Virtual Trains

Board Walker wrote: »

I decided to post this here as its more related to than the Train and rail systems.

Has anyone got Railworks 2020? I've just realised a Chap called Brendan Moran spent about 12 years building the Cork to Dublin route including the Limerick City and Tralee lines. I actually cant believe how much work has gone into it. And whats more... Its Freeware! I'm quite sure this chap could have made a fortune off Dovetail in the UK. The level of realism is beyond anything i've seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icUdTN1eVhk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iOuXijJoIE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep79wHSji64

I’ll pass the suggestion on to him, but he’s doing it more as a labor of love. He used to have HO scale layouts, but life more suits virtual layouts these day.

He’s about done with DART (still needs to build the rolling stock) and has apparently just tackled the Faranfare to Valentina Harbor line. Will install when I get a new PC next month.

Board Walker wrote: »

I removed train sim. I could never really get the route working properly. the only part i could ever drive properly was mallow to Tralee. and at that ground would have been missing under the rails etc, after downloading every single file that was required.

Yeah, getting the full set of assets is annoying. Unfortunately, both he and I have been installing in bits and pieces over the years as the line gets further along, and we've discovered that assets he thinks are in a package in fact are not. As a result, when I get the new PC next month I'm going to do a full install from total scratch to make sure everything in the packages that is needed is, in fact, in the packages and work with him to fix it. I'll post back here when we have this properly sorted.

OK, with dad actually watching over my shoulder (Now that we have opened the borders), I went ahead and installed from scratch so he could see what was or was not working.

To get yourself at least rolling on Dub-Cork-Limerick-Tralee, install the RWPs (with the TS Utilities tool) from following files in order from UKTrainsim.

35528, 35529, 35530, 35531, 35532, 37356, 37362.

Note that there are some readmes in there which instruct you to get a few more files from other sources. One of them is Polish and no longer a good URL, but it doesn't seem to be the end of the world.

There are still a few quirks he's discovered, for example, some of the DMUs are based off a German vehicle the DLC for which I did not purchase, so you might see some couplers floating down the rail line, but the majority is good. Same with the DART line should you choose to try that out, the DART EMUs are based on a payable DLC, but you can still run the line with a railcar. Maybe there's a power cut or something. Here's Howth.

Anyway, he's seen the troubles with a fresh install, so we'll see if he's able to put out a patch as best he can.

You are quite correct. I wouldn't have copped it either, as I don't see the parking brake as an option in the HUD. Just train, engine and dynamic. But I turned it off, and it took off with the 13:00 to Cork with no trouble at all.

Apparently not, he's got to finish the Dun Laoighre stretch before releasing it.

That and the other detail is that he doesn't have an EMU to drive.

Threads are apparently locked.

Only update is he has uploaded a new file for Dublin- Cork which includes the new platform at Limerick Junction. But he couldn't post on the forum to announce it.

DART is still under construction. For whatever reason he has decided to expand the line to Rosslare so it's not public yet. (I'm home for Christmas).