Shortline2
Joined: 28th Oct. 2002
Hi all,
Last week, Thursday my time in Norway, I took the offer to update to Trainz 2022 Platinum, downloaded it and last I did a few days ago was copying the files from my "day to day computer" into my "best computer" but never got to install it...
My "Day Computer" is from 2010 and my "Best" is from 2012, neither are any good really in this modern day of ours...
So I bought it more as a support as last I bought was 2019 Platinum in 2020 and hardly has that been looked at either.
But, yesterday I took a big plunge and ordered a hefty new computer, being built for me, as the price on parts alone was so that the about 70 USD difference from parts from this company to a built by them computer using same parts, made it so I took the "build it for me" as driving 9-hours + each way to get to my brother on the other side of the country to get building help would cost me way more...
Anyway, I hope it shall take not long and I could pick it up next Wednesday when I have my first known Drive Out again, rest of time I am home alone hiding from the world except a morning walk/run in the dark before most people get up.
My sort of chosen life, hearing yesterday how my brother gets so tired of interacting with people at his work just make me happier I can actually do this living for the most part.
So, now I need to prepare for a new computer with only Windows 11 installed, probably lot of "crap" with that I need to change, fix, I run Win7 on my most used computer and Win10 on the one where I use Trainz, even if this also has Trainz in it...
This is what I did order;
Anyway, any things I need to keep in mind for Trainz use when this beast arrives and need to be put in use here at my place?
I so wish I could have gotten the better grid in Trainz, but locking myself into fixed payments where I only use the program, and not care anything for the included Routes or Rolling stock I get from the packs one can buy or borrow through the Supscription Fee it just have not felt wise.
And, yes, spending for that amout above might make me a cheap person, but to me, that is a whopping 2,5 months full income for just one 1 computer, meaning it will take years to replace that sum, I do need to keep my spending on a tight leash.
I plan to try another go at looking at Blender as I also have to install TurboCAD as I also use that, and I hope to be able to dabble a little with 3D stuff again if I can get my mind around this new stuff for "painting models" as TurboCAD has used similar stuff and it just been confusing and messy and not nice looking.
Need to find the Free Reseources, as paying all the time really mess with my wish to be around in the world.
I visits this Forum at most once a week, it can be several weeks also - and I used to read this Forum every morning before I lost my husband and went into widowhood, and my Autism brain really lost safety and life became surprisingly more stressful!
How life changes..
I stop babbling now, I just feel so proud of myself for trying to step back into the world and do some changes that will impact my day to day computer life, and I still remember foundly my younger Trainz days of fun when I was able to make models and understood what I was doing.
Anyone know of good text based explainations of this material/texturing stuff, not videos, as I don't like watching and I tend to fall asleep and grasp nothing, I need to experiment but last time I tried it, many years ago, I got a quite dark model into T:ANE but it looked like it should in the modeling program - I just gave up as I though I done right.
Take care people and I hope I was not too boring, I tried watching my words.
Linda, joyfull for some winter sun outside.
Last week, Thursday my time in Norway, I took the offer to update to Trainz 2022 Platinum, downloaded it and last I did a few days ago was copying the files from my "day to day computer" into my "best computer" but never got to install it...
My "Day Computer" is from 2010 and my "Best" is from 2012, neither are any good really in this modern day of ours...
So I bought it more as a support as last I bought was 2019 Platinum in 2020 and hardly has that been looked at either.
But, yesterday I took a big plunge and ordered a hefty new computer, being built for me, as the price on parts alone was so that the about 70 USD difference from parts from this company to a built by them computer using same parts, made it so I took the "build it for me" as driving 9-hours + each way to get to my brother on the other side of the country to get building help would cost me way more...
Anyway, I hope it shall take not long and I could pick it up next Wednesday when I have my first known Drive Out again, rest of time I am home alone hiding from the world except a morning walk/run in the dark before most people get up.
My sort of chosen life, hearing yesterday how my brother gets so tired of interacting with people at his work just make me happier I can actually do this living for the most part.
So, now I need to prepare for a new computer with only Windows 11 installed, probably lot of "crap" with that I need to change, fix, I run Win7 on my most used computer and Win10 on the one where I use Trainz, even if this also has Trainz in it...
This is what I did order;
- Phanteks Eclipse G500A DRGB Mid Tower (sort) ATX, Micro ATX, Mini ITX, E-ATX *(up to 280mm wide), Steel chassis
- MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X OC Graphic card, PCI Express 4, 24GB GDDR6X
- Intel Core i9-14900KF Tray LGA 1700, 24-cores, 32-Threads, 6.0GHz, Raptor Lake
- CM ML360L Core ARGB Komplett Edition Cooler 360mm Radiator, 3x120mm ARGB Fans, ARGB pump
- Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5200MHz 192GB (sort) C38, XMP 3.0, 4x48GB
- Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe M.2 NVME SSD 1TB M.2 SSD, PCIe 4.0, 1TB, 7300/6000 MB/s, PS5 ready
- Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe M.2 NVME SSD 2TB M.2 SSD, PCIe 4.0, 2TB, 7300/7000 MB/s
- Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe M.2 NVME SSD 2TB M.2 SSD, PCIe 4.0, 2TB, 7300/7000 MB/s
- ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI Motherboard LGA1700, ATX, DDR5, 1 x PCIe 5.0, 2 x PCIe 4.0, 4 x M.2
- Corsair HX1200, 1200W PSU ATX 12V V2.4, 80 PLUS Platinum, Modular, 6x 6+2-pin PCIe, 16x SATA, 12x Molex
- Windows 11 Pro Nordic + English
- Logitech Z313 PC Speakers 3.5mm minijack, 2.1 Speaker System, total 25W RMS
Anyway, any things I need to keep in mind for Trainz use when this beast arrives and need to be put in use here at my place?
I so wish I could have gotten the better grid in Trainz, but locking myself into fixed payments where I only use the program, and not care anything for the included Routes or Rolling stock I get from the packs one can buy or borrow through the Supscription Fee it just have not felt wise.
And, yes, spending for that amout above might make me a cheap person, but to me, that is a whopping 2,5 months full income for just one 1 computer, meaning it will take years to replace that sum, I do need to keep my spending on a tight leash.
I plan to try another go at looking at Blender as I also have to install TurboCAD as I also use that, and I hope to be able to dabble a little with 3D stuff again if I can get my mind around this new stuff for "painting models" as TurboCAD has used similar stuff and it just been confusing and messy and not nice looking.
Need to find the Free Reseources, as paying all the time really mess with my wish to be around in the world.
I visits this Forum at most once a week, it can be several weeks also - and I used to read this Forum every morning before I lost my husband and went into widowhood, and my Autism brain really lost safety and life became surprisingly more stressful!
How life changes..
I stop babbling now, I just feel so proud of myself for trying to step back into the world and do some changes that will impact my day to day computer life, and I still remember foundly my younger Trainz days of fun when I was able to make models and understood what I was doing.
Anyone know of good text based explainations of this material/texturing stuff, not videos, as I don't like watching and I tend to fall asleep and grasp nothing, I need to experiment but last time I tried it, many years ago, I got a quite dark model into T:ANE but it looked like it should in the modeling program - I just gave up as I though I done right.
Take care people and I hope I was not too boring, I tried watching my words.
Linda, joyfull for some winter sun outside.