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Today, 12:48 AM

seagoon replied to a thread DTG pulls the plug on FlightSimWorld, what about their other simulators? in RW/TS2015-TS2017 General

This is PR-speak (used by many diversified companies, not just DTG) for "It's not making us any money and is not likely to do so.":- ".....we...

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Yesterday, 04:58 PM

seagoon replied to a thread A few questions before buying in Run8 General

Nothing more to say, really, Byelen. You've done it in a nutshell. :)

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Yesterday, 04:54 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Just curious if this is possible to do... in Run8 General

It is almost guaranteed that overtime is worked only when no other option is available, Mike. That's the way all privatised railways work......and...

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Yesterday, 12:40 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Just curious if this is possible to do... in Run8 General

Same here in Oz. Night work is the rarity, not the norm.

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04-23-2018, 04:55 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Just curious if this is possible to do... in Run8 General

If that were possible then it would also mean that they could be programmed to only do so within working hours and disappear between 4:00 PM and 8:00...

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04-23-2018, 04:51 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Cannot dim or brighten the Dispatcher screen. in Run8 General

Yeah, I know. That's why I was surprised that it wasn't working.

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04-23-2018, 09:14 AM

seagoon started a thread Just curious if this is possible to do... in Run8 General

We have the option of having day pass into dusk, then night and the dawn rising. In other words, the passage of time within the game. During our...

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04-23-2018, 03:57 AM

seagoon started a thread Cannot dim or brighten the Dispatcher screen. in Run8 General

The Keyboard guide (one of the F1 tabs) says that the - and = keys are used to dim and brighten the in-built (F3) Despatcher screen. Yet when I use...

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04-23-2018, 03:50 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Professional: An Operations Series in Run8 General

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pr1aH4KUgM

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04-23-2018, 03:49 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

It should be illegal here, too. :( But I won't get involved in an off-topic debate on that subject. :)

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04-23-2018, 01:04 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

Aaah....the joys of assembling a train of empty fuel tankers in freezing, soaking rainfall, water running down your neck and into your boots as you...

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04-22-2018, 01:55 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

I wasn't serious......thus the smiley. You are spot-on with your reasoning, too.

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04-21-2018, 08:45 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

This is where I and the realistic simulation of reporting codes and train types and what-have-you part company. :) One of the nice things about...

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04-21-2018, 08:34 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Professional: An Operations Series in Run8 General

What a great idea. :) Thank you for the effort.

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04-21-2018, 03:47 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

Isn't that the point? It's a railroad operation simulation, not a waving trees simulation. Animated scenery? The sim doesn't need it...not in the...

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04-21-2018, 03:36 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

LOL! :D Yep...they hit that effect right on the nail! The trouble is that after I get lost for the umpteenth time I cheat and change the time of day...

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04-21-2018, 03:29 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

True. So you do the Brisbane commuters, or general freight?

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04-20-2018, 05:14 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

Well, it is. But isn't that what you were doing....critcising what you consider to be a lacking in the quality of the scenery? :)

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04-20-2018, 05:08 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

No......that's not for me. I'm not into the multi-player side of R8; this World is for me alone. Setting up AI units is becoming a hobby in its own...

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04-20-2018, 01:14 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

Alvin, you're with QR, I assume? Are you on the coal trains?

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04-20-2018, 01:11 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

Mike, I used your post to sit down last night and go through the various instructional docs for R8 and I was surprised by how little I really knew...

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04-19-2018, 08:24 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

Good grief! The interior decorator must have had a liking for mud and mint Tic-Tacs.

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04-18-2018, 04:46 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

Ditto. I just use any....literally. :)

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04-18-2018, 04:41 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

In that case they would probably be no good for my arthritis.

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04-18-2018, 08:54 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

I was pretty good at it but did have one evening on a train much later than the one I normally caught when I woke up several stations past my stop...

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04-18-2018, 08:48 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

Uhhh, derr! I'm referring to the ability of the sounds in the sim to put ME to sleep as a passenger in a train carriage. Note the ME; I'm not...

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04-18-2018, 02:10 AM

seagoon started a thread Run 8 sends me to sleep! in Run8 General

I am running a train (BNSF) from the San Bernadino sub as far west as possible....to Seligman, I would reckon. Already this journey is into its...

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04-17-2018, 03:22 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Amtrak #8 Seattle To Chicago / Amtrak #7 Chicago To Seattle in RW/TS2015-TS2017 General

There are some routes for MSTS/Open Rails which will get you part of the way but they do not join up. Several that come to mind are those for the...

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04-14-2018, 02:40 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Still No Competition after 6 years in Run8 General

LOL! :D My cat does a similar thing, mate. :)

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04-13-2018, 06:36 PM

seagoon replied to a thread LA San Bernardino sub is out in Run8 General

Seriously? Is it the culture or something else, Mike? Do you speak Welsh fluently? When you say "not the distance" it reminds me of a (very old)...

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