OT: Do you like trains?

[Snuffy]

I like trains, but I'm into the old steamers of a century or two gone by now. (1800s ... 1860 - 1865 in particular)

[warchild]

really didnt like having to join steam, and their fonts are impossible to read, even on a big screen, but ,, i was bad.. i got it .. downloading now.. its a nice break from doing numbers all day i think.. and since i dont have a room or garage to set up an N-scale layout, this will do nicely i think.. ..

[Snuffy]

Lemme know, can you build your own lines?

[Henry]

Lemme know, can you build your own lines?

yes you can but you have to be smarter than I
that only leaves 99.9% of the world
would love to have a LNER track from liverpool st to Kings lynn
or for that matter a KCS track in the us
H

[warchild]

I've been able to locate a community of sorts here .. http://railworksamerica.com/fl/rts.html They have files, models, tutorials, buch of stuff, but its still kinda confusing.. seems they use 3D canvas to create models. Maybe Gmax or Max isnt out of the picture. i dont know,,, Gonna keep looking for other communities as well.. there must be at least a few..

[warchild]

Henry: This may interest you and others too..

http://store.steampowered.com/app/24021/

PS can we move this to the off topic forum?? its a good thread but shouldnt be here..
Thanks
Pam

more decent reading:: http://www.railsimdownloads.com/file...Manual_Web.pdf

[Lionheart]

Thanks for the heads up Empeck. Looks awesome.

Is this sim easier then MSTS?

With MSTS, I kept getting shut down on routes with auto-brakes. Hard to finish a route. Dropped it after a couple of days of trying.

(I want to run the train, not hone my abilities to work on speed limit signs and deceleration abilities)...


Bill

[Gdavis101]

I have been using Railworks since it was released, great product! As for Steam, I didn't really care for it at first but it does make it easy for keeping the game up to date and I have bought some pretty nice add-ons for RW there. There are some other really good routes out there, the Colton and Northern is a really good one as is the Rascal and Cottonwood. Isle of Wight is magnificent and is one of my personal favorites.. Bought this package not to long ago and it is very good as well, http://store.steampowered.com/app/24031/ .

[empeck]

that last shot Embeck is that a PUG?

It's 0-4-0ST Saddle Tank locomotive. It's a payware locomotive bundled with the pack.

Henry - yes you can build new routes, new rolling stock. There is even a channel on the youtube with videotutorials for Railworks editor:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RailSimulatorDotCom

And a wiki with docs:

http://www.railsimdownloads.com/wiki/tiki-index.php

warchild - Gmax is not supported, but there are plugins for 3dsMAX. Very good British community is here: http://forums.uktrainsim.com/

I wasn't a fan of Steam too, until their holiday discounts, hehe. Now I have few games there and I even like it.

[warchild]

welll, i gotta admit. after taking a run up through cajun pass i figured i'd try and fnd some nice US routes ( where i can drive my new centenial ) but alas, i cant find squat for america.. plenty for Britain, germany even argentina, but nothing for america.. thats when i decided i'd give it a go making a cross contry line someday ( like UP ) and start with part of the rock island line out of chicago.. heh.. theres no chocago.. the rail designer is flatter than a board.. I'm lost ::lol:..
Knowing the "siim" community though, and seeing how much fun this can be, i fully expect over the next cou7ple years, there'll be addons galore, and maybe even a multi-player mode where maps can be shared and everyone be on the dame page alll at once.. it'd be cool (especially as i drive up in that monster )

i will say his much. Everything about the game is extremely complex, except for driving the trains, which is dirt simple .. It's a great game.. I've been up all night enjoying it..

[Bjoern]

Yeah, I like trains, but only as a passenger and preferably in nearly empty carriages.

[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

:D

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]

:D

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