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Can't it be tuesday already :/

 

Time flies. It'll be Tuesday before you know it lol

 

And what are the things you have to do before you change your cab ?

 

Thats perfect for me. Just as i expected it from you, Maik. Keep up the great work. Big fan of your Trains

 

When you sit in cab 1:
- be sure Throttle wheel is in 0 and tap changer is in 0
- switch off blowers
- open doors if needed
- Apply train brake to full service, move it back to off quickly, cut it off with the brake key
- Be sure the loco brake is in release position (basically always when you move or leave the loco) and you have some pressure in the cylinders (never ever leave the loco with no pressure in the cylinders!).
- open MCB
- Panto down
- select new panto position on the back wall
- Panto up
- Reverser to off, reverser handle out
- move to cab 2
- reverser handle in, reverser to m
- close MCB
- unlock train brake, set it to a braking position
... good to go now (maybe SIFA/PZB/LZB needs to be switched on in the Game, IRL they are on)

The procedure is basically the same when changing from cab 2 to cab 1, but you need to select the panto in cab 1 then. And when going to the cab car, it's also the same. Be sure you select the correct pantograph, and you have the MCB closed before you move to the cab car. Yes, you can raise the panto and close the MCB from the cab car too, but the instructions say do it in the loco.

If you forget to do the brake lever stuff, you will have some extra miles to go. You can only have one cut-in drivers brake valve and you need to be sure all loco brakes are in release, or you might have dragging loco brakes.

 

Hmmm, hope this procedure is included in the tutorials...

 

Is it incorrect to first raise the 2nd pantograph, then lower the first one? I know it's a no-no when moving, but I've seen it quite frequently when locos are stationary or starting with a heavy train behind them.

 

thanks for the reply

 

Not with this loco. It would not even work when you doing it as advised with moving the panto selection past "both down" where the air pressure in the panto system falls to 0 and the pantos will lower anyways.

 

You don’t have patience for 18 hours ?

 

at which time tomorrow will the DLC be released?

 

Depends on your platform, Xbox & PS are (a lot) earlier than steam & epic

 

redrev1917 i play on Steam, i heard something like "afternoon" in the preview stream. But i want to plan it around my work, so i can play when i get home (I live in the Berlin Time Zone (CEST))

 

I can answer steam

Its usually about 5pm UK time so 6pm for you Europeans

 

okay, thank you for the information

 

Nope!

 

56 minutes now

 

Why so long...

 

Bremen-Oldenburg out now for PS/Xbox
Can't wait to use the n-wagen when I come home from work!

 

It's not out on xbox yet.

 

It's up now. No gamepass discount yet though so I'll be waiting.

 

there is no Discounts on TSW3 Era for any platform no pre orders as well its out only on console Epic games store PC is next followed by PC Steam

 

Rough station name pronunciation guide for English. Dashes are to break up syllables, they don't represent pauses

Bremen: Bray-m'n
Neustadt: Noy-shtat
Weser (river): Vay-zuh
Huchting - Hook-ting
Heidkrug: Hide-krug*
Delmenhorst: Delm-'n-horst
Hoyenkamp: Hoy-'n-kamp
Schierbrok: Sheer-brock
Bookholzberg: Book-holts-bairg
Langenberg: Lang-'n-bairg
Hude: Hoo-duh
Reiherholz: Ryer-holts
Wüsting: Voo-shting
Neuenwege: Noy-'n-vay-guh
Hemmelsberg: Hem-ullz-bairg
Hunte (river): Hun*-tuh
Oldenburg: Old-'n-burg. Go a bit geordie on the last syllable so it's almost 'bourg'

* same vowel sound as book

 

For those struggling with the DLC limit on PS5: the new DLC has a size of 4,344 Gb.

 

I agree. Don't blame Simugraph for simulating the real world mess, we want a simulation so we get it with all of its consequences.. You may want to blame DB but I do not believe the engineers are so stupid not to have considered all needed coupling options and made well argued choice even if we do not know the arguments.

 

Next up: Train Simulator enthusiasts actually blaming DB for not constructing the trains like they would like it

 

What's wrong with that ?!
After all, we're also a shareholder in this industry XD...

 

The destnations system on the n wagen is slighty out of alignment,with what it says in the cab isn't what the destnation board reads.

 

The pc version is now available on steam!

 

Well BRO isn't going down too well from what I've witnessed on discord. Many have refunded already. Sorry DTG, you can't keep releasing buggy unfinished DLC especially at this price. As much as I wanted the 110+Kako I will wait until (if) when it's patched up.

I've seen reports of borked PZB, uber- powerful n-wagen brakes, tap changer sounds stuck in a loop, no cab visuals for LZB on the 425 & 155 - only on HUD, broken PIS, 425 lights not working.. uzw.

 

So DTG is already doing so badly that they have to wring every penny out of the customer? No more pre-order discounts? No more Xbox Gold discount?

