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#1 User is offline   James Ross 

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:18 PM

Open Rails 0.9.0 has been released!

Video: http://youtu.be/G73ktiCNKRs
Download and manual: http://openrails.org/release.html

Summary:
- Track circuits for improved signaling
- Improved AI behavior
- More working cab instruments
- Distant Mountains
- Super-elevation and tilting trains

Details:
- Hundreds of bugs fixed
- Additional instruments supported: steam pressure gauge, accelerometers, cutoff, vacuum reservoir pressure and equalized reservoir pressure and moving scale meters
- Change cab function
- Higher resolution cabs supported
- Scroll wheel zooming
- Configurable field of view
- Multiple free camera positions
- Improved diesel exhaust smoke and all diesels now smoke
- Steam now escapes from cylinder cocks
- Trees on tracks removed automatically
- Replay and exchange simulations
- Updated multi-player dispatcher window
- Super-elevated track and tilting trains (experimental)
- Distant mountains and adjustment for level of detail (experimental)
- Cab sway (experimental)

Also:
- Simpler and more helpful error reporting
- Anticlockwise dials supported
- Color for digital and column displays supported
- Sounds for semaphore signal arm movements supported
- Many sound issues fixed
- Better font rendering in cab views
- More robust multi-player
- Alternative graphical menu removed

Important notes:
- Open Rails uses a public bug tracker to help report bugs and track their progress: http://launchpad.net/or
- Open Rails is now distributed under the GNU GPL free software license
- Experimental updates now available every week

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 08:56 PM

This latest release is a credit to the OR team and all those who contributed their thoughts and ideas. :(

Cheers and a huge, thank you, team!
Bazza

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 11:33 PM

I would like to add my gratitude as well.

The team has done some fantastic work with the time available.

cheers

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