The December issue or MR had an add for Trainplayer-Armchair Model Railroading on page 14. Has anyone used this software? Any comments on how it compares withTrainz or MS Simulator? Does it take a really good computer to make it work?
Unlike MSTS or TS, all it is is a top-down model railroading “planning” software moreso than anything else.
I had it years ago when it first came out… Kinda fun if you like switching.
My original Georgetown Branch layout is in the user railroads somewhere.
You can take a JPG of any layout and convert it, then operate on it.
I have it and used it when designing my last model RR. It is a unique program.
It is not a design package, but once you have a design, you can create the tracks and scenery desired and actually run it, changing the turnouts and thus the route/track the train will travel on etc. The cars will accept car numbers if you want to see how your layout works with an operations program, scheme, or CC/WB system.
It’s good to avoid planning mistakes. It’s much more easy to make a new plan than a new layout. I know!
You can test your layout and test your operation knowledge.
Wolfgang
It’s a fun little software package, but it’s not a train simulator, nor is it really layout design software (although you could, with difficulty, use it to design). It really is a virtual model railroad layout operations program. You can upload any graphics file (including the layouts from this site), and “lay” track on them, and practice operating them. Or you can buy a database of track plans from the company.
You can also, if you own Anyrail, design your layout in Anyrail and import it into Trainplayer to test the operating capabilities of what you have designed.