Steam No 158 On Fife

bosseye · Dec 18, 2024

Hi

I have the TSW5 158 in my steam library but when I go onto the fife circle line the only two timetables I have is the 2024 one from Fawx and the 170 timetable from the original download.

Am I missing something that I need to activate or something or a conflict which hides the DTG updated timetable?

TIA
Mark

TrackingTrains · Dec 18, 2024

bosseye said: ↑

Hi

I have the TSW5 158 in my steam library but when I go onto the fife circle line the only two timetables I have is the 2024 one from Fawx and the 170 timetable from the original download.

Am I missing something that I need to activate or something or a conflict which hides the DTG updated timetable?

TIA
Mark
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You're not missing anything. The 158 FCL timetable is not yet released. The E2G timetable is, and has been recently updated.

Details on a coming update to the ScotRail Class 158.

Just to confirm, there is no Fife Circle Sprinter timetable yet due to difficulties during development causing delays. This is still in production.

Additionally, we have not added exhaust emissions as extensive continued research shows the 158s don't exhibition exhaust fumes. Effects were added for testers to examine and feedback indicated it was unrealistic.

Finally, we are still working on understanding the suspension system in order to take advantage of it. Our first attempt was not liked by testers and so was reverted while we continue to understand the new feature.

https://skyhookgames.com/tsw-5-scotrail-158-winter-2024-update-patch-notes/
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https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/scotrail-class-158-feedback-thread.83069/page-3#post-943737

AND

Morning,
So the issue with the timetable is that it got into a tail chasing situation. Some services wouldn't simulate, and attempts to fix them (or remove them!) would have a knock on effect. Attempts to resolve that would knock on further and so on. We would roll back and attempt a different approach and that would have different consequences.

It seems the Fife area operates quite differently to routes I've built timetables for previously. In my experience a train runs a largely repeated diagram for most of the day. This means in TSW you can setup a repeating pattern and have a train run back and forth quite happily. For trains running around the Fife area, what I found was they ran somewhere different on practically every turn. The same train was running all over the place, arriving into Edinburgh at all different times and platforms. Thus if one train ran into a problem, it wouldn't just impact services to a single destination, but to loads of destinations delaying loads of other trains.

I've never experienced this tail chasing situation in all my time developing timetables for TSW. We've been talking to other timetable developers though and hope to start moving forward again over Christmas. It's not where we wanted to be but we'll keep fighting till we get it done.
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https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/scotrail-class-158-feedback-thread.83069/page-3#post-934661

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