Re: Auran Trainz - forthcoming Train Sim

[Railway Rasputin3 <james_ccj@my-deja.com>]

In article <399ba881$0$762$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,
  "Dean A Stalker" <dstalker@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> After seeing Microsoft enter the railway sim market and also the
smaller
> company who is producing Trainmaster 4.0. It seems Auran (Brisbane
company
> that produced the game Dark Reign 1 & 2) have entered the market
also. Auran
> have decided to go a couple of steps further than Microsoft and
Trainmasters
> driving only perspective. Auran will release Trainz as a number of
separate
> modules which consist of a Driving module (Shunting and mainline
workings),
> Controller/Dispatcher module, Surveyor/Track Constructor Module,
Freight
> Management module and also various locomotive plugins and also track
> plugins. The game will be built from the ground up as a single player
and
> internet multiplayer game. One of the advantages of this design will
allow
> the formation of virtual railroad companies, where everyone has a
specified
> job. Whether it be a driver, shunter, controller, etc, its up to the
end
> user.
>
> The locomotive models will be compatible with Kinetix 3D Studio Max.
So if
> anyone has any modelling skills, they can create their favourite
locos or
> multiple units etc.
>
> The site is: http://www.auran.com/koolthingz/default.htm and the
follow the
> Trainz links
>
> Auran is listening to any suggestions the railfan community has that
would
> make Trainz the penultimate railroad simulation.
>
> PS. All you QR railfans, take a close look at the Trainz Commuter
picture in
> the Running Trainz section. :-)
>
> --
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Hmmmmm When did Sunlander become a commuter train???


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