People on stations and gradient indicators

rikwesson · Post by **rikwesson** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:41 am

I was wondering if there is any reason why no one has put a bunch of passengers on station platforms as when I driving activities it would be nice to know someone is actually using the train!! Also is there any way to put a gradient indicator on screen so you know if you are going uphill or downhill. Are these things even possible to do?

chrisj94 · Post by **chrisj94** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:05 am

http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-direc ... 3553c44fdd
Try this,a few bunxhes of people,not used them myself,but i have seen them in other routes,and they look good,adds a bit of life to the route.
Thanks
All the best
Chris

AdamsRadial · Post by **AdamsRadial** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:36 am

Try the SMJ route, not only are there people waiting for the train, but some of the stations have a cat on the platform. Lovely touch.

Now what would really be something are passengers in the coach so you could sit and chat with them

"Lovely weather, isn't it. Do you take this train often?"

"I should think so, madam, I'm the driver"

"Oh, but who's driving at this moment?"

"That'll be the AI fireman, Blind Pugh".

qzdcg8 · Post by **qzdcg8** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:15 pm

AdamsRadial wrote:Now what would really be something are passengers in the coach so you could sit and chat with them

Ian Morgan has been sat in a number of early Mk 1's since 2001 - there was a thread eons ago about building a UKTS Railtour Coach but nothing ever came of it...

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:45 pm

Yes it did, it's on the MidEast CD for one and may have been issued with other routes too. IIRC there is a MidEast railtour activity with a whole bunch of us touring the route

Post by **martinhodgson** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 12:53 pm

Theres one on NWE too. I'm not on it though

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:07 pm

BR Mk1 Coaches - Inter City livery [13674123 bytes] - Mk1InterCityCoaches.v4.0.zip
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saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:17 pm

But MSTS does not support an on-screen gradient indicator.

decapod · Post by **decapod** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:03 pm

When driving steam you can get an idea about gradients by watching the water level with the F5 display options.

However, you need to know the typical water usage for the loco and when the boiler was last filled etc.

thenudehamster · Post by **thenudehamster** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:06 pm

Yeah... Thaxted goes from priming to popped fusibles in no time flat if you're not careful!

ianm42 · Post by **ianm42** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:13 pm

Steve, you are one of the passengers!

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:39 pm

Its about time you updated that coach Ian.

Needs a lot less hair for a start.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:41 pm

and bigger bellies.

rikwesson · Post by **rikwesson** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:14 pm

Sorry to interrupt, but I was asking if people can be put on the platforms, not in coaches.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:24 pm

The answer is yes, there are a few people sets on this site, and some more on train-sim.com. People often don't add them however as they take time to place, need some skill to position effectively and can hurt framerates if you use too many.