TSW Beta Vid: The Turntable

[bpetit]

I'm signing off till tomorrow.

[gtrtroger]

Thanks for these two videos so far. They are appreciated and give us who are not "In" a good look at things. Can you run down to the hump yard and give us a look at how that works......

[dejoh]

Thanks for your efforts. Not only are these well made, but there to the point. There are now several videos of the new TSW available to watch, but very few are up to your quality.

[OldProf]

So driving onto and across a turntable is allowable and programmable in TSW -- that in itself is a giant step forward.

[buzz456]

So driving onto and across a turntable is allowable and programmable in TSW -- that in itself is a giant step forward.

I have never had a problem with that in 2017 in a free roam mode just some scenarios. Never have figured out why some work and others don't.

[bpetit]

So driving onto and across a turntable is allowable and programmable in TSW -- that in itself is a giant step forward.

Far as I know that's always been possible in TS17.

Thanks for the kind words.

[OldProf]

So driving onto and across a turntable is allowable and programmable in TSW -- that in itself is a giant step forward.

I have never had a problem with that in 2017 in a free roam mode just some scenarios. Never have figured out why some work and others don't.

Yes, just about anything can be done in a free-roam scenario, but I used the word "programmable" deliberately: crossing a turntable cannot be programmed into standard or career scenarios in TS 2017, primarily because the track clearly visible (and, in free-roams, drive-able) is not recognized as such by the mythical TS dispatcher, nor can a track marker of any kind be placed on a turntable's track. Until TS2017, there was one exception to this: a train could be instructed to drive from one track aligned with a turntable bridge to another such track diametrically aligned with it. In TS2017, such a movement is strictly prohibited. The problem is obviously that for the purpose of Drive To instructions, turntable bridge tracks do not exist. This is not a problem in free-roam scenarios simply because no driving instructions are involved.

Evidently, turntable bridge tracks are recognized in TSW, although having the engineer clamber in and out of the cab, into and out of the turntable's control shed, etc. would, for me at least, grow old and tedious very quickly.

So far, my favorite TSW video is the one in which the player has so much trouble figuring out how to just enter the simulation and then cannot find the switch that has to be thrown. The latter may just be due to not understanding British terminology (what's that doing in an America-based scenario, anyway?), but it's still pretty laughable--until it becomes just tedious.

[artimrj]

Some people like the immersion of walking around and doing all the tasks, some don't. Some will like collecting hard hats and posters, some won't. There are already keys to drive with and turn things on and off. I would have to think that everything you have to walk around and do will also have a shortcut key as well, especially after all the comments about "getting boring already" do the same things too many times. If it is going to sell, then it needs to address more game play styles...

Sometimes I like to do the tasks, and sometimes I just want to drive the engine.

[Griphos]

Sometimes you feel like a nut....

Sometimes you don't....

[Chacal]

This first-person mode would definitely be for me. IF my PC could run this game... :(
I'm afraid my twin Nvidia 9800 GTXs are not as cutting-edge as they were in 2009.
That and the 6GB of RAM on my PC.