Forced Retirement.

[pcohen]

Good afternoon everybody.

Think It's time I gave up with Microsoft Train Simulator.

Having run It for many, many Years I think It's time I gave up.

I have had many Years of Excellent help from the guys on the Forums, To many to mention but will do my best,
No particular order, and apologies if I miss anybody.

Ged (slipperman), oper190, R. Steel , ossie, eric, crstagg , Geary (MR Hart) sure I'm missing loads.

Recently, I have been reduced to playing Activities where I have to press the ESC key for the Activity /Graphics
to continue to complete the Activity.

Today, to add Insult to Injury, I tried to add a further Route to my collection, North wales Coast.

I have both Versions 1 and 2 of these although Version 2 needs to be run as a MiniRoute (purchased because V.1
has a large crack on the Disk) although it does load occasional.

Version 2 however, Is not damaged/cracked or scratched so for the life of me don't understand why It will not load.

I will be 80 Years old next Month (If I make It) and I spend most of my time these Days trying to get MSTS to run correctly rather than actually enjoy running It.

Guess that's It.

Thanks for all the help and patience over the Year.

Regards

Paul.

[slipperman]

Good Afternoon, Paul,
Sorry to hear your decision, but you're a mere youngster yet! I'll be 84 1/2 next month!!
I can understand this may have been brought about by the frustration that things are not working as you want them to.
You have run the North Wales Coast route successfully before so there's no reason why you shouldn't again - if you'd like any help, please send me an email.

I believe your graphics problem is due to some hardware mismatch between your PC and the TV you're using as a monitor - it's unlikely to be an Open Rails problem because nothing is shown in the log. Does it only happen on one route - MidEastCoast - or does it also occur on Dorset Coast?

If you do decide to give up MSTS/Open Rails, I think I'm speaking for all of us when I say, that we'll miss you, mate
Good luck with whatever you do in the future - but, of course, you could always reconsider!

Cheers,
Ged

[crstagg]

Age is NOT an excuse to quite a hobby. FYI I will be 84 1/4 next month!!

[slipperman]

You're quite right, Charles.
MSTS/Open Rails is my main hobby and I don't know what I'd do if I had to give it up!
I believe we all need something to keep the brain cells working, especially when you get to our age!

Cheers,
Ged

[frliss]

I will be 80 Years old next Month (If I make It)

Paul,

Hitting 80 is no small milestone - and around here it just means you’ve earned seniority. Plenty of folks on this forum have a few more miles on the odometer than you and are still enjoying the hobby every day.

If MSTS starts giving you grief, give OR a try. It’s easier to work with, and it lets you stay in the game without the frustration.

None of us are quite as sharp as we were at 40, and that’s alright. The trick is accepting it and keeping the things you enjoy close at hand. I had to learn that myself.

Fred

[rdayt]

I'm only a kid at 71.5 but I'd hate to try and replace OpenRails as my hobby. Been here 25 years. What do you do after that?
Good luck with whatever you find.

Randy

[ossie]

Paul, I can see both sides of it. When anything we chose to do with our free time starts to feel like hard work then it is probably time to find a new hobby. That said if your retirement is based on the need to be asking questions here, that's what the forum is for and while you have people willing to help you then continue to take advantage of that if it allows you to continue to enjoy the hobby. It's probably not an ideal solution but if you choose to continue with ORTS, even if you can only get one or two routes to run properly on one of your machines than at least you can still enjoy running trains when you are in the mood to do so. All the best to you either way!

[eric]

I look forward to Paul's posts, as well as Charles and Ged. It's good to know who is still on this side of the ballast.

[oper190]

Paul, it's your choice, but the ship isn't sinking yet. At 72 in a few days I'm one of the youngers in this group. We're here to help as best we can.
MSTS/OR had been my bane since around 2002-2003, got to have it. Besides building a good sized route at the moment, I enjoy running my trains most of all.
I also might suggest trying using an older version of OR, where you didn't have this video problem and see what happens.
For my own liking, I'm an OR ver1.4 simmer.

Regardless of what you decide, the Best of luck to you and your endeavors.

[magmateus]

Originally posted by pcohen
I will be 80 Years old next Month (If I make It)
Paul,

Hi, Paul:
I will reach 87 years old next 08 November and I still spend lots of time with Train Simulators and with our site, TrainSim.com.
Please, Paul, don’t leave us; every day I look, at our Forum, for your posts, your requests for help, and the replies from other fans, and I consider that time well spent..
Stay with us, my friend!
Mateus

[landnrailroader]

Get over it young squirts. I still create routes and I'll be 88 if I make it to January. Still manage baptisms at my church, and 3 weeks ago I worked 3 docent trips on the Cumbres & Toltec, 7 hours each of mostly standing, and answering questions.

Older Squirt, Jerry

[frliss]

Get over it young squirts. I still create routes and I'll be 88 if I make it to January. Still manage baptisms at my church, and 3 weeks ago I worked 3 docent trips on the Cumbres & Toltec, 7 hours each of mostly standing, and answering questions.

Older Squirt, Jerry

Jerry,

I guess I’m still a kid next to you - I’m only 82. I keep myself going by working about 15 hours a week, just enough to keep the gears from rusting.

My role model is Dick Van Dyke. He’s about to hit 100, and he still shows up at the gym three times a week, like it’s nothing. That’s the kind of energy I admire.

Fred

[landnrailroader]

I do the gym three times a week and since leg strength is what I mainly need to improve, I do 3 miles on a stationary cycle with the resistance set at 9. Right now though I have been attacked by the Florida Allergy. No temperature but lots of crud coming out. It has been thus since I came here 40 years ago. Before that I was never allergic to anything but here in Florida somethinig is always making pollen and nearly everyone I know keeps a watery nose all the time, plugged tighter at certain times of the year.

Jerry

[crstagg]

I do the gym three times a week and since leg strength is what I mainly need to improve, I do 3 miles on a stationary cycle with the resistance set at 9. Right now though I have been attacked by the Florida Allergy. No temperature but lots of crud coming out. It has been thus since I came here 40 years ago. Before that I was never allergic to anything but here in Florida somethinig is always making pollen and nearly everyone I know keeps a watery nose all the time, plugged tighter at certain times of the year.

Jerry

Move to Chama. Fewer pollinators. And you could ride the stationary cycle up and down the mounrtains.

[landnrailroader]

Charles,

Well we actually thought about doing that. Not to Chama but close by. My wife likes Pagosa Springs, and I like Santa Fe, but we decided against it. This year I could feel my 87 years so because I am the only docent that actually worked for a railroad, several of the docents have me on speed dial and I know the EDT 's that the train should be in cell phone range. And I also help with an education project. The trick today is getting the next generation interested in anything and if the "thing" is not on a cell phone or tablet, most young folks could care less. When I was a boy, a rite of passage was getting your Lionel Train. Now it is getting your cell phone.

Jerry