I had a dream about Trainz...

[butler57]

I had a dream that trainz has a environmental engine - wind, rain, dust storms, fog and realistic shadows and water etc etc etc! aka ESEG Environmental System Engine Generator! One can dream - but reality is another matter.

butler57

PS: Will N3V be doing liveupdates from the Ipswich "event" ???

 

[cascaderailroad]

I had a dream that using 2 monitors you could have the Trainz minimap on a separate monitor, and control turnouts like a CTC Control Board ... while running Trainz on the other monitor.

I had a dream that two monitors side by side would give you a dual screen view, or 4 monitors placed in a semi circle would give you a 180 degree wrap around screen.

I had a dream that I won the Powerball lottery ... so as I could afford all of this ... and I bought the N3V Company: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yv3y1Ergwo

 

[pcas1986]

I had a dream where I had a Trainz Asset Development Environment (ADE) where I can build my assets with my favourite 3D dev tool and view textured models as they would appear in Trainz.

I had a dream where the ADE would provide help and examples for all the available tags in the config.txt. I have a continuing nightmare trying to find them now.

I had a dream where I could develop my Trainzscripts with context driven links to the API.

I had a dream where Trainz supported more of the texture and material features available in 3D modelling tools in its XML import profile.

I had a dream where Trainz content developers got special support. (OK, Chris does some of this now but he definitely does not appear in any of my dreams. :hehe

Perhaps you can tell where my passion for Trainz lies.

Yes, I would be willing to pay for the above.

p.s. I liked the dream about better terrain modelling.

 

[cascaderailroad]

I had a dream that even an idiot (like me) could learn how to make a DEM ... even better where Trains could make a DEM using coordenents you enter in, of an area that you select on a website like USGS Geo Server, or Google Earth.

I had a dream that I was back in bed right now ... instead of being up all night on the PC !

 

[CSXT17]

I had a dream that only the first locomotive's bell played in consist...

I had a dream that more than just rolling stock had shadows. (Although, I think that's up to the creator)

I had a dream where trainz didn't run at only 10fps in a forested area.

 

[Pendolino]

I had a dream that I could test the final part of a 3-hour session without having to run it for 2 1/2 hours...

I had a dream that the wheelslip factor of a locomotive could be adjusted according to the useless "adhesion" tag...

I had a dream that steam enginespec cease being changed at every new release...

 

[edmundhobbs]

I had a dream of a fix for the TS12 bug where half the time AI trains randomly don't load passengers at stations before deciding to depart. Its crazy this hasn't been fixed yet, imagine waiting at at platform and the train stops for 1 second and decides to departs straight away! Its basic stuff for people to board trainz.

 

[Barry]

The flow of time stops and reverses itself to the start of Trainz. Trainz points off into many dirctions but the current world editor has the functions for realism of not just playing games and scenarios but the realism of recreating the past including Driveable ships of sail steam. Bringing the slate down from the welsh quarries and down to the trains quays at Deganwy, then onto the the sailing ships or steam ships and the same with intergrating the canal systems (including horse drawn barges) and steam barges in used up to about the 1940s. True to life simulations of the past ages up to 200 years ago and not limited to a few aspects of trains and train driving. Captain YRRAB, knocking out the baccy in my clay pipe and then back to my dock and sailing ships in the Blender Game Engine of c1800.

 

[clam1952]

I had a dream that steam enginespec cease being changed at every new release...

That's strange.......... we had the same dream. :hehe:

I also had a dream that Track splines and parts of consists didn't randomly vanish in SP1 and stayed put as in pre SP1.

 

[pdkoester]

I had a dream that all my trainz moved fluid like a real train, no stuttering, and when moving around, no pause or freezing. This would be on my laptop!

 

[Azervich]

I had a dream that DLS locomotives could clock up mileage in MP and shown on a hud that show other people the distance it's done since upload.

"I'm only thinking back on Project Gotham Racing 2 when cars clocked up mileages on cars, I had the R34 on 367miles", took almost a year too, lol.

 

[-Basti-]

I had a dream that I could display train information / the HUD and/or Controls / the Map on my Android Smartphone/Tablet during a PC Session... maybe even using both at the same time... (more ideas to this available...)

I had a dream that Editor and Driver would join each other so you can switch every moment to the other part without loading the complete map again...

I had a dream that Trainz would have improved graphics like dynamic lighting, effects like raindrops on windows, etc.

I had a dream that some (meanwhile) standard scripts are built-in in trainz (like destination-sign script, etc.)

I have so many dreams...

