CoS April Mini Dev Vlog: Hot Damn, The SP Foamers Are Eating Good Tonight
This is what happens when Mark goes to another country and the Nevadans come out of the woodwork to unleash their sacred relics upon this realm.
As a clarification to the Q&A segment about structured gameplay: Scenarios are the structured/timed option within a campaign which helps to tell thematic story points in each era, but hauling commodities based on regional supply and demand with finances enabled outside of scenarios is also something we intend to provide to allow players to earn additional money on the side of scenario progression as well. Free play/sandbox mode is separate from both the structured and unstructured play modes and allows for enjoying the game with the financial aspect turned off. Apologies for not clarifying this in the voice-over, still pretty sick over here and I just completely missed this in the script. - Tom
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Man, seeing these SP Ten Wheelers is really making me itch for some ET&WNC representation! Those Ten Wheelers would look fantastic!
Can’t wait to see those engines in action. Curious to see if any of those big sp whistles slips onto one of their narrow gauge engines. Oops how’d that get there!
I'm curious about future projects. I know I'm thinking way too far into the future But I was wondering if all the groundwork you guys did (and are doing )to make this game could be applicable to a future title that maybe is standard gauge eccentric?
I'd imagine if it were standard gauge, it would have to be region locked to a specific part of the US. Encompassing all of NA Steam in one game is incredibly daunting.
Please tell me that lovely mandolin arrangement of the Cello Suite is in game! A short but great update. Looking forward to next months update.
love seeing the new stuff. quick question: with locomotive customizing will we be able to do modern representations of locomotives that are still in operation today, like how RGS #20 looks or DLG #191?
If it is a surviving locomotive and it ends up having a model in game then i imagine you should be able to customize it to how it looks in present day given how many customization options there are. But since we won't know a complete list of locomotives and rolling stock until release we will just have to wait and see.
I have a question about what will be included with in CofS. Will the game include Canadian narrow gauge operations such as the Newfoundland Railway? (or at least parts of it bc it was 908 miles long :P)
The Newfoundland Railway is cape gauge (3'6") and thus out of scope for this project's 3' North American narrow gauge focus. - Tom
as a fellow nevadan i appreciate this
Believe me, y'all, you really should look into adding oil industry functionality to Keystone. Railroads like the Kendall & Eldred, Bradford Bordell & Kinzua, Olean Bradford & Warren, Warren & Farnsworth Valley, and countless others that populated the "Big Level" (called the Colorado of the East for its density of narrow gauge railroads at one point) all thrived on the oil boom of the 1860s and 70s. Most of them were gone by the Teens, but their influence cannot be understated. I would be happy to assist with information and photos!
I just went back and watched the March DevLog (March 34th / April 3rd) for the twelfth time, prior to watching this April mini-DevLog (for the third time). This month’s mini-DevLog is a great resource / reference synopsis that describes each of the maps. Their location, as well as a quick summary of the maps and what industries to expect. It’s also a good sneak peek on the NCO & Pacific Coast / Southern Pacific / Oahu configuration 10-26D’s (drawing 42 & 52) and the GE 50 & 54 ton diesels that are currently being modeled.
Also will “free mode” include say just running the railroad through the decades and facing the challenges that come with that but without a time constraint and just get to pass through a whole century of steam?
God I’m really hoping for a 10-22D for my girl 152, she served in Alaska, and down south in Seattle before settling in Michigan in perseveration, she wasn’t the only one but she has the distinct note of being built in 1920 a whole decade past when her sisters were or more
if I'm not mistaken Alaska is a bit out of scope for the game, (save for the DL135) but I could totally see them doing a DLC map for alaska after release at some point. I hope they add 152 as well, because it was a very modern locomotive in its respective era's.
How will rollingstock work being ng I'm not sure how common interchanges were done for other railroads cars. I know we will be able to buy our own cars for different customers but will customer owned cars be a thing with a simple waybill
At one point in the latter part of the 1870's, there was a continuous narrow gauge network from Idaho/Montana through northern Utah and into Colorado and New Mexico operated by over a dozen rail companies that regularly interchanged freight and passenger cars between themselves.
I check Patreon at like 7 am this morning (12 hours ago) and see this I was SO happy
Seeing the models without the textures really highlights how detailed the actual models are. Color me impressed!
Hey I was wondering how much of a role switching and the industry system are going to play
Last months dev vlog shows a typical day and what one can expect for switching and industry work. I believe they kind of answered that in this brief q&a too. For how the wider economy and industries will work look back at their retrospective on Railroad Tycoon dev vlog.
