There's a whole bunch of stuff in this update, like advanced weather customization, new livery templates, new locomotive sound features and a bunch of new settings & options.
New weather types
To start with, the weather system has undergone a few changes and new additions!
The previous "weather presets" are now displayed in a list with preview pictures, and there are some new weather types added.
You can now use a "no clouds" weather option which has perfectly clear skies, which is perfect for desert layouts:
And fog has also been added!
Heavy fog even has 3D clouds that blow along the ground:
Weather customization
Instead of using the weather presets, you can now fully adjust each weather value individually!
This means you can change things like rain/snow/fog intensity, thunder storm intensity, wind strength etc. You can even create strange combinations like rain and snow at the same time if you choose.
To make use of the custom weather values, simply change the weather type to "custom" and go in to the "custom values" menu to change each value:
Freight wagon liveries
All of the 4 freight wagons added in the previous update now have custom livery templates!
You can already find player-made liveries of these new freight wagons on the Steam Workshop, but here are my own examples for each of the new templates:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2045606006&searchtext=
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2045606887&searchtext=
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2045606539&searchtext=
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2045607157&searchtext=
As with all the other liveries, you can find the templates in the "Rolling Line -> Modding -> templates" folder.
You can also find a guide on how to make liveries here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1405658466
New locomotive sound features
A minor feature added in this update is that locomotives are now silent (engine off) when you place them on track. Once you enter the cab (or take control with a hand-held controller) The engine will start up.
Diesel engines even have a new sound effect for starting up the engine!
The engine sound will be disabled again if you re-place the locomotive on track.
Wagons and locomotives also now have a derail sound effect. They will make a crash sound when derailing off the tracks.
New settings
This update also adds a bunch of new settings, these are:
- Shift-click prop painting is now disabled by default, you can re-enable this in the "PC options" menu. Shift-click painting will paint all editable props within a radius, which many people disliked since it was easy to do this by accident. You can still shift-click paint track without needing to enable the setting though!
- There is now a setting to exclude missing quickMods when loading workshop maps. Seeing the "missing quickMod" placeholder all over the place can be annoying, so you can now choose to load maps with them removed. This option is found in the "workshop -> downloaded layouts" menu.
- You can disable planes in the sky. There is now a setting to toggle whether planes flying around in the sky are visible.
- You can now adjust the distance at which items are selectable in VR (the radius around your hand). This option can be found in the "VR options -> interaction" menu.
Other features and fixes
Lastly, this update includes a bunch of bug fixes and small changes:
- The text shown on the hand-held controller has had a few unnecessary messages removed e.g. "new train selected", "driving: ..." the text shown on the controller is now much more direct and to-the-point.
- The issue with the transform mode edit tool not moving to the newly selected prop has been fixed.
- Fixed issue where moving an object into the rubbish bin using the transform edit tool would lock you in the transform edit mode.
- Fixed the "none" sound preset for quickMods. all engine sounds are now properly muted.
- Added the new U20c horn sound to quickMods "diesel_u20c".
- Fixed the wagon hover text saying "push left" on both sides, instead of "push left" and "push right".
- All Easter egg scenes were broken thanks to the recent SteamVR update (the player was not set up properly with the new system) this has been fixed.
- Fixed mesh bug on the U20c horn.
- Fixed mesh bug on the concrete wall prop.
- Fixed hover effect on the new freight wagons not highlighting the rust model.
- Fixed issue in VR where you could teleport onto the coupler of a held train (which would cause the game to freeze).
And that's everything!
Heaps of stuff in this update for sure.
I'm getting everything organized for the Brazil layouts release, and there is still a bit more left to do before then. Next up im going to be adding some new post-processing options to the game! as well as finally making improvements to the photo-mode (which has been a messy developer-style feature for a while).
Progress on the Brazil layout is going great, and It's going to be officially released within the next couple of weeks!!
In the meantime, enjoy these new livery templates and weather features!