Horseshoe Curve - Definitive Feedback Thread

Heat engines have a power band. The benefit of petrol-electric or diesel-electric is that the heat engines can maintain optimal RPMs for power output while the electronics can change things like torque and efficiency.

Cheers

 

I'd like to compliment skyhook on their voiceover and scenario narratives too. They felt more personal. Almost like a work colleague was talking to you rather than "formal communication " narrative. Picking up your hard hat, coffee etc were nice unexpected touches(excuses) to wander the yard a bit.
We just need more personnel behind stations

 

I had the same thoughts initially about the ES44AC sounds. Even after reading explanations like those above I still find it hard to get used to. I always think I'm idling even labouring up a grade.

Is there anything missing from the ES44AC sounds? I thought some people mentioned something about traction motor or turbocharger noises?

DW

 

It is missing the traction motor whining sound.
Example video :

 

There is an excellent mod on TSC.

 

Ah ok. Thats an interesting video, the stock sound of the prime mover sounds pretty close. I see what you mean about that buzzing whine sound, its really pronounced on the trains going at a faster speed. I hope they will tweak the audio and add that in a future patch, especially if its something that changes pitch and tone with the throttle setting.

Yeah I've been going back and forth between the HSC sound mods and stock, not sure I've heard anything like that whine with the mods though.


Few things I noticed about the alerter and alerter reset button on the ES44AC :

When you press the alerter reset button only the outer edge of the button depresses, the center "peg" stays sticking out.



Should the button actually be like that or this an animation glitch?

Also the sound of the button depressing is often absent. It comes and goes but more often than not the click noise doesn't play.

Lastly when you manipulate the dynamic brake lever, the alerter timer does not reset. Is that correct? I thought any throttle/brake/dynamic/horn usage was supposed to reset the alerter?

DW

 

Has anyone else gotten any odd spikes in their speed under dynamic braking on HSC?

I was exiting the single track tunnel at Gallitzin heading for Altoona today when my speed shot way up for just a split second, the HUD speedometer went way into the red. I took a screenshot of the menu after it happened and didn't think much of it but a couple of minutes later it did it again and derailed the train. In fact it shot the second locomotive and some cars into the sky from what I could see before the scenario ended. I restarted from the last checkpoint and made it down to Altoona but it spiked twice more on the way, though not enough to derail.

As you can see when the speed shoots up it creates this lower case cursive L looking pattern.



It looks more dramatic on the end of service screen.



Not sure I've seen this before. Is this a common issue with HSC or the game in general?

DW

 

Did you happen to notice a push or leap forward as these spikes happened? Tagging FD1003 just in case - call me paranoid but this could line up with some other recent problems.

 

Yeah it might just be confirmation bias but I've noticed a lot of odd derailments and jerky trains reported since the 30.05 update.

 

The last time it happened I was in an external view at the time and I did indeed notice the train visually move forward when the spike hit.

DW

 

I had the dlc train which was made on Sandpatch the other day (two units, can’t remember name of top of my head) and with a 1700t train I stopped it from 30mph mph in little over 100yds. Also it was like a greyhound accelerating. Physics always seem dialled up with that train to me compared to others

 

The air brake does work.

 

I had another derailment between Horseshoe Curve and Altoona today. I had a couple surges just before it happened so I was anticipating a derailment and was quick on the screenshot key. It appears it blew my entire load of intermodal cars into the sky!



DW

 

Those same-day deliveries going wild in Pennsylvania

 

Not what I had in mind when Amazon talked about drone deliveries

 

I'm pretty sure that this behavior - a core problem, versions of it reported on Sand Patch, SoS, MSB and Cane Creek as well - is a change to the buffer (or buffered coupler) physics which gives them excessive springback after compression. This certainly would explain the "surge" described here.

 

The trains jump together too sometimes when connecting