The new Gold Class membership option includes a range of different benefits, including early access to upcoming Trainz features. This article explains more about the brand new "Trainz PLUS" feature, and how these new features will be rolled out to our Gold Class members and then become available in future editions of Trainz to all users.
Trainz PLUS is a free update that is available only to our Gold Class members. We plan to release these updates every quarter, with a range of new features, as well as some "in-development" features that can be enabled and tested out by members. Then, every two or three years, these features will be combined into a new “full product” release which will be available in online stores (along with all new content that takes advantage of these features).
The exact number and scope of the individual features included will depend on the amount of work required to develop, test and polish each aspect. As you will see below, there is currently a long list of potential enhancements for Trainz. Some systems are small while others are major updates that will take months or even years to implement.
We've nearly completed the first of the new features to be introduced, and already begun work on some of the larger tasks to ensure that those "big" features can be delivered as soon as possible. But that also means that this first Trainz PLUS update will include a few smaller updates, along with a number of incomplete "in-development" features. We're still internally testing each of these new systems and will be announcing the features that we will be including in the coming weeks, along with the current development status of each of those features.
We've highlighted some of the currently in-development features in the list below. Not all these will be included in Q1 and, when released, a number of them will certainly only be a preliminary "Beta" implementation. Users will also have the option to enable or disable these Beta features individually.
Note that this list is not exhaustive, and should not be construed as the feature list of Trainz 20xx. It is designed to show you the list of things that are being considered or being worked on, and no doubt a number of these will make it into future versions of Trainz while others will miss out.
Below this list is a link to submit your favourite feature to have it considered for inclusion in a future Trainz product.
* Expected to be complete
** Feature in-development and potentially some time until released for external testing
The list above has been compiled from a variety of sources, and many items are summarised under some fairly broad topics (e.g. we could list 100 additional surveyor tools).
We also know that there are many great ideas out there, and we're keen to give everyone an opportunity to have their say about additional items that may make it onto this list.
Simply add your Feature Request here.
We'd love to hear your feedback on what is (and what isn't) on the list. Obviously some of the one liners above don't clearly explain the full extent of a feature, but hopefully there will be sufficient information to determine whether each item is of interest to you or not.
Here's the thread to let us know your thoughts on the Potential Features List.
