I have both games and I have to admit that I am sort of lukewarm about RS. I love having real shadows, I love having switches automatically look like real switches and even prefer RS' the track layout system. It looks great runs great on the latest hardware but in all honesty when I do play it I miss the flexibility of Trainz's industry system.
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I know you are joking, by the way is that a pic from halo 2?
As for screenshots, I'll post a few today. I'm playing both games too, and when there is more content available the game will be better received
Edit-Just a little note, I was in Walmart today and seen RS for $29.83!
Lorin
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Hi, Lornyk5 -
Nice pictures! What caught my eye was the fact that you've got both US and British trains. I thought KRS was being sold with regional content only?
I assumed that if you buy the North American version you get US trains but if you've got the original European release you're stuck with British and German stock.
Have I got this wrong?
Perchpole
Hi, Lornyk5 -
Nice pictures! What caught my eye was the fact that you've got both US and British trains. I thought KRS was being sold with regional content only?
I assumed that if you buy the North American version you get US trains but if you've got the original European release you're stuck with British and German stock.
Have I got this wrong?
Perchpole
Hi,
My North American version does indeed have both
I heard the US content will be offered as an add-on later for the original owners.
Lorin
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Hi,
My North American version does indeed have both
I heard the US content will be offered as an add-on later for the original owners.
Lorin
A-ha!
That's interesting. I haven't bought KRS yet - so I suppose I'd better wait until they release the add-on before taking the plunge.
Perch
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I believe the US version is missing the York to Newcastle route.Hi,
My North American version does indeed have both
I heard the US content will be offered as an add-on later for the original owners.
Lorin
Info on European expansion pack
Crikey! Look at the Gronk...
http://www.justflight.com/img/screenshots/20080219160509EK862-L.jpg
That is gorgeous.
Perch
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Kuju VS Auran
Does it really matter? Let me tell you, no... no it doesn't.
Do you know why? Cuz my models still look good in either one.
Do you know why? Cuz my models still look good in either one.
knifeswitch1
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Hey nice to see ya Toby! 
I wish some of my stuff looked good in at least ONE of the simulators!
I wish some of my stuff looked good in at least ONE of the simulators!
Does it really matter? Let me tell you, no... no it doesn't. Do you know why? Cuz my models still look good in either one.
Keep up the hard work, Cloaked Ghost. Sooner or later all that practice is sure to pay off.
Perch
Nope - and what's doubly annoying is that attempting to order it on-line from os won't work either. As soon as you enter 'Australia' in the shipping details you get some version of a 'Sorry can't ship' message
Andy...
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The UK version is only available in Windows Vista according to amazon.co.uk, so I cannot purchase it even if I wanted to. The American version you can get in Windows XP, but nobody will ship to the UK. Seems as though they don't want us play this sim game, oh well, back to our good old Trainz......:hehe:
The other thing that caught my eye, is the heavily detailed locomotives and rolling stock. If loco's are going to be say 35mb EACH, you won't be able to have too many of them running around your route, for fear of low fps.
Cheerz. ex. :wave:
The other thing that caught my eye, is the heavily detailed locomotives and rolling stock. If loco's are going to be say 35mb EACH, you won't be able to have too many of them running around your route, for fear of low fps.
Cheerz. ex. :wave:
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Does it really matter? Let me tell you, no... no it doesn't.
Do you know why? Cuz my models still look good in either one.
If I had the intelligence to say that, I would of done, but you beat me to it.
What you say is absolutely right and its an arugment I have been trying to say in other threads.
Yes, MSTS is crap for the default graphics
Yes, Trainz is crap for the default graphics
Yes, Rail Simulator is crrap for the default graphics..
(notice a pattern?
)The thing is, all these programs feature game engines that are platforms to produce anything you want. It doesn't matter if its MSTS/KRS/AT, it doesn't matter about your graphics capabilities, it would look virtually the same in all other programs. What matters is the artist producing for that program and his/her capabilities of producing a stunning piece or a crap piece.
And just because one sim is newer than the other, doesn't mean its more technologically advanced or as expandable as the old one. Likewise the graphics better.
All these companies need to make money to survive (time and time I have said this), therefore, artwork may have to be sacraficed in order to complete a program on time. In some sense, it also depends on the technology available at the time. Trainz was designed and coded for Pentimun 2/Pentimun 3s (but I got it to work on an AMD 475mhz K2 processor), KRS is more designed for those that are Core Duo/Athlon 64 equivlents. (Get a sense of the era, thats what I am trying to say.)
So therefore, each argument about each train sim is therefore invalid, except one, that is how easy you found it to develop for, again, different train sims go for different approaches and I think KRS goes for the all out, single file for everything approach, while Trainz is more like "bits from here, bits from there and bits of my own" apporach. All have their distinct difficulty levels.
The last thing that matters is obviously what I said earlier, what you can do with the sim. MSTS has no scripting engine known to the community, so that isn't as expandable (that we can argue over and reach some sort of conclusion, right and wrong). Trainz you can do virtually anything for, you could even with a lot of thought and a lot of tinkering with the code, create a driving sim, its not impossible. All the file "Trainz.exe" is, is a compiler and language interpreter. (Just like many game engines. Ok, some bespoke files are included and locked, but pretty much anything is possible, except file handling, but I wait for conformation about that).
KRS is about the same, pretty much anything can happen, but that has to be confirmed to the developers.
So lets end the argument, what matters is we (as a self sustaining community) take these platforms and tools and improve on it.
slave-driver
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Your not the only one that's been trying to get that point across. It seams that a vast majority want to deny it. So the built in content looks a little better. Woopdidoo. I've seen outstanding third party content for both MSTS and Trainz. I haven't seen any for RS but I'm sure there is some on the way if it's not available already. The whole point is good content creators can make any of the sims look good. The only thing is what aspect of the sim are you after compared to the abilities of each of the sims. I think were wasting our time trying to discus this. And all these non Trainz threads popping up all over are starting to get annoying.
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