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westdetroit

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Any Further Progress
« on: March 25, 2017, 02:04:04 PM »
Hi Detlef. I could have just sent you an e-mail but I figured that I would just post my question here in case anyone else is interested as well. My question is, I noticed the board and releases have been pretty quiet since last year so I am curious to know if CTC is dead? It holds so much promise therefore I really hope that is not the case. I thought I had read somewhere that an editor was getting close to release soon but I haven't found where I had read that. I hope all is well.  :)

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Re: Any Further Progress
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2017, 10:48:10 AM »
No, it is not dead, and everything has to do with the editor.

Just that you know, I thought a good editor should have an undo/redo function, especially considering there are some complex functions. Now you can internally save at every point which you may consider worth an undo point (which would slow down regular editing), or you can set up a kind of journal file that you can run to redo things. Unfortunately, this requires an additional layer to input changes, and to generate the input strings that could be used for this. Besides, you have to re-think certain items what they exactly mean and how to handle them,

Follow me?

When we offer the editor, I thought it would be a good time to pick up a suggestion by one of the users to implement some kind of shopping cart, so that you don't have to pay every item separately (as it is right now), but to pay for several items in one step. An added benefit is that you won't have to cut and paste the registration code from the emails - CTC will be able to pick it from the internet.

As for the simulator itself, the crew time check is in the works. I also came up with a way to indicate the lock status of switches in the layout.

I admit it has been a while (I have been busy with other things as well), but I guess once the editor is out there will be quite some suggestions and complaints requiring more frequent updates after that.

westdetroit

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Re: Any Further Progress
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2017, 12:25:05 PM »
Thank you for the response Detlef and as they say, "No news is good news." I'm looking forward to your next release. Thank you for your hard work!  :)