Best add-ons this year?

So, firstly, a big Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! I'd like to ask you all a question. Will you be playing your MSTS over the Christmas break?What add-ons will be taking your fancy this Christmas then?I'd ljust like to hear that I won't be the only one driving my train around Dresden, arriving at Dieringhausen, passing Heidi at Landquart, delivering logs around Marias Pass and driving a passenger train of tourists to Semmering!It's kind of comforting and reassuring to know that you aren't the only one who enjoys playing MSTS and all the add-ons. While I'm driving my train, someone, somewhere else, maybe even on the other side of the world could be driving their train too, perhaps even on the same journey as mine. Kind of a romantic thought, ain't it, !So here's my annual list, feel free to add your own thoughts, or lists.TOP 3 ADD-ONS OF 20021. PRO TRAIN 2
2. HEIDI EXPRESS (Though I do prefer German Railroad's amount of activities, neat touches and longevity, I find the route in HEIDI EXPRESS much more to my taste. Plus the big box that it came in is fantastic! Little touches like that mean so much. You do get sick of the standard CD-ROM/DVD style case).
3. GERMAN RAILROADS VOL. 1P.S. How many add-ons did you all install, before you all experienced a slowdown in framerates and graphics qulaity?JAY

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Best wishes to you too. I will definitely be playing over Christmas.My favourite add-on is not a route, but activity changer, especially the random AI creator. A few quick clicks and I can have different AI on any activity I want, and sometimes a disaster or two!David

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Where might one find a random AI creator?

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It is in Activity changer. You can get the latest version fromhttp://msts.Juliane-und-Torben.deUsing it, you can change weather, times, creat randomAI, delete temp speed limits, etc.; and it is very useful.David

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I'll play over the break too!My favorite add-on is, obviously, the K-36!! Merry Christmas,JohnFuture Cumbres & Toltec or Durango & Silverton engineer!(I'm only 14)

Long Live D&RGW K-36 487!

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Let me add "Ohio Rail", "Cajon Pass", and "Sandpatch" to the list of best new add ons for 2002.

Duncan

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I'd like to toss in PT: Semmering and GR2 .
As for freeware...Luc's LGV Med route and Edouard Staniczek's TGV Duplex.
Dominik MannProud German railfan - Visit www.tssf.de www.bahn.de : Official DB web site

http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/ : The European Railway Server

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Merry Christmas!
I will be playing MSTS over the break!
Me and a few friends run while talking on Roger Wilco and it enhances the experience. Like calling signals and such.My favourite add on this year was...
1: Maple Leaf Tracks Kicking Horse Pass.
2: Ray Collins CN GP38-2W
3: Ahh!!! to many good ones to chose from!Have a happy new year!

Rob.
Mile 21.0 CN Oakville Sub.

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My vote here for Marias31, which includes reworked activities both dcefault and authored. For the first time ever, I see a major add-on with not only a lot of authored acitivies - this one includes all the non-standard rolling stock files necessary to run those activities. Excellent!I'll be playing this one a lot over the holidays. Also got Kicking Horse Pass last night and will be doing that, a lot of CP rolling stock is included. But I think it will be mostly Marias31.Bing

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LAST EDITED ON Dec-21-02 AT 12:01 PM (EST)

Merry Christmas to allMy votes are as follows.
1. Ohio Rail
2. BlueRidge Sub
3. Conbuilder V1.51
4. Ohio Rail rolling stock packs
5. All of Clayton Notgrass's Clinchfield units
6. Hundreds of other artist Loco's and CarsAnd I hope to be testing my new RailDriver by Christmas Eve, this message from sunny Florida.

Moss Man

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Hello All!!I most certainly will be playing....Marias 3.1 with my new California Zephyr!
Best Wishes y'all...
Chaz

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One add-on to msts that should really be a permanent add-on to msts in my opinion is Jak Fearon's Sky Conductor 2. If you haven't tried this yet you'll be surprised how much this revolutionizes the sim.Rich Garber

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So many great add-ons that came this year,
So many, that it is really not fair making a choice
between all who gave up their spare time to make all those beauty’s,
a few springs to mind, but that will leave out others
So my vote to best add-on of the year goes:
To all who done their best, despite all it’s flaws, to make MSTS a great game.Greets Henk.

~Computers aren't intelligent, they only think they are.~

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Best add-on?The Talgo Pendular Series 4! :D

Brian E. Bundridge

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This Board is the Add on Via Medium!
jivajiva

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The new Environment Control by Jeff Bush is even better in my opinion because the sky, weather, and water can all be changed and the conflict between Sky Conductor and AWE water is solved.Bill Burnett

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Bill,Do you still use Sky 2 with this program? Don't say duh. Rich Garber

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Rich,Yes and no. I no longer use the Sky 2 program, instead I use Environment Control to select the env files from Sky 2. Then I can combine them with any water I want like AWE water in summer and Michael Vone's frozen water in winter. I can use one Sky 2 sky one for summer and a different one for winter, etc.Bill

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Yep Rich...I can't wait 'till he comes out with the thunderstorm and lightning add-on..(lol) I really want some lightning.

Paul...
www.mstsgmo.com

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Paul,well dawg! if all you young whipper snappin route developers ain't showin' me up! *puts chattering false teeth back in glass* mmphrr RRmmph!!!Thanks for the info!Rich Garber

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Ohio Rail Build 10 AWWWWsome route and activities
Sky Conductor 2 Sure beats the baby blue that Uncle Bill gave us !!
Full Bucket 2 Fabulous Southwest railroading.

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too many addons to say
ohio rail
po&n
route riter
ta stuff
nalw stuff....I really like the option for voting for all who have put forth the effort
thanks to em too
too all those I don't list , I apologise , but I don't have time to fill Nel's disk with one post

"I do what my Rice Krispies tell me to do"

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I'll definitely manage a *few* hours of trainsimming in between the usual overwork and the seasonal eating & drinking & smoking As for the best add-on: just finished another 2-hour activity on German Railroads 2, and it is by far the best route yet!
That's not to say all the people who are bringing out freeware aren't doing an brilliant job!!Merry christmas and a happy New YearMark van Gorkom.

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First to you all; Have a good one! Best add-on? To many to mention! Payware: German Railroads 1 and 2
Freeware: Rich Garbers Ohio RR and East Metro and I include the additional contributors, maybe even more value for money than payware!Well I'm off to another run with MSTS.Regards,
Richard.

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