trisonic Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 In late 2011 I received a copy of Trainz Simulator MAC. For a variety of reasons (and thanks to the geysers at N3V in Australia) I finally loaded the thing on my Mac. Now I'm no "Gamer" - the last computer game I enjoyed was 360's "Harpoon" but this is pretty good. One of the "Routes" is called "Harbor Master". I was thinking of a small Mindheim type concept, what a mistake! This appears to have been designed by Shortliner after an acid trip and whilst taking speed....(sorry Jack!). Imagine Brooklyn stretched to 100 miles long. Towering skyscrapers, urban grot to the utmost. Massive 1930's Soviet style warehouses and docks, a tight network of track both on the ground and elevated. Lifting bridges, Gantries, huge Hullet (sic) loaders, ships, trucks, other trains you name it. It is a nightmarish vision of Orwell coupled with P.K. Dick (Bladerunner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep), oppressive. In other words fantastic! Excuse me while I dwell there for a bit................. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I have 2 versions - neither of which I have ever loaded so they are still in their boxes. A small scenario that is based on the prototype, and is supposed to be good for switching type operations is http://www.trainzproroutes.org/progressive.html (though whether it will run on your Scottish computer I can't say) EDIT to add Of course if you want to do a Mindheim - how about this http://csxfloridatrainz.blogspot.co.uk/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Thanks, Jack. I'm wondering whether I can simulate the Layout plan that you sent me. For good or bad this about what I'm getting on my Mac - without the apparent "juddering" of the video. My Mac whilst good is now 5 years old: The clickety click sounds too British to me! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Jack, I just realized that the guy doing the Mindheim simulation is the same one who produced the above..... Further he has got the same CSX advert on his blog that is also on my personal music sample site. I think they must search for CSX friendly sites to place their ads as I'm on the PR list... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Pete - I don't know if the add-on route packs run on Scottish computers or only on "Proper Computers" You may need to contact Auran to find out, or ask on one of the "rail-simulations" groups Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 You're probably right, Jack. I'm trying to work the thing into "what we do" rather than the other way around - it could prove to be a useful tool. Unfortunately it's all to easy to do what I did yesterday - run a BR125 from York to KX in real time - very enjoyable, alas! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Tolga/Brickbuilder711 is also a member here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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