Locomotives on Trainz Store?

[ekeenan]

I am asking if the jointed rail locomotives on the trainz store will be fine with TRS22? I am asking because if you choose the option compatible with TRS22, jointed rail locomotives do not show up.

 

[ricomon35]

@ekeenan - Just choose TRS2019, you'll get all the JR stuff, TRS 2019 locos are TRS22 compatible.

 

[ekeenan]

The reason I am asking is I have been involved with Trainz for a while now. With TRS19, I did purchase Jointed Rail locomotives from the train store. These locomotives have a headlight issue that makes it look like a laser beam. This issue also carries over to TRS22 that I also have. These locomotives are locked, but the free SW1500 switchers from Joint Rail's web site also have the same issue and are not locked so I am attempting to understand the issue. This of course leads to the question, why sell something with your name on it and not fix it??

 

[wreeder]

JR isn't selling it, N3V is the seller. JR just gets a commission on sales. If you want up to date JR creations then buy it directly from them.

Based upon what some DLC creators have said, the process of submitting updates to N3V is sometimes tedious and frustrating. N3V can and often do make changes beyond the control of the creator. It is probably best to ask N3V why the locos have not been updated.

 

[ekeenan]

I guess in this situation, neither party wants to take responsibility. I did submit a trouble ticket and the response was indicating that it was up to the developer which in this case is JR. The ticket was submitted in 2021, but this is the response I was given. At one point, I thought I found a fix, but it no longer works.

Good Afternoon Ekeenan
As these components are an intentional component of the locomotives, it will be up to the creators of these locomotives to provide an update that corrects this in a way that the creators see as suitable.

However please keep in mind that any updates to DLC packs will require a current build of TRS19, and will not be able to be installed into older builds of TRS19.


I just purchased locomotives yesterday, but they were not JR locomotives. The issue looks real bad on the Dash 9's which I purchased a year or so ago. I am guessing this issue is involving all of their locomotives since they are using a 2.9 build number. One party will have to step up and do something about it. The only question is, can the fix be simple or will it be involved. I can experiment on the free SW1500 models if someone knows how to fix it.