Tag Archives: Train Simulator

Testing, Testing & More Testing

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What have I been up to lately? Testing, Testing and More Testing. This is my test level for Train Sim, That I use to test rail connections and how rolling stock behaves in various scenarios. You may find watching this 5 minute video a bit boring, but imagine doing this 20-30 times. Each time I perform a test if I find a bug, I have to stop, fix the bug, restart again. Over and over again.

The good new is I think I have finally figured out my last bug so I can start rolling out this update very soon!

Unless I find more bugs ….

Train Sim Improved Rails & Electrical Wires

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Work continues on the next update to Train Sim with the main focus on improved 3D Rails & Electrical Wires.

This turned out to be more difficult than I originally thought, due to the fact that I had to update a major system in Train Sim that creates the tracks and wires on a predefined path. This means that all the tracks in Train Sim had to be remade & then re-tested.

Also because the the height of the 3D tracks have changed, I had to re-test all the Trains & Cars to ensure their positioning on the tracks is correct.

After a month of work and quite a few 12AM nights, I think all the tracks & trains are now positioned correctly. However I still have to check the positioning of all the cars & perform a full test cycle of the game.

Coming Soon to Train Sim

Train Sim Updates

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Work Continues on Train Sim as I am in the process of rolling out the second update in less then a month.  The main focus of these 2 updates was getting regular train wagons/cars to properly connect to shunting cars found on side tracks.  I have to admit this turned out to be allot more difficult then I originally thought.  After 2 updates I believe that I worked out all the major bugs and you should be able to build larger trains as shown in the above video.

While I was busy working on connecting cars the drivers decided to construct a Hand Car.  This beauty is now available in Train Sim at an amazing top speed of 10 mph.

Train Wagon Blue Stripe

Although in most updates, Trains are the main feature, adding interesting rolling stock is also important.  The above train wagon with a full 3D interior is now also available in Train Sim.

Over the next week or so I will be rolling out these awesome updates to all platforms including Mac OS, Windows Store, Amazon, iOS & Android

After that I hope that the new 300 Series Shinkansen 3D model will be done so I can begin working on adding it to Train Sim

Happy Rails!