TucsonCoyote
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*Sigh*...:'(
well after a lot of hard work and time speding on Trainz (and this includes the original (With Service Pack 3), Ultimate Trainz, 2004 (With Service pack 4), and 2006, (and even Trying to get Classics installed. I guess this coyote is done for this product. And let me explain in detail. That way this could be used as sort of a feedback to Auran...
When Trainz initially came out back in 2003, I was estatic, actually surprised that somebody had created a program that would emulate rail simulation quite well, and they made it so easy... In fact when Trainz came out, I ordered the product directly from the company..and over the next 5 years, I actually for quite a while had a bit of fun, trying to design layouts, and improve layouts and even come up with novel ideas for layouts (After all I was sort of a 'track-layer' and in fact I loved how this program was..
But as time went on, I purchased other Trainz programs, including The Ultimate Trains Collection, Trains Railroad Simulator 2004, and I was happy.
But it was during a period between August of 2007 and Now that really has left me unhappy. and disappointed.
First off Just recently I purchased Trainz Railwayz, and of course I was happy to see myself finally try and get all the way to Trainz classics... but after the 2 weeks of constant installs and uninstalls of 2006, as of today My computer finally said, "You have an Invalid registration Key or your Trainz program is damaged.. please reinstall Trainz..
So I tried again.. No such luck.. Finally in a bit of frustration I took 2006 off and tried to go back to TRS 2004. and when I fired it up the first time to get my system upgraded to the good Ol Service Pack 4? I get a Fatal exception, crash to desktop.. and you know what? I'm just tired.. Tired of Uninstalling and Reinstalling Trainz.. It's not be a happy thing considering that now I can't really use 2004.. I can't even use 2006, and more importantly I can't even use Classics (Heck I've been putting in the right code for it, yet it won't let me install..
So after blowing 100 dollars of Trainz Products, I guess I've come to the end of the line.. Unless someone wants to say I'm doing something majorly wrong or that I need to reformat my hard drive, I've finally hit the bumper at the end of the line. Game over, no more installs..
It's funny... When I started in 2003, I had just gotten rid of Microsoft Train Simulator, and its tools were too hard to understand, the activity/scenario editor was too complex, and I couldn't do track laying.
But then when Trainz Came along, things actually were a lot better. I actually had fun..
But now, that Auran has been "Derailed" as of 3 months ago, I have had nothing but grief...
So it seems I'm done.. Can't get any of the programs to work, and frankly that's sad.. I was hoping to see what Classics was all about, but since I can't even install 2006, what's the point of having these programs?
I can't send them back to the company, I can't unregister stuff.. In short, a no win sitch..
So there I go, a once happy customer now demoralized downtrodden and beaten to within an inch of his sanity as he watches Trainz go on without him..
It's doubly funny that at the height of Trainz's career, there were over 80,000 unique pieces of custom content.. 80,000.. Now there's only a quarter of that and no way to bring older material up to new standards.
In short, I'm done.. End of the line, Can't go anywhere or do anything anymore.. But unless Auran can rise from the ashes and fix these issues and work with the community, I see my Trainz Career going nowhere.. So maybe it's time to move on to something better..
anyway, I'm out the door, unless someone can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong (yes I admit I'm doing something wrong, but what it is ? I have no clue.
Anyway So long and thanks for the fun.. it was fun while it lasted..
But maybe one day.. I'll be back.. hopefully.
Tucsoncoyote--
well after a lot of hard work and time speding on Trainz (and this includes the original (With Service Pack 3), Ultimate Trainz, 2004 (With Service pack 4), and 2006, (and even Trying to get Classics installed. I guess this coyote is done for this product. And let me explain in detail. That way this could be used as sort of a feedback to Auran...
When Trainz initially came out back in 2003, I was estatic, actually surprised that somebody had created a program that would emulate rail simulation quite well, and they made it so easy... In fact when Trainz came out, I ordered the product directly from the company..and over the next 5 years, I actually for quite a while had a bit of fun, trying to design layouts, and improve layouts and even come up with novel ideas for layouts (After all I was sort of a 'track-layer' and in fact I loved how this program was..
But as time went on, I purchased other Trainz programs, including The Ultimate Trains Collection, Trains Railroad Simulator 2004, and I was happy.
But it was during a period between August of 2007 and Now that really has left me unhappy. and disappointed.
First off Just recently I purchased Trainz Railwayz, and of course I was happy to see myself finally try and get all the way to Trainz classics... but after the 2 weeks of constant installs and uninstalls of 2006, as of today My computer finally said, "You have an Invalid registration Key or your Trainz program is damaged.. please reinstall Trainz..
So I tried again.. No such luck.. Finally in a bit of frustration I took 2006 off and tried to go back to TRS 2004. and when I fired it up the first time to get my system upgraded to the good Ol Service Pack 4? I get a Fatal exception, crash to desktop.. and you know what? I'm just tired.. Tired of Uninstalling and Reinstalling Trainz.. It's not be a happy thing considering that now I can't really use 2004.. I can't even use 2006, and more importantly I can't even use Classics (Heck I've been putting in the right code for it, yet it won't let me install..
So after blowing 100 dollars of Trainz Products, I guess I've come to the end of the line.. Unless someone wants to say I'm doing something majorly wrong or that I need to reformat my hard drive, I've finally hit the bumper at the end of the line. Game over, no more installs..
It's funny... When I started in 2003, I had just gotten rid of Microsoft Train Simulator, and its tools were too hard to understand, the activity/scenario editor was too complex, and I couldn't do track laying.
But then when Trainz Came along, things actually were a lot better. I actually had fun..
But now, that Auran has been "Derailed" as of 3 months ago, I have had nothing but grief...
So it seems I'm done.. Can't get any of the programs to work, and frankly that's sad.. I was hoping to see what Classics was all about, but since I can't even install 2006, what's the point of having these programs?
I can't send them back to the company, I can't unregister stuff.. In short, a no win sitch..
So there I go, a once happy customer now demoralized downtrodden and beaten to within an inch of his sanity as he watches Trainz go on without him..
It's doubly funny that at the height of Trainz's career, there were over 80,000 unique pieces of custom content.. 80,000.. Now there's only a quarter of that and no way to bring older material up to new standards.
In short, I'm done.. End of the line, Can't go anywhere or do anything anymore.. But unless Auran can rise from the ashes and fix these issues and work with the community, I see my Trainz Career going nowhere.. So maybe it's time to move on to something better..
anyway, I'm out the door, unless someone can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong (yes I admit I'm doing something wrong, but what it is ? I have no clue.
Anyway So long and thanks for the fun.. it was fun while it lasted..
But maybe one day.. I'll be back.. hopefully.
Tucsoncoyote--