by DrewG » Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:49 am
My main issue with the stock is simply, I've already got it. I don't care if it's exactly perfect or not. I just thing there is a huge flaw in the way DTG packages stock and sells it, because now I end up with multiple copies of the same thing. My railworks folder takes up 130 gigs on my computer which is a lot.
I already have the F45, the GE, and I can't even begin to count how many iterations of the same SD40 model I have now. Because of other routes I've got multiple copies of the Big Boy, Challenger, P42, and don't even start on the ES44 (This is just a tiny amount too btw, I could keep going)..... I would waaaaaaaay rather see the sim set up so every locomotive model is one separate file. If I buy a route that uses that loco with a new paint scheme it just adds the repaint to the file. That way I would have one base loco and all routes etc that use that loco take from the base.
That would make file management, repaints, storage, everything easier. Yet if we want a route now we need to install another copy of the same loco, using up more storage space and more unnecessary complications. Obviously the sim is too far along to set it up like this but boy would I ever love it if it was. Instead of tracking down which route I need to buy to get what repaint, I would know if I have the model, I can get the repaint.
