Hi Everybody.
16 years of age, I would think he should be concentrating on his education and forthcoming examinations rather than spending time creating routes in Trainz.
We all know that route creation is a very time-consuming occupation and better practiced by those in their more " senior years" with sufficient time on their hands.
In Britain it is stated that one in five young people under the age of 25 are unemployed. Therefore at 16 I would feel you would need to be getting the basic fifth year exams under your belt with good results so as to be ready to concentrate on your higher exams which come in the age of 18.
Then those that go on to university could perhaps study something which will provide them with useful, lucrative employment rather than Dance, media studies and drama which so many seem to leave university with degrees in.
No doubt that is the reason why so many are unemployed
Bill
sorry to be so hard, but truth stated I believe
Whoa! I've read through all of this with a snicker at the lack of the OP's repsonse and had my two cents to throw in, but I think I have to chime in and defend him on this
one point:
How at 16 with "route creation being a time consuming business" is this necessarily keeping him from his education? I'm 42 years old, I work a 60-hour a week job, attend 2 classes a semester working on my bachelor's degree (along with the associated studying and homework), and raise 2 daughters. All of these are
very time consuming.
AND I am building a route in Trainz. Does my route building interfere with any of this? I don't think so, because I balance my time between my obligations and the Trainz. Trainz is my escape from the Hell that daily life doles out. Sure, with the time constraints I have, my route may NEVER be complete, but it relaxes me to plant a few trees here and there, maybe put a few more houses on a couple of blocks of neighborhood, or try to figure out new and interesting things to do with what is essentially the same assets that everyone else uses.
My own daughter has trouble in school, but forcing her to spend
more time at schoolwork with no time on Facebook or the PS3 with no form of recreation whatsoever is only going to make her despise school more, so that is not the answer. You need to have some sort of outlet that is not your work or school just to keep from going completely crazy. I think this guy is entitled to a little time away from the books to mess with the Trainz.
But to throw in my own two cents on the original problem, as has been said so many times already, there is plenty of quality stuff to keep you occupied without the need to spend a dime on payware (or a euro or a shilling or whatever). I look to Euphod and the excellent reskins of the railcars he has done recently or to the content machine that Dave Snow and Euphod (again!) have become recently cranking out their buildings. Like the OP, I couldn't imagine spending anything on payware after what I spent for the software already, but now I buy from Jointed Rail from time to time on their deal of the week when I have a few extra dollars. If something comes up on the deal that I want and I can't afford it this week, I take a pass. It will come up again, or I'll get something else.
I'd like to be driving a brand new spiffy looking truck (payware!) to & from work every day, but sadly I can't. I'm stuck driving the ok-looking but runs truck (freeware!), because it gets the job done. Grow up a little and realize that the payware just isn't going to be given to you in the game of Trainz or in the game of Life, for that matter. If you want the nicer things in life like a nice car (or some sharp looking payware, for that matter), you gotta work for it. Nobody is going to just
give you a free ride.
Enough rant. I'll get off of the soapbox now.
