We have a large portion of what TANE is expected to be in front of us. It has proven to be a viable product capable of generating many hours of enjoyment for its customers. What is the next step? Perhaps the management (manager) could step back and professionally consolidate the myriad of items that make up the TANE universe.
It is difficult to argue that TANE, without its addons/ scripts/tweaks/ rules, etc. would be as successful as it has become. These behind the scenes items are strong contributors to its acceptance. The flip-side is that they are poorly organized, poorly described and little understood beyond maybe 20% of the customer base. Some rules need to be discarded as do some other items that may work, but not in all situations. They need to be organized, not just made available on the DLS. Descriptions are either missing or scattered around the universe of the web.
I had not looked at TANE for over a month. I looked at a few of my routes and read some forum messages. The same trends were there. People asking good questions but, in some instances, being told to use some arcane process/rule to get more than one train running on "their railroad". Discussions about Portals was still there as customers struggled to get them to work. This was an example of why N3V now needs to devote money to. Organize, document, and in some cases fix, the tools customers need to maximize their enjoyment.
Many of the things customers need to do have little to do with a railroad but are needed to make a computer emulate a railroad. These are the keys to the kingdom but they remain a disorganized set of arcane tools that often are more frustrating than valuable.
It is difficult to argue that TANE, without its addons/ scripts/tweaks/ rules, etc. would be as successful as it has become. These behind the scenes items are strong contributors to its acceptance. The flip-side is that they are poorly organized, poorly described and little understood beyond maybe 20% of the customer base. Some rules need to be discarded as do some other items that may work, but not in all situations. They need to be organized, not just made available on the DLS. Descriptions are either missing or scattered around the universe of the web.
I had not looked at TANE for over a month. I looked at a few of my routes and read some forum messages. The same trends were there. People asking good questions but, in some instances, being told to use some arcane process/rule to get more than one train running on "their railroad". Discussions about Portals was still there as customers struggled to get them to work. This was an example of why N3V now needs to devote money to. Organize, document, and in some cases fix, the tools customers need to maximize their enjoyment.
Many of the things customers need to do have little to do with a railroad but are needed to make a computer emulate a railroad. These are the keys to the kingdom but they remain a disorganized set of arcane tools that often are more frustrating than valuable.