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No Martin, the weak link is the user....smarty2 wrote:I think the weak link is my GTX760
there are no plans in TS2017 to do any more GWR Routes just stock lots of out side the uk routes comingmontylowe2 wrote:Just wait till they announce full VR support. You guys are just gonna love the spec requirements for that
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Here's my annual un-solicited ten peneth.
It's great to our little hobby has taken the leap forward other simulation titles have seen. DTG have indeed been generous with the beta. They're not entitlements and usually to be involved in any type of beta on steam, you have pre-order/pre buy the game outright, so they've done quite well there. What little we have seen so far looks fantastic.
Please don't take the following as a whinge of scent information for TSWorld. It absolutely isn't.
Compared to other serious simulation developers, DTG have a very curious approach . Take DCS World (Digital Combat Simulator) for instance. Their entire game development is incredibly inclusive to their customers, entire 24 month road maps are published, everyone is advised on what is being worked on which gives professional '3rd party' (3rd party isn't really '3rd party' as the TS world knows it - as DCS world is completely set up around modules (addons) built by separate professional publishers- without them the game is nothing) full notice of features in development. It also just gives the general customer information if nothing else. Everything is a secrete where DTG is concerned. Developments are drip fed on a need to know basis rather than a transparent inclusive approach which i think is conducive to a wider community and ultimately, better for business. Again, I'm not referring to TSWorld. It's a new product.
Ultimately, I would love it if DTG adopted the DCS World approach. Instead of treating 3rd party content creators as 'oh yeah you can also buy stuff off these guys too" . I think personally, DTG wouldn't have another viable option if content were to be produced a reasonable pace. Compare MSTS assets to TS2016 assets; a world apart and probably in same cases 10 times the size in size. TSWorld will be as bigger leap again (Ok, some of the tools might be easier to use) however due to the massively increased fidelity, we're going to expect more detail in our new virtual (rail)worlds. Imagine creating the ECML to the standards we're seeing in those screenshots? If DTG doesn't set fertile grounds to attract professional content creating companies to create substantial addons (or modules as I hope them to be called) get used to driving American and German locos (I perosnally don't mind either).
I think a module approach, although expensive, would be the best for TSWorld rather than endless addons if we want serious hardcore authenticity for our sims. For example, route would come with all rolling stock associated for around £50. Sure, there might be a market for more niche products - wagons etc, but the current method is just unsustainable. To play an authentic scenario on TS20XX, you need a infinite amount of ad-dons, it's a very tedious process to get to everything you need and to be honest has put me off playing.
With the module approach, routes, rolling stock will be updated/expanded, added to etc for free. Although the they will initially at least £50 if not more. (DCS world modules are $59) and they are fully supported from then on. For example, you may purchase a GWR module which would originally cover Padd - Reading plus stock, expansions would then just update when they're released automatically.
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....and where did you get that from?blade2014 wrote:there are no plans in TS2017 to do any more GWR Routes
Why is the current method unsustainable? The DCS approach would not work in the trainsim world, If you bought a route like South Wales Coastal it would come bungled with all traction (with Classes 143,150,158,175,220/221,66) Nice collection to start off with, but with a price tag of around £100 based on current dlc. TSW dlc will coast more know doubt as it is better quality and harder to make. What happens when new routes are made that duplicate stock i.e Chester to Bangor(with classes 150,158,175,220/221 you then be paying again to have an Arriva 175 and Cross Country Voyager.montylowe2 wrote:I think a module approach, although expensive, would be the best for TSWorld rather than endless addons if we want serious hardcore authenticity for our sims. For example, route would come with all rolling stock associated for around £50. Sure, there might be a market for more niche products - wagons etc, but the current method is just unsustainable.
It will be possible to develop content for TSW but the content creation tools are currently in development themselves so are unlikely to be included in the initial full release.
TSUE4 aka TSW is 64-bit and therefore should run more efficiently in Windows 64-bit, plus if coded correctly, it will have access up to 8 TERABYTES of VAS making the transfer of code between the OS/VAS/TS to the cpu/ram much more efficient and with hopefully fewer hard page faults, hence faster, and using less resources.I think people claiming you are going to need some behemoth of a gaming PC affordable only to professional e-sports players are just being silly. UE4 is not some beast, I downloaded a nice detailed UE4 game (Fractured Space) yesterday and my fairly modest PC will happily take that along at 60FPS. And DTG are not going to release a game unplayable to their user base. Remember via Steam data they will have a reasonably good idea of the types of computers used by their users.
Well, I'm hoping that someone has looked at this new Simulator's pricing structure of route releases and rolling stock add-ons, because if DTG are going to go down the same road as that have done with TS2015/6 in giving us the same locomotives with virtually every route they released they won't get my money, I cannot remember now how many German BR101 locos I have, nor, Class 66s, one original model of everything is enough surely with a Marketplace for some reskins at affordable prices in the future would suffice, I hope that DTG have considered this in their new project.david1 wrote: The DCS approach would not work in the trainsim world, If you bought a route like South Wales Coastal it would come bungled with all traction (with Classes 143,150,158,175,220/221,66) Nice collection to start off with, but with a price tag of around £100 based on current dlc. TSW dlc will coast more know doubt as it is better quality and harder to make. What happens when new routes are made that duplicate stock i.e Chester to Bangor(with classes 150,158,175,220/221 you then be paying again to have an Arriva 175 and Cross Country Voyager.
Just as you would if you bought 100s of GBs of content for TS2017, or installed other games. You can't blame DTG for how you fill your hard drive up!TransportSteve wrote:only that we need 40GB of hard drive disk space, is this just to install the base game on, I don't have that space available currently and if the volume is likely to go up to over 100GBs in the next 12 month's then I'm going to have to pay for a brand new SSD to cater for it,
It will more than likely run better. TS is a 32 bit program. I simple terms it's not capable of using most of the hardware resources your computer most likely has if it's under 4 years old. TSW is 64 bit. It can use all those resources.gptech wrote:Mike...YOU WONT
If your present PC runs TS comfortably, then it'll cope with TSW.