The time has come! With the free TramSim update 1.1 you finally have the possibility to drive and operate the E2 yourself! As with the Flexity, the challenge is to stop precisely at the stops (with the E2 by means of 7 braking levels), to perform the passenger change by means of door release and to be accident-free on the road - oh well, the timetable should of course also be adhered to :)
We wish you much fun with the update! The detailed changelog can be found at the end of this posting.
Information about steering and operation of the E2 can be found in the menu under "Tutorials & Help" --> "General Help" or by clicking on the question mark icon in the vehicle menu.
TramSim is extended by a new Tram - the classic type E2! It has been embellishing the cityscape of Vienna for over 40 years. A special feature of the vehicle are the fold-out steps.
Changelog:
- E2 with trailer c5 added as new vehicle
- Selection of different vehicle numbers for Flexity and E2 is now possible
- Bugfix: game crashed if you had already started a game, switched back to the main menu and then wanted to start a new game
- Bugfix: Driver camera head movement effect was sometimes extremely strong (especially with stronger braking)
- Reload hitches were reduced
- Bugfix for crosswalks (cars sometimes didn't continue although the crosswalk was free)
- Bugfix: TSP double when loading saved games
- Bugfix: wrong distances on AI trains between car parts/joints
- Sitting down (change from first person perspective to driver perspective) is now only possible near to the driver's seat
- Operation of keys/buttons/etc. and switches is now only possible when being near it
- Memory cleanup is now done every minute (instead of every 5 minutes)
- Centering of driver and interior camera perspectives via spacebar (default key assignment) now correctly resets the rotation to the individual default value of each camera perspective
- In E2 there are several predefined cockpit perspectives that can be switched through using arrow keys (left and right) (see also further information below).
Map-Updates:
- Car stops points at Burgring set back further
- Cars no longer disappear into the side lane at Burgring
- Tufts of grass at Schottenring removed
- Ground markings on the Ring corrected, which colored car tires or feet white
Currently there are already a few known things, which we will fix in an update:
- E2 and trailer: small matrix display (used for line number display) currently doesn't work
- E2 and trailer: sometimes passengers are preventing doors to close. In this case please press and hold "Freigabe löschen" (revoke door release, Num 6) for at least 5 seconds
- The distance between E2 and trailer increases after a while
- To be able to use the newly added cockpit camera views in E2 you currently need to reset the keyboard controls to default
- AI trams sometimes move very slow in the area of stations
- Repaint functionality for E2 is currently not available but will be added with the next update