Atomic Systems

Not that much is known about the abilities within "activities" or whatever they are named; maybe they can be controlled in the way you like or maybe they can be scripted. However, the latter has been confirmed for locomotives and signals only. It seems that scripting in KRS is rather local to the re...

johnmnstl, calm down a bit, please. As I said, this is an observation, not a criticism. I did not say that the points made are not valid and I definitely did not requested anyone to refrain from posting, even if it is some kind of déjà vu.

Klaus

The situation is clearly heating up, as some can't await the release. Also, I observe that newcomers are coming to this forum now, starting discussions and raising issues which have been resolved already by those who visit this forum for a much longer time.

Klaus

It appears to me that there are obviously quite different expectations on the routes. Long time ago I played MSTS and nearly all routes were completely boring to me -- not because it is MSTS (don't want to get into the MSTS vs. Trainz discussion again), but simply as the routes only offer to ride al...

With MS planning "World of Rails" cutting down the content in KRS sucks, to be honest. Don't want to become off-topic, but IMHO this is a totally overrated feature, which will likely create mediocre routes at most. The coincidence of MS' announcement with the release of KRS is characteristical and ...

What I am currently wondering is whether the simulator will be a single multi-language binary (i.e. where the language is chosen at install time) or whether different language versions are distributed in the various countries. In the latter case, I'd prefer the UK version.

Klaus

I haven't seen anything to suggest anything otherwise neither!... The next news I wish to hear from 'KujuAdam' is that "Gold" copy has gone off for duplication, printing and distribution. Depending on how busy the mastering studio is, I believe the time needed to go from "Gold" to on the shop shelv...

No, in the prototype you don't find advertising for the latest first-person shooter game. The problem is that the target groups of "real" ads and "in-game" ads are quite different, and therefore, you wouldn't see an ad for a detergent, for example. Despite this, most of the IGA opponents are not aga...

Please don't misunderstand me. I would applaud any kind of API, the more the better. Regarding scripting, the statement was (a year ago) that only signals and locomotives could be scripted. On the other hand, when I played around with the simulator at 200 6 Games Convention in Leipzig, I saw that th...

Coming back from a week-long vacation, I see that obviously I haven't missed anything ;-) But back to the topic, I think it is better to wait with the discussion until some real facts (= documentation) are available, otherwise, we will have the same discussion over and over again. From that what Kuj...

I fully agree. I hope this will covered by the new website that has been announced and that I expect to go online within the next days and weeks. I wonder whether one will need to register (oneself as such or with a product key) to obtain the information.

Klaus

[In colour light signalling, the aspect would be maintained until the front of the train cleared the overlap into the next track circuit. I think on the 'big railway' that is 1/4 mile, but not sure. Can anyone confirm or deny the above? It doesnt affect the fun of the sim at all (after all, its a s...

The question is less whether the included rails have a rectangular cross section or not, but more whether all custom made rails will be forced to that rectangular format or whether there is some freedom to choose different cross sections, and what consequences there are (e.g. incompatibility with th...

Well, it is rather obvious that multi-player support is not a primary goal for the first release of a simulator. However, it is important for the internal design of the simulator has the technical founding for this. You cannot easily add this at a later point in time. Fortunately, Kuju likely has th...

Sure, the benefits I mentioned can probably be also provided by a more "intelligent" AI system. However, I doubt that the effort of programming this would be much less than multiplayer support. Also, the possibilities remain "predefined", limited by the imagination of the route/activity creator and ...