What would you like to see in a Rail Simulator upgrade?

[smarty2]

better transition between gradients, smoother rather than the angled butt joint we have now, sorry if already mentioned

cheers

Gav

Hi, you already have this in RS, it is just sad that RSDL didn't use it when making their initial routes, but i think they have implemented it in the IOW route?

Mart

[Acorncomputer]

Hi

You can make gradients smoother simply by adding a few extra gradient points at the transition and gradually increasing or decreasing the gradients of the short sections until you reach the final gradient you want.

[longbow]

Indeed, the lack of smooth gradient transitions in the default RS routes is a tracklaying issue not a problem with the sim itself. But it does require a little maths to acheive a smooth transition.

I use a small spreadsheet and some simple trigonometry to calculate the number and gradient of transition track sections. Having looked in vain for data on prototype practice, I have settled for making each transition track section 10m long and offset by 0.1 degrees in gradient from the adjacent section, which gives good visual results without needing unduly long transition sections. Thus to go from a gradient of 1 in 100 up to a gradient of 1 in 100 down - quite an extreme example - requires 11 intermediate transition sections totalling 110m in length.

If anyone knows better do let me know.

[theokus]

Hi

You can make gradients smoother simply by adding a few extra gradient points at the transition and gradually increasing or decreasing the gradients of the short sections until you reach the final gradient you want.

I do not agree about "the final gradient you want."
It has to be the gradient of the real track.

It' s not a big problem if you made a virtual route.
It doesn't matter that much in this case.

[Acorncomputer]

Hi theokus

Is just a matter of starting off with a straightforward butt joint at the transition from one gradient to another (the gradient you want to achieve or need to achieve) and then add intermediate gradients between the two, much as longbow has described.

[220389]

Being able to place Steam Locomotives as "Dead" objects.

as i would like this as i've got a jinty on a bit of track outside a pub on the route im making.

[TheTazman]

You mean with out smoke coming out of it?

Tazman

[220389]

Yes, and by avoiding adding a player thing to it.

[TheTazman]

Yes thats something I would like to see fixed.

Tazman

[AndiS]

It would be easy for engine creators to supply a wagon version of their model, i.e., one that is a wagon in KRS. It would not have exhausts, and still you could place it in consists and move it around if you like.

If you know about blueprints, you can even change the .bin file yourself, but it is a bit of work and you need to know what you are doing or you end up with a corrupted XML file.

[3DTrains]

It would be easy for engine creators to supply a wagon version of their model, i.e., one that is a wagon in KRS. It would not have exhausts, and still you could place it in consists and move it around if you like.

Dead on a siding or in a yard...Your idea sounds good to me, Andi, and shouldn't be too difficult to set up.

[Sly401]

To make a dead copy of any engine.. hope I got this right

In ASSETS\Developer\Addon\RailVehicles\Steam\....\default\engine

Drag and Drop a copy of the .bin File.

Rename to Dead_Black5_Engine.Bin or Similar

Use RS_Tools from Mike Simpson and use the open railsimfile to open your Dead_Loco.Bin

Near the top there is a Name and several language variations.. Add Dead_in front of these.

Scroll Down to near the Bottom and you will find a section that says <Children>

Delete everything between <Children> AND </Children> (note the < and </)

Then save Railsim File from the menu.


Here is an exerpt from The Black % ... here I only show the data for one child element there are probably about a Dozen different elements but the <Children> and <\Children> only appear once each.

<Children>
<cEntityContainerBlueprint-sChild d:id="21417320">
<ChildName d:type="cDeltaString">Main Smoke Stack</ChildName>
<BlueprintID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
<BlueprintSetID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
<Provider d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju</Provider>
<Product d:type="cDeltaString">RailSimulator</Product>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">Particles\Engine_SmokeStack01.xml</BlueprintID>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
</BlueprintID>
<Matrix>
<cHcRMatrix4x4>
<Element>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="000000000000F03F" d:precision="string">1.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="000000000000F03F" d:precision="string">1.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="000000000000F03F" d:precision="string">1.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000011441040" d:precision="string">4.0665</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000008051341340" d:precision="string">4.8011</e>
<e d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="000000000000F03F" d:precision="string">1.0000</e>
</Element>
</cHcRMatrix4x4>
</Matrix>
</cEntityContainerBlueprint-sChild>
</Children>

Cheers Sly

[TheTazman]

I would love to see more track clutter. The various boxes, buildings, cables etc.

Tazman

[RSAdam]

Instead of making engines into wagons and then being unable to use them at all other than in tow, or hacking sections out of XML files, why not just make two versions - One that is ON by default and one that is OFF by default. Seeing as particles do not emit from a train that is OFF, then you have the best of both worlds.

As noted in several places, here are the control settings for where the engine is ON or OFF:

To use the Engine Start/Stop functionality you need the following controls under the Control Container Component section.

Startup - Determines if the Engine ON/OFF function is present
EngineStart - For the ON/OFF button (or for the start button if the functionality is seperate)
EngineStop - Optional if a seperate stop button is present.

Settings used on the default stock for these controls are:

• Startup
  • Minimum: -1 (OFF)
  • Maximum: 1 (ON)
  • Default: 1 (ON)
  • Interior Interface: Interior Push Button (usually)
    • Element Name: N/A
    • Difficulty Type: Intermediate
• EngineStart
  • Minimum: 0 (inactive)
  • Maximum: 1 (active)
  • Default: 0 (EngineStart is active)
  • Interior Interface: Interior Push Button (usually)
    • Element Name: EngineStart
    • Difficulty Type: Intermediate
    • Movement Type: Push Button (usually)
  • Interior Interface: Exterior Animation (this is where you can tie in roof fans and such)
    • Difficulty Type: Intermediate
    • Animation ID: This is a reference to the animation specified in the Render Component >> Anim Set section.
    • Animation Style: Continuous (In the case of the roof fans - play the animation repeatedly until the engine is stopped)
• EngineStop (if the start/stop functionality is seperate)
  • Minimum: 0 (inactive)
  • Maximum: 1 (active)
  • Default: 0 (EngineStop is inactive)
  • Interior Interface: Interior Push Button (usually)
    • Element Name: EngineStop
    • Difficulty Type: Intermediate
    • Movement Type: Push Button (usually)

[overmarze]

Any news of when we will be getting MK2?