Trainz a New Era TANE Release Date MAY 15th

Sure. Ideally anything ever created for past versions of Trainz could be used in TANE. The DLS (download station) is full of free assets for download. I just did a keyword "slsf" search and it produced 85 items available for free download. There are also third party sites that have Frisco freeware and payware available.

Each new version of Trainz since 2004 seems to have stricter upload and cofig requirements to help overall performance. TANE is no different. I'm sure some of my Frisco content might need updated but most early reports seem say they are quick and easy fixes.

 

That I couldn't say as I don't have TANE yet.

It does have a bit of a learning curve. It's not meant to be a plug and play game like most popular video games. I really don't like calling it a game at all. It's a true virtual world of model railroading. If you want to drive a train around in one of the pre installed routes that should be fairly straight forward. If you want to immerse yourself into the world of virtual model railroading plan on devoting time to grasp techniques just like N scale or HO scale.

 

I refer back to my post #19. It's new software. That's normal. Even new Apple operating systems get bad reviews. People don't like change. Give it some time and a couple of updates / patches. They've already had two updates and some of the loudest critics are now giving it praise.

Like I mentioned this is nothing new and I've seen all the same criticisms with every new version of Trainz for the last 10 years until people get used to it and the a couple of updates. I'm holding off for a bit. Let other people beta test and help work out the bugs first.

 

Check out a sample of these new trees by mcguirel of the Trainz community. They were made specifically for TANE. Note the windmeter in the upper right corner and how the trees react. Pretty slick.

From what I've read the creator is going to upload all the summer versions to the DLS for free download but the additional seasonal versions for each tree variety will be available as a payware pack. Imagine fall foliage or bare naked trees caked with snow depending on the calendar date and region you select.

 

Im not sure but it looks like it's only $14.95 for the entire collection. You make the purchase directly from the creator. Remember this creator is also putting some of their trees on the DLS. Everything on the DLS is free to download. There's over 125,000 assets on the DLS. I'll probably take a close look at his DLS content first once I have TANE.

Over the next six months there will be a slew of new content specifically developed to take advantage of TANE's capabilities. I think that's when we'll really start to see some eye popping stuff.

 

Nice shot Charlie! Looks like you're making progress.

I've been reading on the Trainz forums a bit about post processing settings. This is new in TANE. Take a look at some of the screenshots in the last few pages. Really impressive. I've been following this thread and the shots just keep getting more spectacular as folks get familar with TANE.

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?116911-T-ANE-(in-development)-screenshots/page32