Hi All. Well it's been a couple of busy days since I released Tube Sim. From the feedback I've had generally it looks like you're all enjoying playing. So far in the 3 days since release it's been downloaded over 530 times. A number of questions have been asked which I'm going to attempt to answer here: 1. Why is some of the information so quiet once you leave driver school and start doing missions? Answer: Hands up, there's a bug here. The driver school does quite a bit of ducking of audio while messages are spoken. In some situations when you go to do a real mission after driver school the audio is still ducked. This will be fixed in the next release. For now I'd suggest once you complete driver school you should exit the game from the main menu and reload it before moving on to the missions. This should only be an issue with coming out of driver school. 2. Exiting the game, why can't I just hit alt f4 to close it? Answer: This was deliberate, in the real world a driver cannot just exit a train and leave it in the middle of the track. As it stands you've got 2 options. Escape will pause the game and f7 will radio the control room asking for relief, this means that your run will end at when you open the doors at the next station. Of all the comments I've had about the game this seems to annoy most people so in a future release I'm planning to give you an option to quit the mission from the pause menu. When you do this my intention is that your distance and score will not be logged as your abandoning your train. I'm also tempted to reduce the customer service overall score a bit if you do this as its breaking the policy of trying to keep the game as realistic as possible. I'll think about that one. I'd hope that this is something that most people don't do very often. 3. Are the places real places in London, how close is this to what a real tube driver does? Answer: Yes, the stations, routes and distances between stations is based on the real world. I did quite a bit of reading up on what a real world tube driver does and I'd say it's about 75% accurate. There are some changes to do with setting up the train that a driver does that you don't do in the game, things like static break tests and setting up the destination signs. Also the rear lights are set and you have to set various modes in the rear cab. As there is no rear cab in the game I moved the switches. The radio sequences I completely made up. The speed limits and which bits are over ground and which bits are underground are randomly generated and don't reflect the real world. 4. Why can't I stop at the stations, why don't the alarms play? Answer: My guess you're overshooting because you're going too fast. The following may help, remember that you can practise stopping with lesson 2 in the driver school. At top speed, 80 KMPH your stopping distances are about 100M if you use the breaks, and about 600 M if you just use the throttle controls. Generally unless you're late I'd not suggest going faster than 50 KMPH. By the time you're 100 M from the station your speed should be about 30 KMPH. 50 you should be down to about 20 KMPH. 15 M should be down to 10 KMPH. If you're at 10 KMPH at when you get told your 15 M away hit down twice to bring your train to a stop, this should bring you nicely to a stop in the stop zone without using the breaks. 5. Why can't I move the train? Answer: I'd Suggest reading the documentation and going through driver school. However there are a couple of common things you should check. Are your doors closed? Is your air pressure higher than 50? Are you holding the dead man switch? 6. How do you know when your underground or over ground. Answer: If you can hear the birds and rain then you're over ground, some people flick to the external view quickly to check this. Also your train echoes a lot more and you can hear the sound of your train bouncing off the tunnel walls when you're underground. 7. Why isn't there the option to turn on the air compressor when on the stats screen of the computer? Answer: There is, just hit enter on the air pressure read out to enable the compressor. 8. Can new stations or countries be added? Answer: Maybe in the future, there is quite a bit of audio needed for lines and stations, but going forward I may produce a way of doing this. 9. How do you pick the sound pack, there's nothing in the main menu? Answer: The readme in the sound pack folder explains everything, effectively just dropping sounds in this folder is all you need to do. You can only have 1 sound pack at a time. 10. Why don't the doors open at a station? Answer: There are a couple of rules that control when the doors can open, You must be in a stop zone. You must have air pressure higher than 25% Your dead man switch must not be held. In some of the podcasts I've heard of people playing they think they've stopped in the stop zone when actually they've over shot the station. If you hear the "due to depart" message then you've over shot. 11. It's impossible to leave dead on time, why? Answer: I'd suggest reading the documentation or doing driver school again. 30 seconds either side of the depart time is considered on time. So if your depart time is 22:15. You can depart at 22:14:30 to 22:15:30 and this is OK. I've heard some people say this is 11 seconds, I'm not sure where that's come from, its 30 seconds. 12. Why when I request clearance does it get denied? Answer: The only reason clearance is denied is if you're trying to leave the platform early. (See answer above about being 30 seconds either side of the depart time. There for in the above example if you request clearance at 22:14:25 it'll be denied, if you request at 22:14:31 you will be cleared to leave. 13. What time should you depart depos, the driver report is confusing? Answer: I think there may be a small bug here, I'll try to clarify in the next release. 