This is not directed at any one in particular, and by no means everyone.
But it seams that over the past few years ether I have gotten much, much, wiser. Or the community has gotten dumber.
First case and point. A while ago someone posted an image of the NKP DLC pack. They used this URL http://www.simulatorcentral.com/med...8d6e5fb8d27136e95/o/c/ocemy_20130713_0024.jpg in an image tag. They asked "What is this and has it been made for Trainz and where can I get it." I read that URL and noticed how it points to the Trainz store page for that set. Ether they are pants on head retarded or bad at trolling.
Another thing that has bugged the Hell out of me. But it seems that the routes section is getting flooded with crap. At one time there were lots of quality routes being uploaded. Many where representations of real routes, or fictional. But they all had believable construction and would pass as good. And I understand people working with limited resources. Such as whats available for download and what the game or their computer can handle.
But now so much crap shows up. "roller coaster extreme steam 5000" or "crash smash route" or "bobvilllll." All just dumb wastes of time. And I feel are a bad representation of the Trainz community skill's. I often make the argument with people that Trainz is one of the best rounded sims out there. And the best, strongest, point of Trainz is the DLS. With its thousands of assets, trains, routes, scenery, all for free. And I think it reflects badly on the people who are making quality content to see crap show up.
Side note, I set this as a draft all most a year ago. LoL
But really, what I started to say still reflects what I feel today about Trainz. And there are many augments here and a see many things in all the communities I am part of. Here is Trainz, we see the DLS which everyone has access to get a good mix of content. Some garbage, some ok, and some great. But all FREE.
In Railworks, the content is all fairly good, I've seen better. But 99% of it is payware, or requires payware. (Example, I downloaded some nice MRL SD40's. I needed the cab specifically from the BN SD40's even though it is the same in game model as the on on the UP SD40's. Which I own the UP ones, not the BN ones.)
And then Run8. Now I cant peak for the DEV's of Run8. But it is my understanding that they want to maintain control over content. This way not only do they continue to make money, but can maintain their level of quality control. This ensures that junk like we get on the DLS dose not flood their sim.
(NOTE: The above is not meant as an argument of which sim is better. Simply my observations.)
So as I see it, there are limited options and none of them are a truly win for everyone. Ether you open up your sim to all things like Trainz, but risk getting junk. Limit you sim to mostly payware, but end up shutting out a lot of your player base who dont want to spend $40 on one locomotive. Or close it off entirely, but limit what the players can do, and have all to maintain YOUR standards.
I don't know man.....but this is one of the many things that keeps me up at night.
But it seams that over the past few years ether I have gotten much, much, wiser. Or the community has gotten dumber.
First case and point. A while ago someone posted an image of the NKP DLC pack. They used this URL http://www.simulatorcentral.com/med...8d6e5fb8d27136e95/o/c/ocemy_20130713_0024.jpg in an image tag. They asked "What is this and has it been made for Trainz and where can I get it." I read that URL and noticed how it points to the Trainz store page for that set. Ether they are pants on head retarded or bad at trolling.
Another thing that has bugged the Hell out of me. But it seems that the routes section is getting flooded with crap. At one time there were lots of quality routes being uploaded. Many where representations of real routes, or fictional. But they all had believable construction and would pass as good. And I understand people working with limited resources. Such as whats available for download and what the game or their computer can handle.
But now so much crap shows up. "roller coaster extreme steam 5000" or "crash smash route" or "bobvilllll." All just dumb wastes of time. And I feel are a bad representation of the Trainz community skill's. I often make the argument with people that Trainz is one of the best rounded sims out there. And the best, strongest, point of Trainz is the DLS. With its thousands of assets, trains, routes, scenery, all for free. And I think it reflects badly on the people who are making quality content to see crap show up.
Side note, I set this as a draft all most a year ago. LoL
But really, what I started to say still reflects what I feel today about Trainz. And there are many augments here and a see many things in all the communities I am part of. Here is Trainz, we see the DLS which everyone has access to get a good mix of content. Some garbage, some ok, and some great. But all FREE.
In Railworks, the content is all fairly good, I've seen better. But 99% of it is payware, or requires payware. (Example, I downloaded some nice MRL SD40's. I needed the cab specifically from the BN SD40's even though it is the same in game model as the on on the UP SD40's. Which I own the UP ones, not the BN ones.)
And then Run8. Now I cant peak for the DEV's of Run8. But it is my understanding that they want to maintain control over content. This way not only do they continue to make money, but can maintain their level of quality control. This ensures that junk like we get on the DLS dose not flood their sim.
(NOTE: The above is not meant as an argument of which sim is better. Simply my observations.)
So as I see it, there are limited options and none of them are a truly win for everyone. Ether you open up your sim to all things like Trainz, but risk getting junk. Limit you sim to mostly payware, but end up shutting out a lot of your player base who dont want to spend $40 on one locomotive. Or close it off entirely, but limit what the players can do, and have all to maintain YOUR standards.
I don't know man.....but this is one of the many things that keeps me up at night.
