0.39 in is in snow cover, but that is barely any snow at all (less than 1cm). To put it in perspective, this is Corviglia from Switzerland today: which currently has 17 cm (6.6inches) snow reported on openmeteo... and still the ground is not fully covered. I have the feeling people trully underestimate how much reported snow cover you need to have before it starts to look like winter wonderland... Especially if the snow had time to thaw away. You weather is also showing cloudy, with no precipitation.. so it might have snowed, but the weather no longer states that it should.
Load the route first, then the Import button will become functional. The app needs to know which rote the file is attached to.
Great mod! I am using it to add crossings to routes that don't have whistle posts. However, when I hit the radius I get the overlay but it only stays on a couple of seconds. Is there a way to make it persistent, like it is with stations? Am I missing a setting? Also... LOVE the Live Weather function! Thanks for all your work on this!
I’ve noticed an odd overlay behavior. Sometimes the weather code status and icons disappear, and the overlay shifts out of the position I set. It usually returns after a minute or two, or as soon as the weather code updates, but I wanted to flag it. It feels like the data isn’t being drawn, or the icons fail to load, or something similar. Not sure which it is, just wanted to report that.
. I hate the way DTG have linked rain and visibility. There are lots of instances in real life where heavy rain does not affect visibility to this extent. Although lighting (TOD4) is pretty good the weather effects are both limiting and often poor. I thing DTG should either do a weather update or get someone with weather designing skills (eg Armstrong Powerhouse) to do this for them. Your program is great but DTG's weather effects sometimes limit its proper implementation. Still its 100% better than the rediculous weather extremes introduced by DTG's dynamic weather!
Currently not. Most points type have a simple logic. If they are composed only of one coordinate, they will be shown only for the minimal time. If they are composed of two or more coordinates, they will be shown until player gets from one point to another. But I think it makes sense to have it changed, so for the one point, it will stay shown the minimal time + while the player is in the points radius. So, in the next update it should be possible. Thanks for the report, I found an error with few of the icons, that might cause them not being visible in certain conditions. Hopefully it is that.
Just to say again that this app in amazing, just had a great run in real time with real weather with 1F45, Crewe route, and the cloud cover (almost overcast) with that level of ground wetness was superb, looked real at times. Autumn in this sim seems to be great with almost overcast skies, the lighting just works. This sim really does shine with the right conditions. Thanks again.
I am running this route, and your work is amazing. You put the names on everything, and it is nice. Thank you for the work.
It really is phenomenal… I did a run with the new Fife Circle Sprinter timetable in live conditions this morning, and watching the clouds and fog roll in as I approached the Forth Bridge was just incredible!
Really superb. Presently running a same head code service across multiple routes (Paignton to Manchester service) and using this and choose the same date to run the service, I've had what would have been the real weather across the whole route for that date.
And all it took is to move the few sliders in reasonable manner, not yank them from one extreme to another in 15 seconds. The lighting engine in TSW is quite good, too bad DTG never trully managed to show it properly. I just had a february morning run from Carlisle towards Preston, overcast, damp ground. As I climbed towards Shap, snow started to slowly appear on the ground, snow cover increasing as the altitude increased. Then a little bit of snow started to fall... trully tranquil winter morning... And as I descended towards Lancaster, the snow dissapeared once again, and snowing turned into rain... Geography of a route finally affects something more than incline..
Second this! Having an Excel sheet like the one from the "Great TSW Runs" thread, and possibly adding it to the OP of this thread, would make it easily accessible. I have so many additions to add straight off the bat!
I also plan to add a 'weather finder' feature in the app. The app currently has over 800 annotated stations, with world coordinates... So you should be able to i.e. pick NY Penn, and make the app use the open-meteo api to search for all thunderstorms between March 2024 and September 2024... For each occurence you would get a date + ingame time. So all that's left is pick a service at that date time and enjoy the weather.
Speaking of climbing; would it be possible to show elevation above sea level? Thanks for a great app, so much more fun to drive a train now...
Hmmm, that's a good idea... There looks to be a height infromation in TSW data which looks to be matching the elevation above sea level. I will add it, should be quite easy.
Oh wow, this is really neat! How often would something like this be updated? I’m sure elevation data would be hard to keep fully accurate to the player’s location at the exact time they’re there, especially on routes with higher speeds and/or steep or sudden elevation changes like Kassel to Würzburg, where conditions can shift very quickly.
Thankfuly the data come from TSW, the only limitation is that you have to be driving a train (so the fields are not filled/updated when on foot). But becasue it is TSW own data, it's updated frequently and matches your position. Works also in tunnels - Elephant and Castle on Bakerloo line is 6m below sea level And it's in the update that just got released Other importart changes: It is now possible to customize how much visible snow there should be for the reported snow precipitation And the app now uses the route local time for open-meteo queries, and relies on open-meteo to assign the correct timezone to the location. This fixes issue with routes, like Köln-Aachen, which have the wrong UTC offset assigned, thus wrong time was used for the queries, causing the weather to not be 100% correct, but shifted by a hour.
You could play with the sliders in TSW or God Mode to get this effect, but why, when this app just provides it. This is a run on the 31 October 2012 headed away from Salzburg using historic weather.
Fantastic app, a couple of further suggestions. Could the new altitude display be made to reflect the local UOM, also on the overlay tab where closest locations are shown could that also reflect the local UOM and could that part of the display be a little wider or perhaps a slider to make it user selectable. But thanks anyway this improves the game so much.
Once again, for what feels like the millionth time lol, thank you for creating something that’s honestly revolutionary. I know that might sound a bit dramatic, but if I somehow had to choose between this and God Mode, I’d pick this without hesitation. It completely elevates the experience beyond anything I’ve ever seen in for this game. I’m really happy to be able to cover it again and share it however I can. I’ve also packed a lot of smaller tweaks and suggestions into this video (during the second half), things that are probably easier to follow there than if I tried to relay that message with what would have turned into several long paragraphs lol. Hopefully this helps and gives a clear picture of what’s working so well (in my opinion) and where things could (potentially) go next.
