PC Wip - Midland Mainline Enhancement Pack

Some great work by SprattyHeath

As you can see, he's added the iconic Brush logo to the works building, at Loughborough -

 

One particular problem that has been noticed by a few people on MML is how the logos appear to be "floating" at certain angles & at specific TODs, these would also leave an odd shadow in their place which is realistically speaking physically impossible.

It turns out that Skyhook had incorrectly setup the materials for the decals (I'm no good at explaning how materials work, but in basic terms the type of material set up determines how rough the texture will look etc, and if it emits shadow baking or not) This may probably explain why the EMT logos up close looked slightly bubbly on the corners.

With a little bit of UAssetGUI editing, I've fixed this issue so that it should HOPEFULLY no longer appear as if they're floating anymore.

This change has been applied to both the Class 158 & the HST + Mk3 Coaches both internally & externally.

 

Some further changes to lighting.

I found driving the HST in poor lighting conditions painful because the gauge lights were far too light/bright as well as being the incorrect colour (yellow as opposed to orange). There was also this weird light source in the cab that made it look like a light was on when there were none. Additionally, the saloon and vestibule lighting in the Mk3 coaches was just, well, awful. Not only did it look like a nuclear bomb had gone off, but the light bleeds through the skin of the coach lighting elements of the structure that have no place being lit (including the bogies, the underside and roof)

As such I've made the following changes;

- Increased the resolution of the gauges.
- Changed the colour to a more orange hue to better match the real loco (ref here - emt hst cab at Sheffield | SONY DSC | Callum Phelan | Flickr)
- Decreased the mysterious ambient light in the cab at night
- Completely changed the values for the brightness of the gauges, meaning they are now actually readable and not painful to look at
- Significantly (I mean massively) reduced the intensity of the lighting in the Mk3 coaches in both the saloon and vestibule to something approaching reality

Original gauges at 25% with default cab lighting


Revised gauges at 25% with reduced ambient light


Original gauges at 100%


Revised Gauges at 100%

 

Default Mk3 Lighting


Revised Mk3 Lighting

 

Hi JetWash Great work on the driver gauges. Any chance you could change the colour of the interior lighting to more of an orangey/yellowey colour as per reality?

 

Looks great. To all involved; thank you for your time and effort making these improvements.

 

I can but I found this, so not sure which is more prototypical…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbuck007/5329211474

 

this pack has taken way to long to release its looking good know but yeah out when its out whenever moved on from that route now anyway

 

Hmm, that's interesting. Just had a quick search myself and found this: https://flic.kr/p/v1E7UQ

I've always found them to be more orangey when travelling on them myself but looks like they weren't all like that. In that case will leave up to you.

 

Didn't I previously warn you about acting selfishly & arrogant towards community content creators?

It seems you have absolutely no care in the world for what people do or the amount of time it takes. It was stated CLEARLY that this pack was put on hold because we were waiting for Skyhook to release their official patches, but as per usual you didn't give any thank you nor gave a damn because it's all for your little views on your pathetic YT channel.

I gave you a warning last time and as such I'll be NOT recommending that others go watch your channel, just for them to be aware of the sort of LOVE you say behind the curtains, it's disgusting and just not needed, thank you.

 

[EDITED - Jan - Insulting]

 

LM, amazing work by you and the team. Looking forward to it being published so we can enhance the MML.

 

You go make it if you want it right now. You have zero appreciation for modders.

 

If you’ve travelled on them it’s good enough for me. Will see what I can do.

 

Thanks. I used to regularly before they went out of service but that's a few years ago. I remember them having an orangey hue to them but I might be having selective memory, haha. Looks like some of them were indeed more white.

 

Just FYI, I’ve had a brief look and my first impression is there’s nothing I can do. The light doesn’t appear to be emanating from any actual ‘lights’, and the texture in the roof where the lights would be is actually black.

I’ll have another look but it doesn’t look promising.

