Trainz+ or Trainz22PE

[fjbicrf]

Greetings,

This question has probably been asked before..... but which is more reliable, has more content or features:

Trainz+ or Trainz22PE

I have been using Trainz 2019

Please let me know

Thanks

Fred Bray

 

[slenderman8888]

Well ofc Trainz Plus has the most content at the cost of it being a recurring monthly subscription, any content that comes with the subscription is effectively being “rented” by you and will be lost should you later cancel it. Meanwhile TRS22 Platinum is a one-time purchase and you will permanently own it’s content. (Well as long as N3V stays in business and keeps the DRM servers running that Trainz needs to phone home to in order to verify your product as legit + DLC.

 

[pware]

If you are going to purchase Trainz outright (no subscription involved) then there is no question, TRS22PE is the only choice. It has Surveyor 2.0 built in - this will be a steep learning curve from Surveyor Classic as found in TRS19 and all previous versions but it is well worth the climb. Surveyor Classic, for those who have trouble making the switch, is still available in TRS22PE.

If subscriptions are no obstacle then Trainz+ is the better choice - in my opinion. It has quarterly updates with new features (not all of which will appeal to all users). As well as Surveyor 2.0 (and Classic), the Gold Membership option gives you free access (while you maintain the subscription) to ALL DLC payware. You can terminate the subscription and then resume it at a later date without losing your content.

But experiences and opinions will vary between users.

 

[JCitron]

I went with the Gold - Plus subscription. I figured that if I can't afford $12.00 a month, then there's something seriously wrong with my budget. I figured too that if I wanted to, I could purchase the DLC outright and not lose it should I decide to no longer go the subscription route. I would purchase this over a few months or more to spread the cost out since that would be very expensive.

 

[fjbicrf]

Thanks for the feedback. One other question - is one more stable than the other? I have read that sometimes N3V will release an update which can break things previously working.

I have Trainz+ installed and have also purchased Trainz22PE but not installed yet. I have been away from actively being in Trainz for 18 months now - hope to get back to it someday soon.

Fred Bray

 

[pware]

One other question - is one more stable than the other? I have read that sometimes N3V will release an update which can break things previously working.

Both share the same core code and neither has any stability (e.g. CTD) issues that I have observed.

As for bugs - like any software they are present but none, so far, are showstoppers. Updates in any software package have a risk of introducing problems that were not present or obvious in the earlier versions - no developer, regardless of how big and well financed, is immune from this.

All the bugs that I have reported in the latest version that were not present in the previous version either have an easy workaround or are of a very minor inconvenience. They are all problems with the user interface and none affect the operation of the program.

 

[JCitron]

Trainz+ beta may have a newer build number than the current-released version. These are the beta versions and it's done so that users using the test-version can't upload content to the DLS - this causes the DLS to reject the upload. Beta versions not only change quickly but also have bugs in them that are worse than what may already exist which is why they don't want content uploaded.

Unless the beta shows to be absolutely amazing, always keep the current-release and the test copy separate and never overwrite your current working copy, and even if you plan on using the beta version as your working-version, backup your data first. I gone as far as to replicate my data and placed that on a separate hard drive and use that copy as the beta database to ensure that nothing cross-pollinated unexpectedly due to updating the wrong version.

Once the testing is done and the product is updated, the other products are updated to the latest build number and build version, and uploads are allowed. This has been the MO for some time.

As pware said, they're all based on the same code. The different features are enabled based on your license. This isn't uncommon today with software. Things that work in Plus should work in other versions of TRS22, unless there are specific features such as the new Trainz Living Railway (TLR) or a route using HD terrain. HD terrain works fine in PE but not regular TRS22.