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Friday, June 15th
3:17 P.M. Eastern Time

I've been meaning to update! I really have! I'm still playing the game, exploring the Northeast Corridor and stuff. I do have some rather interesting pictures though:

1 - I didn't know this was physically possible...
2 - Similar as above picture except at different location...look at the top
3 - Now this is definitely odd...
4 - Same as above at different angle. Train derailed of course.

Enjoy!

Friday, June 8th
2:55 A.M. Eastern Time

Well I'm trying to get this thing to work. First, I plan to build off the Northeast Corridor, if that will be at all possible. Anyway, I copied the NEC route folder, renamed it, and opened it up in the Geography Editor. From there I deleted the tiles I knew I would not need and added ones I would. The result was rather funky - stuff floating and a bunch of SMS file errors. I'll keep playing around with it and see what happens. April archived news now up.

Wednesday, June 6th
4:43 A.M. Eastern Time

I could not hold off any longer. So I went and got a copy of MSTS earlier today. Played on the Northeast Corridor a bit, had an accident, and did some tutorials. I don't think those people will be too happy about their homes. But anyway, wow! Simply amazing! Then, I open the Route Editor. WOW! There are MANY options. Of course, I go to Philadelphia and check out the area and see how they modeled it. I stare in disbelief. Where is the Schuylkill River?! Where is I76?! Where is the yard behind 30th Street?! The station itself looks much smaller than it should be. This is going to need a lot of work....

Sunday, June 3rd
6:45 P.M. Eastern Time

Nope, haven't received my copy of MSTS yet. I ordered through Amazon.com, so it will still be a while. On a postive note, I would like to thank this person who sent me a CD full of SEPTA pictures and just about everything. I also plan to take a trip to Philadelphia this summer armed with a digital [video] camera. Expect more frequent updates soon as I get my copy of the game!

Saturday, May 19th
12:26 A.M. Eastern Time

No update in a whole month, but rest assured the project is still alive and kicking. As you can see it hasn't been pretty busy. I do however have a few notes.

I did not receive the beta. Wasn't planning to anyway and I doubt I could have gotten much done considering it was not the final retail copy which everyone will have. Details of the route editor seemed very vague still.

The mailing list will not go into full effect (me sending updates to the list) until at least 30 people are signed up. However, this is an open discussion mailing list and you are free to talk about whatever amongst yourselves.

I would also like to thank all the people who have e-mailed me wishing to help. I will be in contact when the time comes (obviously when the game is released).

And finally, a few things have changed on the site. There is now an archived news section to the right. All the older news has been moved there. The 'Misc. Info' section has been changed to just 'Info' with a general overview of the project.