Rain forecast..... 7pm tonight!

[johnmckenzie]

This is one of my main thoughts, whatever they do, they cannot please everybody, make some happy, make some unhappy.

Glyn

Not saying I'm unhappy, Glyn - just an observation, that's all.

[Wikkus]

School of thought on keeping rain off glass in the event of windscreen wiper failure is to wipe a cut potato across the glass. Acts as a dispersant apparently, at least according to the 1967 AA Book Of The Road.

Cor, I remember those; one of them used to live in the glovebox of my dad's 105E Anglia

After the main road atlas bit, there was a whole section on flora and fauna of the British Isles

Essential accessory for all RW steam cabs from now on then.

I nominate you Vern as chief virtual potato-wrangler and spudologist.

Rik.

[alanch]

School of thought on keeping rain off glass in the event of windscreen wiper failure is to wipe a cut potato across the glass.

Keeping us off topic for a little longer, a friend and I drove all the way from Leicester to London in torrential rain on one potato in the early 1960s, when a Ford's vacuum powered wipers packed up.

[RSderek]

i love potatos, baked, boiled or mashed!

d

[haddock1000]

Mind Derek, I didn't realise they powered cars! Maybe theyve made vodka from them, and then burnt that...

thanks,

chaddockdk

[deadly]

School of thought on keeping rain off glass in the event of windscreen wiper failure is to wipe a cut potato across the glass.

Keeping us off topic for a little longer, a friend and I drove all the way from Leicester to London in torrential rain on one potato in the early 1960s, when a Ford's vacuum powered wipers packed up.

Wow! 103 mpp (miles per potato)!

[Acorncomputer]

Keeping us off topic for a little longer, a friend and I drove all the way from Leicester to London in torrential rain on one potato in the early 1960s, when a Ford's vacuum powered wipers packed up.

Those were the days

[growler37]

Hi,
Sorry if this has been asked before,been out of the loop for a while,will we still need the wipers,inside tunnels,stations,and buildings? : :oops:please i hope that will be fixed.
Regards
Kevin

[SHEEP]

Hi,
Sorry if this has been asked before,been out of the loop for a while,will we still need the wipers,inside tunnels,stations,and buildings? : :oops:please i hope that will be fixed.
Regards
Kevin

There must be a way to do that now, You dont get rain in the cabs of loco's

[stephenholmes]

There must be a way to do that now, You dont get rain in the cabs of loco's

Good afternoon everyone
I can't recall any simulator where the rain entered the cab of a locomotive
Kind regards Stephen

[RSderek]

The rain does not come into the cab because the rain effect is focused around the camera (as in almost every game)
As the camera is in the cab we can tell the code not to draw the rain X metres from the camera piont, so the rain effect does not look like it is coming inside the cab.

The code also knows when you enter/exit a tunnel so it will stop the rain from being displayed when inside a tunnel.

As the rain is drawn around the camera it is very difficult to detect if you are under a canopy or inside a building.

So it will still rain in Stations until a future update where that is priority.

regards

Derek

[markpullinger]

Might have to add tunnel coding to canopies then - would presumably stop the shadows as well.

[Ryosuke]

you could define the track beneath the canopy as tunnel track.
although i'm not sure whether the rain actually stops when you enter a tunnel or whether it actually stops when you drive under the level of terrain.
someone should test that.

[RSderek]

it's when you go under the terrain.

regards

Derek

[Ryosuke]

yes, indeed, i just tested it out...


mh...me thinks it would be just logical to make this new fabulous rain to behave just as realistic as it now looks on the windscreen...