Ffestiniog Alpha V1.1

selsig · Post by **selsig** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:54 pm

Since nobody else has announced it yet - the patch for FR alpha is now available at http://www.festrail.co.uk

This patch fixes some signalling problems, changes all points to manual, makes a few minor tweaks to some of the trackwork, and includes a few activities as well!

Have fun,

John

batroost · Post by **batroost** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:33 am

Thanks John,

I got an email from Ian on the FR yesterday that this was on the website now but didn't turn the PC on as I was reading the new Harry Potter (finished it now!).

The patch:

It concentrates on signalling revisions - these took for ever and still not as good as the real thing due to some annoying features of MSTS. I've also replaced all of the pointwork with manual points so that you can now do a bit of shunting in an activity. A few tweaks have been made to the scenery as well.

Lastly, there are four basic activities - again took a very long time and still not peffect; MSTS AI dispatcher really doesn't seem to have been written with single line track and passing trains in mind. Unfortunately, the changes tp trackwork and signalling mean that any activities that you already have will have to be edited and re-saved in order to work (sorry!).

And can I just mention that you really need to follow the instructions in the readme very carefully - and make a backup of your existing route as well; it's a long download if you have to start from scratch.

Thanks to all the testers that have taken time to send comments on Alpha 1.0 - much appreciated.

Best wishes,

Batroost (:evilbat:)

jdtech · Post by **jdtech** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:49 pm

Good, I'm halfway through the Order of the Phoenix. Page 383.

richsoft · Post by **richsoft** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:58 pm

I'm just about to download it now, but as I don't have broadband any more it could take a while

Just graduated from Uni, so I've moved back home until I get a job. I'm going to miss the stupidly fast university network connection.

Tried to use GetRight, but it came back with a '403 forbidden' error, but downloading with IE works. Any ideas? I really need to use GetRight at the moment as the connection does not seem very stable.

Cheers

Richard

richsoft · Post by **richsoft** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:02 pm

The GetRight error was my fault

Left it set up to use the University proxy server which would increase download speeds by about 200%.

This doesn't work when your not in University, do'h.

It's working now

Cheers

Richard

MichaelGreenhill · Post by **MichaelGreenhill** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:15 pm

jdtech wrote:Good, I'm halfway through the Order of the Phoenix. Page 383.

Slackers, I finnished it some 7 hours ago

18 hours worth of reading, 766 pages, a new record for me

jdtech · Post by **jdtech** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:46 pm

Bearing in mind I don't read for a race and I've been on and off since yesterday not solid reading, apparently according to a Ceefax acticle which included a review of it which said one girl read it in 2 1/2 hours, fat chance!

batroost · Post by **batroost** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:54 pm

I should have also said that the activities I've included need quite a bit of FR stock - all available on the same page of the FR website. But then you agreed to that when you downloaded the alpha...

Full details in the readme.

(Hoping not to upset anyone).

Batroost (:evilbat)

sillyevan27 · Post by **sillyevan27** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:23 pm

ah foo!
I got all the Ffest stock (except for Britomark and that diesel).......or th gunpowder >,<

I got to get the patch right away!

I'm hoping that the activities don't include things from the CD ~_~ I don't have that CD

jdtech · Post by **jdtech** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:22 am

They don't, I checked up and theres no stock needed thats not on the Ffest website, BATROOST YOU INCLUDED STOCK LIST! Brilliant, although I had all but one piece of stock. Very nice, thanks soooo much.

Mattaf · Post by **Mattaf** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 9:18 am

the consists went haywire, so had to delete the activities

. Still a good looking route mind!

spitfiresrbest · Post by **spitfiresrbest** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 12:47 pm

The consists seem to use a slightly different set of folder names to the ones that come with the loco and wagon zips. To rectify that I just copied the relevant folders and now have two names for some so my existing consists and the consists for the activities function correctly.

On a signalling point I was driving Blanche to Tan-y-blwch (sp?), admittedly I was giving her a bit of a roasting on the way up the hill, and when I was running up to the water tower I lined the saddle tank up nicely and was about to stop when I was told I had run a red signal and the activity ended. Do I have permission to move the signal marker on the track slightly further up the loop please?

batroost · Post by **batroost** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:12 pm

If someone can let me know which folder names I had differently I'll correct my copies for next time - I may have been using early downloads rather than the ones on the website.

And I've no problem with anyone moving or playing with their own copy of the route i.e. landscape, track, signalling - but bear in mind that many of the 3D objects aren't mine. I'll move my signal marker up a bit (or the water tower down a bit) as well so that this doesn't happen again.

Thanks for the comments,

Batroost (:evilbat:)

kevmt · Post by **kevmt** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:42 pm

As far as I can remember, the folder names of my stock have remained the same on all websites.

Cheers
Kevin

spitfiresrbest · Post by **spitfiresrbest** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 3:09 pm

probably just me fiddling with the filenames so they all look pretty then

sorry bout that. Well its looking betterer and betterer

Love the route. Just shunted with the Merddin activity and it was really interesting.
Thanks