Atomic Systems

Hi,

I have been looking on this website: http://www.traingames.freeservers.com./HOMEPAGE.HTM

I thought it quite good so I sent them an e-mail enquiring about the Brighton to Victoria route and the Thameslink (Bedford to Brighton route).

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Hello,



I am interested in purchasing either the Brighton – Victoria CD or the Thameslink, Bedford - Brighton CD.

I have downloaded the demo video clips (and I was quite impressed), however I would like to see some screen shots or video clips from the Brighton – Victoria CD and the Thameslink, Bedford - Brighton CD.

Please could you send them to me – if it’s possible?



PICR10.gif, is approaching Brighton on Vic – Bri


R282, 283, 289 are from Bed-Bri

When was the footage filmed for them, and what trains do you drive on them?

Brighton – Victoria, 80s, Bedford – Brighton 90s.

You can drive anything you want on them, there’s loads of different types of traction included.

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What I want to know is, has anyone else got 'CABVIEWdriver', and have you got anymore information (what's it like ect.)

Regards,

Callum

Well, funnily enough I was given a copy of the CD ages ago and have never even taken it out of the soft case it came in. It caught my eye just this morning, lieing forlornly in the boot of my car where i suspect it has lain for many a year.

Im in Worthing too Callum, so if you and your Dad (or Mum) want to meet somewhere in town i'll happily lend you my copy so you can see what its like. Or they can come and collect it if they prefer - im in Durrington. Drop me a PM and we'll sort something out.

After i wrote the above I decided to nip out to the car and get the disc to see what it was like. Unfortunately it appears to be a blank CD. Despite the wallet being labelled CabView Driver it doesn't appear to have any files on it at all. Certainly it doesn't play in any of my drives

So it looks like I'll have to say sorry after all.

I hope you manage to get a working copy from somewhere.

I've got the Paddington to Bristol version, and unfortunately, it's not very good. It has a basic bitmap of a cab view, and the route itself is just taken from a video, so when a line speed it goes at the correct frame rate, when it goes slower, the frame rate of the same video is very slow (1 frame per 5 seconds at some slow speeds!), so I would stick with MSTS no question.

I have a few CabView routes - to be honest, before MSTS they were pretty much the best thing out there but they don't match the immersion of MSTS as there are no external views. This is because the visuals are taken from Cab View videos with a superimposed 'cab view' for your controls etc. I really enjoyed them though, but I don't use them anymore now MSTS is here and especially when the new sims come through!

You can choose varying traction and consists but the only difference is that the power/weight ratios correspond to the new traction etc.

One of the routes I have is the Euston - somewhere up the WCML (I forget). It's great but as you go past the Wembley yard, the camera swings over to scan the stock in the sidings - presumably because this is what happened on the original cab view video. In addition, the passing traffic is just whatever was on the video, so you get used to passing the same 4-Cig as you exit Brighton etc etc.

Pretty neat idea though - when you consider that before this, the only other train sim was Evening Star / Southern Belle on the Speccy (speaking of which, Ashley Greenup wrote plenty of sig/sim software for the Spectrum!)

Cheers

Jon

Hi, thanks for all your replies!

I've got the Paddington to Bristol version, and unfortunately, it's not very good. It has a basic bitmap of a cab view, and the route itself is just taken from a video, so when a line speed it goes at the correct frame rate, when it goes slower, the frame rate of the same video is very slow (1 frame per 5 seconds at some slow speeds!), so I would stick with MSTS no question.

I thought that must happen to the framerates, if its just a video!
And I noticed the cabs look a bit ( )

Thanks for the advice!

jonrach73 wrote:Pretty neat idea though - when you consider that before this, the only other train sim was Evening Star / Southern Belle on the Speccy (speaking of which, Ashley Greenup wrote plenty of sig/sim software for the Spectrum!)

You forgot the TrainDriver series by Paul Robins on the Amiga, as well as Densya De Go. (Got the lot )

Anyway, back on topic:
I don't think they're bad, especially as if you are running at the correct speed, the vid should also be at the correct speed
Maybe worth it if the route isn't available in MSTS, but otherwise not really.

Cheers

Chris Lees

Hi,

The thing that made me interested was, that instead of made up graphics, you have real footage - which I thought looks much more realistic.

Its a shame someone can't make a new sim, that works really well; with realistic cabs and sounds and video footage which works well with the train speed ect.

It seems like a good idea, but I don't think its going to happen.

Thanks,


Callum