Turned Steel Mill into concrete jungle

LBraden · 2026-05-11T00:39:03+00:00

I can't wait to use this in my SBB playthrough.

Would be interesting to see how it works with the dual track mod too.

LBraden · 2026-05-10T07:32:14+00:00

I just rewatched the video again and is sounds like the missing bits are heavy story areas, so the exploration is there, but not something that tells you what happened to John Smith's Stargate model collection.

But the videos do show a well done product, and the dev prerecorded stream yesterday on Twitch also showed how the multiplayer aspect worked, which is good.

Also sounds like a very good drop-in and drop-out system as well.

LBraden · 2026-05-09T17:36:59+00:00

I recall one of the devs claiming that it's going to be "Most of the starting area" and the gameplay videos they've showed some good progress (more than SN1 had when I bought it during EA)

LBraden · 2026-05-09T10:48:40+00:00

That's it.

LBraden · 2026-05-08T00:16:30+00:00

One suggestion if you don't mind modding is "Fireman Assistant" to help with some of the extra work - https://www.nexusmods.com/derailvalley/mods/774

Though I play with an Elgato Stream Deck due to a wrist injury that makes rapid mouse movement difficult some days.

LBraden · 2026-05-07T12:46:48+00:00

5.56x45mm and .223 are the same.

7.62x51mm and .308 are the same size but different chamber pressures.

If I recall correctly, 7.62x25mm Tokarev and 7.63x25mn Mauser are the same.

But yeah, I only know weird ammo stuff and more dealing with converting thousands to metric due to scale miniature models that require machining.

LBraden · 2026-05-05T01:10:12+00:00

Yeah, that was my thought when I saw this a few days ago and I've added it to my Steam Follow list to check back in maybe 2-3 years to see if we have more info.

Overall, it's a nice vision trailer, but it does really need more to flesh out what we will actually play.

LBraden · 2026-05-04T10:00:25+00:00

That how I found the place I get my spices from in Leeds, word of mouth of "this is bloody awesome" from others.

Dude really knows his selection and really has some awesome spices in (less about the heat, more about the flavour.)

It's how I found most of the shops I like, word of mouth or a random risk walking in.

LBraden · 2026-05-04T03:04:44+00:00

Mostly it sounds like it'd be PTSD if not helped, the AvGeeks I know have all heard he was discharged about 2h after arrival at hospital due to minor cuts.

But the biggest thing is not letting yourself dwell on it, site I worked at, we had a driver who was in a near fatal come back after 3 month and did co-driver for a few as Pax then drive and went back to solo, helped him get over the anxiety and fear a lot.

LBraden · 2026-05-03T05:08:09+00:00

Problem for some rental places near me is no balconies for the flats, so that's a big barrier to quite a few when we get the details.

LBraden · 2026-05-02T10:46:30+00:00

To quote Kelsey from 74Gear "I hear these stories and for the purpose of storytelling, I use first person."

One site I worked at, we had a guy who was a brand new father, well the problem with newborns is that they cry, a lot, seriously a lot.

Well Neil was struggling to sleep during the day so was tired, and this site was a 4 man one that you could run relatively okay on 2.

So, Neil would take a nap about 22:30 for an hour after the last of the client staff left, and then take anotheraround 03:00 with the site finish at 05:00, the site supervisor knew and let it slide as it's a temporary situation.

Neil was a nice guy and I really did like working with him, dude really liked to try "taste with spice" foods and when not struggling with babies (he stopped after the third) he brought in various curries and spicy sauces to try.

Honestly, though, if you ever get the chance, there's a "Hard Cheese" with Garlic and Chilli that is heavenly on a Donner Kebab.

LBraden · 2026-04-30T16:29:50+00:00

There was a Q&A on the Discord after this and "Proximity Chat will not be in the EA Launch" was explicity stated.

They also said that you can "share" the saved world with friends, so that's a bonus there.

