African confusion in TS
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:41 amNot having looked at the one and done African route available as DLC, I thought yesterday that writing a shunting scenario for it might be a good project. Then, confusion set in:
My TS installation includes one users' manual, which refers to the route as "PMB Ladysmith Route".
The route tab in RW_Tools lists "Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith [v 1.5]" as containing only one scenario, a Quick Drive.
The needlessly redundant menus in TS itself include both "Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith [v 1.5]", with only that lonely QD scenario, and "Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith" with 3 Free-Roam scenarios, 1 Standard (from the Steam Workshop), 10 Career scenarios, and 5 Quick Drives.
Both of the route variations available offer a single electric engine in several variations and a meager selection of 3 freight and 2 passenger wagons.
In one area, the route includes 2 container loaders jammed together on a single track in an area that is in what seems to be the route's only non-electrified zone and is therefore useless with the stock provided.
This state of affairs leads me to the following questions:
1. Why two versions of the route, the presumably newer of which includes only one lousy scenario (and that a Q-D) and does everyone who bought this route have both versions?
2. Is any additional rolling stock available that is both typical of Africa and suitable for the route's 3'-6" narrow gauge tracks?
All attempts at clarification are welcome; those intended to create more confusion or offer fanciful SWAGs are not.
My TS installation includes one users' manual, which refers to the route as "PMB Ladysmith Route".
The route tab in RW_Tools lists "Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith [v 1.5]" as containing only one scenario, a Quick Drive.
The needlessly redundant menus in TS itself include both "Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith [v 1.5]", with only that lonely QD scenario, and "Pietermaritzburg to Ladysmith" with 3 Free-Roam scenarios, 1 Standard (from the Steam Workshop), 10 Career scenarios, and 5 Quick Drives.
Both of the route variations available offer a single electric engine in several variations and a meager selection of 3 freight and 2 passenger wagons.
In one area, the route includes 2 container loaders jammed together on a single track in an area that is in what seems to be the route's only non-electrified zone and is therefore useless with the stock provided.
This state of affairs leads me to the following questions:
1. Why two versions of the route, the presumably newer of which includes only one lousy scenario (and that a Q-D) and does everyone who bought this route have both versions?
2. Is any additional rolling stock available that is both typical of Africa and suitable for the route's 3'-6" narrow gauge tracks?
All attempts at clarification are welcome; those intended to create more confusion or offer fanciful SWAGs are not.