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Reported this in the bug forum but it may be a few days before it appears so will mention here. Anyway. it appears the 15/08 update has wiped save game data, including my 11140 Railtour run on the new route which had just under an hour to go... 😞

Quick update - the new route is great! Currently running the Railtour/Tourist Train which I presume shows off the whole of the new sections. Running along the single line through the woods and fields puts me in mind of the old "Mechanik" simulator, which I'm sure many of us played back in the day before the big commercial sims appeared. The price was nice too including the 10% discount for buying within two weeks of the release. Far better than the £30 DTG want for another bland TSW route Nurnberg to Ingolstadt or the £15 for the diminutive Thames Valley branches where the author couldn't even be bothered to fill in the main line sections. At the moment not found any major issues, just one level crossing approaching Ziegerz where the car stoppers didn't appear to be working and thus far the save game is holding up. As regards the Railtour, maybe you could look at loosening the schedule to allow us to enjoy the scenery, alight at stations to appreciate the 3D modelling and grab some screenshots. That will also make it easier to reerun with the Ty2 steam loco at some point. So well done guys, take a bow - your work is superb, keep it coming.

Just to add to this, there are still issues with the Save Game where run round moves are involved. On Lodz Junction I was working train 3720 which has a run round at Kaliska. Issue 1: I saved and exited the game after detaching the loco and starting the shunt. When I came back and loaded the game, my consist on Platform 4 had disappeared. Issue 2: Reverted to an earlier save and did the run round in the same session without issues. However when I departed Kaliska, the save function no longer worked. At first it gave me the "Processing routes, try later" message, then subsequently after clicking the button to save put me back to the Esc pop up menu without saving the game.

Just had a similar issue with the EP08 n one of the Lodz Junction passenger run round scenarios. Followed the procedure as described elsewhere but when I set the other cab off and started to move had an immediate train brake application. Eventually after a bit of to and fro between the two cabs I discovered the loco brake applied fully in the B cab. Once I released that then hit the releaser button, the brakes came off. However it would be nice to have a cab "instant" shut down and set up command for those of us who are in a hurry and don't want to do the "expert" mode. Oh and word to the wise, don't save the game and come off while doing the run round. I did that and on reloading the save, the consist had disappeared!

Driving this service I arrive in the platform at Lodz Zabieniec last location on the timetable with the signal showing a caution aspect. I stopped within 1m of the platform end and the scenario end would not trigger. I then drove forward a short distance in case that was the intended move but immediately received a warning I had "Passed My Breakpoint". So it appears this scenario is bugged and cannot be completed.

Single track action, sign me up Day One boyos.

It's a shame signalman mode hasn't extended to single player, throw in a few random delays to make life interesting and the ability to save and thus do a full 8 or 12 hour shift over several sessions. Anyhow, as I type this, SimRail currently reinstalling. Going to be spending much more time playing it and less in TSW, following DTG's decision to remove large sections of their forum in particular General Discussion and I'm certainly not going to be buying much DLC from them. Roll on the next Simrail add on!

Problem is, the game got a bit stale. I haven't touched it for at least three months. Got a bit disillusioned with the CD163 and the "realistic" buzzing noise and the last route extension was just more of the same. In fact, it's currently uninstalled to make room on my HD for TSC. I had hoped more work would be forthcoming on the SP game, though I used to enjoy the odd bit of MP. Chicken and egg, because if the English language server is dead, other than the better timetable you might as well be running single player, at least (when the save game behaves) you can pick up where you left off. I love the Polish routes and locos but that doesn't mean I don't crave to have something closer to home (UK) and until SimRail can scratch that itch, then TSW and TSC have the edge. And what happened to the US route which was supposed to be in development? Even a nice sleepy diesel worked branch line for SimRail would be more appealing than the relatively flat and straight main lines the game offers. Frankly if the multiplayer side of things is dying, time they looked at buffing the SP game - like give us the full timetable to choose from.

Well TSW now has random train faults on certain rolling stock but they got so insidious and frequent, many of us have switched them off. As for random signal delays, yet to have one. At the moment there are probably more important things for SP and if you want the unexpected then SimRail does have MP to cater for that, assuming you can get on a server with enough people playing.

Okay I haven’t seen this scenario specifically referenced in the English section, though acknowledge there have been reports of trains running backwards in similar circumstances. As an aside, I tried remaining in the same cab and starting the run with the second train, however two issues - at the end of the single track section where you leave the complex I came up on a red signal. I was also unable to save the game at that point, just constantly getting the “building routes, try in a few minutes” error.

