Topic: School Buses (Read 8011 times)

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 10, 2007, 16:42:02 »

Quote from: Mad_Fred on December 10, 2007, 09:41:34

I agree on the profanity part, but come on, his profile says he's 10 years old, you adults could have posted less sarcastic or negatively to his off topic threads. (this is small talk after all). So he likes busses, so what? You don't have to knock that.

I have nothing against buses at all. It may surprise you to know that I own a bus and coach company and am in the process of selling it as I am going to travel the world. I have nothing against bus enthusiasts either.

I do apologies, however, if some people have been offended by Marmite comments.

Stu

Sam · « **Reply #26 on:** December 10, 2007, 17:39:48 »

Well, I steel think the topic is pretty stupid.
But hey, who cares?

@Shipfan55

Ever heard of the game busdriver?

Shipaddict · « **Reply #27 on:** December 10, 2007, 17:47:20 »

I've got the demo for that. It's good. nice graphics

Captain Davies · « **Reply #28 on:** December 10, 2007, 19:55:47 »

Yeah i've played the Demo of that game. it was pretty enjoyable. However, I held off of buying the full game because the lack of a front view made driving pretty difficult. It also, ideally needs a steering wheel and pedals, which i don't have and don't deem a wise investment for just that game. Plus someone posted in a review on Play.com that it doesn't recognize the same axis of both the accelerator and brake pedals on some wheels set ups.

If a second version is released with these issues addressed i will probably get it.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #29 on:** December 10, 2007, 23:19:03 »

I couldn't get busdriver to run as it had one frame update every 2 seconds... is that just me then? Maybe low memory?

Stu

Captain Spencer · « **Reply #30 on:** December 10, 2007, 23:21:02 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 23:19:03

I couldn't get busdriver to run as it had one frame update every 2 seconds... is that just me then? Maybe low memory?

Stu

Could either be your graphics card or your memory (RAM). Can you send me your dxdiag please Stu?

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 10, 2007, 23:21:51 »

Quote from: CaptainSpencer on December 10, 2007, 23:21:02

Could either be your graphics card or your memory (RAM). Can you send me your dxdiag please Stu?

That's a good DJM impersonation!

Stu

Captain Spencer · « **Reply #32 on:** December 10, 2007, 23:23:04 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 23:21:51

That's a good DJM impersonation!

Stu

I'm offended!!

Nothing against DJM though

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 10, 2007, 23:26:02 »

After driving the damned things all day- and then pawing over the paperwork for them at night, I don't WANT to play games about them

Stu

Master Captain · « **Reply #34 on:** December 11, 2007, 00:46:51 »

i just recently bought Bus Driver, great game. Call me nuts, but i've been looking for a bus driving game for years. Along with a ship simulator, and my wishing payed off.

Voics · « **Reply #35 on:** December 11, 2007, 10:20:10 »

I played the demo for an hour and it didn't suck as bad as I expected.
Analog controls would definitely help, although the game's limited and simplistic.

I'd like to see a Bus Tycoon where you run the business, purchases buses, brand your own fleet etc. Or a hard-core first-person version which offers the entire dashboard, gear shifting, Track IR ability, etc.

Edit: I've just tried the 18 Wheels of Steel demo. It's actually got a lot of the above features... career mode and business modelling and on the sim side lights, wipers, ignition, gear shifting, detailed cabins and mouse look, which translates into some basic Track IR capacity.

Shipfan55 you should try both demos, they don't take long to download.

dharl · « **Reply #36 on:** December 11, 2007, 17:09:48 »

Have to give that go! More of a shipping fan, but like Stuart as I work in shipping, after spending 10 years driving a ship then a day telling ships where to go and sorting out the paper work..do i want to spend all evening driving the ships again at home...? Dont think the wife will let me

Will have to down load these two when's she not looking!

Shipaddict · « **Reply #37 on:** December 11, 2007, 18:20:33 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on December 10, 2007, 23:21:51

That's a good DJM impersonation!

Stu

Ha, You had me ROFL there!

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #38 on:** December 11, 2007, 19:52:06 »

Quote from: Voics on December 11, 2007, 10:20:10

Edit: I've just tried the 18 Wheels of Steel demo. It's actually got a lot of the above features... career mode and business modelling and on the sim side lights, wipers, ignition, gear shifting, detailed cabins and mouse look, which translates into some basic Track IR capacity.

I've played it, it's good fun, and with a released patch you get full TIR support. I don't know wether it's for both ( i think there's 2 "18 wheels of steel" titles out there) but the one I have is called "hauling" IIRC.

Tomaten · « **Reply #39 on:** December 11, 2007, 20:02:25 »

there are many

18 wheels of steel Convoy
18 wheels of steel Across Amerika
18 wheels of steel Pedal To The Metal
18 wheels of steel Haulin
18 wheels of steel American Long Haul

and one new that is under developing
name: Euro truck simulator
link: www.eurotrucksimulator.com

Mad_Fred · « **Reply #40 on:** December 11, 2007, 20:21:21 »

Cheers, didnt know there were that many

Euro truck simulator looks real good, that would be one I'll be checking out when it's released, I think

trains · « **Reply #41 on:** December 11, 2007, 21:23:36 »

Quote from: Mad_Fred on December 11, 2007, 19:52:06

I've played it, it's good fun, and with a released patch you get full TIR support. I don't know wether it's for both ( i think there's 2 "18 wheels of steel" titles out there) but the one I have is called "hauling" IIRC.

10-1 on the last transmit.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 12, 2007, 00:31:21 »

Quote from: Voics on December 11, 2007, 10:20:10

I'd like to see a Bus Tycoon where you run the business, purchases buses, brand your own fleet etc. Or a hard-core first-person version which offers the entire dashboard, gear shifting, Track IR ability, etc.

I do that for real (at least until the sale goes through and I'm FREE!!!) and it isn't that much fun, believe me!

Stu

Voics · « **Reply #43 on:** December 13, 2007, 09:50:03 »

Well Stu I guess you won't be playing this one either: http://www.bussimulator.nl (http://www.bussimulator.nl)

(the title's in italics so it has to be awesome)

Captain Davies · « **Reply #44 on:** December 13, 2007, 21:27:03 »

Oh, it's being made by Vstep!

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #45 on:** December 13, 2007, 22:04:21 »

Quote from: Captain Davies on December 13, 2007, 21:27:03

Oh, it's being made by Vstep!

What makes you say that? I didn't see any vstep branding anywhere.

Stu

Shipaddict · « **Reply #46 on:** December 13, 2007, 22:05:58 »

I think he's joking

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #47 on:** December 13, 2007, 22:09:22 »

Quote from: Shipaddict on December 13, 2007, 22:05:58

I think he's joking

Ah, right. Sorry. Been up too many hours.

Stu

Shipaddict · « **Reply #48 on:** December 13, 2007, 22:09:48 »

I know how you feel

Captain Davies · « **Reply #49 on:** December 13, 2007, 23:54:29 »

I'm not joking, I saw it on one of the sites (not official) that said it was being made by the same people who made Ship Simulator. The box art even has the same font for the writing, then again, the Ship Sim box writing was a copy of FS. I'll see if i can find the page.

EDIT: Here it is, don't know how accurate it is though: http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=72224 (http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=276&t=72224)

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