PC Wcmls Enhancement Pack | Update 10 Now Available

It’s just been released mate!

 

do 390 timetable services end so long?
I tried doing 1A80 with a 390, after arriving at Euston it takes ages to get the service to end.

 

Told ya it wouldn’t be long…

 

Those are the Voyager services that are being run by the 390 in lieu of a 220 being available. The 390 is a lot faster than the voyager so you arrive early if you drive at line speed. You can either drive slower and arrive when scheduled or wait for the service to complete if early.

 

oooh- but since when did 221s ran between euston and manchester? The 1A80 i ran was from manchester to euston which stops at watford.

 

absolutely amazing what you’re doing right now for the TSW community. Putting right what should be done by the actual developer, but that’s too much of an affair for them in alignment with their laziness.

So thank you very much for your service to the community and surely there is not a donationware link that we can utilise as this level of work I feel cannot go on unnoticed!

 

Since the new tt and station directory new pak files don't overwrite the old ones, I deleted them as a precaution.

 

They have to as they have the same file name. Mine certainly did.

 

JetWash, I again had a (1) at the end of the file name, so they did not overwrite. Guess I will go in and delete that (1). I am thinking that my computer does this since it sems to know that there is another file with same name, but other times its fine.

 

That’s because when you download the file you must be downloading it to a location where it already exists. In that instance it will create a duplicate with a (1) after it. If you DL to your desktop then cut and paste into the DLC folder it will overwrite.

 

Right, it went into my DL folder where there are the older versions. Thanks, now I know what is happening.

 

JetWash et al, thanks for the continuing updates to the EP and timetable, its looking busier and better than ever, AND (rather surprisingly) 2D56 and 2D98 LO services (of the previously crashing services I’ve tried so far) no longer crash the sim at the AWS ramp just before South Hampstead station!

 

Every train I've tried from Euston is empty and not a soul at the platforms. I suppose everyone just inside AI trains, so the game doesn't spawn a new ones?
DTG really need to do some work, like despawn passengers when player train are far away from them and spawn a new ones on platforms that are along the route in front of the player.

 

It’s totally broken to be honest. We think part of the problem is the 72 stock doesn’t unload when it goes to the depot and is full of passengers which is a bug with the train. There is a max number of passengers on the route at any one time and it obviously triggers almost straight away as it doesn’t seem to be de-spawning ones that are away from the player. God knows what Rivet did with this but it’s an absolute dog’s dinner frankly.

I’ve been playing around with it today and think I’ve found a balanced set of ini changes that will hopefully make it usable until the point DTG fix it. That may never happen obviously. I suggest you add these lines (and these lines only) to the GodMode ini on WCMLS. Putting passenger changes in the main ini will change every route which is definitely not what you want. Passenger ini settings seem to be in vogue at the minute but I can’t stress enough that it can wreck your game if you get the numbers wrong.

I spawned on foot into Euston at 7am and stood there for 55 minutes and didn’t see a drop in fps due to CPU bottlenecking. I can’t say you will see the same thing though as it obviously depends on your CPU. I tested this with an hour+ long 350 stopping service and saw a reasonable number of passengers at every station.

This is to be used with the latest version of the station directory which is on the TSC download page for the timetable (and which the TT requires!)

ts2.passenger.DensityScaleNew=1.7
ts2.passengers.ForceStationSpawningOverride=1
ts2.passenger.MaxPlatformPassengers=350

 

jetWash , just tried your passenger settings and they work great for me . Once again thanks for the effort and time you put in for this community . Good Job !

 

Do these changes go into the engine.ini file?

 

“…add these lines (and these lines only) to the GodMode ini on WCMLS”

 

This is what I voiced at the start of TSW when it was in initial development I said Consoles is throwaway gamers and lower powered laptops are not meant for these simulators. It’s meant for high end PCs. Thankfully modding is PC only, and with talented souls like these are, it makes me consider TSW as I stopped after TSW 2

 

Fawx, a most interesting timetable mashup. I am running LO service 2D75 and encountered a red at the exit of Kenton. Looked at the map and ahead at Harrow and Wealdstone trains were stopped and bunched together. The issue seems to be a set of tube trains all trying to get into one short turn back siding. I removed 232-12, the first one, and things started to move than it stopped again because 212-06 had moved into the siding and 240-07 was pressed up right behind, again trying to get into that siding. Here is a grab of the map at that location. Also noted is LO up service 2C26 that is showing "off path".

 

will 390 'Progress' and opportunity be improved?
the loading times of those are longer or somewhat bugged
if you start the service immediately the service will freeze a bit
the first 2 times i had a crash on the london to wembley depot (5M60)
3rd time i let it full loadin before i clicked the start service button and then i was able to finish it

 

suddenly when i start LS... now my screen gets darker like the gamma value change anyone on this ?

edit: found solution
had to activate hdr support in LS

cheers

 

Improved in what way? I haven’t had any issue with them I’m afraid.

 

I'm having an issue with guard mode on the 350s- even if I go up to the guard panel it doesn't recognise I'm wanting to take that service in Guard Mode.. any ideas what's going wrong?

