Scenario: "The 801 at 08:01"

[bruce5755]

So what's all this about? Stuck at Welwyn Garden City for about 25 mins now, will never get to next stop on time. Any ideas welcome!

[pjohnandlyns]

This is a known bug on this scenario. An AI train doesn't move when it's supposed to. DTG should know about it, it's been posted often enough and hopefully a fix is on the way ????.

The other 2 801 scenarios are fine though.

[carysandphil]

Has this problem been resolved? I have just bought the Kings Cross to Peterborough route and note that the AI train ahead of the player train just sits there and does nothing. Shame, as this appears to be a good scenario to complete.

[privatebrian]

Originally posted by carysandphil:

Has this problem been resolved? I have just bought the Kings Cross to Peterborough route and note that the AI train ahead of the player train just sits there and does nothing. Shame, as this appears to be a good scenario to complete.

Simple answer No!

[bruce5755]

I did notice the other day (after V9a came out), that when I resumed, the line was clear at WGC only to find that there's another stuck AI train further up the line near St Neots, so different place same problem.
What on earth is going on now???????????????

[m4rky1985]

Its good in one sense that they're releasing new content all the time but highly annoying that there chosing not to fix the faulty scenario's that seem to fill this forum.

I'd love to be able to complete the 801 scenario and the 390 scenario's but both are pretty annoying/unplayable and yet a fairly simple fix.

I've spoke with the DTG team before and although there's a little more to it that meets the eye I'm sure a couple of people over a few weeks could fix 95% of the scenario's.

If they're struggling for hours to test each scenario then I'm sure there are more than enough willing people on here to run through a scenario and point out any/all the problems to get it perfected!!

[Growler]

I believe players noticed on the day of launch (18th Sept 2014) of TS2015 this particular scenario problem. That's 82 days ago!! This was a scenario for their brand new loco the 801, one of the iconic show-pieces of the new game; a little embarassing you would think. Players immediately identified the cause of the scenario problem as well. So all necessary information to create a fix was given almost 3 months ago. A 10 minute edit in Scenario editor, you would think and job done. Unfortunately, none of us players can do a full permanent fix for this one, because it happens to be a Career Scenario.

Why oh why can't someone in the DTG programming team during their lunch break when they're bored, quickly make the necessary edit and be done with it. It doesn't require months of analysis and data collection to identify the cause of the problem; and it shouldn't take months of testing and analysis once the simple edit has been made. Just do the required edit and be done with it.

One less thing for your customers to continually nag for a fix. Unless the development team for some reason enjoy and get a peverse kick out of the badgering by customers for game repairs! To any outsider it seems extremely baffling to say the least! It seems we were better off whizzing around the Test Trak in the SEC 800; at least that worked. Whoops, I forgot, they removed the original Test Trak and the original SEC from the game without warning!! Ever get the feeling as a DTG customer you can never win. (closest symbol I have to Hitachi 801!)

[Dodgydruid]

Originally posted by bruce5755:

I did notice the other day (after V9a came out), that when I resumed, the line was clear at WGC only to find that there's another stuck AI train further up the line near St Neots, so different place same problem.
What on earth is going on now???????????????

Yes I'm stuck at St Neots as well now :*(

[runair]

The problem still happens! Why is it not resolved?

[Dodgydruid]

I dunno, all it takes is a simple fix whether surgical removal of that bloody train, changing its priority because it should not pass the 801 at Hitchin and would have in real life been held back at the platform there.

[Gleann Sannaig]

COME ON, DTG!!!!!

This is getting pathetic - the 801 at 8:01 scenario is still broken after 3 months. I reported this, so did several people on this forum.

By contrast, a while ago when Just Trains released Class 20 Advance (which came with 15 scenarios) three Class 20 Advanced scenarios were broken. I reported this problem via their Facebook page. Guess how long it took Just Trains to fix the broken scenarios? Under a week. That's less than 7 days.

I don't care if I get banned from the forum as a result of this posting - I might just as well be talking to a wall.

[Dodgydruid]

A news story of this poor train was seen nowhere... (Might have to click the pics to appreciate the aha humour.... sometimes chronic mental illness can be fun ;) )

"DTG Tea Ladies rescued from failed scenario shock..."

Today, news of long missing tea ladies noticed missing when workers latte's and biccies failed to turn up for the second week running, was welcomed to see the survivors of a terrible fail scenario where hundreds of virtual people ended up stranded on the commute to work. The staff were quite amazed at boarding the train by jumping into it at speed near Stevenage only to find themselves in Thailand.

One virtual passenger interviewed said this was nothing to worry about, that she last month ended up stranded in 1950's Yorkshire and mentioned another colleague who is still serving tea at Dumfries station during WWII and is waiting for her return train home to the present.

http://www.standard.co.uk/incoming/article8713641.ece/alternates/w620/thailand.jpg

Angered passengers of this train and others recently in the news sent a petition to the Minister for virtual communities, Lord Pirate Bay who said the government would launch an immediate inquiry into this terrible situation probably and only if certain conditions were met involving large cloth sacks filled with pound notes.

A virtual railway spokesman, commenting to reporters outside Polar Bear Fetishist periodical magazine offices reassured concerned virtual passengers that the ladies were all well and would be back to pouring much needed caffeineated drinks very soon and included a selection of pictures highlighting the brand new scenario testing systems being installed this month.

https://flic.kr/p/bx7tgA

Virtual passenger action groups have yet to comment but it is believed Sir Topham Hatt is consulting lawyers and protests have been planned at many DLC stations nation wide. Lord Pirate Bay has appealed for calm and reminded protesting passengers that walking in front of trains, levitating across to other platforms or other dangerous antics can cause safety issues for passengers and trains alike.

http://www.southofdallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cm-22215-0505953d7445983.jpg

[SergZ]

I fixed original DTG scenario: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=363109368

[ash]

@szuzin. Subscribed, but it won't load. Anyway I'd already cloned the scenario like pjohnandlyns suggested earlier in this post, and that did the job. Got the medal but no score which I wasn't bothered about anyway.

[SergZ]

Originally posted by ash:

Got the medal but no score...

Score will be available only if you pass my scenario and vote for it (up or down does not matter ;) ). Only when the number of votes will surpass 30 your score will be counted.

Not I did invent these rules.

[LooneyOnTheLoose]

still not fixed :(