posted 05-30- 12:31 PM            

Werner

posted 05-30- 12:34 PM            

Werner

posted 05-30- 02:10 PM            

I have never felt too drawn by either CFS 1 or 2 (and I hear they're returning to the ETO with CFS3), just because of things like FM, DM, MP, etc. (hehe, what's left? ) but as a hard core train buff there's no way I could pass this one up.

Another reason it appeals to me is that it'll have an open architecture, so hopefully one day we'll have trains going through the Alps and an Orient Express, both ones I'm eagerly looking for. Also, with train skins I can turn the BNSF trains into CPR ones.

Werner

Werner

posted 05-30- 08:21 PM            

Pete - I haven't seen min. sysreqs anywhere, have you? If not would you mind letting me know what the box/manual says?

Thanks!

Werner

posted 05-31- 05:58 AM               

"Gold" is a term in the record industry for the sale of a certain amount of records. In the game industry it means that particular game is being sent for duplication. i.e print a bunch up. Usually the game ships directly after that.

Congrats to the guys waiting for this train simulator. I'm sure you will get countless hours of enjoyment driving the train down the track and picking up passengers. Not to mention the horror of when a cow strays onto the track, or if a little tyke puts a pennie down to be smashed. Sounds riveting!

On another note, sad news yesterday. The Greyhound bus sim has been delayed. The good news is that the developer Olaf Maddoz wants to add the ability to also drive an Ice Cream truck! I'm stoked about this one!!!

PR=FC=

p.s. the above was intended to have some fun, and not to make fun of any of you for being excited about a train simultor.

posted 05-31- 08:45 AM            

Werner

posted 05-31- 08:57 AM               

I think anyone who enjoyed trainsets as a kid (I had several at various points during my early years) will love MSTS. I have a picture of my Nana (mom's mom) holding me and a large transparent plastic steam locomotive. I must have been about 2 in the picture. So my love for trains goes WAY back to my earliest days. I also had a good friend who had a great setup (a whole town on plywood) and I couldn't wait to go to their house after school and drive the trains around. So for me this is like a dream come true. Don't get me wrong, I'll always loves planes just as much, but after years of flight simming the train part of me will finally get to have some fun now too.

Werner, no I haven't really heard yet. I do know that if my system doesn't seem like enough this program will probably cause me to upgrade. (IL-2 also, I'd love to be able to run both of these sims with max detail).

posted 05-31- 09:04 AM               

I was poking fun at you guys, but since you mention that anyone who enjoyed trainsets as a kid will love this...I might disagree. I loved my trainsets as a kid, but I can't see this game, at least not for me.

The things we enjoy as a kid don't 'always' translate over to adulthood. Part of the trainset that was enjoyable as a kid was the part where my imagination took over. Just like when I played in my sandbox with my trucks. What next, a sandbox sim?

I really hope you guys enjoy this new game. I'll be anxious to hear about the stories from your missions??

posted 05-31- 09:24 AM               

Werner - min. system reqs is the good ole "266 with 32mb RAM-" thing. At E3, MSTS was shown on a PIII-800 with 128MB RAM and ran well at 1024x768. Full install is 1.5 gig, and it comes on two CD's. Here's the main menu:

A bloke at Trainsim Online mentioned in his preview that he tried it on a PII-450 with 128mb RAM and a 16mb 3d card, and it ran quite well.

posted 05-31- 09:44 AM            

I could never get into a civilian flight sim, but my understanding is that the reason people do and enjoy it is that they get a taste of what its like to do that for a living, no matter where or when they actually work. For me its a similar thing, part of what captures my imagination with trains is the same with WWII - the whole atmosphere of an era, and how in some eras it can be so complex, sophisticated, and intoxicating! That's why I'm looking forward to the 1930s Orient Express in particular. Another thing is the expandability - making stuff for SDOE is so technically challenging I'll never have the time to learn how to do it well, but it if isn't as complex in SDOE, then I'll consider modelling the prarie - foothills - rocky mountain route that a lot of western grain follows. Living where I do, trains and the past are inextricably linked, and some of the vistas along the route are just incredible. Have any of you heard of Rogers Pass by chance? Man-oh-man that would look sweet in the game. In the meantime, I'll settle for CPR logos on the BNSF trains.

Expandability is another - and I need only cite SDOE as an example of how expandability adds more to a game later on.

It would be cool if you could do MP with several people on the same line and a guy conducting traffic, but I haven't read anything about that.

This isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I think its rare that a niche of sims is - just look at racing and the people scratching their heads about a Nascar sim. I'm not big into racing, so the sim I'm looking for has good damage models and physics, lots of eye candy terrain and circuits that aren't your basic oval. Once I find a sim like that, I'll get myself a wheel and buy the sim.

Werner

posted 05-31- 03:04 PM            

Werner

posted 05-31- 03:30 PM            

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posted 05-31- 04:19 PM            

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I'm beginning to think that of all the forums at FSIC, OT was purpose-built for Jeeves to moderate, given his profession.

Werner

posted 05-31- 04:23 PM            

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I'm beginning to think that of all the forums at FSIC, OT was purpose-built for Jeeves to moderate, given his profession.

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posted 05-31- 04:58 PM            

Required reading for you nay-sayers.

Trainsim didn't win Gamespy's E3 Best Simulation award for nothin'.

Werner

posted 06-01- 08:52 AM               

This game looks so cool for train buffs.

Semmern, do they have any of the older GN stuff (empire builder etc)? Also I think running a Northern pacifc Challenger (2-6-6-2) or a UP Big Boy (4-8-8-4) would be a blast. Anyone know if these are in the game?

Semmern & Werner, this pictures are KILLER

posted 06-01- 09:50 AM            

With the kind of talent in making stuff that we have around here, there's no reason we couldn't model any kind of locomotive you want. I live close to a place called "Heritage Park" that has a couple working steam locomotives and some old passenger cars too, I'm sure I could get lots of pictures. We also have a large CPR rail yard and I'm sure I could get in there for whatever we would need, I've been before. Also, if there is anyone here from the Cranbrook BC area, they've got (imho) the best rail museum in Western Canada, and with all the restoration work they're doing, I'm sure they could provide lots of technical details.

Werner

posted 06-01- 10:20 AM               

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Originally posted by Werner Molders:
I'm beginning to think that of all the forums at FSIC, OT was purpose-built for Jeeves to moderate, given his profession.

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Man-- you ain't kidding I am so bored here Will someone start something please!!!

posted 06-01- 11:40 AM            

I just realized too that the CPR's headquarters was moved to Calgary recently, I'm sure they'll have archives. Archives = blueprints, blueprints + free 3d modelling software (like 3d exploration) = mods.

Werner

posted 06-01- 04:42 PM               

Pick up grand prix legends man, If you can find a copy, its old but its still one of the best, Sports car GT rocks too.

posted 06-01- 05:13 PM            

I have a soft spot for bond cars (especially the new BMW ones) and BMWs in general, so I'm not too sure about these old looking cars. Any idea of a sim more like that series which features police chases and porches, but with BMWs?

Werner