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ICE 925 by Malte J. Driving the ICE2 here from the Steuerwagen; it is nice and quiet, and the sounds are good. Pic is from cab, using Ebula, and to the right, you can see MAERSK containers with a "K" - how they (almost) should be (my own texture mod).

BR323:

Got the same problem using a double set driving from the Steuerwagen. But after I replaced it with a single set driving from the engine, everything was normal. So I think there is something with the trainset, even if I am aware of buggy LZB on that route. I will try again today driving a single set from the Stw.

More info:

It seems to be a combination of a difference between the Steuerwagen and the engine, plus a buggy LZB on that route. Driving from the Stw, I can reproduce this fault any time. Doing the same Munster-Bremen gives no faults.

There are actually correct "MAERSK" textures, but only if I replace wagon by wagon. Which takes too much time.

I found the texture in question today, Container_40ft.TgPcDx, which is used for auto_beladen. Was able to convert it to .dds with RSbinTool. Then, in Photoshop CS5 with the Nvidia plugin, I put in two missing "K"'s, flattened the image, then saved as Dxt5 according to the repaint Wiki here.

The problem now is that I cannot convert it back to TgPcDx with TS-Tools; I get a message about a missing header. What to do?

EDIT:

OK, the readme for RSbinTool was unclear on a small item. Got it to work by having RSbinTool open all the time, and understood I had to save from the DDS menu, and I overwrote the original Container_40ft.TgPcDx (which I have a backup of). So here's a pic of my first go. Now I just have to find out what that font is, but it ain't looking bad for now! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Forgive for not wanting to read through the complete thread again, but:

After passing the first bridge driving from Siegen, I get a zwangse. This has to do with an indusi right after the bridge, probably warning about going down to 40 km/h before passing the first station, as work is going on there. At that station, it is a lot of milchkannen too. If memory serves, I saw in another discussion this may be because of assets no more available. Should I simply delete that magnet and the milchkannen as well? I did this with HaSi V3. Pic is showing the magnet, plus milchkanne between the rails. Milch? Dang, make a beer can instead...

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I never thought of searching through scenarios as well with TS-Tools. I was missing the Trainworks Gleisbaustellenset; problem solved.

Please cut ICE Fan some slack. Only guy that can explain this is Erich. My brain right now is done for and useless

Battery driven electric cars, trains and planes are just downright unreal dreams made by politicians and the businessmen behind, so they can tap into our wallets even more than before. There is no solidity in such politics. No steady power supply can come from wind turbines and solar panels, and you can't order wind and sun "on demand". Better stay with what we already know and improve on that (hydro electric and nuclear electric) power supplies.

To answer original poster - best leave the trains to still be electric - as long as the power supply comes from a sensible and steady source.

It's funny the tracks aren't there as they are included in the download. Me, I would have tried to reinstall the package. And check the homepage of that download - as it states you need another download to get it all working. Last time I did this the extra package needed had become donationware.

Could it be as simple as this: When starting at Altona, I often see no rails, nor the Bahnsteig. But after a minute it all is there (long loading times).

First test made me go all the way from Konstanz to Hausach, and that does not happen too often. I like the dark cab very much, and all the numbers are easy to read. The loco shakes in a natural way. Acceleration and deceleration feels good; I stop exactly where I want to stop. The AFB set value is precise, contra vR's over - and undershooting. The AFB actual value is another story (undershooting). I solve this by either going manual, or setting the value to decelerate to in very small steps, then a half-up (over) - then a half back. So I hope for an AFB fix and... ability to use the Ebula.

The Arlbergbahn is being used here for the time being, It is a massive and fine effort by RSSLO to recreate that long and very interesting line. What I'm saying next is not critisism against RSSLO - I'm just saying even with the greenery upgrade, when driving that line, I have to lift my eyes from the track and rather enjoy the landscape, because what you see from the cab (which is often that bloody track)! - is not much to be enjoyed about.

BR-218 : Wooha and now you are doing it again. Most important thing for me is (like I have said to boredom before) - doing gravel beneath the tracks. I'm playing with the thought of trying to do the same for Tauernbahn. But in that case I would need to be told how to do this like I'm a six-year old

I agree - and I'm indeed happy with the gravel on the new routes. This is why I purchased a lot of them lately - as I can see RSSLO maybe is understanding this. But I cannot understand why this is not done on this new route - but we have not seen it finished just yet either. You could say I'm friendly towards RSSLO too; maybe I just don't sound like that now and then

Happens in the real world too. I once took a picture of a hangar where the plating had a "texture" like Scwellen, and thought my camera did something wrong. Just to discover next time I was there, I could see it with mye bare eyes in the morning sun. Seems to be a trick of lighting angles, this Moire effect.

If RSSLO can't understand the simple fact gravel beneath the tracks is very important to the general impression of the line, to me - this is a no-go. I have a lot of old RSSLO stuff without gravel, never to be installed again. Though I make an exception for Salzburg-Swartzach St. Veit and Kufstein-Brenner because I love those lines.

Still many bugs to hammer out, like wrong speed signs, yellow signal pre warning for no reason. Minimum two zwangses driving from Frankfurt to Fulda tests my patience. But patches seem to come up fast, and the total impression of the route is good. So I take my chance on "Weiterempfehlen" - as my stomach is full of Frankfurter's

HA! Finally got my flashlight, good to have when walking through tunnels (just press L)

There's no rail vehicles on this photo, but I'm taking the chance to show you this still. Photo is from Flekkefjordbanen in Norway, Flikkeid station, a sideline to Sørlandsbanen. No traffic there since circa 1975, but some maintenance is done. This line started with steam (as you can see), and ended with with diesel. The line is mountain-hugging many places, like the Tauernbahn.

Regarding SIFA:

First press St on left MFD. Then select the first alarm, press V=0 two times. Then C to get back to alarm list, select alarm no.2 - and same procedure. After this your cab is quiet.

This loco (I feared I needed to read a long manual and then translate)... was actually easy to set up. Just turn a key, switch the lights on, then drive off. Max 90 km/h.

I see these blue, distant mountains now and then, often in the RSSLO world. I think this has nothing to do with RSSLO or HaSi, but the weather in use. No matter AP v2 or not - this just happens now and then.

Working for MAV for the time being, on the Ostbahn. Using the Christrains 186 in order to get the repaint. It has a quiet and pleasant cab, so for once I have no problem driving without PZB.