WHAT THE......????

[jytte]

Is there a polling-option on this forum? Would be interesting to see how many is running what version (%wise).

 

[bnsf50]

No, the only thing I changed was the trainz-build number, just to see if it was a simple thing for Jytte to make it '04-compatible. It appears not to be.

Presumably the zero is there because '06 needs it, so if it's removed, then doesn't the asset become faulty in '06 ? I'm sure that's not what Jytte wants.

Sure, I could remove the zero myself, but if I use it in an '04 layout that goes to the DLS, then it will still be a faulty asset for other '04 users.

No it will not show an error in 06, 06 would just put the zero back in if you open it in 06. You have to make a separate version for 04 without the zero, and uploaded as an 04 asset, not as a 06 cdp. This was just a what you have to do to get it to work in 04 example.
That's what I had to do with my switch machines that I made for 04 and 06 that are on the DLS 2 of which are: 39134:104237 the 04 version and 39134:100237 the 06 version, same switch machine.
Thats one reason I don't make items for 04 when ever they have a sound file, bogies etc. in them as I would have to make two them, which is to much extra work.

 

[jytte]

Is there a polling-option on this forum? Would be interesting to see how many is running what version (%wise).

Ooooops, should've searched before asking stupid question.

Found the poll from June'08.
56% 2006
43% 2004

That's a fairly even spread. So, whenever we're creating an asset, for whatever version, we are leaving half the community out in the cold?

SIGH

I was planning to get a volunteer to try my route in 2004 (eventually), to see if it would work for that as well, but I guess that question has been answered already. At the very least, it's gonna be a very QUIET route if run in '04.

I'm still hoping for 2009 to bring more people together on the same page.

 

[bnsf50]

Ooooops, should've searched before asking stupid question.

Found the poll from June'08.
56% 2006
43% 2004

That's a fairly even spread. So, whenever we're creating an asset, for whatever version, we are leaving half the community out in the cold?

SIGH

I was planning to get a volunteer to try my route in 2004 (eventually), to see if it would work for that as well, but I guess that question has been answered already. At the very least, it's gonna be a very QUIET route if run in '04.

I'm still hoping for 2009 to bring more people together on the same page.

That won't happen. As of right now if an item is made in TC 1/2 or 3 it will not work in an earlier version, not even 06. I've checked the config files between 06 and TC and there is nothing showing different so evidently Auran has changed something in the game code this time so that assets cannot be backed down.
So go figure I guess Auran is just trying to force the purchase of and use of the newer versions, which is a business decision, not good for the end user however. This is why I've decided not to go any higher than 06 or I'll be locking out even more Trainz users. I don't like the sound problem's in TC anyway, so I'm happy where I'm at with 06.

 

[jytte]

I don't want to open another discussion of '09 here, just meant, that if 2009 is good enough and bug-free enough, then maybe the majority of '04 and '06 users will move to that version, and then we'll be "on the same page". Aren't we all looking forward to a newer/better version of whatever software we're running? I know I'm looking forward to some of the surveyor options. My only fear is the vast amount of routes for 04/06 that we may or may not be able to use, that would leave us even worse off?

I can see why most people won't want to go back and "update" their routes/assets, that IS a lot of work, and does not have the joy of "creating" as when making a new route. That is why my present route is a bit on the back-burner, since I plan on finishing it in 2009, if possible.