[James Ross]

Open Rails 1.4 is coming soon!

For the first time, we are able to make use of release branches to separate ongoing development and the release stabilisation. As a result, we now have explicit release candidates - pre-release versions of 1.4 - which are designated by the "-rc" and number suffix. The Testing and Unstable versions continue unaffected.

Current version: 1.4-rc6

We need people to download the installer, ZIP file, and source from GitHub and find any outstanding serious issues.

ORMT will ultimately decide which fixes are applied to 1.4, but the following is the guide we will be following:

• Manual and translation updates are fine (as long as they apply to features included in 1.4)
  
• Crashes starting a whole route (all activities/timetables) or more
  
• Serious gameplay issue affecting popular and/or large quantity of content
  
• Anything else which will have a large impact

Please report all issues found in this thread so that we can be sure we're tracking everything. It is vitally important that every reported issue includes enough information that ORMT can be sure it is worthwhile fixing the issue at this time.

We will release a new release candidate each time a fix is made. When that happens, I will update this post and post a new reply to this thread.

We will release Open Rails 1.4 once we have gone two weeks with no new issues meeting the criteria.

You can also preview our release page and detailed changelog and report issues with those.

Tested platforms

• Windows 11 Home (64bit)
  
• Windows 10 Home (64bit)
  
• Windows 10 Pro (64bit)

Known issues and status

• Updater does not allow GitHub downloads - resolved in 1.4-rc3
  
• Break release issues - resolved in 1.4-rc2
  
• 3D cab bugs (1943302, 1943303, 1943307) - resolved in 1.4-rc3
  
• Dispatcher and train speed for different routes - ORMT decided we cannot reasonably address this for 1.4
  
• Toggle Player Engine command doesn't behave properly - resolved in 1.4-rc4, bug fixed in 1.4-rc5
  
• When pantograph 1 is raised, the confirmation message mentions pantograph 4 - resolved in 1.4-rc4
  
• 3D cabs: digitals aren't clamped against Max and MinValue - resolved in 1.4-rc4
  
• issue which prevents the Emergency Stop Pushbutton from working on EP braking systems - resolved in 1.4-rc5
  
• Camera position is incorrect when switching between 3D cabs - resolved in 1.4-rc5
  
• Issue with compressors in HUD on MU diesel locomotives - resolved in 1.4-rc6
  
• Diesel smoke effects might be the wrong colour - resolved in 1.4-rc6
  
• Power supply cab view controls display wrong state - resolved in 1.4-rc6
  
• Independent brake does not reduce main reservoir - resolved in 1.4-rc6
  
• Difficult to hill start with dynamic brake blending - declined for 1.4

[James Ross]

I've already spotted the first problem - the updater does not like the link pointed to GitHub and shows the update check as "failed"

[engmod]

I get the updater problem as well.

Done the first run on Bodiddly, no problems.

[cjakeman]

engmod, on 08 September 2021 - 11:10 PM, said:

Done the first run on Bodiddly, no problems.

Thanks, Derek.
Which Windows OS was that, please?

[engmod]

10 home 64.

Would you like the log?

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[engmod]

Hi Weter,

http://www.allaboardrails.com/oh.htm

It is a historical route that is built on a number of other smaller routes.
I have encountered a number of crashes in the past when shunting around these routes.

The route has evolved, the individual routes were all made with the idea that they could be joined.
I bought the final route that included all previous routes in one.

Cheers
Derek

[Csantucci]

IMHO another category of bug fixes should be added to the ones that are considered for inclusion in 1.4, that is the ones that correct bugs that affect features that previousl worked. In other words, no shrimp-like steps.

[alifatico]

http://www.spaintrai...x.php?dlid=1065

Last night we were testing version 1.4 rc in Multiplayer with 6 players.

The unit does not advance, the brakes are only released with the Ñ (spanish) and not with Ctrl + Ñ, when trying to advance the% thrust does not increase and the unit does not advance.

In the Testing, New Year and Stable 1.3 versions It works without problem.

Kind regards

[James Ross]

New version: 1.4-rc2

Changes:

• Merge pull request #471 from peternewell/control-trailer#1
  
• Merge pull request #469 from peternewell/brake-enhamcements#4
  
• Merge pull request #462 from cjakeman/manual-revisions1
  
• Merge pull request #467 from cjakeman/manual-driving-aids
  
• Merge pull request #470 from cjakeman/manual-revision-steam

[James Ross]

Csantucci, on 09 September 2021 - 11:56 PM, said:

IMHO another category of bug fixes should be added to the ones that are considered for inclusion in 1.4, that is the ones that correct bugs that affect features that previousl worked. In other words, no shrimp-like steps.

