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Statement regarding withdrawal of Virgin Trains Content by DTG.
I would like to apologise, especially to the newer users, for the impending issues that will arise with regards to DTG withdrawing all Virgin Trains related content, including North Wales Coastal.
I have been in contact with DTG and they consider it a legal matter and will not comment on the withdrawal. I also offered to buy the rights of sale to North Wales Coastal to keep it available to the community, even off Steam. That too, was declined.
So it is not certain whether NWC will return. Before Friday 6th December 2019, I implore everyone who is remotely considering any of the DLC or any 3rd party content that uses it to make use of the 75%-off sale on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/…/Train_Simulator…/list/52492
This at least will mean you can use Conwy Valley Line and any class 47 repaint as they are currently.
While nothing can be done to safeguard the route for future users, it might be possible to transfer over some of the repaints for the class 47, given another 47/8 is about to be released as part of Bossman Games' Welsh Marches route.
I can't guarantee at this moment that it will be a swift changeover as there are likely to be differences in scripting, especially for autonumbering/naming.
In short, I will likely try in spare time to transfer over as many repaints as I can. But, despite this very untimely setback, I'm sure that myself and the wider community will make it up somewhat with some great new content in the new year.
Thank you for your understanding.
I would like to apologise, especially to the newer users, for the impending issues that will arise with regards to DTG withdrawing all Virgin Trains related content, including North Wales Coastal.
I have been in contact with DTG and they consider it a legal matter and will not comment on the withdrawal. I also offered to buy the rights of sale to North Wales Coastal to keep it available to the community, even off Steam. That too, was declined.
So it is not certain whether NWC will return. Before Friday 6th December 2019, I implore everyone who is remotely considering any of the DLC or any 3rd party content that uses it to make use of the 75%-off sale on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/…/Train_Simulator…/list/52492
This at least will mean you can use Conwy Valley Line and any class 47 repaint as they are currently.
While nothing can be done to safeguard the route for future users, it might be possible to transfer over some of the repaints for the class 47, given another 47/8 is about to be released as part of Bossman Games' Welsh Marches route.
I can't guarantee at this moment that it will be a swift changeover as there are likely to be differences in scripting, especially for autonumbering/naming.
In short, I will likely try in spare time to transfer over as many repaints as I can. But, despite this very untimely setback, I'm sure that myself and the wider community will make it up somewhat with some great new content in the new year.
Thank you for your understanding.
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