Wow, I had no idea about that EP&SW coal whaleback tender. That's ... remarkable. And we can't even blame Baldwin for it, because that engine left their shops with an entirely normal box tender.
It most likely won't be a whaleback if I had to guess. IRL the 10-26Ds of the South Pacific Coast (already in game), received the same whalebacks that this class of 10-26D had during their rebuilding, I'm assuming from former class mates. The semi-prototypical thing to do would be to give the SPC 10-26D tenders to the NCO ones for coal burning.
Seeing the Pacific Coast configurations makes me so happy. No problem with this being a short vlog, y'all have had it rough with so many being sick. Looking forward to next vlog.
Please tell me one of the options for 9 is going to be the meme Bakersfield "uncanny valley old west" rebuild from 1956...
I second that. In a game focused on realism, we can show the moment really fake old west schemes popped up in the public imagination. So a comparison between real 1800's locomotive styles and 1950's Hollywood would be easy.
The “But Wait there’s More” got me, lol. It’s really cool to see the different variations between each of the locomotives, and they really look nice! Hope y’all feel better soon.
The perfect coal burner base for the 10-26-D would be ET&WNC (Tweetsie) number 12
I believe 12 is another class of 10-26D, right? Definitely a different drawing though
I was wondering if the slim princess would be in the game. Nice to see it added. Good job guys.
This has been interesting, however, mostly disappointing. I wasn't expecting much but I was at least expecting new information in regards to the Q&A, not mostly just questions that had been answered multiple times previously.
That's a pretty sore way of looking at it given the circumstances of several members being on medical leave or on holiday.
Will the South Pacific Coast 10-26D (Drawing 46 I believe) be updated to have their post-1915 configuration with the new boiler, cab, and whaleback tender as they were rebuilt by the SP?
Loving the models can't wait to see them in the game. Another great Q&A though I still have a question but I will wait for the appropriate Q&A.
Thank you for the clarification on structured game play in the description of the video, I admit I slightly got the wrong idea just watching the video.
I might request that Mark puts a screenshot of the correction in the video that gets uploaded to youtube so that that clarification is attached there as well. Just a script flub on my end - Tom
CA Water Wars mentioned, I am swelling with hatred for Mullholland and the LA Department of Water. Once again the connections to Railroad Tycoon 3 just keep clicking. Can't wait to see what scenarios yall have planned. There's always a few that I will forever come back to eveytime I open up Railroad Tycoon, can't wait to see which ones capture that magic for me in CoS. (Or make me abandoned a save, looking at you Cape to Cario)
I was aware of some of the CA Water Wars context, but had no idea that the Inyo area had been large-scale agriculture at one time. It looks so amazingly desolate in the 1950s photographs from when railfans were visiting.
Oh it's just a smidgen of Sumpter Valley but it makes me really happy to see it. 😁 Love seeing the more modern steam power, can't wait to see what details come along with that.
Great job on the vlog. I am drooling 😀 about what is to come. Love your work...looking forward to the end of May.
ngl maybe my favorite video to date, more modern steam power and a nice punchy pacing? Really awesome job Tom. I gotta ask, will any engines be available with their headlights on the smokebox? I love me a high mounted headlight, but sometimes center headlights are just the vibe (please please pretty please that NdeM ten wheeler with baker gear please pretty please).
Thanks for the update, it's looking good gents.
Another great video Tom! Hopefully Mark is enjoying his trip to Australia. The SP ten wheelers look great and I'm happy to hear there will be a coal option for them! Thanks for the quick update and I can’t wait to see what May brings. Love the videos, keep up the great work.
As his Enabler/Driver/Fixer/Idiot-Who-Drinks-And-Knows-People, I can assure you that Mark most certainly did! He even discovered he liked Vegemite. And the weird and wonderful mash-up of British and American design languages and equipment that is the representative Australian steam locomotive.
Absolutely amazing.. thank you so much guys!
Get well soon guys, and take it easy or I will send the company doctor after you all. Just one question will it be possible to set the weather to set conditions similar to setting the time of day.
Those models look awesome. Keep it up guys. I can't wait to play it.
Great to see SP Narrow Gauge getting the love it deserves. Just a question for the future: Will there be a map maker/editor ether at release or past it to allow players to make their own maps? I feel like the unlimited replay potential of such a feature, As well as the ability to make a railroad truly personal to you. I'd at least like to see a map editor considered even if it's a post launch feature.
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Excellent video Tom, you surely are giving Mark a run for his money! The SP ten wheelers look great and I'm happy to hear there will be a coal option for them! Thanks for the quick check in and I look forward to May!
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