trainzlova8989
i like trains and bugs
I've been using Trainz for the past decade. I've seen quite a few changes in that time period - quite a few positive.
But there's one that's been bugging me for a while, and it's DLS clutter.
I have a habit of absentmindedly browsing the DLS and picking up interesting things. While browsing for routes - hoping upon another hidden gem - I found that it's nearly impossible to browse through em nowdays, because the DLS has been hopelessly cluttered by mobile routes. I'm sure someone could do something interesting using mobile. However, i do not think that the layouts being uploaded showcase creative talent. For example;
-There are 449 copies of City and Country USA
-Around 300 of British Midlands
-313 routes with Autosave in the title
-356 routes simply titled New Route.
Although there are over ten thousand routes on the DLS, i fear the majority of those have become low-quality - either edits of existing routes or blank baseboards. Of course, that's not to imply people who aren't Trainz Masters shouldn't upload to the DLS - It's just primarily that there's a lot of routes that are uploaded from mobile with a few segments of track, and those are abandoned by their creators and clutter up the DLS.
I think that the DLS needs stronger moderation - I understand it's an incomprehensibly large platform, but i feel a couple quick searches to remove duplicates, blank routes, etc, could really go the extra mile in making it enjoyable. Or, at least, add a filter, so one can remove mobile uploads entirely from their viewing.
I hope this doesn't come off as aggressive. It's just the amount of obvious low quality routes disheartens me.
But there's one that's been bugging me for a while, and it's DLS clutter.
I have a habit of absentmindedly browsing the DLS and picking up interesting things. While browsing for routes - hoping upon another hidden gem - I found that it's nearly impossible to browse through em nowdays, because the DLS has been hopelessly cluttered by mobile routes. I'm sure someone could do something interesting using mobile. However, i do not think that the layouts being uploaded showcase creative talent. For example;
-There are 449 copies of City and Country USA
-Around 300 of British Midlands
-313 routes with Autosave in the title
-356 routes simply titled New Route.
Although there are over ten thousand routes on the DLS, i fear the majority of those have become low-quality - either edits of existing routes or blank baseboards. Of course, that's not to imply people who aren't Trainz Masters shouldn't upload to the DLS - It's just primarily that there's a lot of routes that are uploaded from mobile with a few segments of track, and those are abandoned by their creators and clutter up the DLS.
I think that the DLS needs stronger moderation - I understand it's an incomprehensibly large platform, but i feel a couple quick searches to remove duplicates, blank routes, etc, could really go the extra mile in making it enjoyable. Or, at least, add a filter, so one can remove mobile uploads entirely from their viewing.
I hope this doesn't come off as aggressive. It's just the amount of obvious low quality routes disheartens me.