Grateful Thanks for Open Rails

[solentary]

Dear Open Rails,

I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful Open Rails service. I have found it very delightful to be back to using my RailDriver. As everyone knows, this fell out of use for those of us trying to use MSTS-1 on Windows 7. Now, my RailDriver is back in use, with the essential assistance of Open Rails. I am now 78 years old and cannot keep re-stocking myself, with the newer systems. Now, I do not have to.

My first job in life, at age 16, was selling railway tickets, as a booking clerk, in England. Since then, although I followed another career path, I have never lost my childhood and youthful love for railways. I have now lived in the USA, for many years, and have traveled on the railroads of USA and Canada. Also, as I have traveled the world on business, I have ridden on the trains of England, Scotland, France, Portugal, Germany, Kosovo, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Russia, India, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uganda and Kenya.

Although it is part of England, I have - in my earlier years - also ridden on every line of the famous Isle of Wight system, when it was completely up-and-running. That was where I was born and went to school.

So - once again - I thank everyone who is helping to make Open Rails a success. I would welcome any guidance as I progress along its tracks, with my RailDriver.

Sincerely,

David Jones

[bprice]

I second that.

I and new to open rails but I have watched the development. I am very pleased with what I see and I greatly appreciate the work of the team in making this possible. It is nice that they are able to look at things and make changes as they go with new experimental releases. It gives them a great beta testing team.

I am currently putting the finishing touches on a new route set on the high plains of Kansas. There are many places where the scenery is sparse. You can see elevators and water towers of towns from a great distance. OR allows for setting a greater viewing distance which reduces the effect of scenery suddenly appearing.

I also want to thank the developers for their hard work.

Basil

[flarrfan2]

OR allows for setting a greater viewing distance which reduces the effect of scenery suddenly appearing.

I too am pleased with the slow but steady progress of the OR team. I would like to know exactly how to change the distance setting. There are many complexities of OR that have apparently eluded me so far.

[baldwin]

When you start Open Rails, click the options button which opens a tabbed menu. Go to Video and set the Viewing distance, then go to Experimental Where you will find a check box for max lod. I find that the higher the figure you use for viewing distance, the lower your FPS will go, so unless you have a very fast i5 or i7 keep an eye on how FPS perform.

[flarrfan2]

Wow, thanks, what a difference! I set it at 7000 and for the first time running the P&A I can see the whole big bridge across the bay, and the other side of the bay before even getting to the bridge. Still getting 40 fps, though I suspect that might be a bit lower in the crowded tiles in downtown Pensacola and Tallahassee.