Needed for each scheduled train - path, consist, booked stops etc. The timetable will contain all the details Work has now begun on a timetable element which is an alternative to the usual activity. The situation is better but an activity with a player train and AI traffic is still very different from a timetable. Open Rails becomes available in additional languages, initially eight including Chinese.Ī schedule of trains (or timetable) is nearly impossible to arrange in Microsoft Train Simulator as AI trains don't adhere to booked station stops. Options > Experimental > Use model instancing You can expect some increases in frame rate, especially on routes with many identical objects. The work is transferred to the GPU which copies them as many times as necessary and usually has spare capacity. trees in a forest) to be combined into a single drawĬall.
The technique is called "hardware instancing" and allows identical objects (e.g. Fewer calls mean higher frame rates, smoother motion and the capacity to handle Number of "draw calls" which the CPU makes to the GPU. Open Rails currently uses DirectX 9 and, although this is not the latest version of DirectX, hidden away inside is a method for reducing the
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You can still see an archive of the old site.Īn installer is now available, so Open Rails and its pre-requisites such as XNA can be delivered in a single download.Īpr 2014 - Smoother, More Detailed Graphics Suitable for phones and tablets as well as PCs. The legacy graphics-heavy web site has been replaced by one based on Bootstrap which is both easier to maintain and These are GP30 diesels taking advantage of our 3D cab feature.
Open Rails first demonstration route Demo Model 1 has been published.ĭekosoft Trains has added locos exclusively for Open Rails to its range.
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Open Rails 1.0 released! Download it here. Peter Newell has just released (June 2105) the Great Zig Zag Railway,Ī steam route for Open Rails v1.0 (this 120MB download requires no other files). We can now report that some of the Open Rails sub-forums The Elvas Tower forum plays a major role in developing Open Rails but has been closed to non-members following a dispute. Open Rails trialled with Monogame instead of XNA uses less RAM and give higher frame rates. Geoff Rowlands found a way to model 3D controls so they can be grabbed by the handle as in this video. Open Rails 1.3.1 released Download it here. This can be experienced in 2 scenarios - Stephenson's Rocket at Rainhill Trials and Langley Vale Timber Tramway.Ī detailed guide to making activities backed by videos and data files for the Siskiyou Route is soon to be published by Dale Rickert.Īfter more than a year of work the free, restored and improved Siskiyou Route is once more available.ĮNG files published with accurate physics for 176 USA diesel locos. Having these units come into Train Simulator would be a great addition, especially when paired with a Birmingham route which hopefully is being looked into.Wagons can now be braked individually as on the oldest railways. A C4 + C6 overhaul was also done, including attention to underframe equipment, passenger doors, couplers and roof equipment as well as an internal refresh which includes replacement of the saloon floor boards and floor covering. In Northern service, they received 20 reliability improvement modifications, replacement of cab desk panels and new LED lighting for the front of the trains. The 323's in West Midland Trains service are due to be displaced in 2020 by the CAF Civity, however no TOPS for these units has been assigned. In 2014, they were equipped with DC Airco Cab Air Cooling equipment. In West Midlands Trains service, they have undergone works attention, including CCTV being fitted.They have also had new flooring, new harder seating and currently new external door controls.
Northern Class 323 at Manchester Piccadilly: London Midland Class 323 at Birmingham New Street: The Class 323's were built from January 1992 to September 1995, with 43 3-car units were built for inner-suburban services in an around Birmingham and Manchester. I would like to see the Class 323 come into Train Simulator 2018, as it operates local services where live (Birmingham) and it also does some Northern services.