SIAMulations : Message: RE: [SIAMulations] (re: Exeter 1955) Torbay 1955

On Saturday level 5 I have scored 95, 126 and (recently) 109 points, all way below the 141p target.

The last one went pretty smoothly, just a few 1-point penalties for the unavoidable coal-needing locos hauling trains in the late afternoon (I had turned these at Kingswear).

Don't remember how I ever got to 126, there must have been some extra bonuses.

(In the 109p one I once got the interesting message that I had earned 0 bonus points for picking up lost time....)

On Friday level 5 I got 69 out of 85, and on Thursday 61 out of 75.

So indeed the pattern is similar to Exeter 1955.

I have not checked if any trains should have got but didn't get bonuses, so I cannot comment on that.

Erik.

From: SIAMulations@... [mailto:SIAMulations@...] On Behalf Of rsimpkinuk57
Sent: Thursday 19 June 2008 12:02
To: SIAMulations@...
Subject: [SIAMulations] (re: Exeter 1955) Torbay 1955

Torbay 1955 is another simulation where a 100% score seems to be
impossible at level 5 on Saturday.

(I haven't tried level 5 on any other days yet. That is why I've
delayed raising the question. Also, it is sufficient to know I
deserve credit for getting things right, even if I'm not given it.)

The main problem is that the simulation (14.03.2006 version) awards
far fewer bonus points than I'd expect, for correct allocation of
engines.

* Trains originating from Paignton and scheduled through to Newton
Abbot earn their correct bonuses.

* Trains with departure times from Torquay to Newton Abbot do not
earn bonuses (two of them, formed with stock from Goodrington /
Paignton, I'd expect to be worth 3 points each).

* A few trains from Kingswear earn bonuses, but most do not. I've
failed to establish a simple rule for which do and which do not.

Can anyone else confirm, refute or expand on this?

regards, Richard

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