You can currently try out all Trainz DLCs for free until January 15th if you own either TRS19 SP4 or the beta of TRS22.
To do this, log on to mytrainz.com and scroll down to "Offer 2", there you have to press the "Claim" button and then you can download all the DLCs you are interested in in the Trainz DLC Manager and try them out by January 15th.

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On January 15th, everyone who took part will receive a 75% discount code for the Trainz Store, which you can use to buy DLCs…

The next part of the Trainz series has been announced: Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022.
We summarize what the new version has to offer and what options are available to you to buy.

New Features

New for all users are functions for the automatic placement of animated TurfFX grass on selected ground textures and a new experimental water system, with which water can be simply painted like terrain.
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Another innovation is a tool that allows you to automatically write ground…

At Christmas time, prices are being reduced in many places - including the official Trainz store.
In this sale, too, many route and locomotive DLC are discounted by 75%. TRS19 is also on offer, including the Platinum Edition for around 29 €.
First class tickets are discounted by 33% - 42%.

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To visit the store, click here

The second service pack for TRS19 is now officially available to all users on all platforms.
If you use Steam, the update should be installed automatically. All other users will receive a message when starting the game that updates are available and then just have to follow the instructions to install them.

This introduces the following changes:

For everyone

SP2 fixes the bug in tunnel portals that started flying in the past, e.g. on the high-speed route from Schwäninger Land. If no attempt was…

At the moment there are quite a few offers to get hold of in the official Trainz store for the Black Friday sale.

For example, for those who don't yet have TRS19 the standard edition is available for just € 21, or, our recommendation, the Platinum Edition for around € 30. Click
Most DLCs are discounted by 75%, so even expensive routes can be picked up for around € 8.50.
(Personal recommendation from the author: if you're interested in Russian/Ukranian rail transport, you can also get to…

A beta version of the second service pack for TRS19 is now available for all TRS19 users. Please note that this is not yet a final version of the update, as is usual with beta versions you should save your Trainz installation and the database folder beforehand or, at best, use a separate beta installation for testing instead of blindly installing beta updates on your main installation.
Depending on which version of TRS19 you are currently using you have to select a different "update stream" when…

Starting today, an "Early Access" version of the multiplayer editor is available for all TrainzPlus users.

The server for this is now continuously online (apart from maintenance work, which is usually carried out weekly on Wednesdays at 6:00 a.m. CEST) and the tools can be tried out on a selection of routes that are already on the server and can be edited by anyone. Users can also upload their own routes, although it should be noted that currently only a selection of the objects included in the…

Its summertime and that means... saving big on games!
As every year it is once again time for summer sale. Of course, T:ANE and TRS19 are on

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About 8 years ago, ProTrain Perfect 2 released as a German train simulator based on Trainz 2009. Even though production of new content for the game ceased in 2014 already, it still remained fairly popular for some time after and still holds the second biggest compound German train network in any simulator after Microsoft Train Simulator.

Unfortunately, the game became increasingly hard to come by after the closure of the Vizzart-Webshop and a slow but steady raise in prices on the remaining…

Building and driving together,

is the premise of the brand new Multiplayer Surveyor feature currently in closed beta testing. But what is it about and what can you currently do with it? How does it feel to build a route cooperatively together with other players at the same time?



When it comes to what it feels like we can say, pretty cool actually! The times of continously sending .cdp files back and forth to make a route together are finally over, making this a far more efficient approach to the…

The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting more wet... perfect time to play Trainz! Here are some news from N3V about upcoming updates:

T:ANE SP4

The fourth service pack for T:ANE is working on getting out some bugs and bringing the better stability of TRS19 to the T:ANE users as well. The full release of this update is expected to happen next or the week after, until then every T:ANE user can change the update stream to "SP4 Beta" in the game settings to try out the service pack now…

As many users gave the feedback that they don't like to pay a lot to recieve a lot of buildin routes that they aren't interested in, TRS19 can now be purchased in regional editions for a smaller price and a smaller amoutn of content. Each of those regional editions contains the Kickstarter County 2 route with associated trains and many of te PBR scenery assets for TRS19. Furthermore they contain:

EU Edition:
Sebino Lake
Niddertalbahn (including PBR cars by 3dZug)

UK Edition:
Edinburgh - Dundee
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Soon for all users who have subscribed to the gold membership (a paid beta/Early Access we've explained here) access to the first beta will be available. Besides the features that were mentioned earlier, this weeks newsletter mentions a new camera system for the first beta. The new camera system supposedly unifies camera control between surveyor and driver mode and adds some new cameras.

