My biggest problem with the Vault, since being a member since end of October and taking advantage of the vault from Oct til now. I can see I have already counted 4 items that are freeware, put into a vault that is payware. That is a big red flag, and boggles my mind its allowed to happen.
For example, its mostly JR stuff.
- CR C30-7A that is on there now? Free off JR in Freeware.
- BNSF SD60 Heritage on there now? Free off JR in Freeware.
- CSX SD40-2 last month? Free off JR in freeware.
The other item or two was a few months back and I cannot recall what it was.
Also, I know the vault is limited. But the repeats are very real. I've seen a lot of repeated stuff already since Oct alone mutiple times. The vault needs to be expanded to counter this. Add more JR stuff from their Payware side to the N3V site for starters. Upgrade more content that is not 19 ready, to 19 to expand even more. There is lot of NS and other Class 1's missing from N3V that are on JR. If they Official partner, I want to see them on vault more, and not just all their old 2012 models either.
I like how a few items stay from last month to next month (or this bug?) I also noticed few days ago new items appeared before Feb 1. This happened last couple months too, and made a habit to only select 3 and save my other 2 til month end. It has paid off as a new items are added, yet still count as that month. Not sure if intended or not.
Besides that its a great idea and expanded my roster to routes and locos I never would of bought on there own. At least not in the quantity that the vault gives (5 a month). So I am glad I am a Gold member, but i'd love some of the above addressed.
EDIT: Oh and Routes & 19 levels.
I think every single route I got from Vault, none of the crossings work. I'm not sure what you all even did to make them 19 ready, as nothing looks changed. You didn't even bother to go in and reset environment settings to update to new lighting...
A new user should not be told to go and do that himself, especially when its listed as 19 ready and its live in the vault. Mojave for example, none of the crossings work in 19 default comparability mode. Which is the default install for new people. Vets can fix it, I can fix it. I shouldn't have to.