Floating scenery

[farrmp]

ORTS Demo 0128 & Floating Scenery

We're trying to get good things done and I hope our demo gives some indication of what is possible. Think about it for a sec: the Open Rails program is not a professional, commercial product. But look at what some skilled hobbyists have been able to do. Not bad, huh? We should be able to do more and with time, I expect we will.

I can hardly stand to read this thread! I think Dave says it all in the quote above. I was among the 4000 or so hearty souls that downloaded Demo 0128 the first week. I have run, SUCCESSFULLY, as many Activities in all of my installed Routes (16 Routes - Names if Requested) as time has permitted. All I can say is, for a what is in reality a Progress Report - Demo release, I am BLOWN AWAY. Take a well known Route like 3DTrainStuff's Donner Pass. Run an activity like Egap Turn Part I. Everything works (Well, not the Signals, yet). Even the AI Traffic shows up on time. Most of the Scenery & Vegitation along the route are correct and where they belong (or at least where I see them in MSTS). You can 'nit pick' all you want- In my humble opinion, the ORTS team deserves a medal. You can haggle the pros and cons of Backward Compatibility but I am satisfied with the level of compatibility they have achieved already! The progress made since Demo v0022 is amazing and impressive, if ORTS evolves as it has to date, I will soon be running ORTS more than MSTS.

'Nuff Said.

Paul

[sniper297]

I think you're misunderstanding this, we're reporting glitches and kicking around ideas, nobody is nitpicking. Most of us here have known each other since the beginning of MSTS nine years ago, and we're all interested in helping. The development team is looking for feedback, otherwise they wouldn't release the demos in the first place.