When Railworks Gets It Right...

[Javiz]

Thanks for the tip, bigvern ! ( wouldn't it be nice to have a ' scenario of the week' sticky or even it's own forum ? )

A magnificent ride indeed, but like Stevee, i also noticed quite an attack on the fps. I do have everything at max on an Alienware Area51 ALX ( i7-980x,GF GTX480,12GB 1600MHz Tri Channel Mem).

( Any tips on what exactly to best tone down to get better fps on a graphically demanding trip like this ? )

I could not finish this particular scenario because of something i have never seen before in any scenario i have ever played : i lost my coaches !...

It happend somewhere during the last leg of this trip. I changed to track view and heard some kind of load 'bang!' Didn't know what the heck that was and changed back to cab view. Everything seemed normal... Until i changed back to outside view again after a while and noticed i was driving a lone 390 loc with the rest of train a couple of 100 meters behind it.....

As the coupling view on the DI showed the train still coupled up correctly it was to no avail when i tried to couple the loc to the coaches again. What i possibly should've done was just finish the ride without the coaches and get the green V anyway..

I'll have another go and this time stay inside during the last leg..

cheers,
jan

[mouse101uk]

Hmmmm, I got Woodhead working nice and I got my other WCML-N stuff working good, but I just bought the 390 and it's a frame rate killer for me, not good for a fast train. Wasn't expecting that but I'll try again with shadows turned off tomorrow.

Nick

[jimmyshand]

Frame rate killer for me too. Strangely the Pendo ran fine prior to the ts2012 upgrade, now it's a slideshow for me if I run it on WCMLN

[bigvern]

I had the 30 FPS lock on and outside Glasgow/Motherwell was still only indicating 14 - 15 FPS but it seemed relatively smooth.

WCML is still probably my favourite of the DLC routes, it "feels" like the real railway. (Woodhead not far behind).

I thought it would be nice to post positively that sometimes the magic *does* happen!

[Kernow2]

I had the 30 FPS lock on and outside Glasgow/Motherwell was still only indicating 14 - 15 FPS but it seemed relatively smooth.

WCML is still probably my favourite of the DLC routes, it "feels" like the real railway. (Woodhead not far behind).

I thought it would be nice to post positively that sometimes the magic *does* happen!

Hear hear..!
If it didn't give us glimpses of magic we wouldn't all invest so much time and money on it! Would we?

Have a happy train driving, scenario creating, route building, asset making weekend everyone!
Kernow2

[jivebunny]

I don't know if my pc is just having an off night or what, but i just tried the scenario Vern's described, i've had the pendolino's for a while, and i must say its the worst performance on my machine to date on any route.

Yep, the 390 is almost unusable for me since it was updated. On that particular scenario I went from Glasgow to Motherwell without seeing my fps go over 11, whereas in a HST on the same settings I get a steady 25fps...

JB

[Retro]

As another one who has been fairly critical in the past I love the Class 390. I generally go between Liverpool and Preston on my own Route or Liverpool through Runcorn. I am hoping they will also Update the Class 101 as this is another older favourite.
I really like the Class 70. they have done a great job on this one. Thing are looking up.
Kind regards James.