Poor old Neilsmith. he must be thinking we are never satisified
On the right I asking if we could add a siding as there is so much traffic there is not enough room. And on the left if we could get two more sidings and the arrow is for that track to be converted for like switchers to navigate around the yard.
I hope neil you could look at maybe expanding it.
Thank you in advance.
We complain about the grass so he went to the trouble of changing it. We complained some more so he brought out a grass and a grassless version and now we have found something else to complain about. Neilsmith must be very tolerant to put up with us. The fact is UMR SUMMER was not intended to be a muti player route with the 15 players all logged on at the same time which we had earlier. In an ideal world Smithville, with it,s three yards, hump and large locomotive Depot would have been much more centrally placed and so there would be no need to expand Palmer. The traffic levels at Palmer have rapidly increased for a number of reasons. The popularity of the session with 10 or more people in the session at peak times, the central location of Palmer, a number of important commodities either produced or consumed at Palmer , A forestry to the east and a sawmill to the west, both of which are within a reasonable distance, a convenient location for players to leave their train when they want to take a break and so on. I think I can say with confidence that should Neilsmith agree to our request we will not bother him again (until the next time)
In response to Mouse,s post I,m not technically minded so I can,t say with any degree of certainty why it takes 10-15 minutes on average to download whatever it is that needs downloading or whether it is possible to shorten the process. But what I will say is the reason it takes so long is becauuse UMR SUMMER is what it is, an extremely large route with a large number of locomotives and rolling stock and if you want to play it you,ll probably have to continue putting up with it. Otherwise find a smaller route to play. And I totally disagree with the comment that nobody wants to run trains over the road. The fact is I have prepared trains for dispatch at Smithfield which is about as far away as you can get from the rest of the route and people still drive them out quite happily without complaining "how far it is" to their destination. I can also name players that quite happily jump into a train at Gunnison and drive all the way to Smithfield, a journey which is likely to take 3 hours or more. That,s not for me but they seem to enjoy it or they wouldn,t keep on driving long distances. In my opinion it is the distances between towns and long journey times that gives UMR SUMMER it,s popularity as well as the large number of industries and yards and for people who prefer shunting and switching to driving long distances. UMR SUMMER provides something for everyone whatever your personal preferences in a social as well as an interactive environment. What i would say to Mouse and others who think in the same vein "Put up or shut up". Play another route or build your own. Suggestions and constructive criticism is one thing but whinging and complaining is something else. Mouse did make a good point with the grass, however. It was constructive criticism from a number of people that led firstly, to it being changed then removed entirely. THis should be welcomed but if you dislike UMR SUMMER that much stop whining and find another route to play.