Please Break Scenarios Into Smaller Chunks

[BigVern]

The devs are still tight lipped about when (or even if) the single player game wil get much needed improvements including a save feature or checkpoints, or an editor to create our own scenarios.

However with the update and EN57 etc. we once again get SP scenarios for which the unbroken running time is in excess of two hours. Some of us simply do not have the time to sit at the PC and do that in one hit.

So could the devs please look at breaking some or all of the scenarios into multi parts of 30 - 45 minutes or thereabouts so at least we can do the whole run over a few sessions. Obviously the full length scenario can also stay for those who are lucky enough to not have other distractions that require attention.

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

Save feature is a must Vern. Without it that is me not buying anything more for the game. No interest in MP, so SP needs to be supported properly.

[BigVern]

23 hours ago, Isambard Kingdom Brunel said:

Save feature is a must Vern. Without it that is me not buying anything more for the game. No interest in MP, so SP needs to be supported properly.

Agree Mike. I bought the ET22 pack to show good faith but I would still like something that improves the SP game.

Either as already suggested an easy to use scenario editor (i.e. not scripting) so you can chain the run into smaller sections. Or some sort of Quick Drive or Free Roam mode where you can put down a consist of your choice and drive it as far as you can towards a specific destination.

As regards the save game, still can't really understand what the problem is. Apart from Zusi 3 every other train game on the market allows you to save a run in progress even if there is some compromise, like Run 8 having all trains restart from a stand or TSW sometimes not reinitialising the signalling properly. But most of the time it works and that's a chance worth taking.

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

I bought the new DLC, but only because i got it at £15 and not pay £20 some time in the future. Apart from a save function, the game really needs a main line diesel. All these sparky loco's get boring after a while.

What do we want.......... a save.........when do we want it........... now.

[BigVern]

Well I relented and repurchased the ET22 along with a reinstall of SimRail. If the devs are taking their time over the SP and save game still better than the contempt DTG seem to show for the TSW customer base.

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

Oh dear oh dear Vern. Mrs M is not going to be a happy lady with you 🤣 🤣.

I still cannot move the ET22 from cold, wrote everything down while doing the tute, but still will not go.

So have resorted to MP, so i can drive it after the Bot has kindly warmed her up 😂.

[Bulbulator]

Today at 3 am I've finished 4.5-hour long EU07 route from Katowice to Warsaw, in the end it was mostly vigilance buzzer waking me up so 10/10 real life train driver simulator.

Edited June 7, 2024 by Bulbulator

[Fightdrug]

vor 19 Stunden schrieb Bulbulator:

Today at 3 am I've finished 4.5-hour long EU07 route from Katowice to Warsaw, in the end it was mostly vigilance buzzer waking me up so 10/10 real life train driver simulator.

dont forget the shunting and parking at the end q:D

[BigVern]

Good for some that they have that amount of time to sit in front of the PC in one go, but most of us don't (or want to).

So back to my original assertion that the scenarios could br broken into smaller chunks or, like Zusi and the Japanese video clip sim, allow you to jump forward to a particular station or event.

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

Agree Vern smaller chunks or i still advocate for a save function. Which apparently is coming sometime in the distant future.