. You verify the correct formation of the consist at the end, but you don't appear to check each set-out receives the correct cars, so it appears to be possible to leave the correct cars at the wrong industry. This should be possible by modifying the 'trigger check' rules to check for specific vehicles, and using the consist check rule to verify the correct cars have been separated from the train in each case.
* Add the 'session complete rule' where you display your success page. This allows achievements to be created which require your session to be completed successfully.
CN Holly Subdivision Pontiac Yard Ops - CN Holly Subdivision (dap)
Immediate issues:
* The HTML file is not listed as a dependency. Add this asset to the KUID table of your session.
* DriverCommand <kuid:131986:1004> is not listed as a dependency. Add this asset to the KUID table of your session.
* DriverCommand <kuid2:41009:900005:1> is not listed as a dependency, nor is it on the DLS.
-- I believe the session needs to be modified to use <kuid:32711:100025> instead.
Advice:
* There appears to be nothing that verifies each task is completed successfully. You only verify that the switch engine arrives at the end location at present. You will need to add checking to make sure the various vehicles arrive at the correct locations.
Switching Grogan's Loop - Downtown Traction Company (dap)
Immediate issues:
* Uploading to the DLS failed for as yet unknown reasons. We're investigating this at present. Other than that (which isn't your fault), none found
Advice:
* There appears to be nothing that verifies each task is completed successfully. You only verify that the switch engine arrives at the end location at present. You will need to add checking to make sure the various vehicles arrive at the correct locations.
Freight in, freight out - Springfield Industrial District (mr.jingles)
Immediate issues:
* This session really needs proper in-game HTML. The session instructions in the description are reasonable, but need to be turned into a basic HTML asset and added to the session using the 'display HTML pages' rule. Once you've added the HTML asset, don't forget to make sure it's in the KUID table of the session, so it gets downloaded automatically.
Advice:
* Verify that the max score has been achieved before recording session complete with the session complete rule. Otherwise, a half-successful attempt will be recorded as a successful completion.
