Question about Plus

[ttrimble]

I have a purchased copy of TRS2022 Platinum with Surveyor 2.0 and have noticed some options are not included so my question is simple.
1. Will Plus give me the Upgrade option?
2. Will Plus give me the HD option?
3. Since I already own TRS2022 Platinum is it worth the extra investment to also purchase a Plus subscription?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

 

[JCitron]

The Plus version will give you the additions such as editable HD terrain. I don't think there's an "upgrade" option. I've been using Plus since TRS19-Plus days, so I don't have that experience to rely on.

There are two options for Plus, Standard and Gold. Gold gives you everything that standard does plus the kitchen sink, meaning all the DLC, preview access to DLC routes and content, and also the FCT. You can import anything you have created in the PE edition and before, and any DLC you purchased from N3V will be included.

The subscription runs either monthly or annually, depending upon how you want to pay for it. Should you decide not to continue your subscription, you can cancel at any time, but remember you lose access to the DLC or anything else you didn't purchase, and you will have missing assets unless you download those from the DLS. Should you decide to pick back up on your subscription, anything you have subscribed to or worked on will become available again.

Is the subscription worth it? That's up to you to decide.

This will hopefully help.

https://www.trainzsimulator.com/

 

[stagecoach]

TRS22PE is a retail version, so no upgrade unless they release a public upgrade.
Plus is a separate install and is yours while you have a valid subscription. This one can be upgraded as they release new features. A warning that all routes will have a higher build number and are not backward compatible with other TRS22 versions. If the subscription stops so does the Plus install.

 

[ttrimble]

Just to bring everyone up to date, the Upgrade I was speaking of is the Upgrade Route option in the tool's menu. The S20 I received with TRS2022 doesn't have that option.

 

[pware]

Deleted - double post (still getting the hang of the new forum)

 

[pware]

the Upgrade I was speaking of is the Upgrade Route option in the tool's menu.

From my brief experiment (a single attempt) TRS22PE will load a HD route created in Trainz Plus but it will not give you the option to edit the HD terrain (except as 5m or 10m terrain) or extend it by adding new HD baseboards.

Surveyor 2.0 in TRS22PE does not have HD terrain as one of its baseboard creation options or, as you have noted, the option to Upgrade a route to HD.

 

[1611mac]

Here's the N3V TrainsPlus page that shows all the features: https://info.trainzsimulator.com/trainz-plus

 

[ttrimble]

This is what I was referring to:

Auto Convert to HD Terrain
Just load your existing routes in Trainz Plus, bulk select all baseboards you wish to update using S20's marquee tool and convert them to HD.

Sorry for the confusion, but in the video I watched it shows the option just below the Merge Routes option on the tools menu.

 

[pware]

it shows the option just below the Merge Routes option on the tools menu.

That "Upgrade" option is only available in Trainz Plus.

While you can, in Trainz Plus, select certain baseboards and convert them from 10m or 5m to HD, it is not recommended because of some very obvious and undesirable visual effects where baseboards in HD meet baseboards in 5m/10m resolution.

 

[ttrimble]

I have another somewhat related question that I can't seem to find an answer to. I own TRS2022 Platinum my question is can I run it and Trainz Plus on the same drive or will that be too confusing to the computer.

 

[pware]

On the same drive on one computer I am running

• Trainz Plus
• Trainz Plus set to the beta stream
• TRS22PE

without any issues. Each will install quite separately, each will have their own desktop icon. The only confusion is on the part of the user when I accidentally open the wrong one. Now (largely) solved by giving each shortcut icon a distinctive name.

 

[p-dehnert]

Each program must have its own data directory. They can't share a common folder.

Peter

 

[pware]

Each program must have its own data directory. They can't share a common folder.

Yes, the programs data directories are automatically assigned and created by the install program

In your C:\Program Files\N3V Games\ folder you will have 2 folders:-

1. Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022 - for the Trainz Plus install (confusing I know but Trainz Plus is always named using the latest Trainz version), and
2. Trainz TRS22 Standard - (I actually have TRS22PE but if I drop my Trainz Plus subscription then my TRS22PE will become TRS22 Standard)

Your user data folder, where all your assets, scripts, screenshots, etc are stored, will usually be in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\N3V Games\trs22 but you can move it to another drive. It will contain two folders:-

1. build abcde1234 - the names are randomly selected letters and numbers
2. build zyx987654 - one of these folders will be for Trainz Plus and the other for TRS22PE

 

[Swordfish]

You can rename your data folder. I have my Trainz+ program on my drive c:, an SSD, and my data on a harddisk, H:\TRS2022 User; this folder is 1.85 TB.

 

[pware]

You can rename your data folder.

Yes, but you need to do it in a way that Trainz knows you have changed the folder name otherwise you will be left without all your DLS and DLC assets.

See the Wiki at How_to_Move_Your_User_Data_Folder for the details