DRS: Class 37

[Lapioware]

Will you be doing the 6 seats per compartment buddy, as well as the 8 seat version please ?

Not sure what the difference is? The FK compartment on the first page of this thread has armrests, so it must be a 6-seater while the red BSK one on this page hasn't, so it's 8 seats?

[haverfordwest]

Just 2 variations of second/standard class SK buddy.

6 seater compartments with armrests were allocated to the Midland, Eastern & Scottish Regions originally.

But later also allocated to the WR. If you are doing interior player enabled views, it would just be nice to be able to ride the cushions in both variants.

Mike.

[NorthernWarrior]

Slight bump re the Class 37 - just had a nice run over the Mountain Pass line but wondered if it might be possible to beef up the sound heard in the cab? I know it's not realistic to hear external sounds from the internal view but most of the sims take a bit of aural licence and give us the "thrash" to enjoy while driving. Thanks.

[NorthernWarrior]

Another quick question. Just began a run where you have to start the loco, got as far as releasing the brakes but when I hit "e" and hold it down, nothing happens. Brake status is shown as "shutdown". Any suggestions please?

[NorthernWarrior]

Update: I also tried holding down the "b" key to unlock the brake system but still no joy.

[Lapioware]

Slight bump re the Class 37 - just had a nice run over the Mountain Pass line but wondered if it might be possible to beef up the sound heard in the cab?

The easiest way is to press shift+8 for the "free train view" while in the cab. This view uses the exterior sounds without the interior muffling, but it'll be more shaky because the camera will be anchored to the unsprung loco centre point instead of the body. The sound samples themselves are also muffled and of somewhat poor quality, but sadly improving them is beyond my audio editing skills.

Update: I also tried holding down the "b" key to unlock the brake system but still no joy.

You'll need to hold down B and E simultaneously to exit the shutdown position. The instructions or the on-screen helper don't seem to indicate this well enough since you're not the only one to have had difficulties with the brakes. I'll need to figure out a way to make it simpler.

[NorthernWarrior]

Well they are better than the sounds DTG put on their 37 in TSW! Hopefully as things progress people might come forward with better sounds or who could do the mixing - the Class 37's in BVE/OpenBVE are excellent though I have no idea who compiled those.

I'll give that a try with the brakes. Part of the issue seems to be if you have the on-screen prompts active, they overlap so can't see what the one below (which is "b") nor does it indicate a need to hold down simultaneously.

[NorthernWarrior]

Update - good news! Holding down b and e at the same time initialised the brakes.

Shift - 8 worked well though it would still be nice to see an option to have external sounds available in the proper cab view.

A couple of other thoughts which I'll put in a fresh thread.