Pulpwood... cheers I'll take a look

I've recorded another couple of days after this and so far the sort has been easier. I think I've got a routine in mind now on what order to do things so I don't have to wait too long but as you say there's nothing at the interchange so parking the locos will be difficult when they need fixing.

Hi. Cheers for your comment. Can confirm that's how I ran the engines. In the next episode on Monday I separate the locos, forget to uncheck the mu & cutoff on the 2nd loco and wonder why it's not performing correctly lol. Luckily I work it out.

Yeah... The rep went down. But at least it's not happened since

github.com/rmroc451/TweaksAndThings/releases

@@bluewizard thank you so much! Love the content man

Happy to hear. I've just posted an article listing all the mods I use if that's useful. kzfaq.infoUgkxFl_IlIF6VK2aKHsO0yCYQBg2x4xZ_iFw

Honestly don't know. Would suggest to ask on their Discord. Sounds have been updated since the game was released though

The issue luckily only happens on this episode. Difficult to know why, maybe a game update, or perhaps the save just didn't load correctly. Either way after this mostly all fine again.

Might be. Only happened whilst recording this episode. This week's 3 episodes were all recorded on the same day with the game saved and closed between each recording. The only difference was that the game had an update before and after this episodes recording. It's a long day recording and editing 3 episodes in day and as the issue didn't continue I didn't look further into it.

I was surprised how bad the track looked. The game details are pretty much set to the top so I thought it would look better. Some aspects look fine such as the houses and lighting. I didn't actually like the loco either. I can't put my finger on it but something on the exterior looks a little strange. Since recording I've set the key bindings so next video it might be a little easier to drive. The key bindings were also what caused me to stall the loco. I was pressing buttons lol. The more I think about it the more I think that Diesel Railcar simulates this loco better. There's no suspension movement here, the air pipe let the brakes off straight away after stopping even though I left it in gear. And at the end the game didn't give me a breakdown of how I drove, only how late I was and how close to the target I stopped. So far the little indie game wins. But we'll do some more videos so I can build a fuller opinion.

@@bluewizard I have never played Diesel rail car simulator but do play Train sim world 4 on PS5. This route is quite a few years old, and was released for an older version of the game (TSW2 I think) , so while it runs well on TSW4, It doesn't make use of updated lighting, effects and features of the newer game. I think more recent versions of the game and routes have some degree of suspension. They are supposed to be putting much more realistic suspension into the game soon, but whether that will be in this version of the game or a future version I don't know . At the moment the TSW4 route Blackpool Branches (also set in the 1980s) has a pacer which has more realistic suspension. And is a far better looking route being designed for TSW4.

Cheers for the info @tmn278 . Diesel Railcar Simulator is an indie pc game by a single dev. It's far smaller in scope than TSW and only includes 1960s UK Diesels and 3 maps. On one hand as it's a single dev the simulation might not be as good as TSW but but on the other hand as it only focuses on this era of loco it might simulate these better. As I'm not a train driver I won't really ever know which it is but what I could test is if driving a similar loco in both games would feel the same and they don't. Part of that will be the controls (the hit boxes for instance are different and this will cloud the feeling) but the way the loco behaved also felt different. One thing for sure that is better in DRS is the brake line. If you stop and leave it in gear the brakes can take minutes to release making you late. This didn't seem to be simulated in TSW (on this route) which is a pity. The graphics on this route on TWS are fine. As mentioned there were a few things that caught my eye such as the suspension and the track. If memory serves me correctly TSW uses unreal whereas DRS uses unity so the feel will always be different. Gameplay is also a little different. On TSW you get scored for how close you stop the train to the target. I liked this. DRS doesn't have it though. The scoring page is more detailed though on DRS and in my mind this gives a better incentive to play again and do better. Overall I enjoyed playing and have recorded another timetable with this loco. I might try and pick up the route you mention at some point to see what a newer route looks like. For not though this is an interesting experiment.

@@bluewizard Another route the Class 101 is included on (in TSW) is the Tees valley line DLC. But this is a route of similar age to Northern Trans-pennine. From what I can remember I don't think there was much if any difference in how they drove and handled. I think there is also another loco DLC pack which allows the 101 to run on the GWR DLC. It also appears in a small number of time table services on Blackpool branches, but I think you have to have Tees Valley and or NTP routes installed. There is a new 104 DMU DLC in development by a 3rd party developer which its base route will be the Peak Forrest DLC. As far as I know when they bring in new suspension it will be added to only a select few existing locos and units, but then included on subsequent new releases.

One big thing I like about this era of locos is how simple they really are. Can you imagine many of the drivers at that time would have originally been Steam engine drivers and would have retrained to drive these. I wonder what they would have thought about them? Apart from me playing with the key bindings and managing to stall the loco, my only real issues were that it performed differently to similar locos on Diesel Railcar simulator and so I wasn't sure of braking distance. I do wonder which SIM is more accurate with this loco. My gut says it's Diesel Railcar as that game is based solely on this era of loco but who knows. I'll be having another go on TSW and hopefully will be a little better.

