Latest Update: 2023/08/21
The below log shows all updates for this product since release:
v6.0.1
- Restores the missing, fictional Amsterdam-Koln Express version
- Fixes a problem for rolling start scenarios where the ATB needle would not correctly show the ATB speed limit
- Adjusts names of destinations for Beerdrechtse Velden route
v6.0 - 2023/07/20
- New: single white light front and rear when consist is parked or dead
- New: DD-IRM and VIRM destination pre-set compatibility
- New: driver figure and logic
- New: "E" shortcut zeros throttle
- 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: cab sounds for brake and throttle controls
- New: cab airco loop sound
- New: new cab high speed track / windrush sound
- Fixed: destination boards now use the correct font
- Fixed: removed the ability to hear the inverters from inside the cab - VIRM cabs are REALLY well isolated
- New: passenger models
- New: passenger area lighting controllable from cab
- New: passengers no longer present in 'dead' or parked consists
- Fixed: Mid-consist power car was actually never giving power to the consist (!!!!)
- Fixed: new dynamic brake blending to solve some game bug issues
- Fixed: reverser now reads V/0/A in HUD
- Fixed: brake notches now shown in HUD
- Fixed: a bug in the remcriterium display and ATB brake monitoring
- Fixed: Performance / acceleration is now much closer to real-world
- 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
- New: added new destinations for fictional De Beerdrechtse Velden Route
- New: added new destinations for fictional De Zuidersteden Route
PLEASE NOTE:
- The developer has tried to make these updates as backward-compatible as possible, but due to the nature of the updates there are certain features which will no longer work, including any scenario where the player has to couple two different consists together as part of the scenario (this won't work because in many cases the internal wagon numbers have changed to accommodate pre-set destinations), and scenarios that start with the train already in motion.
- There is an extremely high chance that older repaint packs will not work after this update. This is because of the sheer number of changes to controls in the cabs that the older repaint files will not contain. Customers should NOT try to re-install older repaint packs after this update until the authors of those packs have had chance to bring their repaints into compatibility.
- As this is a major update, all activation keys will be reset to zero (10 activations remaining)
- You can read the ChrisTrains announcement about the latest batch of updates on Facebook
v5.0.1 - 2021/08/11
- Fixed: When they tried to drive the VIRMm1, VIRMm2 or VIRMm3 versions, the game would crash with an out-of-memory error
v5.0.0 - 01/07/2021
- New: Added the new VIRMm2 and VIRMm3 (2021 version)
- New: Can read the new ATB bakens scenery objects to turn on ATB-EG or ATB-NG, or turn the ATB off.
- New: Rail flange/squeal sound
- New: Deadman's pedal sound
- New: Door closing beeper sound
- New: Regulator / throttle no longer has notches - smooth linear throttle now
- New: ATB speed indicator is now a needle that moves *around* the dial instead of *popping* to the speed directly
- New: ATB has 'stopped' mode where indicator goes to 40 when the train is stopped and the reverser is in neutral
- New: Modified brake lever behavior - T required for traction, N forces traction to zero, notch 1(R) is where braking begins, notch 2 is ATB required braking level
- New: Lots of new destinations. Destinations now conform to brand new 'master' destination list on christrains.com (https://www.christrains.com/en/ts_master_destination_list.html)
- New: Signature IRM irritating squeaks from wagon join metal plates added to passenger view
- Fixed: 'REM' and 'TL' indicator lights in the cab now behave correctly based on brake lever position
- Fixed: Braking side of traction/braking meter now correctly responds to brake lever position
- Fixed: VIRMm1 Numbering and naming corrected to VIRMm1 8600 and 9400 series
v3.0 - 17/10/20217
- All consists now prefixed with "CT" - eg "CT NS VIRM"
- Improved : Removed delay before dynamic brake kicks in
- Improved : New horn sounds with loops so horns can be on as long as key is pressed
- Improved : Pantograph control is now an up/down rocker switch
- Improved : Throttle more sensitive to keyboard and mouse
- Improved : Added brake handle notches and throttle handle notches
- Improved : Cab lighting now defaults to "OFF"
- Improved : Simplified headlight logic in scripts
- Improved : Code optimisations in scripts (quicker code processing)
- Fixed : "Tractie" light erroneously came on during traction
- Fixed : Scharfenberg couplers no longer flip when coupling
- Fixed : Driver logic - sometimes driver disappeared from cab
- Fixed : Missing sounds on wiper and wiper intermittent cab controls
- Fixed : Missing mouseover label for cap wiper intermittent control
- Fixed : Constant brake 'hissing' sounds when stopped
- New : Second camera view in cab
- New : New cab sounds for airco and controls
IN ADDITION, new VIRMm model
- Introduction video for the VIRMm : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzY8GIm1b_s
- Additional manual for VIRMm additions
- New ability to pre-set signboard destinations using RV number in scenario editor.
