Equiptment Selection for New Templates Options

[AT RR]

To all template designers including myself.

Areas to think about when setting up a new template.

Some of the people that use our templates have limited band width and a limit as to the number of rolling stock files or the time they have to down load or store them.

Make the initial template simple use default rolling stock or the equiptment that is required with the route.
We can always add a document and custom act with the template with recomended rolling stock that can be added later.

In the future on my templates I will try to use default or the rolling stock that is used in the initial set up for the route, and fight the temptation to add that extra car just because it looks good, (I'm guilty of been there done it).

We all have the extra car or cars that we favor but consider the people that will use our templates first.

The reason for this post is I just downloaded and set up a new route & with rolling stock. This consisted of (27 files) and then found out that to get the AG template to work as designed I would have to down load an addtional 29 files plus a payware file. It tends to knock the wind out of you sails.

And before some one says anything yes we can use Activity Master, Train Store or Conbuilder to change and manage the rolling stock.

Steve thank you again for all you great products.

Peter

[xpdingo]

To all template designers including myself.

Areas to think about when setting up a new template.

Some of the people that use our templates have limited band width and a limit as to the number of rolling stock files or the time they have to down load or store them.

Make the initial template simple use default rolling stock or the equiptment that is required with the route.
We can always add a document and custom act with the template with recomended rolling stock that can be added later.

In the future on my templates I will try to use default or the rolling stock that is used in the initial set up for the route, and fight the temptation to add that extra car just because it looks good, (I'm guilty of been there done it).

We all have the extra car or cars that we favor but consider the people that will use our templates first.

The reason for this post is I just downloaded and set up a new route & with rolling stock. This consisted of (27 files) and then found out that to get the AG template to work as designed I would have to down load an addtional 29 files plus a payware file. It tends to knock the wind out of you sails.

And before some one says anything yes we can use Activity Master, Train Store or Conbuilder to change and manage the rolling stock.

Steve thank you again for all you great products.

Peter

What route is this?

[AT RR]

It does not matter which route it is.

This is a typical general comment that I have seen on other routes too including some that I have designed.

The posting was to make people think beyond what they have done in the past and in the future think about how their actions will effect others in the MSTS.

MSTS should be FUN.

Thanks,

Peter

[nbeveridge]

It does not matter which route it is.

This is a typical general comment that I have seen on other routes too including some that I have designed.

The posting was to make people think beyond what they have done in the past and in the future think about how their actions will effect others in the MSTS.

MSTS should be FUN.

Thanks,

Peter

Interesting thoughts. I find it interesting because in the past we have received many comments criticizing templates which use default only equipment. The general feeling based on these comments was that most users have high speed internet. We know that some do not, and your post is proof.

This leaves our template developers with a dilemma, and most of us are not into doing two versions of a template, although as you pointed out AM can make quick work of it.