Board Thread:TrainStation Wiki News/@comment-5596770-20140725104607

The following was announced today on the TS official forums:

http://forum.trainstationgame.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19921

"Dear players,

due to our constant effort to make the game better in every way, there are many upcoming changes, that will affect the gameplay. We understand how important it is to inform you in advance so we have decided to inform you about ALL of this year's upcoming upgrades, changes and reworks. The following list includes everything that will make its way to TrainStation in 2014:

*Shop+Storage upgrade (end of Summer 2014) - shop and storage will get a major visual overhaul that also includes layout change

*BuyBack Shop (Bound to Shop+Storage upgrade) - BuyBack shop will be removed from the game - all "important" content will be locked (you won't be able to sell it) - important content means rewards that are required to make progress in other contracts/achievements - importatnt content won't consume storage space - we will be restoring each player's important stuff prior to releasing this feature - other rewards (ie. buildings, decorations, and rolling stock that doesn't fall into the "important" category) won't be restored and won't be obtainable after this change occurs, so please make sure to get all the stuff you want from buyback before it perishes

*Classic Screen (end of Summer 2014) - we are removing the classic screen from the game - there will be only one screen available; with fixed height (slightly larger than classic and slightly smaller than wide screen opiton) and variable width

*International Trains Tax (end of Summer/Autumn 2014) - we are removing the 10% tax that is deducted from the total amount of cargo or gold that your IT train could normally carry - in other words; what you load your train up with is what it delivers, making IT trains more efficient

*Full wagons requirement in contracts and achievements (end of Summer/Autumn 2014) - wagons delivered in contracts or achievements as condition won't need to be full in order to be counted toward task completion

*Construction Yard rework (Autumn 2014) - train assembly process will happen in steps: locomotive selection, wagon selection, purpose selection (local, international, depot) - any step can be re-accessed and edited throughout the whole process

*Train Sets (Autumn 2014) - for sake of simplicity and consistency throughout the game, we are cancelling partial set funcionality - a train will be considered a set (and get a set bonus) only if the locomotive's full power is used and the matching wagons are used" 