Auran Developments News

[Red_Rattler]

FCT - just curious

I haven't brought any first class tickets (FCT), but I'm just curious & due to it being a weekend, it looks like the Download Station (DLS) wont be back until Monday at the earliest. So those that brought the FCTs, will they get extra days added on to their expiry date?

 

[Barry]

To clarify, Auran Developments went in to voluntary administration, however Auran Games (owner of TRS) is unaffected. I'm guessing Auran Games is a subdivision of Auran Developments that split off? What's the fate of the Download Station? Could you clarify a bit more Lance?

This has got me fairly worried.

Page not found 404 at present on my computer.

Dosn't it usually have a note to say temporarily off-line or similar although can't say I use it much at present.

 

[Red_Rattler]

Dosn't it usually have a note to say temporarily off-line or similar although can't say I use it much at present.

Click on the left top image, and something similar note appears. But would heavy loads last a whole weekend?, and wont be "fixed" until at least Monday.

 

[sterrett]

GOOD LUCK TO ALL AURAN EMPLOYEES!

So, it's official! Auran Developments has put itself into Voluntary Receivership, so all our concerns were obviously well-founded!

Unfortunately, the first thing to be done was for the staff to be dismissed, with promises that any pay owed would be forthcoming together with any accrued annual leave etc.

For those employees, many of whom will have a family to support, the next few weeks will be a worrying time for them - I know, I was in the same position three times during the "glorious" Thatcher years!

So, if any of Auran's former employees are looking into the forum (and I doubt if you'll be able to stay away for long, as many of you were also Trainz enthusiasts!) then may I wish you the best of luck in finding another job that you like, quickly!

......and Thank You for the help and support you have provided since Trainz was just a little concept ten years ago (while some of us were toying with Mechanik and Boso View Express (BVE) ) with a free 3D render from the Auran site given us every now and again to keep us in suspense!

 

[aardvark1]

To sterrett...

Obviously, you have not read correctly, or understood, what Lance said in his post...which says..."This afternoon Auran Developments, the developer of Fury was placed into voluntary administration".

It does NOT say that Auran (the whole Company) is in...Voluntary Administration.

Please have all the facts that are published by Auran in front of you ( and try to understand these facts )...before making comments that turn this Community into a state of panic.

Ron

 

[Drucifer]

Several years ago now, Railroad Simulator Professional (RSP) was a propose start over. Basically it was Trainz with improve 3D models and a whole new model database. It would NOT be backward compatible. If everything continues to crash around here, RSP maybe the way to go in order to revive Auran.

 

[sterrett]

Sorry - I stand corrected!

To clarify, Auran Developments went in to voluntary administration, however Auran Games (owner of TRS) is unaffected.

My original post was only to wish those that lost their jobs the best of luck - and that still stands!

 

[angelah]

Sorry to hear...

Dear Lance and all at Auran,
I am so sorry to hear of this awful business and hope it sorts itself out for everybody 'down under'. You were kind enough to make a thread of mine a sticky in October when I needed help and support, something I was most grateful for, so my heart goes out to those that have lost employment, I hope they find alternative work very soon.

If all people posting here would be patient and wait until Lance knows more about the situation himself I am sure he will pass that info on just as soon as he can.
There are probably very many things to do and sort out at Auran and its subsiduaries and Lance's hands are most likely full.

So to the forum community, please be patient, making wild guesses isn't going to help anybody, least of all us.

In the meantime, run Trainz.... and enjoy this amazingly wonderful program.

Angela

 

[mjolnir]

To clarify, Auran Developments went in to voluntary administration, however Auran Games (owner of TRS) is unaffected. I'm guessing Auran Games is a subdivision of Auran Developments that split off?

I'm not Lance, but as I read the press releases, the sense I get is not quite what you write, rather Auran Games and Auran Developments were separate but (perhaps) related companies, or perhaps that Auran Developments was a subdivision of Auran Games.

ns

 

[fixitdude74]

I only got the news this morning from my co-route builder, and i must say it has come as quite a shock, i hope for all the trainz fans and users that there current level of service doesn't drop, and most important that the Trainz Sim continues to grow and prosper.

