Tainz Railroad Simulator 2026

[G.M.]

Is it TRS26 or TRS19 sp14?
Always looking out for improvements and testing them if I can

Looking out for these things:
-Rain on Cab windows, the moon, nightmode for splines
-Schedules that come from PassengerTLR, that you can see in a cab.
-Support for multitrack stations/industries without rescripting them
-Digholes with more precision (erasing texture)
-Seamless borders between HD and 5/10m baseboards
-A better builtin viewer.
-More userfriendly restoring backups, replace missing assets.
-Multimonitor support.
-Increase of the .CDP format or just use .zip

Enjoy Trainz and merry Christmas all

 

[wreeder]

New Driver UI and New menu are part of currently X-Box release

Any X Box interface is limited due to nature of the game being played with an controller. I doubt very many PC users would accept the limited console interface vs a keyboard interface and mouse.

 

[dundun92]

Did this appear in the newsletter? My email doesnt seem to give me the newletters anymore. If this is true, then 2026 should be an intresting year for trainz...

 

[bekaember]

Hmm...

Advanced catenary support...
Extended procedural track support...
Tons of script improvements for signalling...

Okay, I won't dream anymore...

Krisz

 

[alfredo_20]

Maybe you can share these "dreams" in trainz roadmap!

 

[Flonl972]

Trees and other scenery objects are decimated and distilled down to simple images requiring very little processing compared to actual meshes. The system works but has issues right now with lots of stutters and poor performance when there are a lot of objects and trees, although the performance is a bit better in this beta version compared to the previous one.

So like in the early 2000s when trees were like a cross (from the top view) looking semi 3d object ?

Hmm...

Advanced catenary support...
Extended procedural track support...
Tons of script improvements for signalling...

Okay, I won't dream anymore...

Krisz

On that I agree, but to fully implement this it would be needed to make a complete spline behaviour overhaul (like for example having the possibility to edit capping meshes as a scenery object among others)...
The second one too it's been a decade since it was introduced and there's still no possibility to make diamond crossings, slip-switches or swingnose crossings and also the fact that it gets wonky if the curve has a radius over a kilometer (especially for superelevation)...

But yeah a man can dream.

 

[wreeder]

So like in the early 2000s when trees were like a cross (from the top view) looking semi 3d object ?

No, the imposter system takes a realtime snapshot of 3D tree and make a 2D tree from it. That 2D tree then rotates to always keep the tree facing the camera. This is done at a certain distance from the camera. The system also works with other 3D objects like buildings. One problem I can foresee is if the object has very aggressive LODs then it might drop down to a low poly object before the snapshot is taken. For me it works fine but I use a very short draw distance of 5k to 8k.

 

[JCitron]

What do I really wish for in TRS2026?

Fix the underlying issues we've reported for Yonks on end and have never been fixed.

 

[pdkoester]

Did this appear in the newsletter? My email doesnt seem to give me the newletters anymore. If this is true, then 2026 should be an intresting year for trainz...

Yes, this was emailed to me by NV3.

 

[Pendolino]

Not having DLS assets (NOT custom-made assets) labelled as "Payware" or "Packaged" would be nice

 

[pware]

Not having DLS assets labelled as "Payware" or "Packaged" would be nice

I have no issues with assets being labelled as "Packaged" or Payware".

The status column in Content Manager indicates, amongst other things, the source of the asset. Having "Packaged" and "Payware" labels on assets is important information. "Packaged", for example, indicates that the asset is (or should be available) on the DLS and has been included in DLC package that you have installed. If you already had the original DLS asset then it was overwritten with the version contained in the DLC package. Note that the DLC version is not identical because it has been optimised to be included in the package. Likewise, "Payware" simply means that the asset is part of a DLC download but is not available as freeware.

In my experience, problems arise when the DLC package creator (they decide what is to be in the package) includes freeware assets, those that will be labelled as "Packaged" but are not on the DLS. Sometimes this is an oversight on their behalf, other times it could be because they only want the asset to be available in the package (then why do they not label it as "Payware"?) and I am sure there are other possibilities.

 

[Forester1]

I think Pendolino is referring to assets that are or were on the DLS but then get packaged into something and are no longer available. To that I would add the rash of recent "upversioning" of common DLS assets that all of a sudden have a version showing as unknown in newer routes being uploaded. It makes the routes no good to anyone except those who have the magic upversioned asset.(s)