I am currently running TRS06, am primarily interested in UK steam, prefer animated junctions, enjoy building routes / content, and prefer DCC or AI to cab control. However being a bear of little brain, I am confusd over TC3.
What would TC3 give me that TRS06 wouldn't?
I know there have been a few threads on this and similar questions, but these are spread far and wide through the forum, can anyone put it in black and white for me?
Thanks in anticipation
The thing is regardless of what people think or whant TC is the way Trainz is going to go, now I have TC running, have had for some time as I was with the beta testing team, now for me TC appears to run things somwhat smoother than in 06, ( routes that caused stuttering in 06 run OK in TC) and I have not changed the computer specs, as for the said sound improvements I cant say that I have noticed any difference worth mentioning, ( only that in TC I can hear the wagons unloading at the power station even when I am in another engine some 150KM away!!!and its very load, much more than in 06, when I get time I will take a look it the files for this maybe the volume cane be decreased ?) I am at the moment slowly moving my 06 content into TC, its not without some problems as for some reason some items dont like TC or TC dont like them, but bit by bit I am getting there, and for most of the time its the content that is at fault not TC, things that passed in 06 will not pass in TC without some work, but then this was the same with moving 04 content to 06.
The main thing I see that worrys people with regard to TC is that each release will include the base engine, so if you have 1+2 and then buy 3 you are paying again for the base trainz system, (+ any upgrades they may have made) maybe they should make future issues with just the new route and any updated to the system, ( like a service pack ) so you could buy say just the route an upgrade to the last issue or buy the complete setup if you are a first time buyer, but then that Auans buisiness and note it is a buisiness and needs to promote cash otherwise it would be shelved,
The thing that worrys me slightly is this continuing upgrade ( or possible upgrades ) that would ship with future releases, they have to be carefull that say I buy 3 but not 4/5/6/7 and then buy 8 I would be missing updates from those not bought and maybe my system will be missing a file from those that the upgrade in 8 will require, and so my upgrade would fail or give me problems.
Sorry if I have ranted on here but you did ask, anyway I think TC is worth buying, and hopfully will improve as it goes forward, its already an improvement on 06 althou theres a long way yet to go with some things
anyway its for you to decide in the end
the main thing is to enjoy
rgds
Mike