 

Ah, the trouble begins

 

How do refunds work for xbox?Is it even worth it or should one just wait for dtg to try and fix there as always broken dlc?

 

Cheers, I was about to buy, will pass until it's fixed then.

 

1. Brake physics (110) appears to be ultra-weird. 1 BAR is here like a sport bike behavior.
2. On the HUD, there are indications of kN and AMP. In what units is the Motorstrom gauge in the cabin?

Some first-impression comments are disturbing. DTG /o\

 

Still waiting for the game pass discount to be added. If it doesn’t come, I’m not buying. Even with Game Pass it’s more expensive than on PS5 where I live.

Given the feed back so far, I’m happy to wait.

 

You mean the one in the cab car? It shows basically useless information, also IRL. For a formula what it shows: about 60% or the real tractive effort in tons that are coming from the loco. The loco sends a voltage signal over that cable and the voltage drop on the cable makes it useless. Driving the cab car is a feeling-thing. You can't do an 'instrument-flight' on it.

 

First impression from driving just the 110 and the cabcar: It has potential. Like, its good but theres stuff missing and not working. The PZB in the 110 was mentioned several times already. The brakes feel way too powerful, but I can't say if its realistic or not, its just that I doubt it. In the cabcar I can't seem to switch on the Sifa. At least the circuit breaker for it is not clickable. Also, how do you turn on the coachlights in the 110? Then we also have the looping switchgear sounds. And what is it with the BR425s signal lights?! And lastly from what I've noticed, the Zugzielanzeige (PIS) in the cabcar is totally desynced. Its basically guessing which one it could be, outside view, guessing again, outside view and so on...
Like I'm enjoying it more or less so far, but these are silly little mistakes that just shouldn't be here in the first place.

 

Exactly my feeling. It is frustrating how these small imprecisions still can happen and give a bad impression about a new DLC. It will eventually be corrected, but this should be done before the release, not after.

 

I'll bet drivers of real n wagen wouldn't have to play guess what the power setting is.I guess dtg thinks we want to.

 

Using the pick a train and picking timetable and getting a wrong timetable was introduced in a past update before bro was a thing. I also never used to mode so idk how long it's been around

 

I will tell that short: this is the most buged DLC in TSW history ever I am afraid

Details will come in the Technical Reports part of the forum, maybe. I am tired and sad.

Another story... maybe. Menu navigation issue.

Train Depot > Timetable > when I select a train, then a route, the menu takes me to other-not-selected one timetable.
Is this something new? I am pretty sure this was working fine.

The track layout is HBK-like, double-tracked most of the time, which I like. This feels unfinished and rushed.
I will probably still love this DLC, but the first impression is bad. I don't feel like going into details.

BR o7

// ACCIDENTALLY deleted > reposted / sorry

 

Oh, and I really like the (not) dimmable indicator and instrument lights in the BR110 which go from value{} to value {}. Or the PZB switches not making a sound in the BR425. Or its headlights.

Yeah. Like if I play this route for 45mins and notice all this stuff... Whats the so-called "Quality Assurance QA" for then?
This is the part thats so laughable to me... So many easy issues that shouldn't even be issues. But there we are back again at all the inconsistencies in the game. Like I always say, potential is being wasted...

 

New higher price and new lower quality.

Shame...

 

Wow it seems even worse then what i expected. After the new "One Show and very monitorized Preview Streams" that aren't as honest as they used to be i was in highly doubt that this release will differ from BCC. It's a bloody shame for those who actually spend the higher price just to get disappointed yet again.
Also, I read from a lot of PS4 players that this DLC isn't even showing up after they purchased... BCC anyone ?

Where are all the Guys that defended the new price like it was their own child ? Higher Price and at least same level of bugs like before, again a release that seems really rushed to the release date.

DTG you could have proved all the doubters wrong again (which i would have really welcomed), yet again im happy that i kept my money and did not purchased.

 

Will it though? We have seen too many examples of fire and forget on past releases to trust that anything will get fixed.

 

That seems weird to me. In Zusi, the n-Wagen brakes are quite awful and you need a good run-up of rather harsh braking to stop them. I mean, Zusi is by no means infallible, but its real-life applications make me trust its physics over TSW's.

In the Br 110, the Motorstrom is in Amps, but not that relevant usually. What you want to look at is the Oberstrom gauge, also in Amps. Right in front of you are the indicators (or indicator in this modernised 110) for tractive effort per traction motor in kN. The cab car only has the Motorstrom gauge in Amps but this is, as Maik Goltz outlined, rather irrelevant. The cab car is driven based on experience and feeling mostly.

 

Normally in TSW, this is something like 60kph 200m 1 bar reduction to stop
BRO' 110 is 100m ~

 

Currently doing a lot of reading on this and for now….

“Steam, come at me for another £30, not happening yet…..”

 

Yeah, I would expect the n-Wagen and 110 to be braking quite awful as well