New Trainz Online Store "Soft Opening"

[helian43]

Purchased the new TMR17 at the USD price as I was prepared to purchase the whole thing to get the UK routes I am mainly interested in....Any comments yet from out there regarding the built in UK routes.

I know this is still in beta mode but several glaring errors in one UK route in Driver mode...
Shimmering shadows, floor textures flashing,
When consist is in self drive mode it drives straight through the buffers at the terminus.
When entering the portals "RR Portal Main Loco's only" and "RR Portal Branch Loco's only" the consist derails.
Branch Portal is not named and still contains the Note track Blue lable. It is not obvious where the consists will re-emerge.
Just to be amusing ....a couple of pictures are back to front and need rotating through 180 degrees and ...NO BIG WHITE LIGHT SWITCH by the door.

When in Surveyor mode it is not obvious that you need to access the LAYERS tab to switch OFF the dig holes, it will be very confusing for newbies who just want a train set.

Please do not think this is a critism of your usual excellant work but if it can be corrected whilst still in beta mode it will save the moaners later who will always find something to complain about.

In general the new TMR17 is operationally very good, maybe I should have waited and just bought the DLC packs in December however as my main interest is modelling the UK, but thank you N3V for the extra assets...

helian 43

 

[Tony_Hilliam]

Thanks for the excellent feedback. I think the interior decorator was drunk the night he hung those pictures on the wall

Blackwatch - surely one of Britain's most famous steam engineers would have grease in his veins and well as his name?

 

[caspar1946]

Purchased the new TMR17 at the USD price as I was prepared to purchase the whole thing to get the UK routes I am mainly interested in....Any comments yet from out there regarding the built in UK routes.

I know this is still in beta mode but several glaring errors in one UK route in Driver mode...
Shimmering shadows, floor textures flashing,
When consist is in self drive mode it drives straight through the buffers at the terminus.
When entering the portals "RR Portal Main Loco's only" and "RR Portal Branch Loco's only" the consist derails.
Branch Portal is not named and still contains the Note track Blue lable. It is not obvious where the consists will re-emerge.
Just to be amusing ....a couple of pictures are back to front and need rotating through 180 degrees and ...NO BIG WHITE LIGHT SWITCH by the door.

When in Surveyor mode it is not obvious that you need to access the LAYERS tab to switch OFF the dig holes, it will be very confusing for newbies who just want a train set.

Please do not think this is a critism of your usual excellant work but if it can be corrected whilst still in beta mode it will save the moaners later who will always find something to complain about.

In general the new TMR17 is operationally very good, maybe I should have waited and just bought the DLC packs in December however as my main interest is modelling the UK, but thank you N3V for the extra assets...

helian 43

I have also spotted a few problems and sent in bug reports accordingly, I think the lack of information as to setting up the basic infrastructure ( Baseboard, Digholes, and walls/doors/windows etc) and the difficulties involved in finding/identifying the relevant asset would tend to put off any newbie who only wants a model railway sim.
Hopefully these concerns will eventually be addressed
Keith

 

[helian43]

Just another annoyance.
When in quick drive the consists have the load listings (coal/water/passengers) floating along above the consist.This is intermittent and no obvious cause. If this is a design feature could you please add the ability to turn it off, or am I missing something obvious.
Not something you would get with a model railway layout.
helian 43

 

[Tony_Hilliam]

You're referring to the "commodity overlay". This appears for a few seconds when loads change and avoids the need to right-click on each car to check load status. There's an option to turn it off in the additional tools menu.

Not something you would get with a model railway layout.

Remember, you also don't get the option to see nav points floating above the track, instructions on the screen, a digital readout showing brake pressure etc, commands you can issue to AI drivers, in-cab view, helicopter view and 100 other things