Hey everyone,
So I know I have not been on here for quite some time and finally getting back into the groove of things with Open Rails now that winter is a pawn us! I am really liking how things are panning out in Open Rails but I did come up with a few new ideas when it comes to steam locomotives.
Sand, Water, Oil and Coaling towers- I know you can animate the fueling stations and have them come over to the locomotives but has anyone thought about animation of the hatches on the tenders to open and close when using these devices or to replenish the coal load and have it top off when coaling?
Animation of the Sanders(All Locomotives)- What about having sanders that are actually animated and have sand coming out and onto the rails when they are turned on and then stop when the sander is turned off? I have heard of other Train Simulators out there being able to do this so why not Open Rails too?
Smoke Effect-- Now I do understand this has been getting worked on and I do like the chuffing effect out of the stack but it seems to be much too slow as of late and should be a lot quicker. Also There should be a smoke effect that is linked to the blower so you can control the blower when standing still. The blower is very essential on steam locomotives and are used quite frequently. You were able to control it on MSTS so why has this not been accomplished in Open Rails is what I do not understand.
Cylinder Cock Smoke- I also am aware this is a work in progress as well but it seems to me as it has been changed and now the front cylinder smoke hardly does anything and the rear is much too slow now unlike before where it was even.
Whistles and Horns- This is one thing I have brought up in the past but never really got anywhere with this idea and that is to be able to switch multiple seam whistles and air horn on a steam locomotive. The reason I say this is because many steam locomotives even back in the day had multiple whistles and even some had air horns that the crews could use. A few big railroads in the US that did this was Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, D&H, along with quite a few others. Even some diesels had multiple horns on them. This is still true today with many mainline steam locomotives here in the US and even now in the UK with having both there steam whistle and air horn or having multiple steam whistles on them.
Double Heading- One thing that would be nice is to be able to control some features separately when double or triple heading a train. Some ideas that I had were cylinder cocks, whistles, sanders, and in certain cases throttle and reversers.
If anyone else has ideas feel free to add them in here. Now I have a few more but I have brought them up before with no response so I won't put them up.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Brandon
As to see what I have been currently working on and a little eye candy for all of you here is my SP GS-1 I am just about finished up with. Still needs some work and I am currently using Derek's tender from his SP GS-2 release awhile back but its coming along quite nicely I think.
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So I know I have not been on here for quite some time and finally getting back into the groove of things with Open Rails now that winter is a pawn us! I am really liking how things are panning out in Open Rails but I did come up with a few new ideas when it comes to steam locomotives.
Sand, Water, Oil and Coaling towers- I know you can animate the fueling stations and have them come over to the locomotives but has anyone thought about animation of the hatches on the tenders to open and close when using these devices or to replenish the coal load and have it top off when coaling?
Animation of the Sanders(All Locomotives)- What about having sanders that are actually animated and have sand coming out and onto the rails when they are turned on and then stop when the sander is turned off? I have heard of other Train Simulators out there being able to do this so why not Open Rails too?
Smoke Effect-- Now I do understand this has been getting worked on and I do like the chuffing effect out of the stack but it seems to be much too slow as of late and should be a lot quicker. Also There should be a smoke effect that is linked to the blower so you can control the blower when standing still. The blower is very essential on steam locomotives and are used quite frequently. You were able to control it on MSTS so why has this not been accomplished in Open Rails is what I do not understand.
Cylinder Cock Smoke- I also am aware this is a work in progress as well but it seems to me as it has been changed and now the front cylinder smoke hardly does anything and the rear is much too slow now unlike before where it was even.
Whistles and Horns- This is one thing I have brought up in the past but never really got anywhere with this idea and that is to be able to switch multiple seam whistles and air horn on a steam locomotive. The reason I say this is because many steam locomotives even back in the day had multiple whistles and even some had air horns that the crews could use. A few big railroads in the US that did this was Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, D&H, along with quite a few others. Even some diesels had multiple horns on them. This is still true today with many mainline steam locomotives here in the US and even now in the UK with having both there steam whistle and air horn or having multiple steam whistles on them.
Double Heading- One thing that would be nice is to be able to control some features separately when double or triple heading a train. Some ideas that I had were cylinder cocks, whistles, sanders, and in certain cases throttle and reversers.
If anyone else has ideas feel free to add them in here. Now I have a few more but I have brought them up before with no response so I won't put them up.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Brandon
As to see what I have been currently working on and a little eye candy for all of you here is my SP GS-1 I am just about finished up with. Still needs some work and I am currently using Derek's tender from his SP GS-2 release awhile back but its coming along quite nicely I think.
Screenshot 2024-12-08 091402.jpg
Screenshot 2024-12-08 091304.jpg
Screenshot 2024-12-08 090933.jpg
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