I’ve got some nice ones I’ve held onto for a bit. Water droplets flying past Scotsman. Animated gear for third piston on Scotsman - something they completely ignored on the Jubilee. This side panel on the Vectron actually works, which isn’t true for many other locos. The Vectron comes with an energy counter. Not sure how accurate it is, but it’s nice nonetheless.
Speaking of the suspension I've tested the TTC 323 on the ECML and I'll be honest it definitely needs more work before being implemented to other locos, so please don't rush this out as for me it's very off putting. For a couple of examples going over point in Doncaster station nearly had me launched from the cab and I was doing less than 15mph and again going into a siding at Retford the bogies pretty much detach and sink into the body of the train. I have got some screenshots of that if you want me to DM them to you.
In a lot of locomotives the panel works. You just need to follow a specific pattern to activate it. All brakes released/doors locked Throttle at min. On the panel, press PZB/LZB acknowledge You can use it
I love that the PIS boards change to announce the passing of a fast through service on Vorarlberg; this translates roughly to 'Attention when travelling by train, please keep your distance'.
A better translation would be "Attention! Train passing through! Please keep distance!". "Zugfahrt" refers to the train, that passes through. In real life there is also an announcement in German and English, when this screen appears.
Interesting, thanks for the clarification. Oh, so 'Zugdurchfahrt' is typically more usual then as shown from your pics, or is it used always regardless rather than just 'Zugfahrt'? Nonetheless, I must say, this motivates me to learn some German - it's interesting having played TSW for many years how you can learn a rough meaning from a few train-related words in the language.
I think both versions are in use, being "Zugdurchfahrt" the more specific warning for a train driving through (so you keep distance), while "Zugfahrt" states generically a "train drive" (which is pretty expected when you´re around a train station). Funny enough the bottom right from my picture set is warning a train driving through on a dead-end track. Anyway, nice catch! Hopefully DTG treats the PISs in TSW4 with more care than in the past (a shameful mess).
You're welcome! "Zugfahrt" is used in Austria, "Zugdurchfahrt" in Germany, as it seems. Both have the same meaning in German. But "Zugdurchfahrt" is more accurate because "Zugfahrt" could also mean a ride by train as a passenger.
There's also "Achtung Zugbetrieb!" (train operation) in Germany, I think it's a sort of generic warning in stations where Zugdurchfahrten are common
Interesting, thanks for taking the time to explain - yeah I wondered regarding that pic. Cheers, not bad for only my second ever Railfan pic.
Now the rust on the rails at the end of the lines where the wheels never reach has a degraded effect, which I like very much as it used to start abruptly at a certain point.
For those interested, this is the announcement that plays alongside in Germany. What is interesting is, that station announcements in Germany are in general text-to-speech generators (although with human recordings of individual syllables). DTG Matt, have you tried to approach DB to license these? It would make german content so. much. more. immersive. The whole TTS system exists already, the timetable data for information boards in the game exists as well, you just need to contract it from them and connect it together...
Vorarlberg has quickly become one of my all-time favourite routes - it's awesome. After playing it for a while now I've noticed another great attention to detail which I think is great for immersion regarding the Talent 1. If you notice that some units have coupler covers, while others don't: Seen here at Lindau-Insel, from right-to-left, are 4024 071-0, 034-0, 017-0 and 093-0
Oh, interesting. I've never noticed that with the 612 actually. Regarding coupling, the coupler cover just stays on regardless for TSW 4.
Interesting, I've noticed when playing Vorarlberg previously that the cover is still there regarding some of the 8-car Talent 1 services. I wonder if that's a bug/glitch then?
The implementation of that neat little feature is already a bit deeper. In summer they maybe have or have no cover, that's quite random, even IRL. In winter they always have a cover then. And of course, the front end of the covers gets opened when they couple.
This is how it looks like on both 612 & 4024: If it doesn’t show up properly like this it’s probably a glitch, it can happens.
One small detail i very much enjoyed and was surprized by - was on a platform with the date set to fall and had some blowing leaves swirling by.
With the RABe 523, one cool feature by Rivet which I never noticed until recently is you can fold/unfold the wing-mirrors: Before After
That has been a thing since the very first TSW release on SPG. But I do agree, it's a cute feature. I just wish the mirrors were functional.
Saw these discarded tracks in Hamilton and wanted to know if that was a bug or if it looks like that in real life... Would not have thought that attention was paid to such details.
Since you seem to be active here can you finally address my issues that YOU asked about on SPG Derail thread?
Just noticed this in the DB BR 155 on Ruhr-Sieg Nord that if you stand on foot next to the cab side window, it will promp you to "stand at shunting station" which gives you this view similar to the head out cab view. I don't see much use of it, might have been useful for shunting in the multiplayer mode that never materialized... But still a nice little detail anyway!
Pretty all locomotives has that. There are a few exceptions with the newer locomotives for some reason, it looks like they are removing this feature...
Really? This is the first time I have noticed this. I though all other locomotives only have the head out cab when sitting down and pressing right or left.
It was added to German locos because they have a "shunt" standing point, and from that point you are then in control of the train using the shunting panel and keys are mapped accordingly. It's interesting to do as the train is quite different to drive from that point.
But that "stand at" is pretty useless in the Vectron and BR612. You don't hang out of the window, you just see the panel, nothing more...
You should feature that shunting drive in one of your streams Matt. This “stand in shunting station” view adds so much to the realism in this game. On the German passenger runs, there’s nothing better than to stop at a station, get up from your seat, open the window, pop your head outside, close the door from there, and then get back to your seat and drive away. I think it’s a great feature that should be standard on all locos!
This is the first time I've heard of this shunt standing point functionality. So gameplay wise it acts the same as sitting in the seat? Can I control the train using the usual keys?
It's not the same as sitting in the seat no, it's quite cut down - look to the side of the window and you should see a secondary driving panel there with limited controls for operating the train. Essentially it allows you to do shunt moves while looking out the window (which you wouldn't be able to reach otherwise). Roughly speaking controls are the same but not necessarily used in the same why, i.e. A/D will control power etc. It's not trivial to get used to though and requires activating and i cant remember how to do it right now but - play
On Naverkehr Dresden, I use the shunting station to look at the platform on passenger services. So much more natural than on UK routes where I have to walk over, open the window, sit back down, and then look out the window with the arrow keys! And the Y/U buttons work, so I can control the doors!
