you know whats annoying?

[mezzoprezzo]

Bear in mind that you won’t be able to download any new assets which were uploaded after September 2010 unless you have a more recent version than TRS2006. However, you should be able to download assets uploaded to the DLS prior to that date via the black pages.

BTW, I don't think you're a freeloader. If you've paid for an FCT then you've invested in Auran/N3V as well as buying the original product, albeit possibly at a discount.

TRS2004 isn't a bad version. You'll probably want to move on to a newer version sooner or later, but any version of Trainz is better than none!

Have you tried again since your registration appeared in your banner a short while ago?

Have you submitted a help desk ticket? Although you have an unsupported version, I would be very surprised if you problem would be ignored by the help desk if you have paid for an FCT.

 

[aardvark1]

I am totally confused.

I replied to...... danielpalfrey.

Then.... bp012q1020 replied.... quoting my post to..... danielpalfrey

Can someone clear this up?

Thanks,

 

[shaneturner12]

I get this happening quite a bit.

Usually, it's that new users do not create a new thread, instead they post in an existing thread.

It looks like the OP thought you were referring to them.

Shane

 

[mezzoprezzo]

The repaired DLS cleanup versions of older assets (such as those originally made for TRS2004 and earlier), which are for Trainz Classics or later, obsolete the original, compatible-with-TRS2004-and-earlier versions, thus causing those original versions to not show on the Black Pages unless you search for the KUID directly. No doubt annoying for users of TRS2004 and earlier who have to use the Black Pages ~snip~

Is that definitely, definitely the case?

I was about to buy a six month FCT to tide me over to my next summer break. But if search returns don’t work, and I don’t know the kuid numbers of what I might be looking for, then there seems little point!

 

[bp012q1020]

I am totally confused.

I replied to...... danielpalfrey.

Then.... bp012q1020 replied.... quoting my post to..... danielpalfrey

Can someone clear this up?

Thanks,

Hi, my appolgies, I thought you were posting to me.

 

[bp012q1020]

Bear in mind that you won’t be able to download any new assets which were uploaded after September 2010 unless you have a more recent version than TRS2006. However, you should be able to download assets uploaded to the DLS prior to that date via the black pages.

BTW, I don't think you're a freeloader. If you've paid for an FCT then you've invested in Auran/N3V as well as buying the original product, albeit possibly at a discount.

TRS2004 isn't a bad version. You'll probably want to move on to a newer version sooner or later, but any version of Trainz is better than none!

Have you tried again since your registration appeared in your banner a short while ago?

Have you submitted a help desk ticket? Although you have an unsupported version, I would be very surprised if you problem would be ignored by the help desk if you have paid for an FCT.

Hi, I just checked with the kids, they brought me this back in 2005 so there wasnt really a huge discount on it. One day I may upgrade, but for now, I have years of fun work in 2004 that I am not willing to part with. A great idea would be some software that will translate 2004 maos to something later.

 

[shaneturner12]

Most content can be used in later versions (TS2009/TS2010) either as-is or with some fixes applied.

Shane

 

[aardvark1]

Hi, my appolgies, I thought you were posting to me.

Thanks for the reply. No harm done.

Regards,

 

[RRSignal]

Hi, I just checked with the kids, they brought me this back in 2005 so there wasnt really a huge discount on it. One day I may upgrade, but for now, I have years of fun work in 2004 that I am not willing to part with. A great idea would be some software that will translate 2004 maos to something later.

Well, if you want 20% off voucher for TS2010, I have one that expires tomorrow night.

 

[Retro00064]

Is that definitely, definitely the case?

I was about to buy a six month FCT to tide me over to my next summer break. But if search returns don’t work, and I don’t know the kuid numbers of what I might be looking for, then there seems little point!

I yapped about it several months ago: http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=74789.

There may still be a fair number of easily-accessible TRS2004-and-earlier assets on the DLS, but keep in mind that the amount of such easily-accessible assets may dwindle as faulty older assets are updated, obsoleting the old versions as I described in my previous post. Note that the DLS Cleanup is apparently only focusing on those assets that are faulty in newer versions of Trainz (e. g., TS2010), so I believe TRS2004-and-earlier assets that are not faulty in newer versions of Trainz are not being updated.

