Great Eastern Previews

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:12 am

250787 wrote:
thomascairns wrote:People on NTL may have difficulties downloading from this site due to the way NTL proxies are configurated on the same IP.

EDIT: Cos I can't!
I am on ntl and I viewed the videos with no problems

Cheers

Matt

Same Here & its out of this World

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:14 am

Optrex wrote:
Cobos wrote:I've uploaded the high res Ipswich to London video to my webspace. I don't have too much bandwidth available, but it should suffice for now, maybe

http://www.cobosplanets.com/4mins-vhq.wmv

Please use save as instead of running it in the browser.
163MB - you're brave.

John, I will categorise that as you suggest, I'm ftp-ing right now.

Edit, and when they're approved:

Ipswich-London in 4 minutes (Realvideo) [54636009 bytes] - ge4mins-realvideo.rm
File ID: 15458 Date: 21 Oct 2006 - 530 Downloads

Ipswich-London in 4 minutes (Windows Media) [45758874 bytes] - ge4mins-wmv.wmv
File ID: 15459 Date: 21 Oct 2006 - 1645 Downloads

Good Man Let everyone see the wonders

ronald parkin · Post by **ronald parkin** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:34 pm

Hi all, Just got this,
After many many months of waiting, the release date for Great Eastern is finally confirmed by the publisher as November 3rd 2006.

The offer for Great Eastern in the MT shop will be a retail price of Â£19.99 (+ Â£2.42 UK p&p) (rrp will be Â£24.99).
On top of this, there will also be a voucher free months premium membership to UKTrainsim.com, AND we will also be offering a Â£1.00 discount on a future purchase on a download product from the Making Tracks shop.
Magic.

Regards

Ron P

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:53 pm

Just parted with my hard slaved money... even from the videos it loks like it is more than worth the cash, and it is definately a good deal in any event! Can't wait!

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:41 pm

Superb offer Ron & I can see me using the quid right away on the 33 pack

carlwestwood · Post by **carlwestwood** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:01 pm

i dont have a clue why but i have just had a thought telling me not to buy this route and i was about to enter my card details and i closed the window saying i dont need it. Weird as the route is absolutely fantastic and the stock and scenery is wonderful, but something is driving me away and i dont know what

carlwestwood · Post by **carlwestwood** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:03 pm

..... meh..... i'll sleep on it and see what i think tomorrow

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:21 pm

watch the video of Ipswich to the Street in 5 mins again... your card details will appear miraculously to hand!

Electricfox · Post by **Electricfox** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:32 am

Well, I dunno about you Carl but I'm sold...

Whether or not it'll work on my machine is a main factor...but that video...my god!! I've used that line for about fourteen years now, on and off, and....wow....it's just spot on. Romford looks spot on, Manningtree, Ippy, Colchester, Shenfield, Brentwood...and the Street....woooow...

I'm now downloading the super-hi-res version to drool some more...

mjspeed · Post by **mjspeed** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:16 am

I saw the route running at Aldershot last week and OMG it looks brilliant!

Not only has the route and stock been built to a very high standard, there is plenty of scope for activities - commuter runs, expresses, freights and specials can all run together, so the user won't get bored of it!

Much kudos to Making Tracks on this one, a fitting tribute to Dale Stewart I think

tango4262 · Post by **tango4262** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:26 pm

Just ordered my copy time to wait in anticipitaion for the 3rd

Cheers

David

Optrex · Post by **Optrex** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:11 pm

The vids are now approved and available for download here at UKTS. Huzzah!

lateagain · Post by **lateagain** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:55 pm

Optrex wrote:The vids are now approved and available for download here at UKTS. Huzzah!

Result!

I did manage to get the 4 min one before the site overloaded.

Are the shorter ones here too?

It looks amazing.

Geoff

Optrex · Post by **Optrex** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:59 pm

lateagain wrote: Are the shorter ones here too?

Not yet Geoff. I'm in the middle of producing a couple of new videos (showing the Clacton and Southend branches, then I'll look at the others as well.

lateagain wrote: It looks amazing.

It certainly is! The videos don't show it at its best either, I've had to turn Anisotropic filter and Antialiasing way down and turn the MSTS performance settings down a notch to be capable of capturing the video.

With settings on full it is truly a route of beauty, and as I said elsewhere, very realistic - you can drive it without track monitor, relying solely on the signals and speed limit signs. Plus of course your route knowledge!

Website · Post by **Easilyconfused** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:09 pm

Well those videos sold it to me

Roll on 3rd November.

Cheers

John