Recent content by johnwhelan

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

But they are being used which makes answering the question difficult. On a build regardless of cost is one answer, the other from a practical point of view, you won't notice the difference is the other. Cheerio John

and is there a magic way to do this? Thanks John

I'm running TS22 PE build 128487, I assume this isn't SP6 is there a way to get to SP6? It doesn't show on check for trainz updates. Thanks John

Running TS22 nothing special in driver 14% CPU Xeon 8 cores 16 with hyperthreading, 38% GPU rtx 2070 and 4,000+ threads. Surveyor is different. Reality I don't think the slower CPU will affect real life performance but I'm certain that someone will create content that hammers the CPU and the...

Mike (IsambardKingdomBrunel) can you bug me please. Thanks John

Unknown Location: <kuid:101839:52051> BR Dampers handle TC3/S&C only buy S&C? John

Instinctively you may think that TRS2004 would run better than TS22. Much of the content is less detailed and the computers available were less powerful. Single core processors were not uncommon at the time so run it on a modern multicore processor and you're only using perhaps a quarter of...

A recent win 11 update appeared to give some SSDs problems. One of the things identified was Microsoft had tested the SSDs but with the latest SSD firmware. If your SSD is Crucial or Samsung they have software that will manage an SSD and update the firmware on their own brand if required. It...

Trouble is Middleton for laptops will run on a fairly low end laptop so how do you define minimum? Remember much of the content is end user created so some will kill any machine but others will run fine. Cheerio John