Steam Locomotives in Open Rails
#11
Posted 18 August 2018 - 12:02 PM
#12
Posted 19 August 2018 - 12:57 AM
To do so I would need the assistance of a small group of testers who would be willing to work under my guidance in setting up some test stock, and then doing relevant testing.
In particular, the features I would be happy to look at are:
i) Steam Locomotive Blowdown - some technical research would be required.
ii) Aligning smoke chuffing (if possible?) - some code already exists in OR for this, so I am not sure why this is not working.
iii) Blower operation - in terms of manual firing
If there are any interested testers, then let me know, and we can start setting up a process.
Thanks
#13
Posted 19 August 2018 - 06:51 AM
Brandon
#14
Posted 19 August 2018 - 08:54 PM
ATSF3751, on 19 August 2018 - 06:51 AM, said:
Thanks for that.
We will be using PRR stock, as they have good test reports to compare against.
Can you contact me with your email address through this page.
Thanks again.
#15
Posted 20 August 2018 - 03:13 PM
Which features do you think are worth implementing?
#16
Posted 21 August 2018 - 01:47 AM
#17
Posted 21 August 2018 - 01:34 PM
Brandon
#18
Posted 21 August 2018 - 05:27 PM
ATSF3751, on 21 August 2018 - 01:34 PM, said:
Brandon
Understood. In the meantime I've been thinking about a feature, but I'm not sure whether it'd be practical--ashpan accumulation.
Burning wood or coal means dealing with ash that accumulates in the locomotive's ashpan. Since most of the air for combustion came from underneath the grate via the ashpan, the ash accumulation had negative effects on the combustion process as the ashpan filled up. It was so important to keep the ashpan clean that ashpan capacity was often a limiting factor in long-distance locomotive runs.
My idea was as the simulated coal is burned, the ash accumulation in the locomotive ashpan accumulates until it gets to the top, and when that happens the combustion process is hampered until the player "dumps the ashes" over an ash pit. The ash pit would be an interactive object similar to a water column or coal tower, although its function is ash disposal rather than coal or water dispensing. All the player has to do is stop the locomotive's ashpan over the pit and press the "T" key once, then the ashpan accumulation goes back to zero.
As far as contributing to the OR steam investigation, I have several digital copies of the ICS textbooks, but technically I can't redistribute them since they're from a payware CD-ROM.
P. S.: Here's a third video that I couldn't post earlier due to ET's media limits.
#19
Posted 21 August 2018 - 10:05 PM
I do not know whether more should be done to improve physical behavior rather than driving conditions.
Steam locomotive maintenance is a static matter.
For example: It is necessary to separate the work of the small and large ejector for the vacuum brakes, the differences in the work of the injectors and the pumps for filling the boiler, etc.
This is my personal opinion and I can be mistaken.
#20
Posted 21 August 2018 - 10:38 PM
The comment is in the Czech language, but the video is very eloquent.
https://youtu.be/JxX1juO4GOs