BVE: Beta Update again

[JasonM]

The Beta has been updated again along with the Uchibo route to go with it-

Translated from the BVE Beta page-


BVE 4 Beta (development halfway edition)

Bve4.0.1670.4801.msi
762kB
2004/07/30

4.0.1661.42447 Empty main modification point

Correcting the problem where the un management resource is not released
[ You close ] with to force the garbage collection, cancelling the stand by whose front of the document reading is long
It does rendering simultaneously with structure file reading, cancelling the stand by where the rear of the document reading is long
Decreasing the memory amount used when playing.

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Jason M

[tof63]

RE: Beta Update again

Thank you for the news!

Hoping the F5 in viewer mode is no more a "nearly forever" waiting... :-)

Luigi Cartello

http://bve.altervista.org/

http://web.tiscali.it/lcartello/

[Coxster]

RE: Beta Update again

Yeah, thanks for making us aware!

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[call2]

RE: Beta Update again

This version is a huge improvement. It runs with .b3d type files and has a much better resource handler that improves the loading of the route. I was able to run Maybank routes that would not run before and the only incompatibilities were with the AWS and signalling. Those areas are part of the BVE4 update and will run better when the new commands are used in the routes. On the whole this is a very good release and I think it will allow all routes to run with it.

Tony H
Midlands 25Kv

[AngliaTrains]

RE: Beta Update again

What do I do with the 'ats1' folder then you can also download?

[VentureForth]

RE: Beta Update again

How do I download the latest beta? Which links do I need to click on? Do I need .net Framework? Do I download *.msi file AND the uchibo zip file? Is it fully functional? Can I install the beta without installing the original 2.6.3 first?

Jim

[Simon_G]

RE: Beta Update again

Hi Jim

To download the beta:
- go to the Official Website at [link:http://mackoy.cool.ne.jp|http://mackoy.cool.ne.jp]
- click on the link on the right hand side (in the sky between the tall buildings!) to go to the .../beta page
- the first link, halfway down the beta page should take you to .../beta/download where you can get what you need.

You must have .NET installed for BVE 4 to work.

You only need to have the .msi file to install BVE 4.

Uchibo is a basic Japanese route that demonstrates some of the new features of BVE. I don't think you need it (though some add-on routes use files from Uchibo, most don't). Someone will soon be along to point out if I am wrong!

You don't need any other version of BVE to run BVE 4.

Be aware that BVE4 is a beta and there may be unresolved issues. Some features implemented for earlier versions (such as semi-working AWS in British routes) don't operate under BVE 4 - but this is a small and probably temporary loss (read: we're working on it!).

As I've just posted elsewhere on this board, many routes won't load directly into BVE 4 (beta issues I think), but will load through the BVE route randomiser, written by Oskari Saarekas, which you can find at [link:koti.mbnet.fi/~lopomo/trainsoft|koti.mbnet.fi/~lopomo/trainsoft].

If you don't want to bother with BRR, one route I know will load is Birmingham Cross-City South, by Anthony Bowden, which you can get from [link:www.railsimroutes.co.uk|www.railsimroutes.co.uk], a site that contains much useful info for the BVE newbie.

X-City is a superb prototypical suburban route and demonstrates the capabilities of BVE admirably.

Give it a go!

Cheers
Simon

[VentureForth]

RE: Beta Update again

So I can have both 2.6.3 and the Beta installed simultaneously?

Jim

[cjh401]

RE: Beta Update again

>So I can have both 2.6.3 and the Beta installed
>simultaneously?
>
>Jim

Yes , no problem there. They are installed defaultly in to different directories.

BVE 2.6.3: program files\BVE
BVE 4 beta: program files\mackoy\bve4beta

HTH

[VentureForth]

RE: Beta Update again

Can't seem to get BVE 4 installed. I get a window asking for some CD ROM. Must I have the Japanese version of net Framework installed, or the English (ie: Is framework based on OS or the software?)

Any help would be great. Thanks.

Jim