Official v0.7 Thread

[longiron]

Please post your comments, problems or congratulations for v0.7

[kox]

It's very nice(i was waiting for the working despatcher, but i seems i need to wait more), the performance is still great, the adhesion model looks good too, but it have flaws:

I got three runaway slippings, with 50 and 70 fps. One of them happened on 70 fps remained on 3000%+ wheelslip, so i needed to use ctrl-x. Other times, its still took seconds after lowering the power, to slipping.

http://cl.ly/CWgr/Open%20Rails%202011-12-12%2004-02-52.png

And i can't use dynamic brakes too. It goes to set (0%), but no more. Throttle is checked too it's at 0%.

Also there are some problem with sounds, some engine sounds are disappear for a while, then they come back, and with the loco that i'm testing, the air compressor sound is missing in cabview, but it works in external view.

[OTTODAD]

My Santa-Fe-Explorer still shows UNKNOWN running an activity using it in the WIN Menu version and using the original menu still get this error below, Log file attached.

Should the upper overhead wire be the same thickness as the contact wire ?

Overhead wire now shows over DynaTrax dynamic tracks, thanks !

Will have to wait until my main sims computer is ready and then do some more testing.

O t t o

[longiron]

My Santa-Fe-Explorer still shows UNKNOWN running an activity using it in the WIN Menu version and using the original menu still get this error below, Log file attached.

Did not update the fancy menu since the last release. It is being worked on right now.

Should the upper overhead wire be the same thickness as the contact wire ?

It's not

[apostle282]

How do i release the Dynamic braking it gets stuck when i reverse and shows 0%, but throttle wont notch up after reversing ?

[longiron]

How do i release the Dynamic braking it gets stuck when i reverse and shows 0%, but throttle wont notch up after reversing ?

You must "turn off" dynamic braking (i.e. one more notch past "0%") until Dynamic Braking line shows nothing.

[csantucci]

Thank you for this new version.
Like kox I experience missing engine sounds in cabview, while they are heard in external view. E.g. in the Bernina route, classical activity 1641_Stm_Ti I don't hear the motor sound nor the short whistle associated with the B key while in cabview. Same in activity 452 Tirano-StMoritz where neither the horn triggered by the space bar can be heard while in cabview.
I'm happy to see activity events shown.
I'm happy that cabview levers and indicators are correctly located and stretched on my 16:9 notebook.

Carlo

[longiron]

Thank you for this new version.
Like kox I experience missing engine sounds in cabview, while they are heard in external view. E.g. in the Bernina route, classical activity 1641_Stm_Ti I don't hear the motor sound nor the short whistle associated with the B key while in cabview. Same in activity 452 Tirano-StMoritz where neither the horn triggered by the space bar can be heard while in cabview.
Carlo

Carlo,
Lack of sounds are directly related to Open Rails not parsing your ENG file correctly or sound stream errors reported for the sms file. I had the same problem and resolved by editing badly formed coupling section which confused OR parsing of the rest of the ENG file or fixing reported sms stream errors.

[apostle282]

Ok how do i turn it off it Chris ? dont seem to be working for me

You must "turn off" dynamic braking (i.e. one more notch past "0%") until Dynamic Braking line shows nothing.

[longiron]

Ok how do i turn it off it Chris ? dont seem to be working for me

Push the same "comma" button (or the one used to lower the % on your keyboard) one more time.

[metrarailboy1]

Hey guys I was wonder how in the world do I use the horn properly. It seems to just play the whole sound clip. I want to be able to blast it long or short but it just gives me very long ones. Is there a way to do short blast or is there a way I am suppose to loop the horn?

[csantucci]

Carlo,
Lack of sounds are directly related to Open Rails not parsing your ENG file correctly or sound stream errors reported for the sms file. I had the same problem and resolved by editing badly formed coupling section which confused OR parsing of the rest of the ENG file or fixing reported sms stream errors.

:
Thanks Chris, but I believe my ...eng.sms files are structured like the ...cab.sms files, and the former work. Anyhow I hope I find out something. I have the impression that there is a problem about sound volumes. Some sounds within cab are heard at very low volume, much lower than they should.

[longiron]

:
Thanks Chris, but I believe my ...eng.sms files are structured like the ...cab.sms files, and the former work. Anyhow I hope I find out something. I have the impression that there is a problem about sound volumes. Some sounds within cab are heard at very low volume, much lower than they should.

You may be "hearing" AI engines that are located within the sound sphere, giving you the impression of low volume. Are the Engines downloadable somewhere?

[rrroberttt]

Bin Memory Switch

Is the Bin memory switch (-mem:xxxx) needed with ORTS in Windows 7 64 Bit ? I ask this question, because Windows 7 64 bits, handle memory a lot better than previous Windows operating systems.

[twpol]

Is the Bin memory switch (-mem:xxxx) needed with ORTS in Windows 7 64 Bit ? I ask this question, because Windows 7 64 bits, handle memory a lot better than previous Windows operating systems.

None of the MSTS or MSTSBin command-line options, including -mem:xxxx, are needed for nor will function with Open Rails.