UK Screenshots for Pre BR Blue. High resolution warning.

[KotangaGirl]

Some nice TANE shots there Annie. I like the wintery scenes in post #6716, they look like today here in UK!

It must be quite a novel thing to run Trainz TANE in Linux, you've done well it appears, the only downside to TANE is you won't be able to install some of the newer creations made in TRS2019 and up. Hope you get your new Win11 machine soon!

Rob.

Thanks Rob. It's certainly been an interesting exercise get Trainz to run in Linux. TANE fell into place like it was meant to run under Linux all along, but Linux seemed to bring the worst out of TRS22 with all its usual bugs and glitches becoming more extreme. I won't be able to do anything about a new Windows computer until well into the New Year, but in the meantime I'm enjoying working on my projects in TANE. It makes a nice change.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Surprisingly I can run old favourites like the S&C at the lowest settings in TRS22 in Linux and everything works. No glitches, no derailments, run around your train works fine......

The poor old S&C is looking a bit second hand these days though.

 

[SRKing783]

Yea I would agree the SnC's getting a bit long in the tooth. I'm hoping for a PBR revamp of the entire package but I doubt something like that will come along, what with how much effort has already been put into such a massive project as this. Maybe when HD Terrain makes it into a full version, but I dunno. Still love the route, and I'm glad to see another shot taken in it!

 

[KotangaGirl]

Yea I would agree the SnC's getting a bit long in the tooth. I'm hoping for a PBR revamp of the entire package but I doubt something like that will come along, what with how much effort has already been put into such a massive project as this. Maybe when HD Terrain makes it into a full version, but I dunno. Still love the route, and I'm glad to see another shot taken in it!

From memory Alex (Tanker) has worked on giving the S&C a tidy up which made a big difference to its appearance, but of course it's only a clone of the route for his own personal use. The S&C is one of my favourite routes as well Andrew and despite its well worn appearance I still enjoy running trains on it.

 

[robd]

The poor old S&C is looking a bit second hand these days though...
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I agree, an updated version of S&C would be nice!

Rob.

 

[KotangaGirl]

This is the original S&C from Trainz Classic 3 running in Linux. A couple of years ago I purchased TC3 from Gamersgate for around $9.00. Best Trainz purchase I ever made. I wasn't sure if I could get it to run in Linux, but I ended up having no problems with it at all.
There's no comparison between that sad old lot in TRS22 and the original version of TC3.

 

[SRKing783]

To be honest TC3 seems to have held up alright looks-wise! I ordered it from Walmart yesterday, really hoping that it'll spit out a usable code unlike Amazon. Though I wish I jumped on the GamersGate listing...

Still I'm kinda impressed that it still looks relatively playable! Newer versions do look better no doubt but it doesn't look bad. Good to hear you got it working!

 

[robd]

S&C looks quite good in TC3. I have TC3 on cd somewhere about the house, might dig it out! I wonder if it's possible to port S&C from TC3 to TRS2022...hmm!

Rob.

 

[KotangaGirl]

I managed to get rid of the silly looking bare trees in TRS22. Seasonal changes according to the actual date are a bit daft in my opinion if all that happens is that there's no leaves on the trees and everything else stays the same.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Summer on the Hawes branch 1905 (TANE). I haven't tried the climb up to Garsdale using the steam controls yet, but it will be happening soon.

 

[spitfire98462]

Even though S&C DLC has a lot of UK content it has no right to be nearly £20 on steam.
Where TS classic has it for £10 for much better detail I know they represent to different eras.
But still a DLC 13 years old or more needs to be updated at some point.

 

[johnwhelan]

Even though S&C DLC has a lot of UK content it has no right to be nearly £20 on steam.
Where TS classic has it for £10 for much better detail I know they represent to different eras.
But still a DLC 13 years old or more needs to be updated at some point.

But remember it wasn't created by N3V. It was a classic in it's time but trainz has moved on since then. Many of the content creators involved in the team have moved on or died and there is little incentive to create it all again.

Cheerio John

 

[spitfire98462]

But remember it wasn't created by N3V. It was a classic in it's time but trainz has moved on since then. Many of the content creators involved in the team have moved on or died and there is little incentive to create it all again.

Cheerio John

Yea that is true but it is a shame though

 

[Stationbeem]

Decided to give Trystin in Winter" a re-vamp to get rid of the Billboard trees.


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[KotangaGirl]

Decided to give Trystin in Winter" a re-vamp to get rid of the Billboard trees.

'Tristyn in Winter' is still one of my all time favourite routes. A difficulty with getting rid of the Billboard trees will be finding suitable seasonal replacements. The Billboard trees don't look too bad in TANE, but TS2019 does them no favours at all.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Even though S&C DLC has a lot of UK content it has no right to be nearly £20 on steam.
Where TS classic has it for £10 for much better detail I know they represent to different eras.
But still a DLC 13 years old or more needs to be updated at some point.

With the S&C route having been converted by N3V for use as DLC in TS2009, then TS2012, and after that TANE and finally TS2019/TRS22 with only minimal optimisation each time it's no wonder it's looking a bit rough with gaping voids under the track in some places and washed out colours. Every time I've thought that N3V are finally going to let it die they revive the corpse again and send it staggering off.

Back in the day the level of AI control that the original TC3 team were able to achieve was downright amazing and even now I don't think any route builders have been able to surpass that level of control. As John has said, members of the original TC3 team have either moved on or died and the chances of being able to assemble a competent team dedicated enough to completely overhaul the route are very small.

That said though I'm still going to keep on running trains on the route simply because I like it so much.

 

[nobody1]

Hello folks, I'm here today with a couple of screenies;

The PVR:

Yes, I'm using Trainz 2009 SP4 at the moment for these screenshots. I'm MIGHT update this layout in the future, maybe for TRS19 or somethin'

 

[Stationbeem]

'Tristyn in Winter' is still one of my all time favourite routes. A difficulty with getting rid of the Billboard trees will be finding suitable seasonal replacements. The Billboard trees don't look too bad in TANE, but TS2019 does them no favours at all.

Thankyou for For your comment. I am using assets by RMM to see how it turns out. Just need to find suitable track to replace the old 2004 track.

Regards Dave.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Thankyou for For your comment. I am using assets by RMM to see how it turns out. Just need to find suitable track to replace the old 2004 track.

Regards Dave.

I replaced the old 2004 track in TANE with <kuid:661281:44011> TANE Trk Oak - Snow Lite.

 

[KotangaGirl]

TANE still running in Linux. I've been able to find an upgrade CPU for my HP Z200 Xeon and my very clever daughter has set it up for optimum performance.