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Rail Sim Routes UK - Contact Page
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Contacting me via e-mail
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You can use this page to contact me via e-mail. Due to time constraints and the
quantity of e-mails I receive, I may not be able to respond to all e-mails unless
they are urgent, however I do read every message I receive and appreciate all of
your comments, and the interest shown in my work. If you need help with BVE, you
can find some useful information below, which you should read prior to contacting
me, as you might find the answer to your question(s).
If you have any queries regarding the routes, trains or other BVE add-ons available
from this site, have any queries about the site itself, wish to seek permission
to use any copyright material available from this site, or just want to say hello,
then please feel free to contact me via the following
e-mail link:
E-mail Address:
anthony-b@railsimroutes.co.uk
(I will try to reply as quickly as I can, but prompt replies may not always be possible.
If you don't get a reply, just e-mail me again, in case I didn't receive your message
for whatever reason).
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Helpful Information and Common Enquiries
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BVE Installation and Help
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If you need help with downloading, installing and running BVE, then please visit
my new BVE Help pages. Using screenshots and easy
to follow steps, these pages explain clearly how you can begin driving my routes,
by guiding you through the downloading and installation of BVE itself, followed
by instructions on how my routes should be installed and loaded within BVE. Here,
you will also find guidance on setting common options within BVE, and also a key
command summary.
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Notes for New BVE Developers
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Unfortunately, I'm too busy to assist with BVE development and coding via e-mail.
If you have any enquiries relating to BVE development or require advice on this
subject, please visit one of the forums listed in the "BVE Information" section
of my Links page.
Robert Glass has written a superb set of help and information
pages in the 'About' section of his superb Scottish Rail Sim Files website. This excellent resource includes
information about common BVE tools which developers and users alike might wish to
use (such as the Track Viewer, Train Editor and Structure Viewer), as well as guidelines
concerning the correct use of bitmap textures within BVE, and also recommendations
on what software to use for developing BVE add-ons. See the 'About' section of Scottish Rail Sim Files.
Have you developed something for BVE, and used work other people's work in your
project, whether they're BVE developers or not, and want to know how to go about
releasing it without stepping on anybody's toes? Read my own widely supported BVE Developer Guidelines which will help
you find out about issues such as copyright and open source, as well as how to be
considerate to the wishes of developers or authors, and treat their work with respect.
This in turn can help you prevent any problems arising from accidental copyright
breaches.
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Want to modify my own work, or create a route add-on?
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Some of the material available for download from Rail
Sim Routes UK is copyright-free, which means you can freely modify and redistribute
copyright-free files without needing to seek my permission. I would still like to
be clearly acknowledged and credited as the original author however, and if I like
any modifications you make, I may incorporate them into the official downloads available
from this site at some point. Downloads containing
copyright-free material will be marked via a BVE Developer Guidelines "Open
Source" banner on the download page.
However, some other material is protected by copyright, in which case you need to
e-mail me to ask for permission to redistribute such files, which will be contained
in directories named "CopyrightMaterial" once installed on your hard disk. Downloads containing copyright material will have a BVE
Developer Guidelines "Copyright Material" banner on the download
page.
Some downloads may contain a mixture of copyright-free material, and copyright material.
You need to read any documentation included with the add-on for further details.
Downloads containing both kinds of material may be marked with a
BVE Developer Guidelines "Mixed Content" banner on the download
page.
Existing documentation, readme's, acknowledgements and credits should be
retained and included in any redistributed material.
For further details, please see my Terms and Conditions
page.
Please note: If you re-release any of my copyright-free files,
or modify my routes, then it's up to you to help users with technical support should
any problems arise; I can only offer assistance with the original, unmodified versions
of my downloads.
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Linking to Rail Sim Routes UK
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You are more than welcome to link to Rail Sim Routes
UK, and you can download a banner here. A link
may be provided back to your site, but this might depend on the quality of the content,
and it's potential relevance to the BVE community.
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Other Train Simulators (not BVE or openBVE)
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Please note, at this time I'm only dealing with routes for the freeware rail simulator
BVE Trainsim and the under
development openBVE. I'm unable
to assist with enquiries relating other train simulators. For information and help
with other simulators, please visit one of the forums listed in the "BVE and Railway
Forums" section of my Links page.
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