Microsoft Train Simulator
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| Developer(s) | Kuju Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft |
| Distributor(s) | Microsoft, Ubisoft* Xplosiv, (Empire Interactive), * Atari,* |
| Director(s) | Paul Chamberlain |
| Designer(s) | Phil Marley |
| Programmer(s) | Rhona Robson |
| Artist(s) | Dan Frith Tony Zottola |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7) |
| Release date(s) | July 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Microsoft Train Simulator (abbreviated to MSTS) is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in July 2001 and developed by UK-based Kuju Entertainment.
The simulation allows players to operate a train on various routes in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Players need to stop and start the train, couple wagons, using the computer mouse, keyboard or a hardware addition such as Raildriver to operate the controls. Sound effects are enabled.
The original game featured six routes:
Included with the game was the Editors & Tools program, which allowed the user to build custom routes, create activities for any route, create custom consists, create custom cabviews, or edit the default ones. The Editors & Tools program is also included with later versions of the game.
The 1.0 base package contains 9 drivable locomotives and multiple units plus 8 AI locomotives/multiple units (AI units cannot be operated by the player).
Large amounts of post-release DLC was also distributed, providing routes, locomotives, wagons and sessios.
The original version contained many bugs. For example, the "front coupling bug", where the locomotive's front coupler would not work, the "white void bug", where the route scenery disappears, leaving a white void, and the "end-of-the-line bug", where the locomotive, if it crashes through the last buffers on the route, would fall into an empty void. There are also issues with the signalling and AI dispatching. The game is also notoriously unstable, with unusually high tendencies to hang or crash without reason, and display error messages incorrectly and/or at the wrong times. In many instances, out-of-place error messages, usually for missing files, will cause a crash at the wrong time. MSTS 1.2 addressed some of these issues.
Version 1.2 added new items such as British and American rolling stock, namely the British Rail Class 50, British Rail Mark 1 Coaches, an EMD SD40-2 and general US freight cars, along with two new activities each for the SD40-2 and Class 50.
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