SimRail 2021

[haverfordwest]

Looks good graphically, better than TSW2.

I do enjoy East European railways. An interest kindled by the Hungarian Z Line, in MSTS.

[SurvivorSean]

At least they're developing something new and sharing what they have to offer. Nobody has paid any money yet. In retrospective I've been nothing but talk for my efforts I admire that they have got this far, we'll see how far they can go. Thanks for posting off of FB as I can't stand the platform

Thanks

Sean

[WesternDivision]

Live Q&A stream starting at 17:10

SimRail - The Railway Simulator Developer Live Q&A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCKLrU9mwjU

1: Dispatcher and Interactive signal panels inside various signal boxes
( Multiplayer Only - No dedicated servers but local language servers will become available for up to 100 people at a time with moderators
(localization of servers for time zones)
(Dispatcher has real world timetables)
2: Player has to learn locomotives in single player before game unlocks access to multiplayer
3: AI will take over train when you are finished in multiplayer or disconnected
4 Manuals will be available in various languages for understanding of Polish railways
5: New render engine - 60 FPS on Recommended specs
6: Routes scaled using real world data for two routes = 500 km
7: 10 Scenarios ranging from 30 Minutes to 4 Hours
8: 3 Editors will become available - Rolling stock, Scenario, Scenery/World ?.
9: Coded for development of home built controllers
10: Developer has partners for possible future American - German routes ( Some MaSzyna developers are part of the SimRail team )
https://eu07.pl
11: Polish Intercity licence under discussion
12: PKP class EN57 future release https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKP_class_EN57

[seagoon]

..Multiplayer Only ......

That killed it for me.

[NorthernWarrior]

Does that mean the single player mode they referenced is just for training, or have they worded the specification poorly? However I’m with Bruce, not bought into the hype on this anyway and if it does turn out to be MP only not for me I’m afraid.

[JasonM]

It will be single player as well.

[haverfordwest]

Yup single player and no more hype than DTG's rubbish, Vern.

Mike.

[seagoon]

It will be single player as well.

Okay...fine. Thanks for that.

[NorthernWarrior]

Thanks for confirming guys.

[WesternDivision]

The way I'm seeing it is that the dispatcher and Interactive signal panels are only available for multiplayer sessions, while every thing else can be played by single player such as scenarios which are supposed to be based on real world timetables and operation with inbuilt randomness of events, weather etc. The 3 editors should hopefully give single players some room for creativity for making new routes if it is a world editor and new sessions also.

Cheers
James

[JasonM]

I’m sure I read that you will be able to operate the signal boxes in single player mode as well.
I really like the randomness of events/weather etc, this is really starting to sound good.

[NorthernWarrior]

Certainly sounds like it might be worth a punt.

Time to slip a Steam voucher or two in the shopping at Asda!

[haverfordwest]

Agree JM, but i am not getting too excited. Too many false dawns, regarding train games.

[NorthernWarrior]

It may just be me, but I can't see a price on Steam for the main game which just shows as coming soon. All you can get is the demo version. I could have sworn the paid version was on early access and could be purchased for under £20?

[haverfordwest]

No early access yet, coming later in the year.