TTSK (in Polish: Towarzystwo Twórców Symulatorów Kolejowych) literally translates to The Society of Railway Simulator Creators. Train Driver 2 has always been the most important of our projects, being the base for other simulators and apps required for its complete environment.

Additionally, the following simulators are a part of the ecosystem:

• SCS – Symulacyjne Centrum Sterowania (Simulation Control Centre)
• SPK – Symulator Pulpitów Kostkowych (Domino-panel Simulator)
• SPE – Symulator Pulpitów Elektronicznych (Electronic Control Panel Simulator)
• SUP – Symulator Urządzeń Przejazdowych (Level Crossing Devices Simulator)

There are three main reasons:

• Legal state regulation – the Association, as the legal entity, is the owner of the Simulator. Thanks to that, every creator (developer, model artist, scenery builder, graphic designer, sound engineer, etc.) will precisely know who is the disponent of their work is, and what are the rules of its sharing. In case the Association doesn’t fullfill the signed agreements, the creator will have the option to pursue legal action in court.
• Project support – the Supporter rank, which existed in prior to Association’s assembly, hasn’t been a reasonable support option for several years. Additionally, the Community hadn’t been properly informed about the expenses made. Thanks to the establishment of the Association, we can enable a wider range of ways to support the project, on the other side, we’re now legally obliged to file the yearly financial reports. Thanks to this, both sides know their laws and responsibilities, and the highest possible level of transparency has been reached.
• Becoming a legal entity – this opens a wide range of possibilies to cooperate with companies and institutions working in the railway industry, both state-owned and private, as well as educational facilities. As an entity, we can sign agreements, which enables us to talk to potential partners on elevated level in comparison to former state.

The process of structure alteration had been started in July 2019 by selecting the Board, which has since been responsible for the entire project. Since then, futher changes have been applied, which resulted in the stabilisation of the Team. First discussions about the final shape of our structure had started on June 2020. The complete analysis, consultations, creation of documentation and ultimately, registration of the Association in the National Registry took more than a year.

OnRailTeam had been established to overlook the simulator’s development. In practice, that formula wasn’t suitable for the needs of the simulator, and therefore OnRailTeam has been dissolved. Because we’re not legally allowed to use that name, the Association’s been registered as TTSK.

Association – voluntary, permanent and self-governing non-profit organisation.

That means, an association is a legal entity, independent from other institutions, which binds people sharing common goals and interest, working together regardless of money.

Look: Why has the Association been estabilished?

The list of people and their roles is available in Documents tab.

The virtual HQ of the Association is located on Mickiewicza Street 37/58, 01625 Warsaw, Poland. The entire work of the Association is completed remotely, using electronical communication means.

Currently, the NGO module of Integrator app is being developed, which will ultimately enable users to electronically enroll users and automatize the flow of documents necessary to sign up as the member of the Association. The completion of the module will be announced on the simulator’s forum.

Currently, there are two ways to support the project:

• by using the Integrator app and making a transfer using the dedicated NGO module.
• by making a regular bank transfer.

Before donating, please read and accept the Donation Rules.

Yes, aside from financial help, you can become a volunteer and join the Team as Developer, Constructor, Trainer, Editor or Moderator. Regardless of working for the Association as a volunteer, you can, like before, build sceneries or create models, while not being formally enrolled into the Association’s structures. In the future, we also plan to open a merchandise store. The profits will be used for the Association’s goals, as stated in the Statute.

Current costs needed to run the Association include:

• financial services
• maintenance of the virtual office

Other costs are related to the maintenance and development of the project. These include:

• server infrastructure, links and connections, disk space
• licences for the software
• assets, addons
• network traffic servers (Photon Unity Networking)
• textures and other graphical materials
• services (developers, model artists, lawyers, acquiring of the documentation etc.).

The Association is legally obliged to (and will) publish a yearly financial report after closing the financial year.

The general parole is not planned.

It isn’t easy to answer this question clearly. Within first several months, nothing will change, and even possibly some of the work will be slowed down due to need for changing the workflow because of Association’s establishment. In the future however, we hope to acquire some new developers, or (if the incomes from the donations are high enough) even hire a full-time developer to work on specific things in the code. For now, it’s to early to discuss the matter thouroughly.