tom87 I don’t disagree that many deluxe versions are very superior. But you highlight the exact problem that i am facing. Avoid this update, but this one will definately be good etc…Untill the next one arrives and it’s work all wasted for me.
Another example is the easthetically clearly superior Hagen Siegen v3,14. But the problem i had with this one was that the southbound drive had all kinds of pzb wierdness going on. What good is a Real Drive that is all about signal interaction, if the trainprotection systems are iffy? For me, no good. Faulty trainprotection systems and nonfunctioning signals is the one thing i personally can’t live with. (Which is why i’ll never do one for Köln Airport link. I’d (personally) rather have kuju vegetation and uglier tracks than Zwangsen.) That’s just my preference.
Frankfurt Koblenz; DTG actually got it mostly working ok in their latest update the route. Good enough for me, i enjoy their latest version. It is only a game after all.
So what happens if someone decides to move a signal on a deluxe route i’ve already made scenarios for? Bang, 3 days work down the drain, and it’s almost impossible to diagnosticise the error because i use spawn points, not manually placed consists.
I have one more reason though, and this is actually a question to you; Soon you will be releasing the Harzbahn. I am looking forward to it like a kid on christmas time!!! But you have also gone through the trouble of sourcing very detailed and correct repaints etc for the scenarios. So if i apply my “least dependencies possible” philosophy in a Real Drive for the route, it will mean that people will have “less perfect” ai traffic in all quick drives for the Harzbahn. Not sure i want to do that to your route, or any deluxe that is more realistic. No black BR101 freighters on the deluxe routes because of me, that’s kept for less perfect original versions. That way i can’t be blamed for destroying the more perfect selection of rolling stock on the deluxe routes.
