Latest Update: 2025/05/19
The below log shows all updates for this product since release:
v5.0
- New: Full exterior art rebuild - new geometry, new textures
- New: Full new cab rebuild - new geometry, new textures
- New: Four variants of the new cabs, depending on the age and version of locomotive
- no radios
- telerail
- telerail + ATB
- GSMR + ATB
- New: "Brown" versions all renamed and now available with autonumbering
- "Brown Original", "Brown+Muffler", "Brown+Stickers", "Brown+ATB"
- New: SMMR 2225 and STAR 2278 specific versions
- New: Belgian export versions (grey and green)
- New: "grey chassis" NS version
- New: Player-selectable radio-control stickers and lights by adding 'r' or 'x' to the locomotive number (see handbook)
- New: Player-selectable yard light colour (red or blue) by adding 'r' or 'b' to the locomotive number (see handbook)
- New: Footplate "cabview" position at the front-right of the locomotive
- New: "E" to zero throttle function
- New: Looped horn high and low sounds
- New: Cab sounds for brakes, switches, levers
- New: Exterior brake sounds
- New: Engine sounds fully re-done from the ground up
- New: Looping horn sounds (added new high horn sound too)
- Updated: Consists now work as AI trains in most Dutch freeware routes
v3.1 - 2016/05/12
- Fixed: Bug where cab light bulbs would be on when light switch was off, and vice versa
- Fixed: Bug in braking system where >85% brakes resulted in brakes being disabled (!)
v3.0
- New: Completely re-written manuals.
- New: Added ATB train protection system. PLEASE READ THE MANUAL.
- New: Added 'Dodeman' deadmans function. PLEASE READ THE MANUAL.
- New: Completely re-wrote lighting logic. All lights indepentendly controllable, or can be overridden using "H" shortcut. PLEASE READ THE MANUAL.
- New: New driver figure. Driver switches sides based on direction of travel now.
- New: Added switchable instrument lights in cab.
- New: Added switchable cab lighting.
- New: Added four camera positions in cab.
- New: Added handbrake.
- New: Added wheel slip light in cab.
- New: Added emergency brake buttons in cab.
- New: Added working oil pressure, fuel pressure and engine temperature gauges in cab.
- New: Recalculated shadow areas of all outside texture maps for increased realism / eye-candy.
- New: Added new engine shutdown sound f/x.
- New: Added moveable / opening side windows in cab.
- New: Projected lights for the rotating yardlights now light up the area around the engine.
- New: Animated brake pistons on the bogies (outside view).
- Fixed: All switches in the cab should now have sounds to go with them
- Fixed: Made all controls valid in all play modes (basic, intermediate, advanced)
- Fixed: Exhaust emitter now increases speed with RPM so smoke is propelled higher into the air
- Fixed: Exhaust smoke now goes black under heavy tractive effort.
- Fixed: Engine sounds now die away with distance correctly.
- Fixed: Audio occlusion works properly in cab now to muffle some of the engine noise.
- Fixed: Simplified number of sound samples being played because ^^^ occlusion now works properly :)
- Fixed: Engine performance now more prototypical of the real loco
The product download in your account is updated as and when updates are released, so if purchasing after any of the given dates your product will include all updates prior to that date.
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