Recent content by johnwhelan

Your electric company will love you. Cheerio John

To upload to the DLS the content must be licensed in such a way that it can be sold by N3V. Some content uses textures that are free to use provided it is not for commercial use but if it is for commercial use then a license fee is payable. Asking content creators to pay for a license for...

Don't buy a laptop. The big problem will be heat and noise from the fans, Alienware 16 Area-51 Gaming Laptop would be about the best. Use the specs from that one to look for others. Take a look at https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php and you'll notice the laptop versions of the...

For your own use you don't need permission but it would be a nice addition to have. Cheerio John

George is still around although not very active these days. It might be worth talking to him. Cheerio John

Trainz settings, general, Vsync settings. Cheerio John

Go mad and try Middleton for laptops on it. If that runs badly that's one problem but if it's fine that points in other directions such as content. Thanks John

It runs fine from an external drive plugged it with USB 3. or better. Cheerio John

Which version of trainz are you running? Different specs work differently in different versions. Cheerio John

In general the biggest problem with computers is heat. The second is getting data into the CPU and out again. What I like about my Intel workstation CPU are the caches, they're bigger than a 'normal' office CPU. Basically the caches are a way to shovel data in and out of the CPU faster. So...

It doesn't matter what their specs are it's the content you're running that matters. Cheerio John

You need to think in terms of scenes. How many polys can your computer render 30 times per second. Once you understand that then you just have to fill the scene with content that fits within the max poly count. Once you have more than this you'll see a drop in frame rates. Each version of...

The first simple step is to make sure you're using content that is computer friendly. Look at each asset in the consist and right click in content manager. Preview asset. Look at two basic things, the first is the poly count the higher the polycount the harder your computer has to work and...

Step one use TS22 to get the most out of your hardware. Step two use scenery wagons and locos, they sit on the track by the way. kuid2:86627:100267:1 is an example. Note build 4.6 allows meshtable scenery objects. Look for category track object and try scenery in the search box. Step three...

Ta adding in the name and password then running in an admin account seems to have got there. It's just taking its time checking for faulty assets at the moment. Thanks John