Next Beta Release

[OTTODAD]

[twpol]

Yup, we were planning for around the end of August, but I believe it's likely to be a little later now due to Elvas Tower's unfortunate state.

[PerryPlatypus]

That's too bad. May I ask, what exactly is the reason you need Elvas Tower to be up to release a new build?

[OTTODAD]

That's too bad. May I ask, what exactly is the reason you need Elvas Tower to be up to release a new build?

The V.0.128 beta can be downloaded from here: http://www.openrails.org/release.html
so why not do the same for the next beta ?

And there are always the File Libraries of the the US and UK trainsim web sites.

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[longiron]

That's too bad. May I ask, what exactly is the reason you need Elvas Tower to be up to release a new build?

Elvas Tower serves as the communication hub for the Open Rails team. It's been a little difficult coordinating all the activities of a worldwide virtual team with it being offline for over a week.

chrisvw
Project Lead
openrails.org

[PerryPlatypus]

Elvas Tower serves as the communication hub for the Open Rails team. It's been a little difficult coordinating all the activities of a worldwide virtual team with it being offline for over a week.

chrisvw
Project Lead
openrails.org

Okay, got it, thanks. I hope the site is back soon, and good luck with the continued development of OR!

[longiron]

Okay, got it, thanks. I hope the site is back soon, and good luck with the continued development of OR!

Thanks for the vote of support. I know the whole Open Rails team is looking forward to the next public download, but delaying things a bit seemed the prudent thing to do.

[OTTODAD]

Hi Chris !

Why not create an exclusive for team members communications forum on your own web site and thus make it independent ?

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[jovet]

Why not create an exclusive for team members communications forum on your own web site and thus make it independent ?

Elvas Tower is still the principal place for OR support, so the forum should be open for everyone to handle such support before a release is made.

[OTTODAD]

Elvas Tower is still the principal place for OR support, so the forum should be open for everyone to handle such support before a release is made.

I am talking about their own forum which is exclusive to ORTS team members only, exchanging details of what they are working on and getting advice and instructions from their project manager which is of no concern to anybody else, uploading and downloading ORTS code if necessary !

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[Train-a-Mania]

I am talking about their own forum which is exclusive to ORTS team members only, exchanging details of what they are working on and getting advice and instructions from their project manager which is of no concern to anybody else, uploading and downloading ORTS code if necessary !

O t t o

Along the lines of what Otto said, it would be easy for them to create a private Proboards forum for them to carry out their work in.

[longiron]

The Open Rails team has taken advantage of very generous offers by leading community sites and members to share their infrastructure. Most have donated quietly and have asked for nothing in return. The OR team truly appreciates their support.

This has allowed us to focus on developing the best sim we can, rather than allocate limited volunteer time and other resources on website and forum administration and its associated real dollar costs, which are not trivial.

chrisvw
Project Lead
openrails.org

[mnjrr]

Hello,

In other words, the staff at Elvas has been gracious to provide Open Rails team with a private forum for the team to discuss internal matters concerning the development of Open Rails. Train-Sim has also been generous with donating the server space for the public forum here. The Open Rails team will continue to support Elvas by remaining there because of their generosity. If the Open Rails team had a private forum on our website and by chance the site went down for an extended period, we would be in the same situation as we found ourselves the last few days.

Thank you to Bill Smith and Tony over at Elvas for the hard work they did with bringing Elvas back from the dead!

[thegrindre]

My gosh, guys, remember KUJU, twice? Let's let them work at their own pace with the resources they have at hand.
Patience is a virtue. Let's exercise a little, here. I, for one, don't want another KUJU railroad sim...

Keep up the great work OR team. I can wait...

[nat]

My gosh, guys, remember KUJU, twice? Let's let them work at their own pace with the resources they have at hand.
Patience is a virtue. Let's exercise a little, here. I, for one, don't want another KUJU railroad sim...

Remember, KUJU did give us MSTS.