West Cornwall Local: Penzance - St. Austell & St Ives - The Definitive Feedback Thread

Moving brake/throttle or using AWS button won't cancel the alarm if it's already sounding, only the pedal will do that. It resets the timer if it isn't already sounding though.

 

Yes, and if you're braking for 60 seconds for some reason, it'll still go off.

 

if(control-change-timer<>60){alarm=yes;}
where control-change-timer doesn't check that all brakes are off

 

Sorry I meant moving the brake lever should reset the 60 second cycle so the alarm shouldn’t even sound to begin with

 

I'd be very surprised if Rivet actually took on board anything posted in this or other threads, they are only a small team, however, saying that Maik is a one or two-man band and he/they can smash a model technically compared to Rivet apparently.

 

Well i dont want to point with the finger in rivets direction because they were not capable of creating a pro addon out of the class 150. Im sure they are good software programmers, and its just impossible to have in deepth knowlegde about trains to the same time.

I just recommend rivet to work with somebody knows the train or has actually driven the real version of it of what they develope, so they get feedback before the product is released.

Just trains has advanced addons selling them for 50 euro. Railjet for example. Im not expecting everything for free. Rivet could sell a class 150 Pro dlc, which includes advanced features, so people who like just to drive for fun have the version as it is now, and those who like the sim aspect get advanced features for additional 10 euros.

I like many things rivet does, like the superb visual design of trains. Also the wcl route i actually enjoy. So i really hope they can create something nice out of the community feedback.

The uk classic stock like the tvl 37, cl 20 , cl08 is heavy detailed, just dont get the point why rivet is happy with the state of the 150. Almost like a step back.

Im sure for people who like advanced features on trains, the product of tsg will be interesting.

 

What's tsg please? Is this a train sim world developer or train simulator?

 

Train-Sim Germany, making the G6, 420 and [something else] for TSW.

 

That'll be a BR232 Ludmilla too. I expect a lot from Maik, but if his TS offerings are anything to go by then we are in for a treat.

 

On a positive note, whilst the unit accelerates too fast, the same can’t be said of its deceleration, as my SPAD at St Erth today proves!

 

Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but in the timetable mode is it possible to swap out the 101 with the 150 on Northern TransPennine/Tees Valley? I don't care much for the 101 so I don't play those routes often, but I probably would if I could use the 150 instead.

 

I’d expect very little, they’re only just sorting a 1 year old dlc now in Arosa

 

That'd be a Dovetail job.

It'd be very unlikely. The 150 is too new for Northern TransPennine, and wouldn't be area appropriate for Tees Valley (I don't thin they've ever ran up here - they're completely banned on a lot of lines in the area, so there'd be little point operating them here when there are trains like the pacer or 156 which can go everywhere).

 

Why are the 150’s banned?

 

OK, I've looked it up again, and saying they're banned on a lot of lines is a bit much, however they are effectively banned from most routes up here because of how the service runs.

It seems it's to do with clearance and the Tyne and Wear Metro, which would mean they can't be used on the Durham Coast Line, most Tyne Valley Line services (trains from the Durham Coast Line run straight onto the Tyne Valley Line in most cases) and most Esk Valley Line services (which were recently extended to Hexham). So theyd only be usable on the Tees Valley Line and the ECML locals in Northumberland - it'd be pointless allocating 150s to Geaton becuase 142s, 156s and 158s are all cleared for all routes from Heaton.

Why the restriction specifically affects the 150 and not, say, the 142s which are of similar car length - don't know. Network Rail's track assessment 150, the Class 950, is restricted to 40mph between Monkwearmouth (presumably the old station, and not the new one at St Peter's) and East Boldon. Below is the only mention of it in the sectional appendix, the clearance idea has come from other people:


Bluntly, to run 150s on most services round here, you'd have to downgrade the service (from a connections perspective anyway) and then you could use it in most places. It's simply not worth it when other types can do the job well enough.

 

Because the sound is wrong

 

I don't have the route, but I've just seen this image on Rivet's facebook page. And I think those snow piles at the end of the platforms are a really great touch!


We bash Rivet a lot because their add-ons always have many quality issues, but they have a good eye for small details like this, we've got to give them that. Like these snow piles, or the snowmen and chirstmas threes in the new Arose Line update.

Even Matt himself had admitted that they've never used the snowpile feature yet on any route, even though it's implemented in the game. And yeah, other than the basic snow overlay, I've never seen anything special on their routes with winter setting either. It's a shame, because there are many hidden potantials in these, like clearly shown here by Rivet.

Again, I don't have this route, as I'm not really interested in british stuff, but small touches like these are really nice!

 

I have the route

 

I don't want to be a dream killer but they are concrete blocks I believe which are painted white. I have the route and they are still there in the summer.

 

There may well be blocks, but I don't think they're that shape when "not snowed"

I have had drives where those snow shapes are there with no other snow in sight...

 

That's a bit lame, but I suppose a limitation of the game. If the snow setting is on, then these special snow models can appear, even if the temperature or lack of snowfall doesn't generate snow on the landscape.

 

I might be wrong but I’m not convinced their snow piles. I don’t know why but I had it (and could well be wrong) these are just lumps of concrete painted white to mark end of a stations platform

 

So they look like this even in non-snowy weather?

 

I’m not entirely sure. I’m sure I’ve seen something like this before BUT Ive been looking, can’t see any similar pics so I’m questioning myself now

 

Could someone who has the route screenshot this location is summer weather, please? lol

 

I apologise, it's definitely a snow drift.

 

Nice! Small details like this make the winter weather shine in the game, while otherwise it would be just white layered over everything. But unique assets and textures make a beautiful winter in the game that is worth driving in.

 

A small nit-pick, but it would be nice to retain some snow on the platform after its been snowing, instead of it being totally clear.

 

Yeah, that would also help a lot. Fortunatelly many routes do that quite well, though not this one.

 

Which is odd as Matt picked up they are using a snow function DTG aren't on the last Arosa stream which was linked to drifts I believe.

 

Played the Slow Ride scenario today and encountered this same issue at St Erth in the up direction. Colour-light distant was off (although I got an AWS horn instead of bell!), first two stop signals were off but the third (the platform starter) was on (as expected). So that's a wrong-side failure with that distant. For me, as a professional railwayman, that's immersion breaking.

 

Cannot believe the 150 physics and errors have still not been fixed. What’s wrong with them?

 

I doubt they’ll ever be fixed. I’m certainly not expecting a fix.

 

Don't expect a sale then.

 

We need the gaurds pannel to work. The fact that that doesn't work just makes the train a disappointment for me