Diesel Railcar Simulator

Editors

• Fixed crash when removing a stream or a grid from the side panel in route editor
  
• Fixed node and 3D-gizmo dragging in route editor to work more reliably
  
• Improved mouse hit points for chains and zones in route editor 3D view
  
• Hid chain nodes from hierachy when viewing the properties of a chain in route editor
  
• Fixed map behaviour when adding a new template in timetable editor
  
• Fixed train editor to display vehicle correctly after changing it to be a livery for another vehicle
  
• Added list of recently selected options to the bottom of the editor side panel when selecting from a long list
  
• Added automatic height balancing of hierachy and form views in editor side panel
  

Miscellaneous

• Fixed possible AI pathfinding error
  
• Fixed LOD rendering of some custom models
  
• Fixed wrong material order in some models (Workshop Class 122 in NSE livery)
  
• Added v-sync graphics setting
  

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Visuals

• Added an adjustable fogginess setting below the cloud slider next to the Watch and Drive buttons
  
• Permanently enabled haze graphics effect since fog won't work without it
  
• Enabled sky reflections for the highest graphics quality level by default
  
• Adjusted grain graphics effect
  
• Reduced water flickering
  
• Improved clouds
  

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a severe performance problem caused by extremely long shadows during sunrise and sunset
  
• Fixed a possible crash in the controls configuration screen
  
• Fixed minimap to update signal state immediately upon passing a clear AWS magnet
  
• Disabled ability to mess with controls in watch mode because axis-based hardware controllers would prevent AI from doing its job
  
• Removed "accurate tunnel mouths" graphics setting because it would make terrain load too slowly even on high-end systems
  
• Optimised shadow rendering
  

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Visuals

• Fixed missing train bodyshells when starting multiple runs without restarting the game
  
• Fixed missing textures for "BR Carflat" workshop item
  
• Fixed HUD timetable box to not show departure time for the last stop unless it's a portal exit
  
• Sped up loading of track sleepers and fastenings
  

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a reversing related bug that might cause pathfinding to fail
  
• Fixed a possible bug causing pathfinding to break after loading a saved run, leading to a traffic jam
  
• Fixed scenery chain links becoming unresponsive in route editor after splitting one with a new node
  
• Added 13 CPU optimisations for physics, pathfinding and simulation
  
• Changed screenshot saving path setting to use default value when the entry is blank instead of automatically filling in the default path
  

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Visuals

• Adjusted TAA sharpness
  
• Adjusted SSAO settings and window glass materials
  
• Improved lighting under overcast sky
  
• Added sky reflections option (disabled by default)
  
• Added performance impact warning to water reflections setting
  
• Fixed default antialiasing setting for "high quality" preset
  

Miscellaneous

• Fixed camera aspect ratio in editors when not using FSR3
  
• Fixed possible crash in service detail screen caused by missing or invalid train material
  

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Visuals

• Added FSR3 upscaling/anti-aliasing method. You can select this from the anti-aliasing menu on the graphics screen. There's also another drop-down menu below for selecting the rendering resolution when using FSR3. Reducing the rendering resolution should yield higher frame rates with relatively small impact on visual quality
  

Editors

• Fixed crash in train editor when regenerating vehicle guid
  
• Fixed problem with terrain node height being drawn over node information in route editor if they're close to each other
  
• Improved editor side panel form layout
  
• Added chain subdivision tools to route editor
  

Miscellaneous

• Updated the project from Unity 2019 to Unity 2022. This may affect the performance and stability of the game, hopefully in a positive way
  
• Fixed possible crash when starting sim and quickly cancelling it
  
• Fixed possible crash when loading scenery (Rural line)
  
• Enabled physical key layouts. This means that the default keys always correspond to their physical location on a QWERTY keyboard, even when using another layout like QWERTZ or AZERTY
  
• Optimised DDS texture loading during the sim
  

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Editors

• Renamed "Model files" model source in route editor to "Plain and packed files" for consistency with train editor
  
• Fixed changing the parent of a model node from the editor side panel to automatically update local position/rotation/scale
  
• Fixed model node parent list in editor side panel to correctly remove invalid options that might lead to a crash
  
• Added sane default volume and pitch values for new sound behaviours in train editor
  
