Questions from Challengers

[jamesh]

Stupid question as it's now 7PM my time, but where on the FTP once we're logged in does the file go?

James.

PS. Sorry just found my message.

[Trainguy76]

One question, when can we play the routes uploaded to the secret server.

[Acorncomputer]

The files uploaded to the 'UKTS special ftp site' can be accessed by the judges and copies can be downloaded by them for evaluation. Only the judges are able to download copies of the routes from this site although Challengers can see what has been placed on the site.

After the judging has been completed on a route and there were no technical errors found that prevented the route from working correctly, the file will be side-loaded into the UKTS library where the author can add the guide comments ready for the file to become available to members. If any technical errors are found, the author will be advised and the errors corrected if possible and then the file can be placed in the library.

It is hoped that after the judging, all routes will make it to the UKTS Library in their finished Challenge state. Any authors who want to continue developing their routes are of course free to do so and I think that several of the Challengers will do this. My own route has plenty of scope for expansion so I might do this, but still keeping to the default assets only principle.

Finally, I think Matt may want to collect these routes together and put some or all of them on a Community CD, subject to the permission of the authors. Matt will give more details on this himself if he wants to follow up this possibility.

[Trainguy76]

How many judges are there?

[Acorncomputer]

Hi

There is a team from UKTrainsim as one 'corporate' judge, a team from RS.com as another 'corporate' judge and myself. I do not know how many individuals are involved but there could be quite a few people.