Crosstie Studios

[Mazz]

En ny tågsimulator verkar se dagens ljus, Crosstie Studios:

http://crosstiestudios.com/

Även den här är baserad på Unreal-4-motorn. Studion drivs av ett antal personer med bakgrund som utvecklare av add-on till N3V:s Trainz.

Texten och på beskrivningen låter det som att ribban är högt satt och jag gillar det jag läser.

[Mazz]

Lite klipp och klistra från en av deras sidor:

The lack of one platform that would do everything we wanted led us to this point.

Sometimes change is good, sometimes it's not. In this case we're pretty sure you will think this change is very good. Currently there is not a simulation platform that will do everything I want. Lucky for me, and now of course you that's about to change. After 10 years of searching, using, modifying all the sims out there I am still not quite happy. One may be prototypical yet lack looks. Another may have looks and lack prototypical, I think you can see where this is headed...

A new simulator is born.

Most products are invented for a need, train simulators don't seem to be any different. From the early 90's it was evident there was a community of people that desired a train simulator and along came Microsoft with MSTS. That was my first introduction to a train simulator, and I was hooked from that point on. Bring us to today and we have been faithful TRAINZ users as well as content creators for well over a decade. However we still have that one problem of not having a platform that can deliver everything that should be standard in any train simulation. Let me introduce you to the company that will change train simulation forever.

Crosstie Studios was formed to answer the call to provide that platform needed to take the train simulation commumity into the next generation. We plan to deliver a working demo to the community so you can see what's possible with hard work, the right engine, and amazing dedication to perfection. Utilizing some of the amazing talents of members from Jointed Rail we are stepping into a new chapter in this niche industry. We are confident that when we are through we will have provided the latest and most detailed simulation experice available today.


Deras youtube-sida:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6...RAVf2V3WA_NOwA

[AlleDahlle]

Måste säga att detta verkar väldigt intressant!

[Mazz]

Dom har även häromdagen startat igång ett forum och har haft en hel del kommunikation om vad deras tankar om simulatorns är och tar gärna emot synpunkter och önskemål.

Mycket positivt så här långt.

Demo har man sagt att det ska komma nångång i år.

Om jag förstår det rätt, så är det i det här skedet grundarna som jobbar aktivt heltid för att få ihop demon och en stabil grund, därefter ska man ta in finansiering för färdigställandet och marknadsetableringen.

Forum:
http://crosstiestudios.com/forum/

[Mazz]

Lite klipp och klistra igen, men berör saker som jag lite extra tycker är bra:

Re: Content Creation tools
Postby n8phu » Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:04 am

Documentation is my number one request right now.

A well documented manual that explains everything and has a number of good examples will go a long way to helping those building content for the sim. It will also go a long way to eliminating faulty content that can cause problems later on.

I realize that is a tall order, but there has to be something better than a wiki .The other sim has a moving target for content creation and multiple areas that you have almost NO documentation for (I.E. Scripting).

Svaret från en av utvecklarna:

Re: Content Creation tools
Unread postby NorfolkSouthern_37 » Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:39 pm

Agreed. We will at least make some attempt to provide documentation on how to do various things. One of our goals is not only to promote 3rd pty development, but to ensure that the results are as nice and high quality as they can be. We have quite a way to go before we can do this however because we are still designing the processes. We will do our best to keep creators on the cutting edge.

Hela tråden här:

http://crosstiestudios.com/forum/vie...php?p=214#p214

[Bambistor]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMrhbbcBQ70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hqi-tF4_gM


SER BRA UT!

[baloo406]

Ja detta ser bra ut så långt. Och med tanke på vilka som har startat detta.
Killarna på Jointed Rail har alltid gjort väldigt bra saker till Trainz.
Så lovar det gott.

Kollade lite för en stund sedan på deras forum. Och dom bilder dom visade där är imponerande.

[Mazz]

Några klipp-o-klister igen, på några enkla och raka frågor:

Unread postby 22alpha » Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:17 pm

luvintrainz wrote:
1-Will the demo cost any money at all? Whether it be donations and what-not.

2-Will there be prebuilt routes or will you have to purchase/download them?

3-Will there be the ability to edit premade routes or even create your own routes?


The demo will be free, we want you to see what we have so far. From that we're pretty sure raising the needed funds shouldn't be much of an issue.

There will be only 1 route in the demo, and it's included.

There will be no editor with the demo, sample route only.

Thanks.

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Unread postby 22alpha » Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:22 pm

Class 92 wrote:
1- Will there be early access/pre-order to help fund the development?
2-What will the demo show off?
3-Once it's released will it continue to be improved with bug fixes and improvements like Euro Truck Sim 2?


Once the demo is out and you guys have had a chance to run it, then at that point we're going to look into setting up a funding source.

The demo will show off some of the more important features we have ready.

Once we have a retail release, at that point we will keep it up to date with either all new versions or depending on what's needed maybe a patch.

Thanks,

Mike


Inläggen i original här:

http://crosstiestudios.com/forum/vie...php?p=546#p546

[Mazz]

Bilder är ju alltid trevligt. Dessa bilder kommer från deras Facebook-sida och ser mycket trevliga ut tycker jag. Slipers-högarna är genererad från en slipers.

Bilderna upplagda här med tillstånd från Crosstie.

Bilderna kanske lite stora normalt sett, men jag tyckte det var passande här.

Originalställe här:

https://www.facebook.com/crosstiestudios?fref=ts

[bönan]

Ja detta är riktigt spännande!

[lukas]

Dette ser veldig bra ut

[AlleDahlle]

Ska bli kul att se riktigt gameplay när de har kommit så långt

[Dson]

Mycket intressant det här!

Som första konkurrent - ur min synvinkel - har man gett sig in i den del som Run8 Train Simulator har tagit sig in på. En simulator fokuserad på amerikansk järnväg och med realistisk fysik på tågen som en viktig del. Men här har man ju också grafiken, vilket Run8 tyvärr saknar i många avseenden.
Kan bli intressant att se vad det blir av det här.

[AlleDahlle]

Fysiken är ett viktigt del i en simulator måste jag säga.

[Mazz]

Nysvarvade hjul minsann...

Tredje bilden visar avslutning av en spline, i det här fallet räls.