I am a plus user, started an mps... my buddy gets an error when trying to join "mps route login not authorized"... my buddy is a base game 22 user (no plus) thoughts on what is causing this?
I'm afraid the Trainz Plus users have full access to all MPS features but TRS22 and TRS22 PE users only have limited access to a handful of routes chosen by N3V. Your friend needs a copy of Trainz Plus to be able to log into your route.
This is explained in the teeny tiny fine print on the TRS22 page.
What differences are there for MPS access for TRS22PE owners?
MPS is the first part of our long term plan to create "Trainz Live" - a persistent world where your railroad runs 24-7, just like in the real world.
With the release of TRS22PE, we're expanding access to MPS to include all TRS22PE owners under a new "TRS22PE MPS Access Plan".
The TRS22PE MPS Access Plan provides a selection of routes to join. This will ensure the best possible experience, with more players spread across fewer routes. The goal here is for groups to form and work together to create their world rather than having lots of people working on their own personal project (which can just as easily be done offline).
We will carefully monitor the number of players in each route and create more routes as demand requires.
More concurrent users also means higher server loads, and potentially a drop in performance for everyone. To ensure these peak loads are carefully managed, we reserve the right to adjust the number of users allowed into any given route and also the total number of users at any one time.
Trainz Plus Standard and Trainz Plus Gold members will be given priority access to the servers under times of extreme load.
Edit: Reading this again I notice that TRS22 Standard no longer has access to MPS. I assume this is due to needing Surveyor 2 which is only available to TRS22 PE. I must admit that this news stuns me. When TRS22 was released the major new feature of TRS22 was access to MPS and now that no longer works. I can't verify this myself as I have TRS22 PE but if someone has TRS22 Standard, I would love to know if this is true.
