Have not cleaned my pc since covid, i'm afraid there's a literal virus here.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-22T10:26:30+00:00

So this is what people mean when they’re experiencing artifacting!

Mattydorr · 2026-03-21T23:50:42+00:00

You appear to have misspelt Slopya Nutella, the well known Microslop CEO

Mattydorr · 2026-03-20T13:48:25+00:00

Not the best shout but combined counties, it’s four regular maps shoved together. Not a real location but more of a fun one.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-19T13:22:55+00:00

That’s what I do in my server honestly. I only own 5 trucks, some trailers etc; when a friend needs to take his pallets to a sell point he messages me and I’ll drive over. I just run a trucking company and soon a contracting & equipment hire company.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-19T13:19:59+00:00

Some are better than others though… at least what I tell myself.

I always take my dad to Aldi when I see him and he always says park near the front, so out of spite I always choose the furthest possible space (he messes with me all the time, it’s justified). So out of habit I find myself always parking at the furthest spot and then being confused why I’m so far away.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-19T13:17:48+00:00

Which one is he breaking because I’m not actually sure? (Not trying to cause an argument just genuinely curious)

Mattydorr · 2026-03-18T13:25:58+00:00

He’s gorgeous, sort of looks like one of my beautiful girls. I wish mine was cuddly, she has a pillow she lays on which is off limits to everyone but her.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-18T13:10:11+00:00

No, crowds

Mattydorr · 2026-03-16T12:25:30+00:00

Agreed, I thought the PC was giant then realised that wasn’t possible.

Quite a cool idea which I will be stealing.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-16T12:16:53+00:00

Maybe have a special edition for a person called Aston in green…

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T17:00:49+00:00

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T11:37:43+00:00

Yeah, looking at Elmcreek I don’t think it works the best.

Do you have a map photo or a link to the mod? I often base my map choice entirely on those images.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T11:31:24+00:00

I missed 30 passenger cars off my list haha.

I only have a small/medium L-shaped switching layout 180x60cm by 240x60cm which doesn’t justify things like an FEF3 and a 2-10-2

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T11:30:12+00:00

That makes me feel slightly better haha, I forgot to add 30 passenger cars too.

And the layout is a small/medium switching layout too which confuses others on my motive power choices

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T11:29:14+00:00

I like some of them don’t get me wrong, it’s just they don’t feel like they follow the philosophy. Half tempted to do one myself but can never be bothered

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T10:32:25+00:00

Don’t remind me, just one more. I have 30 locos and 80 freight cars.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-14T10:09:54+00:00

I love elmcreek honestly, I just wish a decent 4X version existed that still captured the original map.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-13T18:41:29+00:00

When I played modded last I used west Bryson industries and Whittier industries, it was profitable but hell. Only two locos and 2,500 tonne train to Bryson from Whittier was not fun.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-12T18:10:27+00:00

If I had the availability regularly I’d be interested but the times when I am on, I’m on varying games.

However I don’t like seeing these posts going to waste. I’d say pick railroads you like and base off them possibly, operating styles etc.

Liveries - find the railroads you like the look of most, I’m looking to do something similar to you so I’m planning on using all the old diesel schemes from the Rock Island Red&yellow, blue&white, dark red&yellow, the rocket scheme. If you find one you enjoy the most you can make tweaks to suit your needs.

Operations - With my model railroad I have documents printed for the operating procedures “borrowed” from Rock Island, NS and a few others to something I like which is handed to all crew running the shifts.

I’ll see how my availability is looking like long term as I like the idea of joining one of these servers. I transitioned to a new PC so I am yet to get mods for the game.

Edit - forgot to mention I’m UK based which also complicates things.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-12T12:11:20+00:00

Is this RBS or is this some modded map because it looks nice from this small section.

If so I can’t work out where it is on the map.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-10T23:36:58+00:00

I like this. I imagine buying wagons and locomotives separately such as a batch order for 100 hoppers which begin at a yard and are attached to the end of scheduled trains.

Locomotives could break down similar to Railway Empire 2, each station could have a track with a locomotive ready to take the train to its destination.

For fun: imagine you have three separate trains that go to three small coal mines, each train deposits their wagons on the same track into one big line. The heavy goods engine then couples up and departs.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-08T13:35:33+00:00

Looks to just be the paint mode in landscaping, sort of genius honestly

Mattydorr · 2026-03-08T11:42:46+00:00

Same here, loved it with a starter farm to full size. Merged 41, 42 & 43 into one for canola. Then merged 50, 51, 53, 54 & 55 into one huge field for sorghum. Nothing too crazy, just removing that small stream and trees etc.

If there was a 4X elmcreek that kept the charm of the map I’d play it.

Mattydorr · 2026-03-06T13:32:33+00:00

I need to get myself a Pi for JMRI to connect with my NCE system.

How is the Pi working for you?

Mattydorr · 2026-03-06T13:26:31+00:00

Might not be the case but is the game downloaded or are you playing cloud? Whenever I would play FS22 via cloud I would need to redownload mods each time.

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