Slow Acela Train Brakes

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Installed the X.2422 update and the Acela consist's train brakes are still too slow, taking 1 minute to release them from 20% to Zero% !

http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/video/orts-slow-acela-train-brakes.wmv

and again part of the scenery in the background is disappearing.

Any chance of that and other consists too slow train brakes can be fixed in future ?

[releismetrain]

Hi Otto,
I have had scenery in the background disappearing also lately.
It seems to me that the distant objects I can see to horizon is not as far as it was before.

Regards Geoff.

[baldwin]

Otto, what brake pipe charging rate do you have set in Options/General. I have mine at 330, default is 21.

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Otto, what brake pipe charging rate do you have set in Options/General. I have mine at 330, default is 21.

Tested your's and the maximum 1000 and it has made no difference.

Have you tried it running the default USA1 Summer Express activity ?

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This is getting weirder !

Here is an Acela Express running the same NEC-4 activity in MSTSBin and ORTS.

Can anybody explain what is going on, the ORTS Acela train brakes again taking 1 minute to fully release from 20% to Zero% !

http://www.otto-wipfel.co.uk/video/MSTSBIN-ORTS-ACELA-TRAIN-BRAKES.wmv

[baldwin]

I don't know what the cause of your Acela problem is. I started up the old default NEC and started the Riding the Yellows activity. I left New Carrolton 5 seconds late with the BC figure still heading to zero. Full brake release was about 15 seconds total. One thing I did do a long time ago was make sure that the release rate was the same for every car in the train.

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Hi Baldwin !

I had the Graduated Release box ticked, which was suggested a long time ago and ticking it with all settings at default it started swiftly releasing them from 34% to Zero% and throttling up the Acela it proceeded as one would expect from a real one !

I think I shall have to remember in future to show all of my related option and other related settings when reporting a problem !

[Vince]

Hi OttO,
Looking carefully at the OR Acela brake gauges I notice the Main Res charging (refilling?) rate is very slow. In MSTS some of the brake parameters were (are) ignored. OR, being 'compatible' looks at all the parms in the engine file and it has been causing a few folks grief.

When I saw this happening with my Acela I just went in and tweaked the brake parameters.
I just love experimenting like this. Gives me something to do and keeps me off the streets.

As OR is a WIP (just like MSTS was a major WIP back in 2001-03 needing, documentation, couplers, tracknodes, Bin ect.) it's gonna take some digging to sort all this out.
I for one am enjoying getting this really exciting new train simulation engine tweaked, something we didn't have an opportunity to do with MSTS. I'd be bored if it wasn't for things like this!

Take a peek at the OR forum over at ELVAS Tower http://www.elvastower.com/forums/ind...90-open-rails/
Lots of good info there.
Some folks complaining about "the trains won't crash (no they won't) or why do I have to connect brake hoses (prototype operation). . ." but there are some legitimate bugs and they are being slowly worked out with the input and assistance from the community.
And I'm lovin' it! It's like early MSTS but this time we have a line to the developers and that friend Otto is a very good thing!

Enjoy!

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Hi Otto, looking carefully at the OR Acela brake gauges I notice the Main Res charging (refilling?) rate is very slow. In MSTS some of the brake parameters were (are) ignored. OR, being 'compatible' looks at all the parms in the engine file and it has been causing a few folks grief.

When I saw this happening with my Acela I just went in and tweaked the brake parameters.

I just love experimenting like this. Gives me something to do and keeps me off the streets.

As OR is a WIP (just like MSTS was a major WIP back in 2001-03 needing, documentation, couplers, tracknodes, Bin ect.) it's gonna take some digging to sort all this out.

I for one am enjoying getting this really exciting new train simulation engine tweaked, something we didn't have an opportunity to do with MSTS. I'd be bored if it wasn't for things like this! And I'm lovin' it! It's like early MSTS but this time we have a line to the developers and that friend Otto is a very good thing!

Enjoy!

Agreed, Vince !

Our aging brains must have something challenging and creative to do to prevent Dementia and keep our bodies alive !

Take care !