Grant_Mo_Miles
New member
Hey all! I've been dabbling around with TS2006 and just recently bought TS2010 EE. They look and feel good; but I am a bit troubled by all this download gargin and like. I've been looking at the download station via the "ingame" download manager and it's a bit confusing. I guess I have a few questions as a first time user of trainz. Like I stated, I've dabbled with TS06 and never really got into it much; but have decided to bare the "learning curve" and learn how to play, I love trains in general so I guess it's only natural to play them on the PC. 
I do have a few questions related to down loadable content and user fan sites.
1st...I used to play RailWorks.. I had downloaded RailWorks and after spending nearly $40's for the game and almost an addition $40 to download new routes and other down loadable content, I got tired of having to buy every little add on. That's why I returned to Trainz as I used to like the ticket feature; but things have progressed so far since the 06 days I can't seem to find functionality in the download station like I used to. It must have changed a bit.
How do I effectively use the ingame download manager? It's confusing to me because there appears to be no way I can sort through the seemingly 10's of thousands of content available. I can't remember if it's always been like this as I thought it was a bit more intuitive once. Is there a way to search via a search feature. I seem to not be able to find one. How do I search for, lets say... UP Big Boy? or Challenger, more general Steam locomotive in the download manager.
2nd...I've been surfing for a while now in and about the fan sites and so forth. Many years ago when I 1st started with TS2006 I was fascinated at the free content available for the game and even remember a few nice websites dedicated to TS06 content. Now.. there seems to be not too many sites dedicated to TS2006 or TS2010 EE. The few sites I have seen require you to pay a donation to download there content and locos. I would love to pay for all the content I see; but like most I have limited resources. Any knows of a few good websites to download trainz content that is free to use or have downloads at a low donation cost?
3rd...Last; but not least any general tips for 1st time engineers to the trainz community?
And in general... this looks to be a great place to hang and I hope to post more in the future.
Take care all and God Bless.
I do have a few questions related to down loadable content and user fan sites.
1st...I used to play RailWorks.. I had downloaded RailWorks and after spending nearly $40's for the game and almost an addition $40 to download new routes and other down loadable content, I got tired of having to buy every little add on. That's why I returned to Trainz as I used to like the ticket feature; but things have progressed so far since the 06 days I can't seem to find functionality in the download station like I used to. It must have changed a bit.
How do I effectively use the ingame download manager? It's confusing to me because there appears to be no way I can sort through the seemingly 10's of thousands of content available. I can't remember if it's always been like this as I thought it was a bit more intuitive once. Is there a way to search via a search feature. I seem to not be able to find one. How do I search for, lets say... UP Big Boy? or Challenger, more general Steam locomotive in the download manager.
2nd...I've been surfing for a while now in and about the fan sites and so forth. Many years ago when I 1st started with TS2006 I was fascinated at the free content available for the game and even remember a few nice websites dedicated to TS06 content. Now.. there seems to be not too many sites dedicated to TS2006 or TS2010 EE. The few sites I have seen require you to pay a donation to download there content and locos. I would love to pay for all the content I see; but like most I have limited resources. Any knows of a few good websites to download trainz content that is free to use or have downloads at a low donation cost?
3rd...Last; but not least any general tips for 1st time engineers to the trainz community?
And in general... this looks to be a great place to hang and I hope to post more in the future.
Take care all and God Bless.