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Rail Sim Routes UK - Contact Page
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Contacting me via e-mail or blog
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You can use this page to contact me via e-mail. Due to time constraints, I may not be able to respond to all e-mails unless they are urgent, however I do read every message I receive, and I genuinely appreciate all of your comments, as well as 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 openBVE and BVE Trainsim 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:
(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, please just contact me again, in case I didn't receive your message or my reply didn't reach you for whatever reason.
You can also post a comment on my blog, provided there's an existing topic related to your query:
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Helpful Information and Common Enquiries
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openBVE/BVE Trainsim Installation and Help
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If you need help with downloading, installing and running BVE, then please visit my new openBVE Help section, or the BVE Trainsim 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 openBVE or BVE Trainsim, followed by instructions on how my routes should be installed and loaded within either simulator. Here, you will also find guidance on setting common options within openBVE and BVE, configuring your graphics card drivers, and also key command summaries.
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Notes for New BVE Developers
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Unfortunately, I'm often too busy to assist with BVE development and coding. 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 first.
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 this 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 openBVE or BVE)
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Please note, at this time I'm only dealing with routes for the licence free openBVE, and the freeware BVE Trainsim. 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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Content last updated: 19th April 2009 |
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