Mideast- Plans afoot!

Timcourt1 · Post by **Timcourt1** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:37 am

Ok since I got dragged into it I will be giving Mideast a clean up and a lick of paint in the right places plus some undecided (As Yet) extensions since time had not previously allowed me to do what I wanted on the route.

The basic look will remain as "Mideast" BUT, most of the Fictional branchlines will be "Dr Beechinged" in favour of more prototypical track and stations etc... I feel the old modelling skills have got good enough to ditch most if not all of the default content and put something more representive into the route.

I will be leaving the original "First tile" from the old Fictional ECML intact though just for nostalgia's sake!

its the one between Sandy and St neots, the track at peterborough and all the other places like that will be getting a bit of a rework to mkae it a little better than it is, Pterborogh and st neots will also get through lines from the track maps.

I will do as much as I can so when its done it will keep you occupied till MSTS2 comes out, the real aim is to bring the eye candy up to the same standard of the current routes out there now plus a few enhancements so don't expect anything too massive!

Tim

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:59 am

Don't forget to eat, sleep and wash during your life, Tim!

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:56 am

Eating and sleeping can both be done in front of the PC! I suppose at a push you could, nah, forget that one!

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:55 am

Don't know how accurate the terraforming/gradients are on MEUK but have you considered a DEM makover?

Timcourt1 · Post by **Timcourt1** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 12:32 pm

Steve,

I was going to ask you about that since the route is fairly accurate at the south end but elsewhere we did the routes just the same, I will email you about this since yes I have considered it and will more than likely do it.

Best Regards

Tim

jjules · Post by **jjules** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 12:39 pm

Looking forward to this then!

I'll have to get MidEast UK in the mean time though, just to see what all the fuss is about really...That, and I'll be able to run a GNER service along the route, something which my current setup of MSTS cannot provide...

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:28 pm

Hi Tim

Turning the clock back, figuratively speaking, I am installing some old activities to run at UKTS shows and was wondering what the compatibilities are for acts written on older versions.

I find that MEv1.3 is TDB ver969

I have some acts presumably written for v1.3 that call for a TDB ver966. Before I go ahead and put these on, are these acts OK?

Acts written for v1.1 (e.g. Fletton Flyash) call for TDB ver576 (or thereabouts).

Is it wise to put these much older activities onto v1.3?

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:29 pm

jjules wrote:I'll have to get MidEast UK in the mean time though, just to see what all the fuss is about really...

WHAT!? Someone on the planet who doesn't have Mideast? Where have you been!!??!

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:32 pm

YAAAAAAAY! More MidEast? How will my poor computer stand it? At the moment, when I pull ME out of TrainStore with it's 70 or 80 odd activities, it takes more time to load on its own than all the other routes put together!

It'll be a shame to see some of the branches going, but I suppose that's modernisation for you.

Will this be a MidEast 1.4 or a new MidEast 2 though?

jjules · Post by **jjules** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:34 pm

I haven't got MidEast because I don't know the East Coast at all well. Routes I do know I have instead. I want to know why everyone loves MidEast, so I will be getting it soon!

petermakosch · Post by **petermakosch** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:26 pm

LOL, i dont live on the Eact Coast, but i got it because it was British

Now, when i went up to york, i couldnt stop playing it, because I had to change at Grantham, and thats in Mideast UK. A most excellent route!

Riche · Post by **Riche** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:35 pm

Where can you get it for download? (I have 56k)

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:37 pm

I'd have got it even if I lived in Penzance - its excellent!

Post by **martinhodgson** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 5:12 pm

woohoo! Great News Tim

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 5:30 pm

Riche wrote:Where can you get it for download? (I have 56k)

You can't. Its CD only

David