14. Why can't the train reverse? Answer: There's 2 reasons, they don't do this on the London underground in the real world and it would make the game 2 easy. 15. Why do I suck, why's my score so low. (A genuine question) Answer: To improve your score I'd suggest reading the documentation as it goes in to quite a bit of detail. The driver report is also your main tool for working out what you did right, and what you did wrong. 16. If I hit f7 and request relief by mistake what can I do? Answer: Just hit f7 again and the request will get cancelled, I don't think I put this in the documentation, I'll put it in for the next release. 17. Why is the game free? Answer: A number of people said they were surprised that the game was free. Thank you. The reason I don't charge for any of my games yet is that I'm a developer working on my own and that not charging gives me the flexibility in the way I support the game. I fit development around a day job and young family so don't get as much time to support users as I wish, including updates, release schedules, resolving user's issues and so on. If I were to charge then I would want to provide a much more professional support and update mechanism and I don't feel I have the time to do that. In the end It comes down to how I believe software companies should behave, selling a game or software isn't the end of the transaction with the customer, the developer has a responsibility to support that customer, A responsibility I don't have the time for given the other things I've got going on. I'd also need to consider any piracy protection and things like handling refunds, Stuff I just don't want to deal with. In the end, game development is something I enjoy and just do for fun.
Thanks. Nick. -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of lenron brown Sent: 22 December 2016 17:53 To: Gamers Discussion list <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The train now standing at platform N A Soft is Tube Sim, and its ready to depart. This game is truly epic. It was well design I was amazed when reading all the commands. I was also wondering about other cities around the world possibly having maps in the game as well? Maybe like New York city? Also would it be possible to have away to switch from kmph to mph when checking the speed and things? On 12/22/16, rajmund <brajmund2...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, > I tried what happens when you die, too. LOL couldn't stop at the stop > sign, guess that's what happens when you don't stick to the speed limit > LOL. > > Sent from Thunderbird > > On 22/12/2016 02:21 PM, Austin Pinto wrote: >> for all who have not plaied the game go for it! >> the game is so edictive i spent 8 hours playing the game. >> i finished district line, the line that gives the government batch, i >> think its bakerlew line and now i am on the centerl line. >> can people of other countries or other parts of the world add there >> metro or train lines to the game? >> >> On 12/22/16, rajmund <brajmund2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> hello. >>> I was thinking about that earlier, actually. >>> >>> Sent from Thunderbird >>> >>> On 22/12/2016 03:41 AM, Austin Pinto wrote: >>>> Nick you made my day. >>>> i just wished i could play ts after seeing my friends play it. >>>> now i hope we get flight simulater >>>> >>>> On 12/22/16, Rajmund <brajmund2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi Nick, >>>>> Do you, at this point, accept constructive feedback and suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from a Braille Sense >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Nick and Gemma Adamson <n...@ndadamson.com> >>>>> To: 'Gamers Discussion list' <gamers@audyssey.org> >>>>> Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 9:23 pm >>>>> Subject: [Audyssey] The train now standing at platform N A Soft is >>>>> Tube >>>>> Sim, >>>>> and its ready to depart. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi All. >>>>>> After months of development and testing I'm pleased to announce that >>>>>> Tube >>>>>> Sim, The latest game from N A Soft has been released. >>>>>> Tube Sim is a train simulator for windows based on the London >>>>>> Underground >>>>>> system played completely in audio. Using over 600 sounds learn how to >>>>>> drive >>>>>> a train on this iconic part of London. >>>>>> Tube sim has been designed to be as realistic as possible using >>>>>> information >>>>>> based on the real world train system. One place that it does differ >>>>>> from >>>>>> the >>>>>> real world, you can drive it for free. >>>>>> So grab the dead man handle. Close your doors and let's go >>>>>> underground. >>>>>> Get more information and the game from: >>>>>> http://ndadamson.com/index.php"slab=tube-sim >>>>>> Both an installer and portable version of the game are available. >>>>>> >>>>>> Happy driving. >>>>>> Nick. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>>>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>>>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>>>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>>>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>>>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>>>>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>>>> list, >>>>>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>>>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>>>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>>>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>>>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>>>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>>>> list, >>>>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>> >> >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > -- Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762 --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. 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