Beiträge von kiski

Hello, german railroaders,

The making of 372 is slowly coming to an end. Few more sounds, some additional scripting and it is done. But before I will give a final blessing to that class, I would like to ask - which route is the best for PZB testing? Personally I do not play them, as normally I do not make german locos. But this time I need an advice in this. What route, especially quick drive is the best for it?

Or - is it hard to make a short straight test route with your signals to test it? I do not know them at all. Who would be willing to do so for me?

Thanks in advance.

Btw - it will have PZ80R program PZB90. That is some sort of prototypical PZB. The same like in, say, BR132/232 from vR. But I will have that control box functional

If anyone is able to get proper sounds for DAT 4a-E - AC main switch on the roof, I would be glad. Both switch on and off sounds from outside. I´m not a specialist for german locos, but I believe this type of AC main switch has been used quite extensively in the past decades. 372 used them and former East Germany supplied them to Skoda factory for this loco class, as we in former Czechoslovakia used different AC catenary - 25kV 50Hz and did not have such devices.

Thanks in advance.

Zitat von DennyW

Very nice Pic from Cab https://www.bahnbilder-leipzig.de/htm/fstand-br180.htm

But that is already cab after reconstruction. I´m doing the original one, or at least I´m trying to.

Hello, traindrivers. After awhile, the cab is complete, except a few details (like PZB switches, etc...)

Scripting has already started, but the long road is still lying in front of me...

Ok, exterior model is already standing on tracks...

Consider the transformer is done...

BlackHawk

Things have moved a bit

Btw, that transformer was a product of VEM, german factory I believe. Or correct me if I´m wrong. Definitely not czechoslovak made.

Hello Hallenser

Ok then, I was beginning to wonder what could go wrong with latest update Thanks for feedback.

Btw, it´s not only 3kV= locos, but also pure 25kV~ locos. The only difference are two- or multi-system machines.

According to previous post - I would be glad if any of you, dear customers, can share your FPS with my loco. I wonder how it is doing on other computers or notebooks, perhaps compared to other locos. My finding could not be purely objective as an author. Thank you.

Hallenser :

In fact it depends on loco type. Pure DC or pure AC locomotives can switch the Main Switch on BEFORE raising pantographs. Moreover, you can´t do it other way, because electric layout do not allow you to raise pantos before you set Main Switch ON. Logically, if you switch OFF main Switch, any raised panto will be lowered. Bear in mind that these locos comes from 80´, when nobody has expected a train driver to be so dumb to raise pantos on one-system loco under different system that could damage it Some basic common inteligence has been predicted

On contrary, two-system locos (AC-DC) must raise pantos first - to detect type of current in catenary first and only after than you´re allowed to switch corresponding Main Switch.

About those neutral sections - when it comes to my E499.3, normal procedure should be to cut off any power the loco is taking from catenary, either it is traction force or EDB by setting "POMERNY TAH" (relative force) to zero. Then you can lower pantos with pantoswitch by setting it to 0, without switching Main Switch off. After passing you just raise pantos, wait for Ameter showing catenary voltage value and further proceed normally. If you lower your pantos while loco is still making any traction or electrodynamic braking force, you´ll end up with main switch of due to undervoltage protection.

Btw, this remainds me that I should translate some loco messages to english for foreign customers like yourself to understand what is happening with the loco itself in case some non-standard situation arise. Maybe in the next update

Thanks for your feedback, but I never noticed any significant FPS drop with my loco. I´ve tested it intensively, and compared to, say, Vectron from K-Trains it shines in FPS. Of course, due to extensive advanced scripting some FPS drops are present, but nothing heavy. Also I have compared it to few others from vR, RSSLO, even with DTG locos and haven´t noticed any big difference. Is everything ok on your side? Also depends on the route you play my loco on - it is well known that some czech routes are very expensive, when it comes to CPU power and require a decent machine to play it smoothly. If I may, I suggest to play ŽSR 150 from Simon Stehlík&Co or some parts of Podkrušnohorská Magistrála from Jirka Mrázek. Btw, E499.3009 was tested on these routes respectively.

For example, I play TSC on my notebook, that has Ryzen 7 5800H 3,2GHz, nVidia RTX 3060, 16GB RAM, Windows 10 Home and have on Jirka Mrazek´s routes cca. 40FPS. In TestovaciTrat I have almost 60FPS. Rain or snow does not make any difference, but of course, night setting do, especially when in stations with many lamps.

...and now mapped, textured and shadowed...

It is done. Without mapping and texturing so far.

This corresponds to one side only. Second bogie has differernt speed sensor (for german PZB, the one on the picture is for Hasler), so it will be modelled next. Mapping and texturing right after.

Btw, if I may ask - could admin move all 372 corresponding posts to a new different thread? It has nothing to do with ČSD E499.3. Thanks.

Zitat von DennyW

German customers like it when they are taken care of very quickly when problems arise. Or as they say colloquially, smearing honey around your mouth

In this case it has nothing to do with german customers in particular - those PZB sensors were fitted with both czechoslovak (later czech) and german version, so it has to be modelled for both variants. Even if I would not have been making a german version, I would model them, too.

But yes, you´re right - I have german customers in mind

Zitat von xxmichaelxx327

Nice to see PZB being implemented into the locomotive, that's definitely a good argument for the payware version.

Those who know me as an author are aware that I would script it even for a freeware It belongs to that locomotive, so it should be a part of it.

Another progress - started to work on PZB sensors...

Zitat von AirmanMiG

You are free to compare it. Find out for yourself

I won´t be able to, as I´m not willing to pay almost 40€. I bet it has its qualities, but overall, in my opinion it´s just overpriced.

Sorry, but 35€ without VAT?? So with VAT included, how much does it cost? 40€? Just because it has some dimensions measured on real machine? I myself did my E499.3 according to real blueprints I got direclty from SKODA factory, so the result is the same. The rest is about the scripting itself. In my opinion, it´s too much for one loco, even if it would shine above all the rest.

But hey, maybe it´s just me.

BlackHawk maybe so, but that is something every author is responsible for himself...

Spikee1975 thank you for both of us - me and Kal000px. We always try to do our best to satisfy you, our customers. Even with freeware.

DennyW well, it´s hard to compare those two. Mainly because of power transfer. E499.3 is pure electric loco, all regulation processes are very quick. On the other hand, 750.7 is dieselelectric loco, and diesel engine does not react so fast, it has a big inertia. So in case of any change the control system in 750.7 start to regulate, it usually overreact down or up. It if very hard to achieve the same regulation like in, say, electric locos, so it reacts with forward heap. In other words - it´s lazy.

But thanks anyway, glad you like that.