Open Rails 1.6 is here

[cjakeman]

On behalf of the Open Rails Project Team, I am pleased to announce that Open Rails Stable Version 1.6 has been released.

It is available on the website and from GitHub. The package will install Open Rails on your Windows PC.





If you already have Open Rails installed, then use the Update feature. Set the Options > Update mode to Stable (recommended) if not already set.





and look out for the Update to 1.6 link, which is refreshed every day.


A list of new features and changes is also available on GitHub and (shortly) on the website. No video - sorry - perhaps next time.

Finally, a big thank you to the guys that make this possible; admins, coders, testers and bug reporters.

[qballbandit]

Thanks to all who put their efforts into OR for the community!

[pschlik]

I figure I'll put up some short videos (not tutorials, just demonstrations) of features I am familiar with to my YouTube but that will never be comprehensive as I'm not familiar with all the features. There are a few things in there that won't pop out in a list of patchnotes but will be handy if you just know they exist.

Also, you no longer have to segregate TrainSimulations routes from other routes; .ace and .dds will correctly be swapped for eachother if one is missing, instead of giving you loads of missing textures.

Oh and I will look into updating my physics mods (and get them up on the file library here). Currently I'm stuck in a bit of limbo as I tried to update things to use features that aren't even in testing and they aren't even up to date with features in 1.6, simultaneously putting the mods in the past and the future. That means some boring rework is due.

[jbtower]

How about a link to 1.6, and thanks for the update it's very much appreciated gentlemen

[crstagg]

How about a link to 1.6, and thanks for the update it's very much appreciated gentlemen

I second that request and Thanks.

[geepster775]

Just go to the normal website, provided in the link above in post #1. It still says 1.5.1, but when you click on the big green button it downloads 1.6. They just haven't updated the website yet. Which is terrible marketing.

[LuFeDuTi]

Ready to test the new version

[jbtower]

Once again, thanks for the hard work and cjakeman I need glasses because I looked at your initial post and the link was staring at me like a third eye...lol

[CSRX]

Downloaded, installed 1.6 in its own folder, separate from 1.5.1. Of course, I have done this with the NYMG, MG-Weather, Testing, and Unstable versions..

[gammaray84]

Another milestone reached. So happy to see continuing efforts to make OR the best simulator out there.

Now i have a question. Does ReShade works in this new version? So far i have been unable to make it work.
Any ideas, how to make it work would be great.

Thank you again to all involved...

Good day to everyone

[randrett]

Good morning everyone, OpenRails 1.6 is not working on my computer.I attach log file, thanks

[CNW 5099]

For some reason 1.6 won't go above 30 FPS while the latest MG version will give me 60+ FPS. Is anyone else having this issue?

[Duckth]

No. It is working fine for me.

[Kist]

Here all good so far with 1.6, the only thing that doesn't show is the stations names when press F6, only show the player locomotive F7.

[rrroberttt]

Has anyone got this version working with Raildriver ? Everytime that I push the off/on button on raildriver, it reverts back to the opening screen.

For version1.6 the off/on key for Raildriver has been switched from the controller to the keyboard.