As an aside to this, the consist exchange on the original Coal Mine Operations is also borked. If you save the game after doing the shunting move at the terminal to take over the fresh train and change cabs, when you get going and save the run, loading up the train is running backwards and the controls HUD is corrupted with all the steam loco values listed not just the ET22. Unrecoverable. I have submitted a report for the bug forum but it will probably be a day or two for it to show up. Not sure what might happen if you stay in the same cab and effectively drive the second train from there, just using external view. I suspect this might also become an issue on the Lodz Junction run round scenarios where you change cabs to drive the second portion.

After completing the wagon exchange, coupling to the new consist and changing cabs if you save on the second train the load is corrupted. The scenario loads with the train running backwards, the keys don’t work and the controls HUD is distorted showing all the steam loco values as well as the ET22. As such, the scenario cannot be completed. I may try to see what happens if you just remain in the original cab and effectively drive the loco in reverse using exterior view but I’m not overly confident that will work. I’m also concerned this could be an issue on other scenarios where a run round or consist change is required, including the passenger runs on Lodz Junction.

There was also a bundle deal for the original Lodz DLC plus the new route extension and Impuls EMU.

As the title suggests can we please have a few more options when selecting the weather for a single player run. For example cloud without rain rather than just sunny or raining. Or the option to add a small amount of fog or mist without obscuring the whole scenery. In fact, the ideal would be something akin to how TSW does it starting a timetable run, if you disable dynamic weather first, including sliders to adjust the intensity.

In SP it looks like train IC 8320 is the only one routed that way. We could do with a couple of scenarios for the local trains in each direction over that section. The Regional scenarios use the other double track line.

Thanks Jason. Funnily enough that’s the regional run I’m doing at the moment and should pick it up later.

Yes it’s a silly question but I have yet to find the stretch of single track main line which I’m sure was mentioned as being part of the new route extension. Could someone point me in the right direction and also state which (SP and MP) services traverse through this section, please!

We need something akin to free roam or quick drive in TSC or TSW. Or just a very simple GUI scenario editor similar to the one in TSW.

Sorry I don’t buy into the hardware argument. Seems a bit strawman to me. The fact changing the start time at the commencement of the scenario to find it then jumps back to the original timings after the run round, is hardly on the CPU or GPU. Likewise, the save game routine no longer running when it worked fine in the previous version or before the DLC’s is not the fault of the user. Edit: Further to my thoughts above, the bug report has now been published and marked as “Open Sim” on both the timetable reversion and the sudden save game issues. So kudos to the developers for acknowledging as such and not just dismissing as potato PC or user error.

I am leaving all the SP scenarios alone until/if the developers acknowledge the issues and confirm they are working to fix the issues. I did wonder as regards testing whether things worked better on release, but we have had two small patches one yesterday and the other today which may have broken things. It's also a bit annoying that they seem to sit on bug reports for a day or two before they show up on public viewing. I know it's the weekend but you would have thought following a major DLC release which does have issues they would be sorting through the problems.

Sadly the SP scenarios now seem increasingly broken in respect of several aspects, which I have detailed on the SP section along with a (pending) bug report.

As I’m still waiting for my reports to appear for public view in the Bug forum, would further note the save game seems to have stopped working for other scenarios too. I started off IC 7320 and tried to save about half an hour in. Same thing happened… After hitting the save box, game remained in the pause menu. On hitting Esc to return, no confirmation of save in the message box and on going out to the main route menu not registered there either. So until these issues are sorted, looks like SP off the menu at least for the Lodz Jn route. My initial positive thoughts about these two add ons are diminishing rapidly, but unfortunately too late to refund. Got to wonder what sort of testing was done before they were pushed out.

Add to this while waiting for it to be published. IC 7320 with the Ty2 steam loco not saving the game even on the section to Lodz. After pressing save from Pause menu and hitting the window with save details, not being returned to the running screen without hitting Esc, there is no record of a save in the message box and returning to the main menu no save listed under the route/train to load.

Thanks for the heads up. Given the issues I found/reported with the passenger scenario run round, I begin to wonder how thoroughly these SP scenarios were play tested? I thought SimRail developers were better in this respect than DTG, who we are used to pushing out stuff for TSW without adequate QA and testing.

I have a bug report pending in the other forum section but just advance warning to anyone playing the Lodz Junction scenarios where a loco run round is required. Don’t change the starting time when loading the run (e.g. two or three hours earlier) as after you complete the run round move at Lodz. Part 2 of the scenario reverts to the original times when the Timetable window returns. So in my case, I was sat in Lodz at 0840 with the train not due to leave until 1137. (IC 3720). As an aside, once you reach this location it is no longer possible to save the game (also logged in the pending bug report). Have to wonder if this was properly tested, what would happen with effectively two part scenarios using the start time modifier?