The main reason for so many different versions of the train is the locomotive & dummy mostly as things get harder to keep the train going a minumum of 200 MPH like in the TV series...
The cars following don't really need a major overhaul in each version as they go all the way back to the 'default wagon' that's been there from Trainz 1.0 still built into the game...
This is to say that there isn't a 'default' to go to when it come to making a high-speed train, your left with the whims of whoever makes the content for you to borrow from...
So if X removes their high-speed configurations from the DLS we're kinda left high & dry with finding a new one to use for whatever game we're trying to port the train to...
So for the most part any changes to the cars themselves isn't all that much work, it only becomes a lot of work when the train is all together as a whole...
Still reskining / retexturing the whole mess is the main reason behind 8.0 being a thing, I wanted it to look better for the later games...
The upside is they look better in the older games as well, well, the ones that don't seem to have an issue w/ the whole mess...
If the folks behind the game would make high-speed trains LESS of a headache to create it'd solve a lot of my problems...
BUT, I doubt that will become a thing as most of the game seems geared to past & present trains...
Namely 'till High-seed trains are all over the world, not just in a few countries here & there...
We're kinda left to our own devices...
Such as it is ;-)
The cars following don't really need a major overhaul in each version as they go all the way back to the 'default wagon' that's been there from Trainz 1.0 still built into the game...
This is to say that there isn't a 'default' to go to when it come to making a high-speed train, your left with the whims of whoever makes the content for you to borrow from...
So if X removes their high-speed configurations from the DLS we're kinda left high & dry with finding a new one to use for whatever game we're trying to port the train to...
So for the most part any changes to the cars themselves isn't all that much work, it only becomes a lot of work when the train is all together as a whole...
Still reskining / retexturing the whole mess is the main reason behind 8.0 being a thing, I wanted it to look better for the later games...
The upside is they look better in the older games as well, well, the ones that don't seem to have an issue w/ the whole mess...
If the folks behind the game would make high-speed trains LESS of a headache to create it'd solve a lot of my problems...
BUT, I doubt that will become a thing as most of the game seems geared to past & present trains...
Namely 'till High-seed trains are all over the world, not just in a few countries here & there...
We're kinda left to our own devices...
Such as it is ;-)
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