 

[paulzmay]

I'm not Lance, but as I read the press releases, the sense I get is not quite what you write, rather Auran Games and Auran Developments were separate but (perhaps) related companies, or perhaps that Auran Developments was a subdivision of Auran Games.

ns

The way I read Lance's original post is that Auran Developments and Auran Games are both subsidiaries of Auran Holdings, the parent group. I guess this kind of splitting up is a way of isolating the established business (Games) from the riskier new projects (Developments) should they fail. Lets all hope it's worked...

Best wishes to all at Auran in these troubled times....

Paul

 

[johnwhelan]

Quote:
Originally Posted by mjolnir
I'm not Lance, but as I read the press releases, the sense I get is not quite what you write, rather Auran Games and Auran Developments were separate but (perhaps) related companies, or perhaps that Auran Developments was a subdivision of Auran Games.

ns

The way I read Lance's original post is that Auran Developments and Auran Games are both subsidiaries of Auran Holdings, the parent group. I guess this kind of splitting up is a way of isolating the established business (Games) from the riskier new projects (Developments) should they fail. Lets all hope it's worked...

Best wishes to all at Auran in these troubled times....

Paul

It's the parent company that is in trouble. The hope is that Trainz can be kept going but it is part of the assets and it does depend on the creditors reaching an agreement or a fire sale.

Cheerio John

 

[Mike10]

It's the parent company that is in trouble.

I think you are wrong there John.

As I undersand it Auran Holdings is the umbrella company that owns Auran Developments and Auran Games.

Developments has gone down but Games and Holdings are holding up.

Mike.

 

[ad602000]

seems to me that auran have played it safe in the structure of the company as stated previously auran development is in trouble but that should not give cause for concern over the rest of the group

 

[Red_Rattler]

I'll try to make it easier for the younger people

Ill attempt to try & make it easier for the younger people - I hope!

It's only the parent company that is affected for example:
Say you & your parents are in two different houses, yet they paid for both of them since you are the one family. After a while, they move & leave their house vacant maybe due to changing jobs, possibly for someone else, yet you are still at that house & able to do the things that you usually do.

You in this case means the games, your parents in this case means Auran.

Sorry, but that's the best I can come up with

 

[Magicland]

Ill attempt to try & make it easier for the younger people - I hope!

It's only the parent company that is affected for example:
Say you & your parents are in two different houses, yet they paid for both of them since you are the one family. After a while, they move & leave their house vacant maybe due to changing jobs, possibly for someone else, yet you are still at that house & able to do the things that you usually do.

You in this case means the games, your parents in this case means Auran.

Sorry, but that's the best I can come up with

And when they stop paying the mortgage on both houses, you're all out in the street. For the time being the small core Fury staff and the small core Trainz staff are still employed, however in a few months (what did that article say, 2?) that could all change. Of course, it could change for the better, but that's not the way to bet.

 

[AJ_Fox]

LOL guys

Who needs facts when you have opinions right?

Cheers

AJ

 

[jdenm8]

Hi all,
Auran deserves to keep going. Trainz is the best (On the bottom of the flap of the Classics box reads "no other train simulator comes close" which is the truth) and I like it more than MSTS.

The only other games I like similar amounts would be GTASA (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas), TS2 (The Sims 2) and NFS Carbon (Need For Speed).

Auran should have done a little advertising. Got their name out there.

My opinion.

PS. I have DLS. But I only live 40Km from Brisbane.

 

[backyard]

...go back an read the Auran Sticky...

8) I figure some people, just have to worry, over nothing.

Auran Games, Auran Developments, etc.(children), are wholly owned subsidiaries of Auran Proprietary Limited Liability Company(Parent).

Auran Pty. LLC.

The children, can be evicted, the Parents, will be around for a long, long time.

 

[Driver_Col]

Kinda reminds me of a guy I knew who never learned to read but still bought a book...he then heard about another book that was suppose to be better, bought it.....then complained because it wasn't any better than the first book....

Love it! Catching up on the Trainz gossip and feeling rather depressed about the possibilities (especially with DLS down now), your response was a classic! Many thanks!

Colin.