jalsina wrote:Kind words?
I think it's always appropriate to thank people when they take the time to say something nice. I don't know if other route builders experience this, but I often lose perspective when I'm building. I can install and run another persons work and be amazed at some of the things they have done but when working on or running a player train on mine I know exactly where every wart is, where every portion of track that gave me a hard time is located, where every scene that I felt I had to compromise on is... I often think to myself 'Who am I kidding? Why am I doing this?', so it's good to step back from time to time, take a breath and appreciate positive comments and then I think that maybe it's okay after all.
@_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha In the beginning I thought about extending the route and trying to cover the same ground as the one you mentioned but I think it would then be 4 or 5 more years before I could finish it by myself. Another consideration is how close the next generation of sims are to release. I know myself and I suspect that upon their release I will gravitate towards the new and shiny and will have no motivation left to work with this game engine, so it's best if I just concentrate on getting this project done.
Not completely sure as to what you mean by memory load. If you mean just what the straight memory usage is then I can tell you that I often have task manager open while I run the route and with just one player train of maybe 5 engines and 80 cars my memory goes from 1.4gigs used out of 8 to about 3.1 gigs out of 8. I'm not much of a technical person so I'm not sure of what use this info is. If you have a procedure that you use that is helpful for you to gauge performance then I could try that and relay my findings. I should tell you that I do this work on a sub-minimal spec laptop and the route while not running optimally, of course, it does run acceptably for me to get the work done and get enjoyment from running it.
ex-railwayman wrote:Incidentally, there is a wind turbine in the Soldier Summit Payware route, which I expect many of you American railfans already have, just a thought.
Cheerz. ex-railwayman.
I don't have that route at this time and did not know about the wind turbines included. I picked up the Renewable Energy Pack as a stop gap measure so at least I would be able to see them in the route as I build. I have been hoping that wind turbines and solar panels might eventually make there way into something like the RCAP freeware package before I finish thereby eliminating the need for anyone to purchase the Renewable Energy Pack even if it is only $4. Thanks for the heads up, I always appreciate any extra info or tips that come my way.
