Asking for content to be distributed outside of the legal ways the author has chosen for his or her content is a big NO.
Move on and do not make this mistake again.
Locked.
This is a big hit the community. :(
Nawlins was a humongous help behind the scenes. He did more work for the Content Repair Group (CRG) than most (if not all) other members. Many of us are enjoying the older assets today because of the work he did.
As Paul wrote, we knew he was struggling with...
Did anyone send in a ticket about this yet?
And no, I am not going to do so as I don't experience the problem.
... but then again, I haven't opened the game in months, so that likely explains it.
Since not everyone here receives the newsletter, let me copy-paste what was put in there:
The newsletter also refers to a gallery of Jango's work, which can be found here.
I am sorry to read this.
He was a great contributor and long standing and respected member of the Trainz Community. He sure will be missed by many. :(
My condolances.
Since it is a post on Facebook, may I suggest linking to a source that is publicly accessible?
Here is a good example fitting the topic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_trains
I recall downloading the UMR for TS12 or TANE without a FCT. Took me 15 days back then, downloading a little over 100mb/day.
If you are not in a rush (and why would you; it is a train simulator), just let it download in the background while you do other stuff.
And yes, you can just play the game...
Make a longer one.
Or simply make one with a clearly visible "end" car (like a string of all white hoppers and one green one at the end). Simply add a lot of them together, fly over it counting the "end" cars, multiply by the length of your consist and done.
Or just do it as they do it in real...
Please contact the Helpdesk with your complain in as much detail as possible. Basically what @Dinorius_Redundicus wrote: If they can confirm your story, they will likely delete the copies from the DLS and warn the uploader to not do that again. I have been in the same position as you and they...