Thank You OR Team

[mikephfl]

I thought I'd start a thank you thread. I've see enough "this and that doesn't work" threads, but my experience has been great. My signals are screwy, but I have a lot of dark territory to go play in. The FPS is outstanding, the realism is really good. I can't believe how long it actually takes to switch cars. I mean, it took me almost 30 mins to stop and pick up two strings of cars. With all the work, such as brake hoses, hand brakes, waiting for air to charge, etc... It's quite realistic.

Only thing I cannot figure out is when in the #2 or #3 camera, how do I move to another car in the train? In MSTS, I think it was ctrl-arrow.

Anyway, thanks for a great update. Looking forward to more.

[wacampbell]

Encouraging words are much appreciated ( and the bug reports are also appreciated ).

[mdeming]

My experience has been positive as well. Smooth install, my signals work as well great. I have found AI works a lot better than with MSTS. I was running west in Iowa yesterday, a road crossed at an angle that gave me the chance to look at it out the window, I was nice to see the road stretch out forever, giving me the sense of being in the farmland. Train handling requires me to pay a lot more attention than MSTS, which is a nice challenge. In MSTS the train starts moving right away, in OR I need to bunch the cars up by reversing then I can start them one at a time. I have been enjoying operations again and am starting to write new acts.

Thanks.

[Timbit]

Hi,
i would like to voice my thanks as well to all that are working with the open rails program.
I find that some times a little thanks goes a long way instead of bitching about something , that is not what you want.
Once again thanks and look foward to future updates as this program has made train sim even better and hats off to all of you that are involved with open rails.
thanks
tim

[conductorchris]

You have my thanks as well!

What is the best way to report bugs? If I do, what information is helpful to include?

Christopher

[wacampbell]

We are in process of setting up a bug recording system and will post more details on our web site in a few weeks.

[csantucci]

...
Only thing I cannot figure out is when in the #2 or #3 camera, how do I move to another car in the train? In MSTS, I think it was ctrl-arrow. ...

As written in the keyboard command list, to move camera from one car to the other you have following commands:
- Next car Alt 9 (Numeric keyboard)
- Previous car Alt 3 (N.K.)
- First car Alt 7 (N.K.)
- Last car Alt 1 (N.K.)
Same keys can be used to move through passenger views when you use # 5 camera.

Carlo

[mikephfl]

As written in the keyboard command list, to move camera from one car to the other you have following commands:
- Next car Alt 9 (Numeric keyboard)
- Previous car Alt 3 (N.K.)
- First car Alt 7 (N.K.)
- Last car Alt 1 (N.K.)
Same keys can be used to move through passenger views when you use # 5 camera.

Carlo

Thanks. I missed that. I know I pressed every key to the point I had to reboot! Maybe my NumLock wasn't on. I'll try again.

[rrroberttt]

Thank you team ORTS. Very good update. However, I am using the update to the update. Once again, Thank you.

[lindsayts]

I was also slightly concerend over the number of negative posts. while this version can do some strange things, for instance I have twice had opposing AI traffic swiched onto the same single track as I was on. On the whole I have found this version to be an improvement. The braking system being quite much improved and this is the first version of OR that has enabled me to drive the whole 305 miles from Mt Gambier to Adelaide (5 1/4 hours of driving) with out somehing going screwy. Mind you the signalling behaves somewhat strangely trying the return journey, but OR has said the signalling is a work in progress (thats why I have not submited this actual problem as a bug).

Lindsay

[seagoon]

Ditto to the first post.
I have not used MSTS (other than the Activity Editor) since downloading this latest update.

Bruce