Latest Update: 2024/02/12
The below log shows all updates for this product since release:
v5.0
*IMPORTANT* Because this is SUCH a large change, things that will not work:
* rolling-start scenarios
* old repaints / reskins
- New: Fully re-written handbooks
- New: Now compatible with master destination list and destination pre-setting
- New: Changed quickdrive consists to allow them to appear on most Dutch routes
- New: "E" now cancels throttle
- New: Rebuilt wheels and bogies with better detail
- New: Rebuilt pantographs with better detail
- New: Rebuilt BSI couplers with better detail
- New: Rebuilt front end under lights, around BSI coupler
- New: Rebuilt cab control desk with better detail and new controls
- New: Rebuilt exterior models with new texture mapping and full new textures
- New: More details around coupler areas and between wagons (brake hoses etc)
- New: Full re-write of throttle, brake and cruise control logic
- New: Full re-write of headlight logic and in-cab headlight switches
- New: Added interval wipers
- New: Driver figure logic for AI and parked trains
- New: Passenger figures and logic for AI and parked trains
- New: Train lighting on/off now works with cab control
- New: E-brake release functionality (in line with other new CT models)
- New: throttle redesigned to make train 'feel' heavy - it doesn't take off like a rocket any more
- New: Some new sounds for the passenger view
- New: Updated bogies sounds
- New: Cab rail, wind and high speed sounds
- New: Cab control sounds
- New: Horn sounds
- New: Single white light front and rear when consist is parked or dead
- New: Added a lot of missing decal labels in the cabview
- New: Full manual control of pantographs via new cab switches
- New: Fully re-written cruise control, now more prototypical of the real train
- New: ATB stop mode
- New: ATB 40km/h reverse limit
- New: ATB cab bell audio functions
- New: ATB more rigorous overspeed checking
- New: ATB can be turned on an off by trackside bakens scenery objects
- New: ATB now uses ProRail stopping distances instead of the old "1km for everything" method when alerting drivers
- New: ATB respects signal-enforced limits from CoHa signals
- Fixed: Errors in the brake pressure blueprints
- Fixed: Errors in the couplings that could 'torque' the train and cause derailment and other weird behaviour
- Fixed: Code optimisation for items that did not need to run at full framerate (like clocks)
- Fixed: Reverser now shows V/0/A in HUD instead of -100% to +100%
- Fixed: Cab instrument lights now more soft yellow
- Fixed: Cab gauges - removed green 'tint'
- Fixed: Corrected analog gauges on the left of the console to now be battery voltage, line voltage and motor power
- Fixed: Better cabview glass - less hazy
- Fixed: Corrected position of cab lighting and meter lighting switches
- Fixed: Cab and meter lights now visible from outside the cab
- Fixed: Improved audio falloff for engine sounds so it's not so loud all the way into the distance
- Fixed: Weirdness with random airbrake sound on the exterior
- Fixed: Parked units now have both pantographs raised
v3.1 - 2017/01/10
- Fixed: Passenger feet from upper floor hanging through the ceiling of lower decks
- Fixed: Removed miscellaneous blueprints from scenario browser
- Fixed: Traction/braking needle in cab would sometimes disappear at edge of camera view
- Fixed: Missing ATB texture for some customers
- Fixed: BSI coupler is now the correct way around when coupled (was mirrored)
- Fixed: Ammeter in HUD now shows negative values when ED brakes are in use
- Fixed: ED brake delay removed so braking doesn't "jerk" or "jolt" any more
- Fixed: Bug in emergency brake where it would sometimes not release properly
- Fixed: Bug where headlight switch was not controllable with the mouse
- Fixed: Typo in Dutch manual in typhoon section
- Improved: Removed unused code from scripts and optimised other code
- Improved: Traction/braking needle in cab now actually shows ED current and traction current (used to show decelleration)
- Improved: Traction/braking needle in cab now sits correctly at "0"
- Improved: Emergency brake now MUCH more powerful
- Improved: Decals for door buttons - higher resolution
- Improved: High resolution window frames
- New: Added parking brake
- New: Second camera view (arrow left/right) in cab for better view of instruments
- New: Cab light defaults to "off"
- New: Prototypical DDAR/DDZ sound for dodeman alarm buzzer
- New: Prototypical DDAR/DDZ sound for emergency brake
- New: 2016 prototypical GSMR radio in cab
- New: Manuals moved to Railworks manuals folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\railworks\Manuals\ChrisTrains)
v3.0
- Fixed: True French manual translation
- Fixed: Missing "groep schak uit" texture in mAbk cab
- Fixed: Missing horn sounds in DDZ for some customers
- Fixed: Driver logic for driver figures in cabs
- Fixed: Destination boards now work with rolling start scenarios
- Fixed: Cab instrument lights now do not light up window frame. Light up instruments much better.
- F ixed: Missing sound for higher notches of cruise speed selector
- Fixed: Missing tooltip for brake lever
- Fixed: Missing cab switch sound for headlights
- Fixed: Passenger feet sticking out of the lower decks
- Improved: Made passenger view quieter
- Improved: Made cabview quieter
- Improved: Made cruise speed selector more responsive to keyboard
- Improved: Brake lever now has 'notches' as per the real train
- New: Wagons doors now animate when viewed from passenger view
- New: Deadman's vigilance system : PLEASE READ THE MANUAL
SP1
- Added darker shadows under wagons
- Replaced traction gauge with script-driven version to cure "reverse" traction readout bug
- Reduced initial 'grab' of dynamic brakes
- Fixed speedometer accuracy bug
- Fixed missing wheelslip audio
- Fixed problem where brake audio could loop indefinitely
- Added door closing whistle script so whistle plays BEFORE doors close
- Changed door closing whistle sound to the one new to the DDZ
- New audio for bogies
- Changed headlights to be more like the other ChrisTrains models - more realistic-looking
- Added cab control to turn cab lighting on and off
- Removed instrument lighting - it got in the way of other controls and didn't look very realistic
- Fixed a bug in the "6 is better than 4" scenario that would cause a SBHH crash (duplicate wagon numbers)
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