I've struggled with '09 since I 1st installed it Sept '09. Honestly, I've never had a simulation as unstable as this one. Its propensity for crashing is just uncanny. I've taken to saving often during a session, but there are times when my concentration is on a complicated piece of track work and I just don't save every time I lay a section of track, only to have Trainz crash, and thus loose everything I've been working on. The last time was a hours worth of yard construction.
Now before everyone jumps on my case. let me say that I've been a online auto racer for nearly 15 years, (been retired from that scene for a few years now), so I know what a simulation can be, and this one surely isn't even close. I've lived with slow downloads, refusing to being forced into purchasing a DLT which should be free, a content manager that's so archaic, it's funny. It's hard to limit a search when every piece of equipment has a different nomenclature, thus making it nearly impossible to find most of what you're looking for. A simple thing like trying to find all BN engines by typing that results in missing any engines that names start with EMD, etc. Thus the constant having to search the whole data base time and time again. And then there's the issue of not being able to delete content that you'll never need, such as foreign roads.
I could go on and on, but there is no reason to do so. I tried Trainz as a legitimate alternative to model railroading with it's space limitation issues, etc. but I just can't accept the poor programing issues that I constantly have faced. Even a simple thing as online operations other then using IPortals isnt' available, while it's a given in just about all other online gaming.
Rather then continuing to improve and update '09, I'm faced with constant ads about the vast improvements made with the introduction of Trains 2010 to correct all that's wrong with Trainz 2009. Fix what's wrong with '09 1st.
Now before everyone jumps on my case. let me say that I've been a online auto racer for nearly 15 years, (been retired from that scene for a few years now), so I know what a simulation can be, and this one surely isn't even close. I've lived with slow downloads, refusing to being forced into purchasing a DLT which should be free, a content manager that's so archaic, it's funny. It's hard to limit a search when every piece of equipment has a different nomenclature, thus making it nearly impossible to find most of what you're looking for. A simple thing like trying to find all BN engines by typing that results in missing any engines that names start with EMD, etc. Thus the constant having to search the whole data base time and time again. And then there's the issue of not being able to delete content that you'll never need, such as foreign roads.
I could go on and on, but there is no reason to do so. I tried Trainz as a legitimate alternative to model railroading with it's space limitation issues, etc. but I just can't accept the poor programing issues that I constantly have faced. Even a simple thing as online operations other then using IPortals isnt' available, while it's a given in just about all other online gaming.
Rather then continuing to improve and update '09, I'm faced with constant ads about the vast improvements made with the introduction of Trains 2010 to correct all that's wrong with Trainz 2009. Fix what's wrong with '09 1st.
