Installing TANE on New PC

[GoofusClam57]

Hi, All! I am planning to purchase a Windows 11 PC because my Windows 10 PC is not compatible with Windows 11. So, I will need to re-install Trainz (I am a TANE SP 4 user) on the new machine, while it is still running on the old one. I find I have access to download TANE SP 4 from My Trainz / My Digital Downloads, and this would seem to be the easiest way to get Trainz SP4 running on the new machine. My question is - will I run into a licensing restriction trying to download and install Trainz SP4 on the new Windows 11 machine while the software is still actively installed on my old Windows 10 machine?

I figured this day would eventually arrive, so a couple/few years ago I purchased TANE SP3 on a disk that I have not used yet. My idea for having this was, if licensing was an issue trying to install TANE on a new machine, then I could install SP3 on a new machine from my unused disk, as a new user, with a new account, and then patch it up to SP4. I have the SP3 to SP4 patcher that goes from SP3 build 94829 to SP4 build 105946. But, I don't know which SP3 build will be installed from the disk I bought, so I remain unsure. Does anyone happen to know which build a TANE SP3 disk would install?

Thanks!

 

[johnwhelan]

You can install TANE on multiple machines, it is licensed by user not machine. I'd do the digital download thing then copy the contents of your local data directory on the old machine to the new machine and point the new copy of TANE to the folder.

I'd use shares in windows to copy the data across from one machine to another. You may have to system, network, advanced network settings, advanced sharing settings network discovery to on on both machines in order for the shares to be visible.

Cheerio John

 

[Christopher824]

You will just neeed to know your username an password

 

[GoofusClam57]

Thanks for the prompt and helpful replies, John & Christopher! I feel much reassured and emboldened to forge ahead with my computer replacement project!

 

[wreeder]

The digital download will already be SP4 so unless you have Internet limitations, Downloading would be the easier process.

 

[wreeder]

Updating TANE can be a mess depending on what version you have. This thread might help.

https://forums.auran.com/threads/unofficial-t-ane-pc-version-patch-flowchart.129006/