• Added simple asset packing progress report on screen
  

Visuals

• Fixed incorrectly oriented rail fastenings in some autogenerated turnouts
  
• Fixed texture distortion on the sides of sleepers in autogenerated turnouts
  
• Fixed some vegetation shadow artifacts
  
• Fixed false positives in material matching (fixes Class 31 roof colours)
  
• Adjusted screen-space ambient occlusion settings
  
• Adjusted brake van interior brightness
  
• Added some contest screenshots to loading and credit screens
  

Miscellaneous

• Replaced third party model loader with a custom one for .obj/.mtl files. The third party loader was unable to load models if there were some special characters in the file path
  
• Changed rail joint sound mixing to normal for trains last saved before April 13 because the sounds over turnouts were too loud
  
• Reduced bass in Class 37/40 engine sounds
  
• Fixed AWS to not cause an emergency braking at start on some vehicles
  

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• The easiest way to post a screenshot is to use Steam's built-in functionality, usually the F12 key
  
• Use the maximum resolution that your system supports
  
• Hide the timetable by pressing F2 and other parts of the HUD with F3
  
• Choose the highest graphics level from the top of the "Graphics settings" screen
  
• Try enabling the optional "depth of field" graphics setting for a focus effect (works best while zooming in)
  
• Use the free roaming camera mode to position the camera
  
• Use the pause key to stop all trains while finding a good position for the camera. Alternatively, you can try using time acceleration for an exaggerated motion blur effect
  
• Adjust cloudiness from the slider just before starting the run
  
• Try taking screenshots at different times of the day: bright midday lighting is not always the best
  
• Remember that the loading screen has a box that covers the centre of the picture
  

Editors

• Fixed timetable editor becoming unresponsive in some cases after deleting a template from the side panel
  
• Fixed advanced service pattern generation in timetable editor to have drop-down lists for choosing preceding or succeeding templates
  
• Made node material name matching more robust against small variances in material names
  
• Fixed sound packing in train editor to use case-insensitive file names similar to unpacked sound files. (Requires repacking)
  
• Added formation cloning option to timetable editor
  

Visuals

• Improved terrain texture detailing with tessellation and noise
  
  
• Improved grey and beige ballast textures
  
  
• Replaced brown ballast texture with a better one
  
  
• Reduced grass texture colour saturation and made it slightly darker
  
• Reduced vegetation size to more realistic proportions and increased density
  
  
• Added anti-aliasing to distant terrain
  
  
• Improved positioning of track sleepers and fastenings to prevent them from being too close to each other at track section ends
  
• Fixed incorrect switch rail animation when a turnout is connected to a 90-degree curve
  
• Fixed terrain loading to prevent a stripe of wrong texture appearing near the edge of some terrain tiles
  
• Disabled min/max ground deviation for default track types to prevent camera from shaking when close to track in helicopter mode. The new improved terrain textures have similar visual irregularity anyway
  

Miscellaneous

• Fixed possible division by zero that caused terrain to become corrupt around truncated track or road sections
  
• Clamped camera pitch angle to prevent the camera from turning upside down
  

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Editors

• Fixed train editor rails to reload after making changes
  
• Fixed timetable editor to stop test run when deleting its template during the run
  
• Fixed route editor scenery view to render long chain links correctly
  
• Fixed scenery view in route editor to update automatically after moving a terrain node
  
• Fixed height for single points (like when moving a node that follows terrain) to match the visual terrain outside the area defined by terrain nodes
  
• Prevented node from rotating in route editor when trying to move it by dragging
  
• Added tooltips and changed the user interface for some terrain node/preset properties for convenience
  

Traffic

• Fixed spawning of some static formations (Lambourn RAF Welford shunting)
  
• Fixed AI signaller problem with some reversing moves (RAF Welford Shunting)
  
• Fixed AI driver issue with circular tracks
  
• Fixed AI driver stopping at the wrong place and getting stuck at some stations (Wilanowska Kolej Dojazdowa)
  
• Fixed AI driver trying to move in the wrong direction when trying to correct its wrong stopping position
  
• Fixed some other cases of AI driver getting stuck
  

Visuals

• Fixed culling problem for some custom models when instanced rendering is active (models would disappear too early near the camera)
  
• Fixed height mismatch between terrain and other scenery in some cases when there's a zone that affects terrain height
  
• Disabled exhaust gas shadows because they don't display correctly on Linux
  
• Widened service list in run menu
  

Miscellaneous

• Fixed custom stereo sound distortion
  
• Optimised terrain loading
  

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