Haha... Yes I was terrible lol. I didn't know sign meant drive. Good to know. And how strange that I picked a route that a viewer would have driven irl. Whats the odds. I don't really play TSW normally so don't have much reference. I didn't visually feel that I was going up a hill but now you mention it, it does explain why the loco didn't feel that it had any pulling power and the braking was so short. It would be good to have some visual clues if you are climbing though. My reason for playing was that if TSW and Diesel railcar were accurate simulators the driving would feel exactly the same or at least similar but it felt completely different. I wonder if either are accurate? I will never know lol

I've thought of creating a second logs service per day which might mean the sawmill process the lumber quicker. At the moment as you say you seem to get more each morning then the sawmill can handle. Waiting to deliver the new wagons from the interchange until later in the day might also be worth trying. That's a good idea. I'm just terrible at changing my routines lol I haven't had to touch oiling either. As all the locos at some point are ai driven I think they're doing it

@@bluewizardI believe it said that if ai driven and stationary for an undetermined period of time. Then the ai will service the train

@@bluewizard I usually do, two to occasionally three runs, from the Saw Mill to Connelly, each morning and then usually mid day or afternoon, that way the Saw Mill has a in house inventory of 45-55 logs on hand for next mornings production. Usually it's around 17:00-18:00 when I empty out S01 and S02 to the Interchange so both sidings are fully open for that mornings deliveries the next day. I'll run the 0-6-0 for switching the sidings because of how short it is in overall length, and run the first Ten wheeler you get as the logger to make the run up and back from Connelly

@butthead6965. I don't think the ai service the locos but they will certainly oil them which is very useful. @trevorstein4603 that seems a good way to do it. I wouldn't have time within the video to do it that way though. My idea is to buy an extra loco and wagons and alternate deliveries. It might work to speed things up

@@bluewizard sorry. I wrote that reply badly. Yeah that’s what I meant by service the train. Go and check the axle boxes. Neat idea.

Can't remember if I've shown it on video (might be why you mention it) but I've also changed the time to 1-1 and have left it there. Running in day for video is far better

​@@bluewizardstill can't get the auto break/couple mod to work either.

Use this: github.com/rmroc451/TweaksAndThings/releases Latest version In next weeks videos it won't be working as I was recording when the games were being updated and it broke lots of things. It is working now.

I enjoyed using it. I've said to others that I think there shouldn't be a free version and to lower the price of the paid version. I think the dev would make more money in the long term doing that. But as is, if you're using it enough and are happy with the price then helping the dev by upgrading is a very good thing. This is German software so like EEP which is also German it does seem to more favour continental European locos. It's a pity for both as a wider selection would help to sell them. You would likely need to look at something like Trainz if you did want a greater selection.

Great advice. Absolutely

Makes a change doesn't it lol

Still only using the one depot for repairs but might start using Alarka if I leave an engine down there in the future. But coal... Yes... As many locations as possible.

Taking coal to a new location straight away is a good idea. I don't have enough locos though to leave one in each area so whatever loco is heading that way has to do the job. The lack of locos will also make for some interesting consists in the upcoming episodes. Hopefully this will get rectified at some point

@bluewizard felt that I was really struggling there for a second I didn't unlock the red marble grade for probably about a week and a half in game and just kept building up my inventory of locos and making sure all my industries I had going were serviced

My constraint here is that I'm making a video of me playing. 3 videos = 1 day. The total playtime for the day is 5-6 hours. I then spend another 2-3 hours editing. It pretty much takes an entire real life day to make the 3 episodes. 3 episodes then go out per week so it's a number of weeks before I can get enough money to proceed so when I do get money I have to use it wisely. Sometimes its used for a new loco but mostly it's used to expand the area as I think that makes for a better video.

@bluewizard I gotcha, I was thinking about livestreaming and playing the game like 6 hours 4 times a week for 1 in game day - or - OR - play it 24 hours straight

Harder but simpler also. Less things to think about.

To be honest I just tried to use a colour similar to my logo and website colour which I've used for years. It does look like a deep sea blue now you mention it. Good choice of colour if that's what you're using 😁

@@bluewizard Hah. Thanks. I was trying for that dark blue the U.S. Navy painted their planes in the 50s and when I got a color sheet of variations ended up using something slightly lighter.

Needs some optimisation but has potential

Yes... Recording 4 videos (about 7hrs recording) in a day is maybe not a great idea. And having a time limit when the last video must be recorded by was certainly the final nail. Rushing whilst tired.. well mistakes happened.

Glad you like the video. I see that you got to go in the cab. It was so busy when I went that I couldn't get in. The best video is on their own channel. Very professionally filmed. www.youtube.com/@SetesdalsbanensVenner/featured

I copped out a used keyboard controls quite a bit on this vid. Even so still made a mistake lol

Ah... Didn't know that 👍

No.. after installing it all worked. Difficult to know why it's not for you. Obviously make sure you've got the latest version of Railloader. It doesn't say you need Strange Customs but if you don't have it you could try adding it. The issue could be a conflict with another mod perhaps. In your game folder there is a folder called mods, if you remove any sub folder from here the mod in that sub folder will be removed. You could try removing other mods and then try it to see if it then works. You can place the sub folders back into the mods folder and that mod will be readded, so if you remove a mod it doesn't have to be a permanent action. Good luck

@@bluewizard only other thing I have is map enhancer. I could try removing it but I'll try

Yeah i have the same issue. I'm getting the mph readout on the wagons, but no coupling or break mods running :(

The games just been updated so this might be causing issues. I'll be recording the next set of 3 eps later so will see if it's still working.

There's another mod that has the buttons github.com/rmroc451/TweaksAndThings/releases It's just been updated and is working.

Cheers

The trip down to Ela, the train brake pipe wasn't connected, so the only option was the independent!!!