Lukas Interviewed At Gamescom 2024 (aka Lukasleaks)

agreed. but I can't really go outside and check for LZB cables between tracks.

 

From entering the main tracks to Fulda coming from Hanau if im right you did not accept in the LZB... Thats after Fulda but im not 100% Sure here

 

Oh, good point! So you probably will have to do the LZB > PZB transition twice on a southbound run.

 

The way LZB works is that it has predefined points where it allowed trains to enter into LZB. Those may or may not be prior to Fulda when you come from Frankfurt. OpenRailwayMaps does not have this info, as far as I am aware?! But we will find out soon

 

cant help it, but every time Fulda is mentioned it reminds me of Tobias Sammet, of Edguy and Avantasia fame, as he is from that city

that would be a welcome change in terms of TSW

 

Just checked, you should be accepted into LZB even still being on the Kinzigtalbahn at km 105,2, which is roughly 5km ahead of Fulda:

 

Okay yeah i was not sure but thanks for this confirmation

 

yeah it shows where it is at. not the signs. but I would expect for safety that a train entering fulda from anywhere would be on LZB if possible. looks like you found the sign in a cabview video. great because that's about where openrailwaymap says LZB is implemented. means we get twice LZB and twice GNT, depending on the train of course. I'm personally very excited to see the route and would be funny if matt drove to add some DB delays.

although I gotta say it was very pleasant having someone from the railways play the game like the WCML stream yesterday. showed a lot of the functions and special things. including how some operations are prototypically done. it's a shame there was a lot of "oops this and that doesn't work or we haven't implemented it (yet)" like the neutral sections or suspension people were on about. it hits the community hard after they just said proudly that suspension came to everything from TSW5 onwards. wonder if the other core routes suffer the same issue.

 

yaaaay, first time in TSW history we actually get 2x LZB in one route, that means there might be 2x AFB resets, hell yeah, bring it on

 

It depends.... If you have the AFB turend on..... No a joke... Cool route for sure and the ICE-T is a beautiful machine! Im so hyped for this route and train.

 

I always have AFB on... and usually, for a long time actually, I would just turn off AFB after exiting LZB, since the way they taught AFB reengagement on the move in the tutorial was too much of a fuss... but since one of the users (cant remember if it was lamplight, maik or someone else) suggested the prototypical way (and Matt picking it up and apparently forwarding it to DTG teams and it got implemented) and I tried it, I would look forward to the LZB/PZB transition because this would make the otherwise cumbersome procedure very easy to do ... and having a chance to do it TWICE in a route (or even more, but twice is a big thing for me atm) is a big plus for me

 

To reset AFB after LZB Ende: simply move it to zero and back (ensures you have the new speed limit set, and not forgotten the one from LZB which could have been higher).

To engage AFB on the move: throttle to zero (prevents sudden acceleration), AFB to max (prevents sudden decceleration), AFB on.

 

I hope one day the fix for moving AFB speed down automatically applies electrical brake even if you are already way below the set speed. make playing traxx no more fun.

 

some locos keep like 5 kph below the set speed for some reason, and automatically apply some e-brake when going downhill

if by TRAXX you also mean 146, then there is that PIS issue, and also bugged LZB transition, which atm lets you snap out of LZB, but not really properly as lets say 101 or ICEs

 

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Ah good to know, many thanks!

 

Well, actually, it was the practice since the start of the InterCity-services somewhat back in the 1970's. At first, it wasn't tied to a specific train, but more to a connection at a certain time at the day, So more or less, the train that starts at 8 o' clock in the morning was the IC 'Kaiserstuhl' (a mountain formation near Emmendingen, so, a train going to/coming from Basel mostly), while the train starting at 8 o' clock in the evening was named 'Johann Sebastian Bach' (because of the late starting time only going to Eisenach), for example. This practice was immediately abandonned after the train crash of Eschede, where the ICE 'Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen' was involved. Later on, they restarted this practice by naming a specific train set, so, for example the train set, that went on the 'ICE Train North America Tour' (head code 401 084-9/401 584-8) nowadays is called 'Bruchsal'...

 

Thank you for explaining! For me as a begginer DB fan, It’s always very interesting to know those little details. Just like few days ago, on Instagram stories, I first time heard about DB Rettungszüge (btw one of them is also located on Fulda station IRL!!!) and it was very interesting to read about it on wikipedia.


Maybe DTG is going to surprise us and include this Rettungszüge located in Fulda in upcomming Frankfurt-Fulda route! DTG Lukas

 

there is another in Würzburg if I recall correctly

 

The wikipedia article says there is one at Wûrzburg Hbf, one at Fulda and another one at Kassel Hbf.

DTG could potentially make a DLC as it appears in 3 stations we already have in TSW, but what could we do with it? I mean, there are no accidents in timetable mode. Would people pay for the train and some scenarios, plus having it as a stationary train in timetable mode? Not sure about it.

 

I don't think it has a lot of options no. there is a lot more slightly obscure stuff like railadventure or even DB Netz that would make a better addition. like the RHTT in the uk those can add some special services to the timetable. I wouldn't mind another shunter so the 363 and G6 aren't alone as I suppose the 204 is a bit dated. maybe a V100 or MAK 6400 to fill up some heavy shunting and light freight would be cooler than one or two services driving a Hilfszug for 3h on a deserted KWG.

 

I would actually love to see some special rail vehicles from germany since the RHTT was released. Maybe the Rettungszug isn't really fitting for TSW as there probably wouldn't be much to do but something that could fit is a "Messzug" so some observation train from DB Systemtechnik. I believe in UK it would be Network Rail operating such trains.

 

Some sort of overhead catenary measuring vehicle would probably make the most sense gameplay-wise. BR 711 or something similar, those are usually locomotives or railbuses rebuilt with observation platform above roof. Not only you can do A-B observation trips, but you can also do plenty of scenarios with blocking one track with it, forcing rest of the traffic use the other track in both directions, power disruptions and maintenance when other trains have to be pulled by diesel locos or DMUs instead of scheduled units, and so on..

 

My post about Rettsungszüge was intended to be just scenery thing, non playable model of that train parked on track where he parks also in reality, something like mastery reward on Semmeringbahn. That would be nice to see when you will pass-by, but yes, I can imagine it would be hours and hours of modelling just for little detail on few routes. Anyway - they made something similar for Semmeringbah so very little chance still exists It would be really cool!

 

those aren't allowed to drive on their own anymore since a month ago I think. too many of them burned down. they are being pulled by diesels indeed.

some measuring stock would be cool though. I have enjoyed the couple RHTT services I played. would like to see something like it in mainland europe too.

 

That's the 711.1 subclass. Other subclasses don't like to catch fire as much and would probably be a better choice for inclusion in TSW:

Class 711.0, Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67664407


Class 711.2, indeedous/Wikimedia Commons, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31749503

(Note that "subclass" in this context means that these are all class 711 because they have a similar purpose and there aren't that many of each type, not that the vehicles themselves are similar to each other.)

 

ahh. thanks for the info. I gotta say those look really neat even though I've been spoiled by the new ÖBB ones they got a couple months ago. well then I'm all for a little Netz dlc like the british RHTT. or some freight wagons so the mainland europe players can actually do some loading and unloading.