Xfire chat with the Railroads! team.

Post by **Warll** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:47 am

02.07.07 @ 6pm EST: Chat with the Developers of Sid Meier's Railroads!
Participating in the Chat from Firaxis:

* Dan Magaha - Producer
* Greg Foertsch - Lead Artist
* Scott Lewis - UI Designer / Programmer
* Don Wuenschell - Lead Programmer

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About Railroads!
The greatest railroad building game of all time is back from Sid Meier and Firaxis Games. Sid Meier's Railroads delivers a vibrant 3D world with exciting multiplayer options, in-game customization tools, streamlined interface, and unmatched gameplay that's easy to learn yet challenging to master. Combining the best of real-world and model railroads, Sid Meier's Railroads! puts you in charge of building the greatest rail empire in the nation - managing trains, cargo and your bottom line - while engaging in all-out corporate warfare against rival tycoons, slick entrepreneurs, and robber barons.

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Soph · Post by **Soph** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:30 pm

Someone here participate to this Chat ? or have a question to them ?

(Sorry for my english, i'm french

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dwax · Post by **dwax** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:19 pm

Please someone go to this, I can't load that program it crashed my system. I would like to know what they have to say for this game look ahead. More patches? Or is this what we get??

Soph · Post by **Soph** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:40 pm

Ok i have transcripted the chat in an Q/A form to read it easy.

Because it's a long long text, You can see it here : http://www.sgsgames.com/rr/index.php?page=5

(it's a french forum, but the Q/A is in english)
and comment here on hookedforums

Enjoy

Grinder · Post by **Grinder** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:23 pm

Merci Soph

An interesting read.

Soph · Post by **Soph** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:38 pm

Thx, they says to create Map :
World Machine and M$Paint

(World Machine is available here : http://www.world-machine.com

)

Post by **Warll** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:58 pm

They were not kidding when they said that World Machine is cheap. Basic is free! Get it at http://www.world-machine.com/download.html

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:36 pm

They did'nt say much about the game did they. Wonder what's the outlook on this game? any mor fix's or is what we have it?

Soph · Post by **Soph** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:56 pm

Many question are writed by us (i think we are 50 or 60 chatters in the room) : improve the game, economy , waypoints , more tracks , new maps/scenariis ...
but XFire moderator just take what they want and send it to FXS staff.

They dont really speak about a new patch or an add-on but just for the "World Machine" I am happy to have to spend one hour inside

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:00 pm

Thanks Soph. I wanted to be in there but it kept crashing my system. I hope they don't abanden this game it realy has potentual.

Kroguys · Post by **Kroguys** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:42 pm

Soph wrote:Many question are writed by us (i think we are 50 or 60 chatters in the room) : improve the game, economy , waypoints , more tracks , new maps/scenariis ...
but XFire moderator just take what they want and send it to FXS staff.

They dont really speak about a new patch or an add-on but just for the "World Machine" I am happy to have to spend one hour inside

Sounds like the real questions were all censored. It's like those communist propaganda films where everyone acts all happy, but surrounded by people with machine guns off camera.

Excuse me Mr. FXS, will there be another patch to fix the CTDs, track glitch and a few other.. BaDaDaDaDadadadadadad. Next question!

Large maps are boring? Are you saying the previous 3 tycoon games are all cra.. Bang Bang Bang Pow pow!

CeeBee51 · Post by **CeeBee51** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:22 am

LMAO Kroguys

You certainly hit the nail on the head!!!... None of the questions appeared to be asked by people who frequent these forums but by people who just wanted to pat the developers on the back. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing as I love Railroads a lot but IMHO theres a lot of unfinished business to do and they seem to be quite willing to ignore the real railroaders who reside here.

dwax · Post by **dwax** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:28 am

CeeBee51
That should be no big supprise, look they wont even come in the forum to give us an update about this game. Me thinks this was a quick cash driver, we'll quick throw it out the door so we can have christmas money and give em 1 or 2 patches and then the big hush. Wel we can do ok with out them.

Soph · Post by **Soph** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:42 am

Kroguys wrote:Sounds like the real questions were all censored.

Yeah this is not the fault of Firaxis, it's XFire. Xfire Moderator never played Railroads, they just organize the chat and prefer ask small question where people says "i love railroads" or "how to become a designer?" or "do you love your job?"

If a real RailRoads community like "hooked" make a chat, i think questions are that we want: game economy, waypoints ...

CeeBee51 · Post by **CeeBee51** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 1:52 am

Right on Soph!, but I'm not sure they are even reading this forum anymore so i'm not holding my breath.