Ideal machine to run Trainz 2012
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It's hard to say since it runs pretty well on my crappy old rig. Also, whether you play other sims or games, whether you plan on or can reuse your existing hard drive, OS, etc. can affect things as well. You can get a good Trainz machine for ~$500ish for an i5-2500k. You can do better around $700. A bit more than a grand can put you in a machine that overclocks to 4GHz and beyond. No matter what you have, however, there are certain scenery areas where it can really drag butt, so be forewarned.
FYI, this would be better put in the "Parts & Labour" forum.
FYI, this would be better put in the "Parts & Labour" forum.
My first computer had 48KB of RAM, an 8bit Zilog Z80 processor (clock speed unknown but probably in the kiloHz range), a monochrome VDU, no sound card (but it did have a small inbuilt speaker to make "beep" sounds) and an audio tape cassette recorder (with an endless supply of audio tapes) for program and data storage. The mouse was taken care of with a trap baited with some old cheese.
Which version of Trainz would you recommend for this machine?
Which version of Trainz would you recommend for this machine?
Retro00064
New member
None. Even Trainz 1.0 would probably run away screaming in terror at the idea of running on that machine. The computer might not like the idea either. 
LOL!
LOL!
RUNNING ON A VAIO 'E'
I'm running it on a VAIO (Sony) E series laptop, with 4 GB and 1 TB HDD, and it does tend to struggle when you get a fairly large and heavy layout like the TRS 10's Avery Drexel...
I tried running that and one other large layout and this and other lesser laptops just could not cope and crashed repeatedly.
The advantage of laptops is that you can take it with you and play around with TRS, but if it is power, real grunt and guts you want, you need a fairly powerful gaming laptop or desktop to really get the best performance....
I'm running it on a VAIO (Sony) E series laptop, with 4 GB and 1 TB HDD, and it does tend to struggle when you get a fairly large and heavy layout like the TRS 10's Avery Drexel...
I tried running that and one other large layout and this and other lesser laptops just could not cope and crashed repeatedly.
The advantage of laptops is that you can take it with you and play around with TRS, but if it is power, real grunt and guts you want, you need a fairly powerful gaming laptop or desktop to really get the best performance....
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Puffingbilly
Member
Hi Pware,
I have a feeling he may a problem with his vision and types in large font so he can see it (sometimes it's in bold type).
Cheers
Ron
LOL!... Yes ! unfortunately, we all get that problem with our sight... Me Included I usually take it back down before I post it, but sometimes I do forget... You can see your mistakes easier by using large text.
As regards to machines... The advantages of the laptop is that you can easily take your TRS with you if you go away from home for a short trip, but if you need real power, the desktop is still the best because you can customise your machine to get it to the max for performance...
A Gamer Laptop is a good compromise but anything with any real power in it, will still cost you close to if not over $3,000 AUD. The VAIO (sony) E I have runs TRS 12 OK until I start putting too many buildings in, or have more than three or four conists in it, but then it will start to struggle and the movement of the consists becomes jerky, and it just looks bad...
Providing you are sticking to moderate sized layouts of less than say 10 or 12 baseboards, it's not too bad, but create anything bigger than that, and even with 4 Gb Memory now and I TB HDD (which does give you some headroom before you start to cram your hard drive and make things unstable, I know I should get 8 GB Memory put in it, but I can always do that later...4. is barely sufficient...
Having a decent sized HDD is a big help, but I see laptops now that are getting up around having 2 TB, just the odd one or two but many of the smaller budget priced laptops now are being phased out in favour of tablets, similar to the iPad and The Acer Iconia type of thing... However this is mainly in the netbook range of laptops... The Toshiba Quasimo is just one of the power laptops around that will run TRS without too much trouble and I know there are others...
I have had desktop computers, but found them to be pretty heavy if you needed to take them anywhere for service or repairs... and as for taking a desktop with you for a holiday... they are meant to stay on your desk most of the time... I vowed and declared that once I got into laptops I would not go back to a desktop again.
I just bought myself a Mac Book Pro, and I know TRS is now available for Mac, and iPad, but I think I will just use the VAIO E for TRS... and keep the mac for other purposes...
Speaking of things struggling, Avery Drexel in TRS 10 is just soooo heavy, and even if it doesn't crash, it does demand a lot of guts in a machine to run it, or you are durging,(finding that getting around that layout is like a durge being played at church, sooo slow!... so I hardly ever run it... The Mojave Route is also quite large but I haven't had as much trouble running that, but it is borderline on most laptops and even desktops unless you have litterally stacked your machine with as much memory as you can get in it.
Another layout Ii would have liked to have used is the old Marias Pass, but it only got as far as getting the first stage of it on TRS... the second and third parts are nothing more than baseboard, and it never got finished... You only get the middle part, and you don't get the really best part, the run down to LA... through the tunnels, and is that the part that includes Whitefish?... and Red Eagle?...
It is in the DLS but there is nothing to it other than just the baseboard and the beginnings of formingn some of the hills... that would have been a good layout had it all been completed and with the most interesting terrain... We only got the bit to Shelby on TRS,... though I am not familiar with too much of Marias Pass other than what we got with the old MSTS version of it which I thought looked very dull and dreary.
I usually take it back down before I post it, but sometimes I do forget... You can see your mistakes easier by using large text.As regards to machines... The advantages of the laptop is that you can easily take your TRS with you if you go away from home for a short trip, but if you need real power, the desktop is still the best because you can customise your machine to get it to the max for performance...
