Is Simrail What Tsw Should Have Been?

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  1. bence950906

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  2. hyperlord

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    Does SimRail support the RailDriver?
     
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    If you watch the screenshot (development log) in the post earlier you have you're answer
     
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    Thanks for pointing that out, I wasn looking on the right side
     
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    looks like a whole rail way net )
     
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    Posted on DC and Facebook:
    Recently, we have prepared for you about 30 km of new tracks allowing for alternative routes for freight trains.
    The upcoming update will also bring a significant increase in performance, especially on large stations. We have one more surprise, but about it in the next message.
    New route sections:
    -Dąbrowa Górnicza Wschodnia - Kozioł - Przemiarki - Łazy
    -Dorota - Dąbrowa Górnicza Południowa - Huta Katowice - Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice
    -Dąbrowa Górnicza Strzemieszyce - Huta Katowice.

     
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    Performance is one of the things in which Simrail already is better than TSW3. Can't wait for further improvements!
     
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    "This is Warszawa Wschodnia station. A passenger train operated by Koleje Mazowieckie will arrive track 21 at platform 7".

    You will soon be able to hear such a message in SimRail, and all this by establishing an official partnership with Koleje Mazowieckie company, whom we warmly welcome among the Patrons of our project.

    Thanks to cooperation, you will meet in the game your favorite Mazovian trains with a characteristic yellow sun, e.g. EN76 or EN57 units, including the oldest active KM vehicle with the number 038, i.e. the so-called "Grandma"!

    Our plans do not end there. So keep an eye on our profile.

    We will tell you that in the next update the first logos of the Company will appear on the vehicles already available in the game.

    [​IMG]
     
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    There's no denying it is looking good and the devs are pouring their heart and soul into it.

    However for me it still remains a disconnect until they fundamentally enhance the single player game and add a save/resume function (checkpoint based or otherwise).
     
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    Does the save function on TSW3 work?
     
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    Most of the time. There's still the issue of certain switches being turned off like on American freight runs in my experience.
     
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    99.9% of the time. The only situation it falls down is if you are chaining more than one run, reload a save and subsequent trains fail to load in the objective data or markers. However I would take a slightly subpar save function over none at all. Like a few others I still feel slightly miffed in all the run up to SimRail release the developers strung us along re the single player game (and having a save function) then on release one barely existed and the other not at all. Currently uninstalled here.
     
  16. denis

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    After Epic Fail with Glasgow, Trenton routes TSW 3 has been totaly forgotten by me
     
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    important news is the addition of a new, alternative route for freight trains: Łazy ŁC - Przemiarki - Kozioł - Dąbrowa Górnicza Wschodnia. You can meet there in multiplayer mode trains with numbers: 412050-412098, 442001-442049.

    The third big change is a significant improvement in game performance, especially on computers with weaker processors.

    Finally, we put at your disposal two new signal boxes - Juliusz in Sosnowiec (domino panel) and Szeligi (computer devices).

    patch notes 17.04


    MULTIPLAYER:

    • multiplayer improvements for slow HDD drives
    • multiplayer time is now displayed correctly
    STOCK:

    • EN76 "Koleje Mazowieckie" operator logo added
    • ET25 emergency brake fixed
    • sander and light dimmer keybinds added
    SCENERY:

    • Łazy ŁC - Przemiarki - Dąbrowa Górnicza Wschodnia line introduced, train numbers using this route: 412050-412098, 442001-442049
    • platform shader fixes - no more noise on the platform sides
    • scenery fixes at Korytów, Huta Katowice, Sosnowiec Kazimierz, Dorota, Olszamowice, Gajówka, Łazy, Katowice
    • lighting and shadow improvements at dusk and dawn
    DISPATCHER MODE:

    • two new signal boxes added - Juliusz (domino panel) and Szeligi (computer equipment)
    POZOSTAŁE:

    • performance and stability optimalisations, combining numerous meshes together should result in smoother play
    • diagnostic data question box only shows once per game start, if the settings file is set as read only
    • bug causing road and signal textures to change colors fixed
    • cars should not be parked on top of each other
    • lag when loading map tiles reduced
     
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    Moment I've gone was Arosa Linie, made much worse than in TSC.
     
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    Intersting to know that on TSW3 the save function works. I've tested on every version of TSW and it never worked properly.

    Personally I don't even see the point of a save function in TSW3 given that routes are pretty short, but that's another story.
     
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    a new freight

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    What type of Freight car it is? For DTG it needs to be on Deutsche Bahn paint colours and in real life this is seen on Güterbahnhof Frankfurt am Oder Horka Bahnstrecke Roßlau Hoyerswerda Horka Kohlfurt Berlin Stettin and Dresden Görlitz Görlitz Moys Breslau because these German routes cross the Oder Neisse line
     
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    UAcs 480S PKP
     
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    Thank you for telling me looks like it's related to what we have UACNS Cement from Bahnstrecke Hagen Finnentrop Siegen Ruhr Sieg Nord.
     
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    The elephant in the room is the public editor, which is noticeable by its absence on the "in development" and "in queue" lists, yet for which there is still a large icon on the home screen. Is this going to be another TSW-style own goal? As OldVern says, the lack of a save means the relatively long runs are mostly never finished, which is a shame.
     
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    "
    The scenery editor will be available in the full version of the game. Early Access allows you to play on what is available, but also unfinished.

