Tilting feature

[VLW]

I looked at youtube videos of open rails and noticed that the trains are tilting like this one. I downloaded 1.1 from the site. Is it outdated now?

[R. Steele]

Nope still around in all versions >>> Super Elevation is found in Options/Experimental

Practical application see section 6.10.1 in manual (page 29 )
For Theory read these sections in the manual: 8.10 and 8.11

[charland]

Is there a way to turn super elevation off Gerry, I've tried but wasn't successful.

Paul :-)

[baldwin]

I have never turned it on. Far as I am aware, as long as the first superelevation option on the Experimental tab is set to zero, track does not tilt.

[R. Steele]

That was my understanding also...I have not used the feature. Plenty of screenshots and UToob videos showing the effect...mostly European passenger trains.

[geepster775]

I have used it, but think the code is a bit 'unintelligent' in knowing where and when to apply the feature. No trains should be tilting on a curvy industrial spur, but they do when its turned on. I don't care for the blanket on-off aspect either where it affects all routes in all installations. Should be a customizable feature at lower levels further down the installation tree rather than simply the top level. Yes, I use it on Seligman where passenger trains go 90, but don't need it on the slow-pokey FJ&G.

[charland]

I did turn on the super elevation to see how it looked and I think what I did wrong was to type a zero in the field and not use the up and down arrows to change it back to zero, just did that and it appears to have worked instead of going back to one.

I did find that other then the track ballast getting covered up with terrain, if a curve us constructed with several parts the super elevation caused the train to jerk around a curve. Things like curves the had easements or curves that were only nine degrees instead of ten, it would stay smooth on the first five degree section of track then jerk as it went over each one degree section.

Paul :-)

[R. Steele]

I have used it, but think the code is a bit 'unintelligent' in knowing where and when to apply the feature. No trains should be tilting on a curvy industrial spur, but they do when its turned on. I don't care for the blanket on-off aspect either where it affects all routes in all installations. Should be a customizable feature at lower levels further down the installation tree rather than simply the top level. Yes, I use it on Seligman where passenger trains go 90, but don't need it on the slow-pokey FJ&G.

(my emphasis in above quote) I agree, having advocated Route specific settings for a while now. I believe it is on the OR developers to do list for implementation in the future. It should not, of course, be showing up in spurs, sidings, and anything but mainline.

[R. Steele]

Yesterday a new thread on this subj was opened a=at Elvas >>> http://www.elvastower.com/forums/ind...47#entry211447