OT: Do you like trains?

[empeck]

There is a nice Railworks discount on Steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/3087/

Just bought it, I hope it will be nice replacement for unreleased MSTS2...

[strykerpsg]

I would love feedback on this one, talk about a great price! Thanks for the heads up.

Matt

[deimos256]

Oh wow I didnt need to see that! I been looking into this for a while. After msts2 went by the wayside I had been hoping for a train sim. I hope this sale goes on for a little bit, as id like to get feedback on it!

[gajit]

Hi

Thanks very much for the HU. I have been thinking of getting it for some time so am now downloading

[strykerpsg]

Please post feedback.........................thanks in advance.

Matt

[empeck]

I've downloaded game already, but haven't time to play yet. I'm assembling new bed for my daughter.

I'll try to play in the evening.

[ryanbatc]

Yes I like trains, I also like PZL Orliks

[deimos256]

well the lack of American content kind of puts me off. Im sure there are some great routes in europe but I'm looking for some scenic american routes

[empeck]

Yes I like trains, I also like PZL Orliks

I've just finished coding first radio mode in Orlik. It is now possible to input COM frequency with keypad in VC. I have a manual of radio from Unimor Radiocom (Polish manufacturer of military radio equipment), and I'm trying to make it 'as real as it gets' I hope I will be able to make channel programing mode too. I'll make short film and I'll upload it to youtube when I'll finish coding. Of course it will take some time :/

[ryanbatc]

I've just finished coding first radio mode in Orlik. It is now possible to input COM frequency with keypad in VC.

Wow neat! That's gotta be a first!

Anyway....trains.... uuuh yeah! They ride on rails lol

[Gdavis101]

Colton and Northern & Rascal and Cottonwood are fictional US routes, but they are really good.. Also, the Raildriver unit works well with RW's and makes the whole thing much more realistic. Raildriver.com

[gajit]

Its all excellent. I have not been near FSX for 2 days - a record. But I still cant take off :isadizzy:

[warchild]

spent pretty much the last 48 hours downloading, installing, and learning.. I sem to have found most of the payware.. looking for decent freeware now.. fortunately even the payware is inexpensive and dangerously affordable ( its only 10 bucks,, i cant get overdrawn on that can I ?/).. Sadly, the Payware DD-40 i bought isnt quite up to specs.. with a half mile train behind a double unit its only managing 35 mph on a 2.4% slope.. Thats a bit ridiculess..
Biggest drawback, i'm a flight simmer as well as rail fan, and i'm accustomed to there being a complete world out there in sim land.. not just pieces of one.. cant wait for this to get a couple years older so that theres more available for it.. would also like to se some U-boats, and 9 crossing fingers ) a veranda style gas turbine..

Steam really went out of their way to make sure you couldnt find the game files.. i've never seen a structure so kerfuggled in my life. its confusing as hell, but i'm glad it works.. some other things could be a bit more user friendly as well,, but for a version 2 package, i cant complain.. its tons of fun, and quite relaxing ( til you fall asleep and hit the junction at 70 mph ) Cant really aford any hardware. just wish there were a way for me to use the throttle and other niceties of my joystick.. till then, the keyboards ok i guess.. wish i could do scenery. then i could start laying out all the east west mainlines between new york and california, then the north south lines.. theres a couple i remember from my old days with N-Scale like the red rock and western that i'd love to do in railworks as well.. its simply gorgeous ( and tricky i might add ) very fun sim.. more than worth the 30 bucks they're charging for it, though i wish they would have included the challenger in this version instead of the other..