Hengstpower3000

I generally agree with all of you, but even if the chicken and egg issue would be solved with plenty of drivers / dispatchers on every server, it still somewhat bugs me that existing routes feed punctual AI trains in at some point, even though the route exists. Especially on the Krakow / Katowice arms this resulted in interesting situations north of WP and around Kozlow, impacting the whole network. Which to me is a big motivator: Fix whats broken as best as you can as driver AND dispatcher. The less wide the network is, the less challenge is there. But I also know that not everyone thinks that way 😄 Bottom line: If the devs can really find a way to combine all routes back together in one server, I am SO back every day ❤️‍🔥

But playing signal boxes is just more fun when there is people around 😄

Disclaimer: This is by no means intended to be a rant, but rather a call for improvement and to find out whether others feel the same way. Since the new DLC, a fear I had in the beginning when it was announced that the routes will be split due to technical limitations became true: 1. The only english speaking map where plenty of players are left is INT1. 2. With barely any people going south as the journey will be split half way to Krakow / Katowice 3. Which makes being a dispatcher and to me even train driver less enjoyable because the community effect is lacking 4. This is getting even more severe in all other servers which cover the Krakow / Katowice routes, because of points 1-3 it seems nobody likes to drive the full length north/south trains anymore, including me, it just feels deserted. 5. Result: For a multiplayer lover like me, there is now effectively less interesting stations and trains to drive than before. --- I do not know about the actual technical limitations, but I thought about this idea since the new set-up was announced: Server handovers: Keep servers as they are, but: Once you approach the edge of a server territory, copy the trains exact configuration including delay etc. onto the other server where it would spawn. Shortly before the server border would be reached, switch over the driver to the train on the new server. Even a slight pause could work here where the train is run by AI to bridge a potential gap. Ideally maps would join all 3 servers (Lodz, Katowice, Krakow) into one, while also the joining screen has the one whole map + time zone combined with the server allocation running in the background. Anyways, would like to hear all your thoughts and whether I am the only one who struggles a bit with liking the new Simrail environment. And Devs, if you are here I am very happy to hear out what the actual technical limitations are and whether you already think about a solution for it. Thanks and happy sunday!

Devs, any update here by any chance? Would really like to play the update once 😞

Similar to user who has posted here, GeForceNow seems to have issues with the new DLC. While it is possible (despite very annoying) to launch the DLC by manually downloading the DLC everytime to the Steam overlay when the game starts, joining a train or dispatchers office will result in a frozen loading screen, despite (For trains only, not dispatcher) showing up already on the multiplayer map. You then have to force-close GFN and then do the reloading of DLC all over again. Similarly, when joining a train from Warszawa towards Lodz, it lets you load the train, but from Zyrardow on the scenery simply vanishes. Please please fix this asap, very much looking forward to drive the route for all Mac / GFN users! ❤️

You can actually launch it if on the steam overlay which pops up you screenshotted, click on the "paused download" section and click on "continue". It will then download the game and you can access the route. HOWEVER: For me I can select the trains, dispatcher offices in both multi- and single player, but then it freezes on the loading screen. Also when first is joining a train bound towards Lodz, but then when entering Zyrardow, the landscape slowly vanishes and its just not worth it to drive anymore. Please admins, update on this soon, this really is very frustrating; especially considering the game is not in early access anymore and the DLC was meant to be a finished product! Both always having to wait and manually let the DLC download upfront AND that it does not work overall. Thanks!