Introductions anyone?

[David]

Hi Everyone

I'm Paul from southern Ontario in Canada. I recently got Run8 and all SoCal routes and most of rolling stock packs.

Never played multiplayer however I'm itching to do so, I downloaded the extraboard spawn, when I open it in the sim there is nothing loaded (blank screen) so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong.

Installed team speak as well.

Another thing is when I click on the sticky thread it does not load "page cannot be displayed error"

Cheers

Paul

Welcome aboard Paul!

The "Server Man" extra board spawn will not have any trains in it, as it is essentially just a way to spawn into the world. It is set up to spawn in an unpopulated part of the world to cut down on lag from the server rendering all the cars on the network when people join initially.

Thanks for bringing that error to our attention regarding the sticky link. That should be fixed now.

Please let us know if you have any more questions!

[StyluzP]

Hey guys,

my Name is Phil im from Germany, 26 Years old. At the moment im doing Training for the Fire Department. I hope that the Time Difference is no Problem. We´ll see. Hope to see you soon on the Server.

[Graubart]

Hi all,

another German here, but I actually live in Norway. I am Geologist and GIS (Geographical Information Systems) expert, working for the norwegian high-voltage power grid agency. Before this I was doing ocean seafloor investigations on industry and science vessels for 20 years.

I started simming (Flight Simulation) in the early 1990's, MSFS 5 was my first one. In that time I was co-founder of a virtual airline, the CAVA (Colour Air Virtual Airline). This VA was driven by four germans, but our hub was Oslo/Norway and we flew all across Scandinavia. Interesting enough three of the four of us actually moved to Norway later on, and we are still in daily contact, simming together. X-Plane is my favourite flightsim since many years

Nowadays I focus mostly on ship simulation (VS:NG), truck simulation (ATS/ETS2) and train simulation. Train simming for me started with Trainz 2004. Later on I used Train Simulator and TSW. Today's favourites are ZUSI (a Germany-focussed training sim), SimRail (A simulator focused on Poland, also offering multiplayer) and Run-8.

Run 8 I started only now, instead of investing into TSW4. I am already fascinated of the concept of running large freight networks with industry demand simulated and dispatching included, in a multiplayer environment. As of now I only own the base content, but will slowly add more routes (Cajon is next) and rolling stock packages.

When not working or simming I volunteer at the Norwegian Red Cross Mountain Rescue Squad, searching lost persons. And I find pleasure in hiking, skiing, fishing, generally exploring the beautiful norwegian nature.

Oh dear, this has become way too long already. So I stop here

Hope to see you soon on your servers.
Stefan
(At Teamspeak: "Gråskjegg", which is norwegian for "Graubart", which is german for "Graybeard")

[railroadglider1961]

Hey there I'm Johnny Originally from New York Now retired and living in Florida. I was a NYC Subway Train Operator.
I Just wanted to say thanks for the membership and I was wondering if the is a Discord for Highball Run 8?

[David]

Welcome Johnny, unfortnueity we don't offer a discord server, TeamSpeak suits our needs for communcations at this time

[dambuster8178]

Hi all,

My name is Chris i live in the UK Plymouth i love trains ex military British Army and am 57 years old.

[David]

Welcome Chris!

[Snaxophonist]

Hello, I'm Snax (but since it was too short for registration I went with Snaxophonist) and I'm from Belgium.
I'm 35yo and after flightsimming for 30 years (started on my dad laps), I wanted to try new things and if there were train sims as deep as X-Plane, BMS, etc but for trains and I'm glad I've found Run8. After a quick run with Open Rails first to see if I'd like trains after all, I realize my favourites are the US freights, not even passenger trains (even from my country lol), it's like playing hauling freight with planes or trucks but with trains, it's chill, but with the complexity of a true sim like Assetto Corsa for trains and I like it !

Then I bought Run8 and started playing 5 days ago and I'm having a blast so far. I'm learning from the beginning all that there is to know (the software, all the signs, procedures, code, maps, speed limits, etc), it's also cool that the trains are from a region that I like (California), and I hope in the future maybe we'll have more regions like maybe Canada where it's snowing (I like snow lol).

Now that I feel a bit more confident with the sim, I already put 20 hours in the sim doing Needles to Barstow then Barstow to Bakersfield and vice versa, I wanted to see if there were multiplayer communities but casual ones so I can learn from them and been told that Highball was pretty chill, so here I am !

Thanks for having me, it was my TED talk lol

Bye bye for now

[NickDB]

Hi everyone,

I am Nick. I work as an airline pilot, currently flying on the B777/787 out of the Netherlands. i am also a father of 2 and therefore i do not allways get to experience my hobbies as much as i want to but in my free time i do enjoy video gaming, especially all kinds of simulators. in regards to train simulators, i have been playing these ever since the first microsoft train sim came out. Only recently have i gotten in to run8, and i am hoping i can find a higher level of immersion using multiplayer here at highball.
I am currently trying to find out how the highball multiplayer operations run, with biddin on (and actually finding these trains) the hub and in the server.I am trying to find some more info on how to operate on the server, so any tips or tricks are greatly appreciated.

look forward to meeting some of you on here or in game!

[David]

Hello, I'm Snax (but since it was too short for registration I went with Snaxophonist) and I'm from Belgium.
I'm 35yo and after flightsimming for 30 years (started on my dad laps), I wanted to try new things and if there were train sims as deep as X-Plane, BMS, etc but for trains and I'm glad I've found Run8. After a quick run with Open Rails first to see if I'd like trains after all, I realize my favourites are the US freights, not even passenger trains (even from my country lol), it's like playing hauling freight with planes or trucks but with trains, it's chill, but with the complexity of a true sim like Assetto Corsa for trains and I like it !

Then I bought Run8 and started playing 5 days ago and I'm having a blast so far. I'm learning from the beginning all that there is to know (the software, all the signs, procedures, code, maps, speed limits, etc), it's also cool that the trains are from a region that I like (California), and I hope in the future maybe we'll have more regions like maybe Canada where it's snowing (I like snow lol).

Now that I feel a bit more confident with the sim, I already put 20 hours in the sim doing Needles to Barstow then Barstow to Bakersfield and vice versa, I wanted to see if there were multiplayer communities but casual ones so I can learn from them and been told that Highball was pretty chill, so here I am !

Thanks for having me, it was my TED talk lol

Bye bye for now

Welcome Snax! Please let us know if you have any questions.