Board Thread:Informational/@comment-70.76.83.75-20140331170452/@comment-15636815-20151205201735

I do not remember which train configurations I used to test RouteCalculator in October.

Today, I downloaded the latest version and tested a variety of trains with it: sets, non-sets, passengers, and cargo.

The good news : Herr Moritz appears to have repaired the single largest error he was making. The totals generated by RC usually match my figures now.

The bad news : The app still has rounding errors creeping in. Usually, the errors are only 1 or 2 gold per wagon. However, with one train I tested, RC's number of 3.5% different from the game's number.

I agree that a variance of 1% or less is acceptable. I'm much less willing to overlook 3.5%. On the other hand, out of ten trains, the 3.5% error happened only once. Maybe it's a fluke, or maybe more testing would show more errors of that size.

At any rate, RouteCalculator today is much better than it used to be. Its primary advantage is speed, simply because it has a database of all the locomotives and wagons. In most cases, the time saved over manual calculation compensates for the small inaccuracies.