 

If you DM me the edited materials for the Mk3, I might be able to add them in, can't gaurantee that though.

 

Hmm, that's strange. No worries, I appreciate the effort though. Thank you.

 

All the bits look really great, folks. Lot's of talent on display!



Kind regards,
Dave

 

This is looking very good, You have been working on this for a long time, I have watched progress coming along and you are truly talented as 85Leaf above me said. I am wishing the rest be easy on you, I can't wait to watch more progress as it releases. Very good job so far mate.

 

This has been a long time coming and we appreciate your patience. This is the biggest, most comprehensive EP we’ve done to date. Pretty much every aspect of the dlc has been investigated and improved upon. We cant wait to share it with you, and hope you will join us on The British Ace Youtube Channel this Saturday at 5pm BST, where all will be revealed.

 

Good work. Thanks to all concerned. I’m not normally interested in mods, but this one looks like it makes a big difference. Can’t watch the stream but will catch up with it next week.

 

Equally looking forward to you all getting your hands on it.

 

To clarify the requirements are as follows-
Midland Mainline DLC
Great Western Express DLC

Another, not required, but highly recommended for the full experience- Peak Forest DLC to be used with the Bescot/Jetwash foliage mod.

 

Little wip leak of Leicester.

 

This looks fantastic, would be worth it just for the Brush sign and I can't wait to see what else is in there. I've really enjoyed your previous work, the SEHS EP is a particular favourite.

 

Been working a bit in the background with modding the MML EP (been doing other stuff IRL which is why i've not posted anything in a couple of days)

Both the HST cab & mk3 interior spotlights have now been colour temp adjusted & thanks to JetWash there should be no more rancid light bleed either!

 

It looks so good I'm almost tempted to buy the route.... but no, not unless and until Rivet debugs it.

 

The route was developed by Skyhook Games and from what I understand, DTG have taken over the bug reporting process now.

Anyways, we're hoping you'll all like the mod once it is released

 

Guess no set time yet?

 

We’ll know for certain on Saturday.

 

This post inspired me to try some of the other enhancement packs you’ve all created last night. I was always a bit scared to try them in case I broke something. Surprised how easy it was. What a big difference some small changes can make to the immersion.

 

Dont be scared of adding mods. If one creates an issue, just remove it. My DLC folder has probably close to 100 different tweaks here n there.

 

This was taken early on, before ballast and various additions were made, but its a glimpse of what you’ll see at East Midlands Parkway and the Power Station improvements.

 

As we're getting very near a few more teaser shots. It is honestly like having a new DLC, particularly if you own Peak Forest.

 

That looks brilliant mate hats off to you and the team!!

 

Thanks for all your work guys, very much looking forward to this.

 

It’s been a long time looking but it’s finally here to showcase! Make sure to stream in tomorrow evening with British Ace to see what it’s all about!

 

Feels so bad for the console owners who can't get their hands on these beautiful improvements made by modders! LOL!!

As always guys, amazing, just amazing!

 

Thank you! What a difference.

 

I was one of those, 18 months ago. (Ps4)

 

Glimpse of Derby. Full route streaming 5pm BST today. Youtube -The British Ace.

 

Wow, looks like you've added new scenery such as junction boxes and stop boards etc? Nice work.

 

Yep, I’m a console owner (Xbox series x) and I am really gutted seeing these improvements for PC. Screenshots look amazing, you’ve got some really talented people doing great things for the MML. I’m not jealous (well, I am) but well done to the modders, really excellent job.
Note to self; stop looking at PC threads

 

Looks awesome!

 

Geeze, I don't play steam, but will probably buy the Peak Forest just for this.

Nope, missed the sale so will wait to get PF next time.

 

with you on that one

 

Peak Forest is very good in its own right, but that resulting foliage mod is a must imo.

 

Presumably the EP will be released sometime this weekend given the previous posts?

 

Stream in 15 mins guys