Turning off the weather effect

[ferdy]

Is there a way in which the weather effects(rain/snow) can be turned off. Seems pretty pointless to me; if I want to experience driving in rain I can just go for a drive in my car in real rain.

[gptech]

Edit the scenario to use a *good weather* weather pattern?

[gswindale]

Probably a stupid question, but does the scenario weather have any impact on the physics or performance of the stock?

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[speedypete202]

I don't believe so, I stand to be corrected on this.

[gptech]

Rain or snow leads to wet rails, which can make the chances of wheelslip greater.

[749006]

If you Edit the Scenario you can change the Weather Blueprint.

I don't like driving in the Rain or Snow so I usually change it for something different.

Peter

[speedypete202]

Rain or snow leads to wet rails, which can make the chances of wheelslip greater.

Is this actually simulated? I have never noticed the difference to be honest.

[gptech]

Is this actually simulated? I have never noticed the difference to be honest.

I think it may be stock/loco/route related, older stuff seems that it doesn't have it fully/properly implemented but newer stuff does--the class 92 certainly seems to behave differently in the wet. I'm sure there's a DPS scenario on WCML Over Shap that has you driving a class 37 (from the no longer available Class37Pack01 if I'm remembering correctly) in the rain with a heavy load---a challenging drive indeed!

[speedypete202]

Ahh right OK. That's good to know. I'ts ages since I really drove much on TS as i can quite easily fill 12 hours with route building. Doesn't leave much time for driving, save for the quick runs through to make sure thinks look OK.

[ttjph]

Wheelslip is a tricky topic due to the weird train length factor - therefore most locos have unrealistically high adhesion numbers, otherwise you'd never get a heavy train moving if you started already coupled. Setting the value close to the limit is therefore a risky approach.

A few might have a tendency to slip with longer trains, but it will vary depending on the loco and train length.

The .bin file actually has three values, for wet, dry, and snow; but last time I looked the wet and snow seemed to be ignored:
http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic. ... 2&t=144562

I believe there are also wheelslip triggers that scenario writers can place...