Train Simulator is great, I just downloaded it on my other computer yesterday (I’ve had it since 2001, but the computer blew up last April and I lost the info).
My Train Sim hasn’t run since I met my wife and tried to load it. It tells me it has loaded successfully but it will not run. I’m about to throw this Moo Cow POS out the window and get a bigger Delland a new copy of MSTS.[soapbox][banghead]
I can’t wait for MSTS2. Ive seen screenshots from the PRR level (Horshoe curve w/ k4s’s), and it’s even more realistic, plus it has PEOPLE! Only downside, it was slated to come out Sept. 2003, now Ive heard we may have to wait until '05 or '06!
I guess thats why I haven’t seen it in stores. I was going to post a topic about MSTS2 and where did it go, but good thing I found this topic. Microsoft took MSTS2 off the MSTS website in December I think, now I know why if you say 2005 or 06. I hope they are adding new features to the game or rewriting it because they found a major problem. Lets hope it comes out sooner than 2006.[sigh]
Amtrak Mark
Does anyone know what “the major problem” was?
I heard someone say they may be COMPLETELY rewriting it! like maybe they want to use a better programming language! You can still find screenshots though.
Maybe they just don’t want to compete with Poptop & Gatherings RT3 (RR tycoon 3).
Dudes I’m getten a new DELL [bow] I’m not going to know how to act. [:D] It should be delivered by Thursday. [8D] But from what I’ve read I’ll have to wait for MSTS2.
Not! I went surfing last night after my usual 250 word theme went missing, and found residual results off the websites listed. My base of ops are MR, and Trains, so I started with the websites listed and studied the links. Alabamarailfan.com, Webdotwiz.com, Dekosoft.com and Sandpatchdispatch.com are MSTS sites. 3rd PlanIt, from trackplanning.com offers a great demo with limits(and SD40’s)! TrainzProRoutes is offering a Clinchfield scenario thats fantastic. These programs are just a little more than answering e-mail, However if I can, you can, so just do it! Download the tutorials, most sites offer Adobe Acrobat 5.0 as freeware so store these downloads in your program files. Print the tutorial and make a folder to do your homework. I can tell you if you keep studying the tutorial and can lay track, build a model railroad, then after a while you’ll begin to look for new challenges. It’s the answer to running trains through three states, without going outside! And there are folks all over the world who want to learn about the technical side of the hobby, of railroading and model railroading in the United States of America! My query is, how much of this is compatable? Will the Aurans Trainz run MSTS and vice versa? Enjoy your Virtual Hobby!