I would probably include these kinds of things in "Anything else which will have a large impact", although if the bug is minor then I don't see too much point in delaying the Stable Version to fix it, instead of getting it into 1.4.1 or 1.5.

If you have anything in mind, do let us know, though, as each bug is unique :)

alifatico, on 10 September 2021 - 02:03 AM, said:

http://www.spaintrai...x.php?dlid=1065

Last night we were testing version 1.4 rc in Multiplayer with 6 players.

The unit does not advance, the brakes are only released with the Ñ (spanish) and not with Ctrl + Ñ, when trying to advance the% thrust does not increase and the unit does not advance.

In the Testing, New Year and Stable 1.3 versions It works without problem.

Which Testing Version were you running? Was it T1.3.1-1969-gaab878eba from seven days ago? We've had quite a few changes since then and today's Testing Version T1.3.1-2020-gacb86f8f1 is effectively the same as 1.4-rc1

Changes between Testing Version T1.3.1-1969-gaab878eba and T1.3.1-2020-gacb86f8f1:

• Merge pull request #456 from peternewell/air-hose-animation#2
  
• Merge pull request #468 from peternewell/control-trailer#1
  
• Merge pull request #465 from twpol/feature/latest-version-registry
  
• Merge pull request #435 from cjakeman/installer
  
• Merge pull request #466 from mbm-OR/bugfix/Timetable-mode-crash
  
• Merge pull request #464 from mbm-OR/bugfix/WindResistance-locales
  
• Merge pull request #463 from peternewell/brake-enhamcements#3
  
• Merge pull request #449 from peternewell/control-trailer
  
• Merge pull request #457 from cjakeman/option-object-density

If you are up to it, we would appreciate knowing which of the Unstable Version builds first broke things.

[cjakeman]

James Ross, on 08 September 2021 - 11:21 AM, said:

We need people to download the installer, ZIP file, and source from GitHub and find any outstanding serious issues.

Thanks to Derek for trying an installation on a

• Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0.19043)

Please can we have some more installation trials, preferably on a variety of Windows versions? Thank you.

[engmod]

Update check still fails in rc2.

[superheatedsteam]

I tested Version 1.4-rc2 Build 0.0.7923.37092 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0.19041).

I downloaded and extracted the .zip install set in order to maintain a separate OR instance from the others currently on my pc.

I only run my trains on my route, but I experienced no crashing or anomalies with high triangle (~4.7 Million) trains with 32xMSAA, LOD at 100% and Draw Distance of 10,000m.

Well done and I thank you for your efforts.

[Csantucci]

James Ross, on 10 September 2021 - 12:14 PM, said:

I would probably include these kinds of things in "Anything else which will have a large impact", although if the bug is minor then I don't see too much point in delaying the Stable Version to fix it, instead of getting it into 1.4.1 or 1.5.

If you have anything in mind, do let us know, though, as each bug is unique :)

By analysing the 3D cab issues that akioyamamura pointed out, I found out a good bunch of bugs, which I believe I have solved.
I have generated three bug reports for that:
1) https://bugs.launchp...or/+bug/1943302 3D cab bugs in bars and digitals : this bug wasn't present in 1.3.1, and I believe to know when it was introduced; it's in reality two bugs which have the same origin, so I have to handle them together; it has been reported to me that this bug affects also at least one commercial content developer
2) https://bugs.launchp...or/+bug/1943303 In 3D cabs bars for variables ranging from negative to positive values are incorrectly displayed; this bug has alwas been present;
3) https://bugs.launchp...or/+bug/1943307 In 3d cabs Alert colour not displayed when feature selected : this bug has always been present.

While I am fixing those bugs all in one for ORNYMG, I assume that you prefer a step-by-step approach for Testing and eventually Release versions; therefore at the moment I'm preparing the PR for issue 1). If and when that will have been merged, I'll prepare the PRs for issues 2) and 3).

Update: I've generated the PR for issue 1)

[alifatico]

Indeed, the test we did was with the Testing 1969 version since the 2020 version had not yet come out.

I have just tested the Renfe 449 on the new rc2 and the brakes DO work now. Throughout these days we will be doing more tests.

Last night testing the rc1 in multiplayer with 7 players, If a train stops at a station to let another pass, when the other arrives, the dispacher shows the correct non-collision route, but according to the speed of the arriving train, it does not obey the path and changes to the track occupied by the first train to which it joins.

We don't know if the problem is the route, the couples, the material, or what.

Best Regards