 

You have to start guard mode from the main menu on the EP, you can't do it by spawning/already in TT mode.

 

Yep, I can only select it from the main menu for the Eurovision liveried 350

 

Does that really warrant the sad face? It’s not really that traumatic is it it?

 

Fawx, reran service 2D75, LO to Watford Junction. At Kenton still saw the tube train stack up at H&W with them trying to get into that turn back siding. Deleted the first two, 232-12 and 212-06, once that was done, completed the run without issues other than 1 minute lated at Watford.
I am running most recent tt update.

 

It looks like one of Class 805 cab has raindrops and the other doesn't. Graphics on ultra except clouds.
As example 1R02 - no raindrops in front cab, but they are in a tail cab.

 

IIRC that's a bug with the base 801?

 

Maybe. I didn't notice this bug in TSW4, but I didn't drive 801 in TSW5.

 

Work continues on both the EP & TT. A little comparison between Queens Park in the default game and with my lighting and the current, as yet unreleased, version of the WCMLS EP. In game this is at 0615am on July 11th

 

WOW, waiting for this version to be released.

 

Great work

 

Quick question there's a harrow and wealdstone roundel at the left hand side of the photo in game is that a dtg or a mod issue??


Also great work!

 

I still seem unable to guard services starting at EUS, saying 'Service failure: Guard left service.', any tips? For reference I spawned on foot as it said in the manual

 

Another thing to note, at some stations passengers leave the train and just stand there, blocking other passengers

 

Thank you! Started getting worried when running a service last night but it finally finished. Glad I didn't close out of the game lol.

 

It happens on every route, so it's a TSW core bug, not EP.

 

Thank you

 

Update 6 is now available and contains the following further enhancements;

• Added stop block lights to London Euston and Harrow Turnback Sidings
• Added a lot of further graffiti and clutter along the DC portion of the route to better create the feel of North London, including many more custom made graffiti decals and tags.
• Also added further ‘grime’ to buildings and bridges where the default route has pristine clean brick
• Added the poppy to the front of the 72Stock as per real world for the timetable date at the end of October 2024
• Next update will be a compatibility update when DTG launch their own WCMLS improvements

West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes Enhancement Pack - Train Sim Community

 

Appreciate the hard work Jetwash! Gonna d/l it now and give it a run after dinner.

 

Just ran it with the new mod and looks real good, thanks JetWash to you and everyone else involved.

 

Very much enjoying this update.

I do have a question for the modders.

Is it at all possible to change the awful over the top tint/darkness of the passenger indoor windows on the 350 and 390, they are set ridiculously dark as default by DTG/Rivet (whoever modelled them) it can be nearly pitch black looking out the windows at noon on a clear day at times and I do spend most of my time riding is a passenger in the game.

Understand if it can't be done as access to the uncooked files would probably be required?

 

This requires a model change, which I simply dont find is worth the effort. The window tints on the 390 are very dark in reality anyway.

 

Yeah, thought it may of been a major change, no probs.

When you say tints on the 390 are very dark IRL, at least you can see out of the window on a cloudy day at noon, do that in TSW and you barely see a thing, same goes for the 350.

Anyway it is what it is and appreciate your response. I will put in the suggestions thread for DTG to tone down the tinting of windows but will fall on deaf ears I suppose.

 

Aside from these recurring problems is it fun to play still? Until TSW 6 next year

 

Is there a way to get the interior ai lighting on the 350's?

 

There isn't, that's a bug.

 

I hope dtg fixes this, and thank you. Would we see any 87's for the Caledonian sleeper soon?

 

Afternoon all.

You’ll have seen update 7 made the EP compatible with the recently released official update (well done DTG!) and included some cool new features and changes. A new update has just been pushed for the EP (update 8) so read on to find out why…

Those sensible people amongst you using Fawx’s epic timetable may have noticed that the pantographs were unfortunately automatically down on the Class 350’s. This was as a result of the simulation rework-work/update to that unit in the official update which meant the train no longer auto-picked it’s power source, and as such a switch needed flicking in the editor to make the train use AC power.

In the background Fawx has been working away at the timetable where this problem was already rectified but this left a quandary…release an update to the TT with this fix already in or wait until it is fully ready? I’m pleased to say that an interim version of the timetable has been released that fixes this problem.

Why ‘interim’?

Contained within it are a lot of work in progress freight services and as such the timetable now includes some freight, primarily intermodal. This isn't finished currently so the class 87s are missing liveries. GBRF and Freightliner Class 66’s are now available in update 8 of the EP. As a bonus, guardmode is also now working properly since the official update.

However, to reiterate, the freight was not intended to be released at this point but it has become necessary to fix the 350 pantograph issue. It is work in progress and as such no answers to questions about the freight will be forthcoming. When it is complete it will be mega, and what you have here in the meantime is already seriously good.

The updated timetable can be downloaded here;

https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/m...west-coast-mainline-south-wcml-2024-timetable

and the updated Enhancement Pack here;

https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/m...-london-euston-milton-keynes-enhancement-pack

Enjoy

ps Sorry for all the bold and underlining but I really want it to be read and understood!