Welcome to the world of Railworks or Train Simulator 2012 as seen by Web42. I am designing content for various sources into the simulation. Information about upcoming and ongoing projects can be found here.
The english language pack for the Elbe-Weser-Triangle route is now available.
It includes a translation of all scenario instructions, the route's description in game as well as a new version of the readme file with detailed installation instructions (based on my previous post, but more extended) and a translated version of the user manual.
Please go through the readme before installing the route and also have a look into the manual if you like.
The language pack only includes the translated files, not the route itself!
You still need to download all the other files for this route to work!
To download the language pack please visit Rail-Sim.de or just click here. Or if you prefer UKTrainsim.com you can download it there as well.
Another german freeware route surfaced this weekend. It is a work in progress route in three steps, of which the first complete one is now released.
It's placed in the geographical region between Bremen (river Weser), Hamburg (river Elbe) and Cuxhaven (water mouth of Elbe), which forms the Elbe-Weser triangle. There are several railroad connections, the most important main line from Bremen via Rotenburg to Hamburg known as "Rollbahn" (which is Hamburg-Bremen from Schottermann released previously). The "Weser-Aller-Bahn" from Rotenburg via Verden to Minden, the tracks from Bremerhaven to Cuxhaven as well as Bremerhaven to Buxtehude (ongoing to Hamburg), Bremerhaven to Bremen and Bremen-Verden-Hannover.
From this huge area there is currently the northern part only, which consists of Buxtehude-Cuxhaven, Cuxhaven-Bremerhaven and Bremerhaven-Buxtehude, which is rebuilt in said 3 parts.
Part one now released has about 83 kilometers (about 52 miles) of tracks from Buxtehude via Stade to Cuxhaven (Google Maps view). There are 15 stations along the way, as well as some freight depots and yards.
The route is delivered with 6 scenarios ranging from 25 to 80 minutes in duration, 4 of those are passenger runs, 2 are freight. They can all be run with RW default rolling stock, freeware and some repaints.
required payware:
- Isle of Wight (for vegetation and water)
- Doncaster Works (some wheels and stuff for the depots)
- Glasgow Airport Rail Link (a couple of buildings) optional:
- Cologne-Düsseldorf (for rolling stock only, the scenarios which use them are available in a freeware variation as well)
- AP Station Lighting UK Default
- AP Station Lighting UK DLC
- Lighting Effects Pack (all for night scenarios and light effects)
The download is about 900 MB, but most of you will probably have some of the included freeware and assets.
You need all files from this directory on Rail-Sim.de. That is the route itself, 3 Asset Packs for manual copying and 5 Files with .rwp files to install. After that an additional 5 downloads is required, look into the readme file for links. That is mainly rolling stock.
Currently it is only available in german language, but my reason for posting this here: I started work on an english language pack, which should be ready on the weekend.
Also I've been asked about my repaints of several people I created a while ago and this pack will get an update in the near future as well. I don't have an exact timetable for it at the moment, but it will be my next project to work on.
Hey folks,
I did not forget about this blog, however at the moment my time is really limited to do anything for RW. Still have some things in the pipeline, but nothing to show yet.
However a couple of days ago, I did an update to my Class 170 repaint following the official TSX update of the train.
So what has changed on my repaint:
- of course complete TSX compability (rain drops, lights)
- some small texture changes on the train
- fixed an error where on one door no symbols would be shown, now another door shows the symbols doubled. Unfortunately this is based in the model itself.
- new headcodes for Cologne-Düsseldorf route as well as some new added for "Im Köblitzer Bergland"
- reworked some of the previous headcodes
- now includes a kph speedometer and some german labels in the cab, previously to be installed seperately (donated by dw-agency and Paul S, thank you guys!)
- small changes in the included manual
As usual, the download is available on Rail-Sim.de and UKTS - didn't have the time to make the preview picture more pretty, the train is however ;-)
Please read the provided manual for installation instructions and use of the headcodes in your own scenarios!
Here's a video for you from the new Cologne - Düsseldorf. A cab ride in the ICE1 (available seperately) from Düsseldorf to Cologne, also showing around the two main stations.
TSX is turned off, shadows off, medium object view distance.
... for over 350 downloads within one week! Seems I did something right with the choice of topic and route. I have not yet decided on the next scenario to release, but I do have some plans in my pocket. Some involve again US routes, another probably gets to play on Seebergbahn. Until then you might want to check some of my earlier works like 'Ride the Q', 'Torpedopfannen wreckage' or 'Airport Special Service'. They all involve different payware requirements and often some freeware downloads, all are available in english as well despite the description on the site. I did not yet check them back with TS2012, but since they are all set on not yet updated routes they should run fine. In case of problems please contact me and I'll fix them. Thanks for that and again thanks for your downloads and praises, appreciate it :-)
This fictional scenario sets you aboard a morning drive of the ICE from Philadelphia to New York in the consist order the real Amtrak ICE tour was driven in. But to make the scenario more interesting fictive stops in between were added and the additional traffic on the line was built in with a good diversity and entertainment value in mind during the about 90 minutes ride.
To present the train as good as possible, Amtrak tried hard to clear the line from any other traffic, so nothing unusual should happen. Watch the speed limits and signals and you should have a nice and easy ride on the NEC.
So, while we all are eagerly awaiting the update for the NEC route, here's another one for you. Little bit more obvious I guess. If the update does not break anything big time in the scenario it will be out tommorow. I will have to recheck the scenario twice and when it's all good it goes out immediately, if there are little issues I will start fixing immediately, if there are big issues I still may provide the scenario for a non-updated route, though installing it will be difficult. Let's just wait and see what happens.
Oh and did you notice, we're on version 7.1a now? Some little patch sneaked in tonight.