Furthermore, developement continues on the next mobile versions of Trainz coming again for iOS and Android…

In the last newsletters, Trainz PLUS was mentioned multiple times which is a feature that is part of the gold subscription.

Trainz Plus is basically a early-access for new game features that are at some point going to be part of a future Trainz version that can be optionally activated for testing.
N3V named a long list of possible features, including adding a lot more parameters to the vehicle physics calculation, integrating the editor straight into driver mode, more animated objects in the game…

Often I've read about N3V not listening to the requests of german or european Trainz users.

I just talked to Tony Hilliam (CEO of N3V) about what we could do to create a better experience for german/european users.

As a result, i'd like to collect information about how to improve Trainz.

We've choosen a multi-step process:
A) Collecting information (via the attached forum topic, there are three questioned topics:

• 1.) What improvements do you wish for Trainz in general?
• 2.) What

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SimulatorTage

26/27 Mai 2018

DB Museum Koblenz


Auch dieses Jahr finden wieder die SimulatorTage (auch als Simulationstage bekannt) im DB Museum Koblenz statt. In diesem Thread möchten wir euch über die Veranstaltung informieren sowie auch in der Zeit der Veranstaltung euch auf dem Laufenden halten. Lernt Hersteller von Produkten kennen, erhaltet exklusiven Einblick in aktuelle Entwicklungen.
Die JTG verlost gemeinsam mit dem TrainzDepot 5 Freikarten. Informationen dazu folgen...



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Inhalts-Ersteller - Live-Chat

Für PC, Laptops, Handy usw Verfügbar




Unser Ziel ist es, Content-Erstellern so viel Unterstützung wie möglich zu bieten, insbesondere beim Konfigurieren von Inhalten, um die neuen Funktionen zu nutzen, die verfügbar werden.
Zu diesem Zweck testen wir einen Live-Chat-Dienst, bei dem Videokünstler in Echtzeit untereinander und zu bestimmten Zeiten der Woche mit dem Trainz-Team kommunizieren können.
Dies soll nicht die Foren und das Wiki ersetzen, da wir diese…

Helligkeit Änderungen

Zusätzlich zu all den fantastischen neuen Materialien und den "Physikalisch basierten Rendering" -Techniken, die wir in früheren Entwicklerdiagrammen behandelt haben, führen wir auch neue Endbenutzersteuerelemente ein, um das Erscheinungsbild Ihrer Umgebung anzupassen.

Diese Woche werfen wir einen Blick auf den neuen Schieberegler für die Lichthelligkeit, mit dem Sie die Lichtmenge in der Szene erhöhen und verringern können.
Natürlich ist es nie genug, einen Regler…

Die meisten Informationen in diesem Tutorial auf dem Trainz-Wiki, wenn Sie detailliertere Kenntnisse benötigen. Siehe die folgenden Links.

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Trainz Wiki Links:

Trainz texture.txt

Trainz Groundtexture

Trainz Materials

Im Laufe der Jahre hat sich Trainz stark auf die Unterstützung von 3DS-Max für die Erstellung von Assets konzentriert. In den allerersten Tagen war GMax kostenlos für Content-Entwickler und wurde bis 2009 mit Trainz ausgeliefert. Wir waren das erste Spiel, das mit GMax ausgeliefert wurde.

Im Laufe der Zeit hörte Discreet (jetzt Autodesk) auf, GMax zu unterstützen, und Trainz unterstützte weiterhin die neuesten Versionen von 3DS-Max mit aktualisierten Exporteuren. Schließlich begann die…