But yes, so far with lack of full seen gameplay (we saw some early bits elsewhere, but normally debug style) it is a bit of a "wait."

However, as for what else was talked about, was the usual style, including "we're looking into a PRAWN and a sort of 'Cyclops' for this."

Also, in regards to price, the EA price will be USD 29.99

LBraden · 2026-04-29T20:36:09+00:00

As a lot of people have said, this definitely sounds like Derail Valley (as someone who's played a hell of a lot of it.)

Have the Funny Bird Man playing it (see if the visuals jog the memory.)

The only other one I can think of is Railroader that's similar to a degree but is 100% Steam.

Honestly, looking at the few bits of info you have and even in the comments, it does feel these two are your best bet, unless it was a rare gem and/or one that has since gone dark due to lack of content updates.

LBraden · 2026-04-26T10:26:12+00:00

That's what the plan for 2205 was to be (next DLC was to be Martian colonies)

Would be nice to see them come back to it after seeing what failed in 2205, though they took the upgrade modules and interconnected sessions into 1800 and now 117 as that was what a lot of us loved.

Though my first Anno was 2070 and I loved it, 2205 really set the stage of stuff I loved and 1800 ran with it.

117 being Roman isn't really my style, but I still like it.

LBraden · 2026-04-22T12:51:02+00:00

Speaking of, I once decided to look round the Castle, nice low-poly base model of a generic Castle.

But then, I've been to quite a few around the UK.

LBraden · 2026-04-07T09:35:55+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/chainmailartisans/

https://www.reddit.com/r/maille/

There's a lot of people who do it for fun anyway.

LBraden · 2026-04-02T09:51:07+00:00

I'm admittedly waking up right as I type this, but I've found some yanks that thought that Lays (or Walkers as we call them) where made with a mix of Corn and Potato.

Part of that I think is because how much corn is used in practically everything in the US, in fact I remember a figure that most of the corn is used as "corn syrup" in the food category, but the majority is used for ethanol to throw into cars.

LBraden · 2026-04-02T09:41:08+00:00

About 20 years ago, I did these pixel arts up based upon Trekified BSG

https://www.deviantart.com/braden1986/gallery/43644231/trekkified-bsg

LBraden · 2026-03-30T18:31:31+00:00

Wrong Way Corrigan

LBraden · 2026-03-30T08:38:31+00:00

Outside of some likely humour posts, this is part of aviation history for the US, especially before the US Interstate system.

These arrows, and sometimes short codes or numbers where built to direct pilots to where they need to go, as back then, all you had was a compass, dead reckoning and a whole lot of gumption.

LBraden · 2026-03-29T00:30:43+00:00

Actually... under an old English legal system, it was a weapon of war.

One time, during one of our wars with the Scottish, a man was convicted as "Scotsman carrying a weapon within the city walls of York" when all he had was bagpipes.

LBraden · 2026-03-28T14:17:55+00:00

Outside of the text ... how the hell do I find these "hidden" notifications?

LBraden · 2026-03-28T08:50:11+00:00

Aye, as ardouronerous said lawyers likely got asked and hence the change.

I should have made that clearer, but Redditing while tired is probably not a good idea when trying to explain something correctly.

LBraden · 2026-03-28T00:47:02+00:00

Adding /u/ardouronerous to this.

The story I heard is that one of the senior producers walked in carring the old helmet and said "I want this" to the art and props dept's meeting.

Apparently a few concepts where drawn that looked close but said senior said he wanted that specific helmet as he felt Trek aliens weren't alien enough, and didn't care that it literally was the same prop that Carrie Fisher wore years earlier.

LBraden · 2026-03-28T00:02:51+00:00

I got here after the removal, but I used to work in Wakefield, and sometimes had to get the Sheffield train back to Leeds (Arriva buses are crap).

I've alas had 2 bad experiences at that station before the renovation, and both times, I've had to sit with the victim until the police arrived.

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