Open Rails Forum "Place" Switched?

[marklester01]

Has anyone else noticed that MSTS is no longer on the top, & ORTS being next? No, ORTS is now Being Viewed first( If that Person has it viewable ), & then MSTS Second like ORTS was.

[eric]

Yes, that change was made today. Thanks for noticing.

The activity in the MSTS forums has dropped considerably, so the re-order was done to reflect that.

Also, you may notice that the subforums for TSRE have also moved under OpenRails.

[wwhall]

Yes, that change was made today. Thanks for noticing.

The activity in the MSTS forums has dropped considerably, so the re-order was done to reflect that.

Also, you may notice that the subforums for TSRE have also moved under OpenRails.

These are welcome changes. I know that it's difficult for some diehard MSTS fans to swallow, but MSTS is becoming pretty much dead. OpenRails is taking over. I have not used the actual MSTS program in going on a decade now. I don't miss it at all. And, though there are always improvements to be made, OR is continually adding features and progressing forward.

[eric]

If you have other suggestions, feel free to drop them to me in a PM.

[CSRX]

If you have other suggestions, feel free to drop them to me in a PM.

Would "ORTS Engine And Livery Skinning" be an acceptable category for those of us still doing locomotive and rolling stock paint jobs, or would that just fall under what's currently in place of "modeling & physics"?

[rdayt]

A refreshable "Today's Posts".

Randy

[geepster775]

I noticed that unpaid members are now restricted to slower downloads at 20kb/s instead of the usual 30kb/s

[jbtower]

That was a welcome change thank you!

[eric]

I noticed that unpaid members are now restricted to slower downloads at 20kb/s instead of the usual 30kb/s

That's fixed.

What do you think is a fair set of restrictions on non-paying members? Only one download at a time or slower speed?

The bandwidth being spent to support huge route downloads from other parts of the world is huge, and there are relatively cheap membership options available here starting at $10 where you can lift the restriction.

Basically, for the cost of two coffees at Starbucks or a value baskets at Culver's, you could get 6 months of a supporting membership.

[R. Steele]

No downloads unless you buy a membership...each membership level from cheapest to most expensive allows for more/or faster downloads.

No paid membership allows user to view all downloads, and post in certain forums as guest.