 

[airtime]

To all, I had a nightmare, in the Trainz 2006 route, you forgot the route Glasgow to Falkirk made by Vern, which was created and added in Trainz 2006.

I also had a dream that all passenger coaches lit up at night, and they reflected there lights across the ground and over objects. Also colour light signals reflected the light across the rails.

That's all for now, right back to sleep...

Joe (sleepy) Airtime

 

[martinvk]

I had a dream about Trainz that terraforming was easier across wider areas
I had a dream about Trainz that we could interact with the map while in Driver (place markers to indicate places that need more work in Surveyor)
I had a dream about Trainz that tools were available that no only show the errors but suggest fixes and that we could choose one and it would be done.

 

[Vern]

you forgot the route Glasgow to Falkirk made by Vern

It was good in its time but I wince when I see it now. Even with all the flaws, Trainz has come a long way since then. So another dream... one day I will remake it, extended to Edinburgh along with all the other projects I started and never finished. Maybe whatever is coming will help and motivate me to fulfil that dream.

This thread also made me recall back to the early days of Trainz and Bruce (3801) Kennewell's visit to the (then) Auran studio - after which he reported, "Auran, the place where dreams come true."

 

[Tony_Hilliam]

To all, I had a nightmare, in the Trainz 2006 route, you forgot the route Glasgow to Falkirk made by Vern, which was created and added in Trainz 2006.

If I remember correctly, the wonderful Glasgow to Falkirk first shipped with TRS2004, so it wasn't one of the "new" routes for TRS2006.

So only a few hours into our dreaming session and already several pages of dreams reported. Who would have known that our Trainz forum is populated by dreamers and not anagram and acronym solvers... every day teaches us new lessons.

Keep the dreams rolling. And if you are in a really dreamy mode, what we would really, really love to see is a simple, talk to the webcam recording of your dreams. We're even happy to donate a $25 shop voucher for entries used in our upcoming promo video. Just press record, tell us your dream, submit to youtube, make private and email the link to "PR at n3vgames dot com".

This thread also made me recall back to the early days of Trainz and Bruce (3801) Kennewell's visit to the (then) Auran studio - after which he reported, "Auran, the place where dreams come true."

[Major Spoiler Alert ahead ...]

And look at that - Vern is posting at the same time. Great to see your face still around this neck of the woods/corner of the Internet Vern. Perhaps our announcement this weekend will rekindle the old spirit in you and a few other veterans. I'm totally confident that it CAN rekindle the juices... the big question is, WILL it create a new era for Trains fans?

 

[ReggieKray]

I had a dream about Trainz.......in 2001 and it turned into a nightmare.

 

[AntonyVW]

My dream continued.. I discovered that the problems with platforms was resolved and we could form platforms with tapered ends in one go. We could have platforms that could have their shapes manipulated to allow some for the awkward shapes that are around. And the signal all worked correctly both for AI and player driven trains. And the new engine driving Trainz gave more photo realistic scenery. And the grid was changed to a 1m grid to allow near vertical sides where needed.

 

[Scitimar]

Perhaps our announcement this weekend will rekindle the old spirit in you and a few other veterans. I'm totally confident that it CAN rekindle the juices... the big question is, WILL it create a new era for Trains fans?

Given the discontent at another establishment I'd say that perhaps for Trainz, it's 'opportunity knocks'. If your announcement has substance who knows what might happen. A part of your dream perhaps Tony ?

Do I need a dream here as well ? OK .. I dream of not seeing the stars in front the clouds, and, while you fix that, get Tāne to put the moon where it belongs.

There's [much] more, but why risk disappointment .. again.

 

[ATSF854]

gonna crank it up with the CAPSLOCK

I HAD DREAM

THAT THIS WONDERFUL GAME HAD FANTASTIC LIGHTING AND PROPER LOCOMOTIVE BELLS

I HAD A DREAM

THAT ONE DAY PEOPLE WOULD STOP WHINING ABOUT SP1 AND JUST LOOK AT THIS SHINY NEW TRAINZ GAME

THAT ONE DAY THE TRAINZ DATABASE WOULD NOT CORRUPT ITSELF WHEN I'M NOT EVEN USING IT

ONE DAY MY BROTHERS

WE WILL HAVE A GAME LIKE THIS

BUT TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY AND WE MUST WORK AND INSPIRE TO CREATE THIS GAME WE DREAM SO HAPPILY ABOUT



OH YEAH, I ALSO HAD A TON OF OTHER COMPLAINTS (BUT I WONT GET INTO THAT 25 ITEMS AND COUNTING LIST OF COMPLAINTS)