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August 2024: You may have read about this elsewhere in the TSC community, but recently SBB modified all the license agreements with developers of models for all train simulator games. I don’t know if anyone really knows what happened to cause them to do this, but the short version is this: for me to remain legal with my SBB license, I am now forbidden from including anything other than than the most basic driving functions, in any new model that has anything to do with Swiss rail operators. This was going to have consequences for the v3.0.0 update of my Stadler GTW model. However : SBB have been kind enough to work with me on the Stadler GTW update and have granted me a one-time exception for this model, as the Thurbo GTW is not the primary objective of the update, and the GTW is an established 'old' model. This means that I have had to make a few cosmetic changes that most players shouldn't care about, or notice, but I do not have to retroactively pull all the scripts and controls out of the model.
I am grateful to SBB for working with me and granting me this exception, but the long-term effect of the new licensing agreement means that - should I do any other SBB trains - I would be bound by the requirements for super simplified controls.