This update adds support for translating the user inteface into different languages. The first time you start the game you'll see a menu for selecting the language. You can access the same menu later by clicking on the globe icon in the main menu.
Currently two languages are included: English and Finnish, with more languages in the Workshop. Please see the translation guide if you wish to make your own translation and upload it to the Workshop.
For now, editors remain in English only because of the enormous task of preparing the translation tables and translating all the pieces of text.
This update also includes improved ambient occlusion to add better shadows under trains and bridges and within trees.
The railcar underframe components are also now modelled in detail:
Runs saved with an earlier version are incompatible with this one, so you may get an "error loading saved run" message when trying to continue your last run.
Other changes:
User interface changes
- Added HUD opacity slider
- Added brake setting notch percentage to HUD helper
- Added some (undocumented) debugging options to timetable editor test runs
- Changed brake lap key to set running position if there's no lap position
- Fixed cab change keys to work properly for some failed formations in rescue
- Fixed mismatch in positions of some signals (near stations) in the minimap vs. the real position
AI improvements
- Fixed AI insisting on driving from the wrong loco in a formation with multiple Class 03 locos if the leading one is running cab first
- Fixed AI not returning to the previous signal after SPAD in some cases
- Improved AI to ease throttle before reaching target speed to prevent speeding
- Improved initial speed calculation when spawning at speed to prevent immediate SPADs
- Fixed signaller to properly clear signals around spawning place in case it's divided in multiple blocks
- Fixed pathfinder to make sure that reversals have enough space to reverse the train
- Fixed pathfinder to find valid reversals in some cases
Other changes
- Fixed dragging brakes in some failed formations in rescue
- Fixed some potential crashes
- Added asset packing tool
The purpose of the new asset packing tool is to bundle files together in a format that is not easily accessible to the regular user. This is a requirement for using many commercial 3D-models licensed from sites like CGTrader and TurboSquid. The tool is described in the route editor and train editor guides.
The next update focuses mainly on improving the user interface of the editors.