<snip> You'll probably want to move on to a newer version sooner or later....<snip>

 

[meatloaf747]

read my previouse quote. I am pissed because I have paid for a first class ticket because I CANNOT download, that is not a donation, that is me paying to get access to download new content. only to find that I am so limited to what I can download that I really wish I hadnt bothered, I am not willing to part with years of work

Fair enough...
A simple solution might be to purchase TS2010 and import your "years of work" from TRS2004 into TS2010. I didn't have any problem/s "importing" my routes from 2006 to 2010. (great to read that you are not a freeloader and are helping N3V by having a FCT)...
If you are not sure how to import your route (& contents) into TS2010 then there are plenty of people in this forum that would be only to happy to explain how. Good luck with either downloading content from the DLS to your 2004 or upgrading to 2010.

IMHO, TS2010 is a quantum leap forward compared to TRS2004. I compare it to driving an old Model T Ford on our modern super highways...

Cheers, Mac...

 

[sethmcs]

I have been working on a major project since 2008 in TRS2004. When I import it into TRS2009 too many assets are broke. Therefore I will keep the route TRS2004. Fortunately I have Gigs of content from everywhere so I can complete the route hopefully sometime within my lifetime. Since building detailed routes uses so much computing horse power I run my route on a HP Z-800 workstation that is build for modeling software. I like TRS2004 especially with a lot of computing power behind it. TRS2009 is great too but a lot of older content does not work well with it. I am building a TRS2009 route as well. As for the DLS I don't use it much anymore since the policy change. That's just as well. Keeps the hard drive free from clutter from all the asset I might download and never use.:hehe:

 

[RRSignal]

I have been working on a major project since 2008 in TRS2004. When I import it into TRS2009 too many assets are broke. Therefore I will keep the route TRS2004. Fortunately I have Gigs of content from everywhere so I can complete the route hopefully sometime within my lifetime. Since building detailed routes uses so much computing horse power I run my route on a HP Z-800 workstation that is build for modeling software. I like TRS2004 especially with a lot of computing power behind it. TRS2009 is great too but a lot of older content does not work well with it. I am building a TRS2009 route as well. As for the DLS I don't use it much anymore since the policy change. That's just as well. Keeps the hard drive free from clutter from all the asset I might download and never use.:hehe:

If I had an idea what was broken, i might be able to help. Asset fixes are almost always very simple, falling into a few basic (and easily fixed) categories. Don't get dejected.

 

[H222]

TRS2004 isn't a bad version. You'll probably want to move on to a newer version sooner or later, but any version of Trainz is better than none!

will we be seeing any great looking northern Italian Routes in a version later than '04??

Jamie

 

[danielpalfrey]

following the advice given here I upgraded to trainz 2010. My system was a little under powered and so I got it upgraded by my son. It has 512mb onboard graphics, 3.0ghz dual core AMD proccesor and 4gig ddr2.

Yet the game runs so "jumpy" it is actually unplayable... The game has out of date assets, would this be the cause?

 

[sniper297]

No, minimum specs call for a Pentium D 3.4ghz dual core, and even the recommended specs are optimistic at best. Turn all the detail sliders down to "YUCK!" and it still runs like a pregnant 3 legged dachshund. Best cure for the stuttering would be a better game engine, since they're not gonna do that we're all gonna have to buy them new solid state hard drives.

 

[RRSignal]

I think I know what's wrong, but you have to register your game first. Click the Serial Number link above, right beneath the Trainz ad.

 

[danielpalfrey]

game is registered on my other account. "bp012q1020".
Minimum specs according to the game case is a 3ghz prossesor or any dual core, well considering i have a dual core where each core is 3,0ghz i know my proccessor isn't the issue. The graphics may be the issue, I have already turned all graphics options down and got a tiny improvenment.

 

[RRSignal]

Ah, ok. Yes, I strongly suspect it is the graphics, especially if it's an integrated/shared graphics card. Is this a laptop or desktop?

 

[danielpalfrey]

Ah, ok. Yes, I strongly suspect it is the graphics, especially if it's an integrated/shared graphics card. Is this a laptop or desktop?

This is a desktop PC that my son just upgraded for christmas. He used the case to find out what upgrades would be required and since the case says 256 mb graphics he uped it to 512 and thought we might get away with that. Though it now seems (as he has admitted) he could have been wrong. We have a nividea geforce something or another in it along with the AMD proccessor. I am wondering if it is worth getting an ATI graphics card to unlock the AMD vision?