- NOTE : This ONLY works on the VIRMm. The older DD-IRM and V-IRM do not support pre-setting destinations.
- New improved UIC code to allow treinstel number to appear on the nose of the train
- New GSMR radio in the cab
- New higher resolution texture for some cab items (screws, panels)
- New on/off button on multifunction display in the cab now works
- New trackbrakes animated with new parking brake function
- New cleaner glass in cab
- Aerodynamic caps where the pantographs used to be
- New interiors - toilets at the ‘front’ of each 34 and 6 car
- New higher detail bioreactors
- New Scharfenberg coupler
- New door open buttons
- New sticker positions for '1' and '2' stickers
- Bike / wheelchair stickers lowered
- New orange colour
- Underside grey and roof are darker
- New 3D roof strakes
- New Windows with decals
- New high resolution 'stencil' window frames
- Treinstel number on nose units
- New aerial configuration on the outside of the cab roof
- New stickers over drivers doors
- New rain gutters over the drivers doors
- New high resolution panel lines, doors and side ventilators
- New axle jack-up point stickers
- New recessed 3D LS and KS kast handles, new high voltage stickers
- Increased detail in coupler area between wagons
v2.0
- Improved: braking sounds not as aggressive or loud.
- Improved : "idle" sound quieter
- Improved : new horn sounds
- Improved : removed redundant 'simple' controls from blueprints
- Fixed : Driver figure is now in the correct cab for train direction.
- Fixed : problem with high speed cruise whine not fading with distance.
- Fixed : finally discovered the bug in the game that made the passenger view sound so loud
- Fixed : "DD" removed from 'door closed' light in cab
- Fixed : New signboard code to cure problems with missing destinations when doing rolling-start scenarios
- Fixed : Passenger feet are now not sticking out of lower deck of carriages
- New : All new passenger view sounds for air conditioning and high speed motor sounds
- New : All new traction motor sounds
- New : Added 9556 Groene Trein (Green Train) version
- New : True French translation of the manual
- New : Added Deadman's driver vigilance system PLEASE READ THE MANUAL
- New : Added ATB train protection system PLEASE READ THE MANUAL
v1.1
- Fixed accuracy on speedometer above 100km/h
- Fixed wheel slip. Train would never slip. Now it will if you open the throttle 100%
- Fixed wheel slip indicator - it didn't work.
- Fixed a problem with hardpoint coupling so the train doesn't "jump" when you click to enter it
- Fixed missing sound for headlight switch
- Made initial "grab" on dynamic brakes not so severe
- Changed 'door closing' sound to be VIRM, not DD-AR (oops!)
- Added scripting to activate door closing 'whistle' before the doors actually close
- Added Heerlen, Maastricht and Nijmegen to destination boards
- Various new sounds
- Reduced intensity of rail joint 'kedeng kedeng' sound when inside the cab or passenger view
- Added manual control on the left side of the cab for cab lighting on/off
- Added AWS/ATB warning light
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