Beiträge von Norweger

Can any of you guys simply tell me how many times I have to use PZB ack and where, when approaching Bremen Main Station? I surprise myself for the time being driving all the Aufgaben with PZB/LZB without any problems, but I can never get to Bremen (with the Velaro) without being zwangsed, no matter what I do. I have also tried creeping through all the three signals having restrictions at 40km/h, but also there I fail. And I get zwangsed in the station itself, I think it is the 2000Hz coming in. I don't understand the Bremen approach, or what I do wrong there. I whish I had an "approach chart" for Bremen showing me where to acknowledge, like approach charts for flight sims!

Bremen reminds me of Bad Basel, never had much success there either, but then I installed FB Reloaded, and my problems entering that station disappeared, PZB/LZB working as I expected it to.

What is it with the Bremen approach I just don't get?

Another simple, unedited pic. From the third time I drove the late "pub train" in the Munich-Augsburg scenery. Love the epoch IV/V wagons, and hate black or grey 101's ... so I made my Porsche red again. When it is dark outside, this pic fills my PC screen without anything else to be seen. No taskbar, no icons, only the picture.

As long as I both edit (swap loco) and drive in 64bit, I can reload. I'm currently using an edited standard aufgabe using the ICE Velaro from a station close to Bremen, in order to train myself on the PZB approach there. Using 32bit, I got fault messages I now cannot remember. Must be the beer.

I found the Scenery Editor to work just fine - as long as I edit in 64bit - contra normally using 32bit for this.

BahnJan - Besten Dank. I really feel at home on this line. Even recognize my hotel in Bremen when too late there from Hannover, had to stay overnight in order to get to Varel (via Oldenburg) next day. Just drove half the line to Bremen at 200 km/h, and had my "traditional" zwangse before Bremen Hbf. Well better luck next time - gotta get to know the line.

I quickly learnt to cut power and use the train brake while on LZB, as the EP brake have noe effect at lower speeds (no more effect from the motors working as generators). A curiosity: The Norwegian EL-17 used bremseklotzen while using the EP brake. But this only for cleaning the wheels, not for braking. If I remember correctly, it used disc brakes for the EP part. And yes no smartphone. Should be a rather different word before "phone".

TEC 48973 to Freiburg. Freiburg-Basel Reloaded, sweet fx. I use only vR locos in FB Reloaded, and found this pic to be close to realism. Thx to all you builders out there, great to have the technical aspects of the line working correctly. Made me upgrade Hamburg Hannover too, and ahhh .... 200 km/h almost all the way, keine zwangse

Well. I did not do my maths properly, and tried to haul 10 SGNS from Innsbruck to Garmisch. I barely made it to Kranebitten, where I got fired! So, I had to walk all the way along the line down to Innsbruck, where I got drunk in a local bierschtube. Next day they called, and took me back in. With 6 SGNS, in autumn sun, I had a great trip to Garmisch, which cured my mountainous hangover.

Sorry wrong thread. Moderator please remove asap.

All I can tell is I got version 1.03 from Simmarket, noted this during install. I like to get my stuff from there because they are quick to update, and send me a mail when updates are ready. This based on many years with flightsimming.

Phil - bingo!

The El-17 was the hardest thing in this world to fault-trace and get going. We have two left. They go as shunters in Oslo these days. When I left NSB, I "borrowed" the producer signs from 17.2226 btw. They are now resting in front of my fireplace

Which locomotive is on my avatar? I have no bigger pic, but can reveal this is in 1.line werkstatt in Norway, around 1990. My hand is resting on the 1000V zugwarme line contact. The (broken) 4mm steel snowplough was hit by an elk btw. Elk=win, 4mm steel=loose.

Updated at Simmarket. Hope I now can avoid the CTD if looking right after exiting Katzenberg on approach to Basel.

No snow here yet, but found the winter on my way to Hagen. Hagen-Siegen for 6.3E, vR150 for 17E - good deal!

Danke Sehr, that saved my day

Since the 64bit upgrade (did a reinstall twice, actually), I have lost the mouse text when hovering over buttons in cabin, so I can no longer read what all those black buttons are for. This is a minor problem. Not being able to see what all those stupid symbols are in the Editor though... is a catastrophe to me. Makes the editor more or less useless.

Does anyone know how I can get the hover (over) text back?

Bremen - Oldenburg - Varel - Wilhelmshaven. Lubeck - Puttgarten. All of them with Quickdrive cargo sidings to choose from. Missing QD cargo stuff is to me a massive disappointment.

I would recommend at least 6GB on your GTX 1060. Got myself the 6GB version a year ago, thinking "in case I get a 4K monitor later". Now I have that 4K monitor, and flow is fine both in P3D and TS, frame rate between 40-60 when being careful using lowest SSAA settings. I have found SSAA to be a "must" for both simulators, taking away jaggies on long, thin objects - like catenarys.

Rest of system is:

i7-3770K 3,5GHz@4,5GHz, 512GB M2 disc (5xSSD speed), 16GB RAM.

Sending AI trains into the Puttgarten portal (ICE-TD) gives a lot of realism to Hamburg-Lubeck, as they leave Lubeck Hbf, pass through the harbour area, and disappear. What I see parked at Lubeck sidings is just fine realism. I also let trains come from this portal, by parking them just outside where the track ends, and sending them into Lubeck Hbf - und weiter. Have not had any problems as long as I set the Portal as end destination.

Zonk Freight on the road again. This time with my own volume regarding loco sound. TS is not the boss, I am. While driving, I sit there in cab, deconstructing xml code. I must be crazy. When at target, looking forward to a bratwurst.