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alansation 6 6 Jan, 2019 @ 4:02pm
Freight or passenger? (scenario preferences)
Hello Everyone,

I thought this might be a useful thread as I know those of us who enjoy Train Simulator will have our own preference as to what we all like.

I was thinking we could all share what we like about scenarios so it helps us as we try to create new scenarios too.

So I was thinking about asking these questions about what we prefer for scenarios:

Freight or passenger:

Long or short distance:

Do you have any other preferences when picking a new scenario from the workshop? Or do you just go exploring the workshop that day & see what looks good to try?

I think this thread is another way I'm trying to learn what people want from a scenario so I can try & make better ones as I learn to create new ones each time.

Any thoughts & ideas are welcome everyone & I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Best wishes

Alan Sation.
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Mountainman 22 8 Jan, 2019 @ 10:28am 
Maybe this would get more attention, if it would not be in the 'off topic' section of the forums. It has a direct connection to the game so I think the general discussion boards would have been a good place for this dscussion.

That being said, personally I like both passenger and freight scenarios, so no preferences here. I also don't care much about the scenario lenght (well, maybe it shouldn't be a 5 minutes scenario...). The most important thing for me is, that a scenario should be 'belivable'/authentic. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to recreate real world timetables, but the scenario creator should have an basic impression of what rolling stock is normally seen on the route in question and how frequent trains normally run there.

Also, I think the best scenarios are made by creators who really like to drive their own scenarios. So my best advice would be creating the scenario you would like to drive and surely you will find other people who also do like to drive your scenario.
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alansation 6 10 Jan, 2019 @ 5:42am 
Hi Mountainman,

I'm very sorry for my late reply. That's why I wanted to reply as soon as possible to you. I think you are right about where i posted the thread as it would have made better sense of I'd posted it in the general discussion forums.

That's a good point about scenario time as a five minute would be way too short. Equally I've made some scenarios that are nearly an hour long & wonder if it's too long but I suppose it's depending on the context of the route. As a scenario I'm making on the Liverpool to Manchester DLC is roughly just over an hour long but since it's starting at Edge Hill & goes to Liverpool before going back out to Manchester it's just about ok as a longer scenario.

I try to keep things as real as possible when planning times although I need to work on improving things. Plus research into the correct types of train is important too.

I like what you said about making a scenario that you would like to drive & other's will surely want to drive it too.

I hope this makes sense as I'm typing on my kindle.
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