London to Inverness - an excellent route

[kenneth18278]

I would just like to commend, and recommend, michael83's excellent route. I DL'd it expecting to find the usual list of missing assets that would require a kuid hunt - not a bit of it. All assets present and correct from the DLS. It is a large route, but it runs perfectly and smoothly. I can't vouch for the prototypical accuracy of it, but I don't really care about that anyway - it's a really enjoyable experience running this. The quick drive is an express run with LNER A4 Mallard and it is smooth. I intend to add a session or two of my own, and there is plenty of potential for running many of the excellent LNER (and possibly, taking a few liberties, LMS also) locos and stock that are available nowadays.

Congratulations Michael, and thank you very much.

 

[Bob5446]

Sounds interesting! Thanks for the heads up.

 

[amigacooke]

What era is the route set in please?

 

[dnevans8]

It is pre electrification, no catenary, but apart from that, because it is a simplified representation of the route, but most of the track seems to be there, I imagine it can be whatever you want.

 

[Vern]

I'm assuming the distance is somewhat trimmed, as Edinburgh (or Glasgow) to Inverness alone is @175 miles not to mention numerous complex stations and yards en route. How is the scenery? Some screenshots would be useful too!

 

[JohnMcVicar]

I'm assuming the distance is somewhat trimmed, as Edinburgh (or Glasgow) to Inverness alone is @175 miles not to mention numerous complex stations and yards en route. How is the scenery? Some screenshots would be useful too!

"600 hundred miles of track, 72 stations, points are set to drive the complete distance."

 

[KenGreen]

Ken
Thanks for posting here I will be downloading this route tonight.
I have just bought some more of Camscot's locos and this would be an excellent route to try them out on.

Ken

 

[lackoo11111]

I'm receiving this error message :

Unable to download " London to Inverness " . Couldn't obtain a download URL . Item cannot be found on the Download Station .

Using a fresh unpatched TS12 installation ( built 46957 ) with CM v3.5

 

[NICKEL]

You aren't up to the version needed. Must have a patched version that is 3.7 CM.

London to Inverness is at 3.7 build level.

 

[lackoo11111]

You aren't up to the version needed. Must have a patched version that is 3.7 CM.

London to Inverness is at 3.7 build level.

Thank you for the info . Will patch the game .

 

[NICKEL]

You have to come up to at least 58414 which is considered SP1.

 

[KenGreen]

Thank you for the info . Will patch the game .

Play safe and patch a copy so that you have a 49922 and a 61388 version

Ken

 

[lackoo11111]

Great work . I only have problem with the look of these trees :


http://postimg.org/image/3rfu7imw7/full

 

[Vern]

Unfortunately the trees look to be the old style where the alpha distorts in TS12 and they become transparent.

The track could also benefit from being replaced with one that has a chunky mesh - maybe one of SAM's type or one of the Russian 1435mm variety.

 

[sterrett]

Unfortunately the trees look to be the old style where the alpha distorts in TS12 and they become transparent.

The track could also benefit from being replaced with one that has a chunky mesh - maybe one of SAM's type or one of the Russian 1435mm variety.

Nonetheless a very enjoyable route. I drove from Kings Cross to Peterborough tonight and apart from two bridges where the pillars need adjusting so that they aren't aligned with the track centre, I found it very pleasing. Yes, there is better track out there, some of the trees are distorted and the visible red Point (Switch) Levers everywhere are a nuisance, but this is all easily corrected using the "Replace Assets" tool. Whilst it's not 100% realistic, the line atmosphere is great, the smoothness of the run superb and the ability to run high speed, long distance services excellent.

In reality, Fort William and Inverness services in BR days ran from London Euston via the WCML. Trains to Edinburgh, with a handful of through services to Perth or Aberdeen, use the ECML from Kings Cross.

But, hey, who is rivet counting when it's all free?

 

[stovepipe]

Sure it's a little bit old-school Trainz, but no less enjoyable for that. Hats off to the 75-year old creator! (Anyone else spot the texture message?)

In reality, Fort William and Inverness services in BR days ran from London Euston via the WCML. Trains to Edinburgh, with a handful of through services to Perth or Aberdeen, use the ECML from Kings Cross.

That's only partly true - up until 1974 it was possible to travel on the daily Aberdonian from Kings Cross which dropped off a sleeper car for Fort William at Glasgow. There was also a daily Colchester - Glasgow train which ran via the ECML.

 

[Vern]

But, hey, who is rivet counting when it's all free?

Absolutely nothing malicious intended, I think it's a superb undertaking - the type of route we dreamt about back in 2001 when mainstream train-sims first came on line. Will definitely get round to downloading at some point. Will then need to sort out a UK diesel that consumes fuel so you can (eventually) coast into Inverness on fumes!

 

[sterrett]

Will then need to sort out a UK diesel that consumes fuel so you can (eventually) coast into Inverness on fumes!

I'm sure the Class 26's did that "mony and mony a time"!

 

[KenGreen]

This is a surprisingly good route. When you see a 600 mile route you expect plenty of bare baseboards, but this is not the case, although only one baseboard wide it is so well constructed and textured that you don't even notice that. Generally this is a superb route which will probably run well on a laptop
The author has probably spent thousands of hours on this to achieve the level of quality and should be very proud of his work.

Ken

 

[alexl102]

Sounds amazing but as a Mac user it won't work for me, unfortunately

Does anyone fancy adding some screenshots?