Trainz Plus Gold

[HPL]

By "installer" do you mean software installer (e.g. Trainz Plus/TRS22) or how DLC is installed (since this discussion is about DLC)?

Software installers that are downloadable from MyTrainz.

My copy of Trainz Plus was originally "installed" without the need for an installer. I had TRS19PE already installed when I paid the subscription and the next time I started TRS19 it had turned into Trainz Plus. All the code for Trainz Plus was already built into TRS19PE and my username and password, stored in the Trainz Settings, activated the Plus code.

Same.

As for DLC, your username also allows you to access and download the exclusive packages if you have Trainz Plus or Trainz Plus and Gold membership.

This is why I wonder where is the purpose of different installers.

 

[JCitron]

This is why I wonder where is the purpose of different installers

They may have done this to decrease (or increase!) the confusion of users downloading the products.

 

[wreeder]

In the past, if we had Trainz Plus, any DLC that was made available to us with Plus became available in our other owned TRS22 versions. I'm not sure if this is the case any longer because I keep a copy of TRS22 PE vanilla without DLC for testing purposes only and periodically purge the data-folder after testing routes.

That is still true. With the exception of some Trainz Plus exclusive items. Coal Country HDT is the first one that comes to mind.

 

[JCitron]

That is still true. With the exception of some Trainz Plus exclusive items. Coal Country HDT is the first one that comes to mind.

That's good to know. I wasn't sure. It is confusing when troubleshooting or if the incorrect is installed.

 

[rwk]

So DLC for Plus used to work in 22 PE but not now? There's now no way to transfer the content over to 22PE or install it in 22PE? This basically forces you to buy the subscription in order to use the Plus only content. Are there any advantages to buying the gold for over $100 vs. the one for under $100 a year? I understand though when you decide to not renew that whatever work you did in Plus becomes inaccessible until you pay again. Maybe you can access the cmp and view the files but they probably won't work in 22PE because of the higher build. It's like my local amusement park, my brother and I get season passes almost every year, if we decide to not renew one year the inside of the park becomes inaccessible to us until we pay again. I get Trains Magazine by Kalmbach, since 1986, and I have older issues packed away from a guy on ebay several years ago, going back to the 40's, if I don't renew one year then the magazines will stop coming in the mail until I renew again. Trainz Plus works on the same principle. I had a free year of Plus when I bought 22PE but it expired. I didn't do much in it. Just started an Amtrak Auto Train route that didn't get very far.

 

[JCitron]

So DLC for Plus used to work in 22 PE but not now? There's now no way to transfer the content over to 22PE or install it in 22PE? This basically forces you to buy the subscription in order to use the Plus only content. Are there any advantages to buying the gold for over $100 vs. the one for under $100 a year? I understand though when you decide to not renew that whatever work you did in Plus becomes inaccessible until you pay again. Maybe you can access the cmp and view the files but they probably won't work in 22PE because of the higher build. It's like my local amusement park, my brother and I get season passes almost every year, if we decide to not renew one year the inside of the park becomes inaccessible to us until we pay again. I get Trains Magazine by Kalmbach, since 1986, and I have older issues packed away from a guy on ebay several years ago, going back to the 40's, if I don't renew one year then the magazines will stop coming in the mail until I renew again. Trainz Plus works on the same principle. I had a free year of Plus when I bought 22PE but it expired. I didn't do much in it. Just started an Amtrak Auto Train route that didn't get very far.

The content is available in Trainz PE if you are currently subscribed to Plus.
The advantage of Plus is you get access to all the DLC as part of your subscription for $100 per year (roughly). If you were to purchase the DLC separately, you are talking about at least a thousand dollars if not much more. The advantage then is you own all the DLC no matter what.

As far as I know, you can access content you created, such as a route for example, but any content that came from packages is inaccessible. I may be mistaken and others can correct this.

 

[rwk]

Yes, I know the Dovetail train sim has a lot of DLC and it can add up. Some freeware routes won't work properly without content from several payware routes so the route isn't really free if you didn't buy the payware routes yet. Trainz has a lot of DLC, too with trains and routes and it can add up. Then you have JR, K&L Trainz, etc. with more payware stuff.