Atomic Systems

...available for downloading from UK Train Sim in the next 24 hours, or so.

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Hi Martin, you can adjust the (drivers) wheel rotation speed by changing the wheel diameter data in the ENG until the 'slippage' effect disappears as the distance forward per rotation of the wheel matches (or close..) the distance around the circumference of the wheel. You should always view the whe...

...slipway, due the emotion of the moment and the tidal wave created by her entry into the water, there wasn't a dry hide in the crowd.
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Rangatira now has a decent sheer and finer lines, lowered funnels. Still a high polycount...
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Scale effects wheel diameter so use the scaled up figures, ie wheel diameter, or radius x scale factor = number used* in ENG. Physical coordinates for lights, smoke and steam exhausts are taken off the scaled up model. Other figures used in the physics (ENG) should be those applying to the real worl...

Also, when you have two up locos at the front of a consist, how much power is available in MSTS - i.e. does the 2nd loco contribute? This is an interesting subject in its own right. I guess you'd have to set up a very controlled experiment to find the answer. There is a problem I've noticed with th...

...time frame for the upload, please, Ian?

Yep Stephen, the hairs migrate from your head.

...tuning an NZR Pacific, so I'm looking forward to the new calculator. Grand work, much appreciated by steam loco modellers.

<- After a good tweaking session! You don't have to be crazy, but it helps.

Thank you again, Rick, I can see many long hours of testing and tweaking ahead, just the thing to fill in time till MSTS2

The TS graphics engine has its limits. When that limit is reached some poly faces are not rended at certain POV, the results are bizzare, semi-naked locos! The effect is most noticible on hi poly locos passing through hi-density scenery areas. The event also occurs on very high end systems. The same...

Damn, so we (NZ) didn't win the Rugby World Cup, but it was fairly won by the UK lad with the fantastic boot, well done!

Meanwhile, down the engine shed there was just as much hiss and wind...
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...umm, and don't take this personally, did you release the 'engine brake' which shows up in the HUD (Hit F5 key twice) as Loco Brake, with a percentage figure for the brake application rate. It is easy to overlook this brake because for some reason the little label does not always pop in the cabvie...