A Gamer Laptop is a good compromise but anything with any real power in it, will still cost you close to if not over $3,000 AUD. The VAIO (sony) E I have runs TRS 12 OK until I start putting too many buildings in, or have more than three or four conists in it, but then it will start to struggle and the movement of the consists becomes jerky, and it just looks bad...
Providing you are sticking to moderate sized layouts of less than say 10 or 12 baseboards, it's not too bad, but create anything bigger than that, and even with 4 Gb Memory now and I TB HDD (which does give you some headroom before you start to cram your hard drive and make things unstable, I know I should get 8 GB Memory put in it, but I can always do that later...4. is barely sufficient...
Having a decent sized HDD is a big help, but I see laptops now that are getting up around having 2 TB, just the odd one or two but many of the smaller budget priced laptops now are being phased out in favour of tablets, similar to the iPad and The Acer Iconia type of thing... However this is mainly in the netbook range of laptops... The Toshiba Quasimo is just one of the power laptops around that will run TRS without too much trouble and I know there are others...
I have had desktop computers, but found them to be pretty heavy if you needed to take them anywhere for service or repairs... and as for taking a desktop with you for a holiday... they are meant to stay on your desk most of the time... I vowed and declared that once I got into laptops I would not go back to a desktop again.
I just bought myself a Mac Book Pro, and I know TRS is now available for Mac, and iPad, but I think I will just use the VAIO E for TRS... and keep the mac for other purposes...
Speaking of things struggling, Avery Drexel in TRS 10 is just soooo heavy, and even if it doesn't crash, it does demand a lot of guts in a machine to run it, or you are durging,(finding that getting around that layout is like a durge being played at church, sooo slow!... so I hardly ever run it... The Mojave Route is also quite large but I haven't had as much trouble running that, but it is borderline on most laptops and even desktops unless you have litterally stacked your machine with as much memory as you can get in it.
Another layout Ii would have liked to have used is the old Marias Pass, but it only got as far as getting the first stage of it on TRS... the second and third parts are nothing more than baseboard, and it never got finished... You only get the middle part, and you don't get the really best part, the run down to LA... through the tunnels, and is that the part that includes Whitefish?... and Red Eagle?...
It is in the DLS but there is nothing to it other than just the baseboard and the beginnings of formingn some of the hills... that would have been a good layout had it all been completed and with the most interesting terrain... We only got the bit to Shelby on TRS,... though I am not familiar with too much of Marias Pass other than what we got with the old MSTS version of it which I thought looked very dull and dreary.
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Ah No... NOT AT ALL
Nah! not at all
gosh! I gotta use a magniifying glass to read the paper now, and Yes!... None of us ever stay young and well sighted for our entire life... I know it sounds like a silly thing to have to do now, but when your younger days are gone... you very soon wake up to reality and realise that your eyes are not what they used to be...
I am working on some real Aussie Country Layouts, for hopefully the next version of TRS, which to my guess will either be TRS 14 or 15 (2014 or 2025, given that on average, there is a new version of TRS come out every two or three years...
I often find myself sayingn "Gor! Where on earth is that platform... I was so sure I had seen it, but where is it?... and do you think I can find what I am looking for half the time?... Oh Well... We battle on
I thougth I saw somewhere what all these train avitars meant, like each one was a certain level... i did see a posting in this forum some years ago telling us what level they stood for... I have gone from 'Train Spotter' to Trainz Veteran'...
Nah! not at all
gosh! I gotta use a magniifying glass to read the paper now, and Yes!... None of us ever stay young and well sighted for our entire life... I know it sounds like a silly thing to have to do now, but when your younger days are gone... you very soon wake up to reality and realise that your eyes are not what they used to be...I am working on some real Aussie Country Layouts, for hopefully the next version of TRS, which to my guess will either be TRS 14 or 15 (2014 or 2025, given that on average, there is a new version of TRS come out every two or three years...
I often find myself sayingn "Gor! Where on earth is that platform... I was so sure I had seen it, but where is it?... and do you think I can find what I am looking for half the time?... Oh Well... We battle on
I thougth I saw somewhere what all these train avitars meant, like each one was a certain level... i did see a posting in this forum some years ago telling us what level they stood for... I have gone from 'Train Spotter' to Trainz Veteran'...
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shaneturner12
Tutorial Creator
From memory, a user is a Trainz Member until they make around 20-30 posts.
Once they reach this level, they are then a Trainz Spotter.
The transition between Trainz Spotter and Trainz Veteran comes in at about 100 posts.
Shane
Once they reach this level, they are then a Trainz Spotter.
The transition between Trainz Spotter and Trainz Veteran comes in at about 100 posts.
Shane
I dont know if mine would be ideal but, I am using an HP with I think 1-2Gb of ram, Its got two hard drives (But i am not sure how to make them run as one since they were built into the computer when i got it) they both have 320 GB of space, and i have an NVIDA 9600GT video card. Runs Trainz 2010 without lagging to much. My sister also played Sims 3 pets on it and it looked better on my computer then my moms I7 with ATI 5770 crossfire. It also has an intel VIIV quad core processor. And yes TRS 2006 is also on my computer.
... from there on its all downhill ...Alzheimer’s .. dementia .. incontinence – it all happens.
I have just the version you need - you will have to type the 100,000 K lines of code in though, and then buy next months magazine for part 2
!I have just the version you need - you will have to type the 100,000 K lines of code in though, and then buy next months magazine for part 2
Is the code in Z80 Assembler? (My first programming language) If so bring it on. I'll order the truck-load of audio cassette tapes.
Puffingbilly
Member
Aah!! so that's my problem :hehe:
