Welcome to the Trainz Forum and Trainzing in general! I very glad that you joined the club. Remember that these forums are almost as important as the actually Trainz Sim itself.
This would mark the end of negative posts about N3V and their success in overcoming their financial crisis and their ability to produce quality Trainz versions like TS2010 and the new, soon to be released, TS2012 release going forward.
I 100% agree with you there aardvark. N3V have created from the ashes of Auran a great success story which Ken and all newcomers to Trainz can enjoy into the future. Therefore let us hope we have seen the last of references to "N3V failures"
To Ken I would say, Trainz is a great hobby especially in route creation where you can build a route based on one in reality or one based on whatever your own imagination wishes to create.
Also, these forums can be a great place to get help and inspiration, they can also be a place of great debate and controversy which makes English Premier league football controversies look like nothing (and thats coming from a Premier league fan)
So welcome Ken, join in with the rest of us and have a wonderful time.
i'm learning something everyday is trainz flawless? no am i perfect nope ...iv'e learned what 3rd party content will work and what wont did i get what i paid for ..yes and more ..do i support payware yes for me it makes for a much better visual experience . have i balled up the first install yep...no biggie it was due to to addons with issues and the guy that didn't read enough . i've been building computers for over 10 years ..a uninstall and reinstall is no big issue i make master files and backups of the masters ...no content or payware loss. do i know everything trainz...not by a long shot but i learn something each time i launch trainz.from what i see here in the community it has a real good core group ...as for my system it was built to run games and that's pretty much all it does .there seems to be two camps here as well the trains sucks crowd and the trainz works great for us crowd...i'll stay in the it works for me crowd.from what i read and know about alot of issues are due to "bug's in a box 300 dollar computers" great for email and youtube...not for graphics demanding software".iv'e posted images of my power roster and what i think are pretty good looking models well done auran/nv3 jointedrail rrmods and the nameless lifeforms that helped to make this what it is .