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saddletank wrote:Come on guys, how many times do I have to say this - the S&C that shipped with MSTS1 was not some 'poxy old time steam route'. The track layouts and signalling was as per the 1970s - 1980s, you could run any BR green or blue diesel up there with Mk1 or Mk2 coaches and everything would look fine except for the two old fashioned cars in the car spawner.

The Scotsman never worked that line in the 30s anyway, what you got in MSTS1 was a fairly recent S&C route with a 'preservation run' type set of activities - the presence of a GWR Castle and LMS Royal Scot in the one route just made it seem that much sillier.

If you want to see what the S&C looked like in the 'poxy old time steam' days then look how different Pat Daltons S&C 1930s route is to the Kuju offering.

And less of the insults towards our fine railway heritage as well please; if it wasn't for those poxy old Victorians in their poxy old steam engines you wouldn't have a modern railway network today.
Well said! In anycase I imagine there will be plenty of route/stock builders ready to take advantage of any new facilities and build stuff to satisfy most people. Folk will just need to have a bit of patience. Its good that it looks like there will be compatibility with the MSTS1 offerings.

Personally of course I like the steam routes and stock but as the evidence of this site shows there is plenty of modern diesels (how many 47s are there?) and modern add on routes.
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rwaceyw wrote:Well, cope with it, and someone will make EMU's and all that for MSTS 2 on here anyway ;)
But to be fair, the same can be said of kettles and old routes..
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I'm not expecting anything great in terms of routes, locos and activities, but then that's where the members of this forum fit in. Just look at what we've done for msts1 and imagine what we could do for msts2, if Kuju have corrected the bugs in the software.

Has anyone heard anything about the requirements for msts2? I've heard that it will require XP and a decent bit of hardware to run it on. If this is true, I can imagine many folk sticking with msts1 for a little while.

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MartinH wrote:Has anyone heard anything about the requirements for msts2? I've heard that it will require XP and a decent bit of hardware to run it on. If this is true, I can imagine many folk sticking with msts1 for a little while.
Only details that have been announced so far are "Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) and Windows XP operating systems".

Not limited just to XP, but full support of 98, 2000, etc. Microsoft don't support 95 any more, so that's why 98 will be the minimum.
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MartinH wrote:I've heard that it will require XP and a decent bit of hardware to run it on.
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Well it makes sense to stop supporting old platforms eventually. How many people have a need to upgrade Win3.1 drivers these days?
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I'm obviously looking forward to it being the S&D - just so I can relay the whole thing in UKFS!
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Users also will find it easy to add content from third-party sources, and import content from Train Simulator 1

Good news! :)
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Good that there will be possibility to import stuff from the MSTS1... Hovewer, the rumor says that routes will not be compatible...

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Ah, yes, the rumour....what would we do without the rumour... ;)
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Its been rumoured that there will be a brand new rumour available any day now (according to my 'sources')... :)
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...But there is some question as to if it is compatible with the older rumours, though some bits certainly will be.... :wink:
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Now come on, I heard that but it was only a rumour !

It was told to me as a rumour, or so I heard.


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saddletank wrote:Ah, yes, the rumour....what would we do without the rumour... ;)
Boring? :D
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Mazzz wrote:
Boring? :D
Never mind posting in here, get back on with that excellent route you were doing so we get it before MSTS 2... :D
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