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First reviews?

Just a few examples of how DTG "lock down" their sims and prevent external companies selling products...

https://www.justtrains.net/
http://steamsoundssupreme.com/
http://digitaltraction.co.uk/mainsite/ (That little Caledonian 812 looks rather nice!)
https://www.armstrongpowerhouse.com/
http://secure.simmarket.com/train-simulator-20122013-(en_528)-page-1.chtml (Click on a category...)

I can understand that developers are a bit tetchy about it, but DTG are very much aware that every product competing with them has open marketplaces. As I said above, though - if you sell at your own store, you're moving the liability for support and any legal/licensing issues from DTG to you. If you sell it as an "official" add-on, DTG become liable. No sensible company wants liability over things for which they have no support, which is why things happen like the DTG-distributed version of Armstrong Powerhouse's Class 90/DVT set for TS2016/2017 only having one livery set that DTG have a license for: Virgin Trains discovered and shall we say "strongly objected to" their liveries being in the pack. AP no longer sell Virgin liveried stock (but you can grab the liveries as freeware, of course... ;))

Ian P.
 
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