    Published Tuesday at 5:46 pm"
     

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    I liked the prologue a lot, but what keeps me from buying it is the extremely long play time for a single service and the lack of game save. I have seen the comments on abuse for the multiplayer game, which is similar to the problems some players have with Railroads Online. Some persons seem to like it to spoil the gameplay in all kinds of destructive actions. For driving trains I do not see much use for multiplayer.
     
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    yes, 'anarchy' servers usually end up like this
    and not having a working 'save game' is a PITA
    this and a feeling the simulation isn't particularly ready yet have prevented me from buying it, the Prologue I have already deleted

    Unless you can set up your own 'hierarchical' server to play with friends, or some dispatcher moderates the servers and boots reported malfeasants? This probably requires some sort of registration or even subscription model, which needs staff and therefor costs money
     
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  28. denis

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    There are no anarchy servers.
     
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    Nothing common with the problems some players have with Railroads Online. I play Sim Rail ntwice a week forl long routes and never come up with any abuse in MP.
     
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    Ty2 locomotive (DB BR52) passes Sędziszów station on the final straight to SimRail.

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    On Twitter it was confirmed that the first 3 DLC will be German, American, Austrian. And reaching $1million (I don't know exactly what that means but it could be some kind of income)
     
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    343857582_614570424058722_8755790643336022666_n.jpg Képkivágás.PNG
     
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    Katowice main station signal box will be available in the next update.In fact, after MP I can not play SP at all

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    This photo actually made me chuckle - DTG would charge $29 for each one, even though mechanically, they are exactly the same.
     
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    The second locomotive seems to be the one on the poster inside the training center and Tharandter Rampe. On Rhein Main Verkehrsverbund Niddertalbahn the locomotive DB Baureihe 052 writings says Bahnbetriebswerk BW Rheine Bundesbahndirektion Köln/Bremen even though the actual jurisdiction Niddertalbahn Bundesbahndirektion Frankfurt am Main
     
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    One of the new functionalities are signs informing, for example, about the closure of the track on the domino panel.

    [​IMG]
     
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    cool, a Domino panel

    I don't completely understand, will this be a non-functional display at first, allowing you to visit the signal box and watch the trains go by, both from the windows and on the Domino?

    will it be made functional later, with a real dispatcher/signal man in the box? functional in 3D, or in a 2D panel able to run on a second monitor or better even on a second computer in the 'dispatcher's office'?
     
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    It will be fully functional display.
     
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    a new Dragon is coming )
     
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    also Lazy and Lazy La comming soon to simrail
    DGZ:
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    EN57

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    update 17.05
    MULTIPLAYER:

    • Entirely new train timetable with more trains than before
    • Flashlight added in driver and dispatcher mode (N key)
    • Small stations removed from timetables of freight and long-distance passenger trains
    • Several improvements of the Virtual Dispatcher functionality
    • Corrected descriptions for some of the dispatch boxes in the main menu
    • Corrected synchronization of route infoboards and lighting of trains controlled by others and AI
    STOCK:

    • Improvements in night-time lighting of passenger cars
    • New freight car added - 408S Uacs
    • Three new liveries added for Dragon2 locomotive - E6ACTa-005, E6ACTa-014, E6ACTadb-027
    • Improvements in the ELF vehicle model
    • Improvements in the EU07 vehicle model
    • Improved rendering of some objects located behind windows
    • Improved sounds for the Z2 passenger car
    • Improved sounds for the Dragon2 locomotive
    SCENERY:

    • Improved night-time lighting of buildings on scenery
    • Numerous corrections of catenary across the scenery
    • Numerous corrections of greenery across the scenery
    • Numerous corrections of terrain modelling across the scenery
    • Numerous route indicator (e.g. limits) corrections across the scenery
    • Numerous building corrections across the scenery
    • Numerous corrections of signalbox displays
    • Numerous improvements of background scenery sounds
    DISPATCHER MODE:

    • Added 3 new dispatch boxes: Katowice Osobowa, Strzałki, Biała Rawska
    • Added support for indicating electrified tracks and platforms (dispatch boxes are being gradually updated)
    • Added option to place specific info cards on domino panels
    • Shortened EDR entries for Dabrowa Gornicza stations (for visibility)
    • Fixed a bug where captions would disappear from domino panels
    • Improved operation of buzzer signals used at C type / EAP type blocks
    • Corrected tooltips for certain controls on domino panels
    • Fixed a bug where certain lights wouldn't show on domino panels
    OTHER:

    • Fixed W6a / W6b signals
    • Fixed incorrect line speeds in Bukowno area
    • Optimizations in multiplayer server for smoother movements of other trains
     
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    All this looks really promising, wow!

    Does somebody know how this endeavor is funded? I mean you´ll need a decent devops infrastructure and quite some financial breath, no?
     
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    It does look interesting although I am interested to see what the future routes might be. From what I can gather though single player mode does not have a timetable mode like TSW just scenarios? If it was to have a timetable mode in the future which didn't mean you had to play multiplayer then I would take a harder look at it.
     
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    Their German route was announced over on their instagram page with a map.
     
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    hints for new plans?

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    Looks like another route set in the former German territory of Silesia. Bytom is spelt as Beuthen in the German Language. Reason for it is that German-speakers cannot say the Polish city name that's why they end up using the German name for a Polish town like Bytom. Pretty much the entire country of Poland under German and Austrian parts. A route in Krakow will be spelt as Krakau since its a major starion on the Austrian Galizien Carl Ludwig Bahn
     
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    depot comming soon 347445457_919868362642904_317393695928117533_n.jpg
     
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