31 diags, 85km (53 miles), new Wellingham branch, fantastic textures, diesel-stained track - what more could we ask for? 
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I've just downloaded it and I'm going to have a go on it right now!
Good job there Steve.
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BVE and the World Cup. There are just not enough days in the week ! A huge thank you to all concerned for this latest experience in BVE4. Amazing ! :9Comment
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Love those little extras - all those bits that you 'can't quite remember that being there before' etc. What Joy! Have just driven a full route, the 153 Miller Street/Ludgate Hill. The variety of "terrain" is very satisfying - you can feel the strain going up Haden Hill (Or should that be "Steaming" up Haden (Geddit?) Hill!) - Doing the stopping service will be interesting on that one! Thank you to all! Most importantly - thank you for the route maps! It just allows you to enjoy the routes from the very start - in full. Having been put off BVE4 by the lack of on screen information - these maps might even tempt the other half back to the drivers seat!!! (Damn!)
Now, if I could only get that HST to work!!
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>Now, if I could only get that HST to work!!<
Never give up on a good thing !!! :+Comment
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Hi guys
I can't get the maps/diagrams or whatever they are called to show. I have the files in the folder as installed but nothing......anyone with any ideas or is it only me with this problem? The file type is .png which I personally have never heard of. What program opens this file type?
The new route extn. is terrific as is the rest of Maybank. Thx to the developers and keep those navvies digging......we've got a railway to run :9
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Sorted. Open the .jpg file in 'paint'. Then close BVE and 'paint' will be on your desktop. Go into 'paint's' file menu and open either of the .png files. Bingo
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If you're running XP, files of type .png will open by default in the picture viewer just by double clicking. Otherwise you should be able to open them with your browser.
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As an experiment, (Not particularly scientific of course, it being a BVE2 train!) I took the old 101 up Haden Hill. It was struggling to do 25 through the tunnel!
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Problem with BVE 2 trains in BVE 4 is that for some reason they tend to suffer problems with wheelslip, so performance is often a lot worse than it should be. I think the 101 is modelled on a twin power unit (both coaches powered giving 600hp total) so should handle more like a Sprinter, but even if it's a motor-trailer set it should manage more than 25mph.Comment
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From a standing start the Sprinter only managed 40! (Perhaps it's my driving!)
I tried the 101 on that old "BVE2" Italian "climbing the mountain" route - It used to get stuck about a third of the way up!
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I just wanted to thank everyone involved for a fantastic job on the Network West Midlands routes. I have driven several and they are very high quality - well done!Comment
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Fully endorse the praise for this route, quite stunning with the detail incorporated.
Well done to all those involved, this is of professional quality. Excellent.Comment
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Excellent. Very impressed.
Just one thing? Has anyone else noticed performance drops with the new version? I'm getting really slow moving screens and jerky frame rates, despite a pretty high spec PC - P4 3.2GHz, 1Gb RAM, GeForce 6200TC 256Mb. I think the detail of this route is just too much for my graphics card actually.
I'm thinking of changing graphics card - the 6200TC is one of these weird ones that shares system RAM. That'll trust me for taking the PC World advert's mention of 256Mb Nvidia graphics at face value! What graphics cards are other people using to good effect with NWM and other high detail BVE4 routes?Comment
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BVE isn't effected by the power of the graphics card, since it doesn't use any particularly fancy features. The main issue seems to be memory, both system memory and graphics memory. With a card that shares system memory it's going to have an effect on performance due to the amount of textures loaded on a route like this. I'd say that to play BVE well you want a fairly low end card (unless you are planning to play modern games that need the fancy features) but with plenty of memory, and also plenty of system memory. I've got an old geforce 4 ti4200 with 64mb of memory, and 1gb of system memory, and routes like this play fairly fine (FPS bottom end of playable rarther than comfortable).
One thing that's important though is to make sure you have plenty of memory free, not taken up by background programs. Basically shut down anything you don't need thats running in the background. It's also worthwhile searching on the internet for sites which tell you about un-needed windows processes that take up memory (and in some cases pose a security risk) and how to shut them down.Comment
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Seems that most of UK BVE fans abanded this forum (I hope I am wrong), Maybank routes are updated:
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