Tim Courts original MidEast Route

bigfoot1 · Post by **bigfoot1** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:50 am

I am looking for Tim Courts original MidEast Route.
Does anyone have an idea of where it can be obtained.
Any help would be appreciated.
Tks in advance.
Bigfoot

ashgray · Post by **ashgray** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:58 am

Hi Bigfoot

Tim's MidEast route is available on the CD ordering page for Â£4.50, which includes one month's free premium membership to UKTS.

Cheers
Ashley

bigfoot1 · Post by **bigfoot1** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:00 am

TKS Much.
Bigfoot

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:09 am

You might want to hang on a bit though. The original is being extensively extended, to York with lots of branch lines along the way, by Mick Clarke - with Tim's agreement and assistance. Called MidEastPlus it will be available in the New Year (when exactly we dont know yet - its just reached Beta 3.1.1 testing stage)

ajax103 · Post by **ajax103** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:54 am

Any info on the stations in MidEastPlus?

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:20 am

Lad491 wrote:You might want to hang on a bit though. The original is being extensively extended, to York with lots of branch lines along the way, by Mick Clarke - with Tim's agreement and assistance. Called MidEastPlus it will be available in the New Year (when exactly we dont know yet - its just reached Beta 3.1.1 testing stage)

Hi Laurie
Thats excellent news....because I'd thought I'd read somewhere September being quoted............so any sooner the better...AFAIK.

Cheers
Jon

johncarr · Post by **johncarr** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:58 am

I would also suggest you hang on as Mick Clarke is extending/modifying/working his guts out on Mid East Plus. Once Tim's York station is added to the route, which shouldn't be long, I think the team is going to ask/push Mick to get an early version out on CD.

It is a superb route and I feel very privileged to be helping in the testing.

John Carr

PS I now have to work on the "team"

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:07 pm

Hi
The only other thing worth remembering is the testing time by UKTS themselves. (I am assuming it will be a UKTS CD)
Obviously the bigger the route the longer the time.
DC v3 took about 6 weeks, and I believe TM v4 has taken 8 weeks already.

Bigfoot1...I think the original Mideast is very playable, and enjoyable....so if your 'new' to the sim...for the price,I'd get it....your going to get at least 3 months play out of it.

Cheers
Jon

ajax103 · Post by **ajax103** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:12 pm

I agree with the last post, the original MidEast was and still is very playable. I just can't wait to A.) Maybe test it if needed and B.) Get it.

USRailFan · Post by **USRailFan** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:30 pm

Is there so that there is a steam-era version of this route available? If so where?

ashgray · Post by **ashgray** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:47 pm

If you check out the downloads library under "Routes", I think you'll find it easily enough...

Cheers
Ashley

thenudehamster · Post by **thenudehamster** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:51 pm

As MidEast is non-electric, you can happily run steam on it if a little anachronistically - but the GE line had colour light signals and steam in the fifties - admittedly it had 1500v electrification too, but this is what imagination is for; how the ECML would have been if Beeching hadn't come along...

systema · Post by **systema** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:24 pm

MidEastPlus will represent an imaginary world where Beeching did not exist.

You will find many stations and branch lines in it that are long since gone. The idea is that it continues Tim Courts original idea of an extensive but playable route with lots of activity possibilities.

As to when it will be ready for release I cannot say. However, I think most if not all the track issues are resolved and it is now a matter of completing scenary and upgrading existing scenary. There are still many many miles of track with no scenary.

The route will be released when I consider it is in a respectable enough state to go on disc, with all the main areas completed. It may well be the first route to be published on DVD since it currently requires about 2.3 GB of hard disc space without stock and activities.

Please be patient. I am working as fast as is reasonably possible, but its a massive undertaking. I should be able to make better forecast in the new year when I have a better feel for how long the scenary will take to complete.

Mick Clarke

ajax103 · Post by **ajax103** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:31 pm

systema wrote:MidEastPlus will represent an imaginary world where Beeching did not exist.

You will find many stations and branch lines in it that are long since gone. The idea is that it continues Tim Courts original idea of an extensive but playable route with lots of activity possibilities.

As to when it will be ready for release I cannot say. However, I think most if not all the track issues are resolved and it is now a matter of completing scenary and upgrading existing scenary. There are still many many miles of track with no scenary.

The route will be released when I consider it is in a respectable enough state to go on disc, with all the main areas completed. It may well be the first route to be published on DVD since it currently requires about 2.3 GB of hard disc space without stock and activities.

Please be patient. I am working as fast as is reasonably possible, but its a massive undertaking. I should be able to make better forecast in the new year when I have a better feel for how long the scenary will take to complete.

Mick Clarke

Not a problem at all, after all you're doing your best for us

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:18 pm

yes - when i said the New Year - I didnt mean January

I meant next year (which will be a New Year). Mick is, as he says working flat out and im not helping by asking for changes to improve activities and finding bugs

It will be ready when its done

As for testing by the ukts team, hopefully that wont take as long as DC and TM as there wont be as many activities as included in those routes.