[Csantucci]

Chris,
thank you for your interest in trying to solve this.

[Csantucci]

Revision 89.1 of OR NewYear MG is available here http://www.interazio...loads/index.php .

This unofficial version has been derived from the latest official OpenRails testing revision X1.3.1-290.
Moreover it includes the fix to enable tapping on the OR icon on touch screen web clients, which is already present in the OR master branch.

No Unstable releases are used to preserve the Monogame version of OR NewYear MG.

The list of additional features to the testing official OR release present in OR NewYear MG is as follows:

- Monogame, OR NewYear MG version
- addition of track sounds in the sound debug window (by dennisat)
- F5 HUD scrolling (by mbm_or)
- checkbox in General Options tab to enable or disable watchdog
- increase of remote horn sound volume level
- when car is selected through the F9 window, the car's brake line in the extended brake HUD is highlighted in yellow (by mbm_or)
- improved distance management in roadcar camera
- signal script parser (by perpetualKid): reduces CPU time needed for signal management
- true 64-bit management, allowing to use more than 4 GB of memory, if available, in Win64 systems (mainly by perpetualKid)
- general options checkbox for optional run at 32 bit on Win64 (to avoid slight train shaking bug)
- translatable Train Driving Info window (see http://www.elvastowe...post__p__251671 and following posts), by mbm_OR
- extended Raildriver setup, as present in OR Ultimate (by perpetualKid)
- analog clocks showing game time, see http://www.elvastowe...station-clocks/ , by jonas
- bug fix for bad mouse pointing in full screen mode and for issues with Fast full screen-Alt-Tab mode
- panto commands and animations now swapped when in rear cab
- improvements in Activity Evaluation of station stops, by mbm_OR
- correction to reduce transfer flickering at short distance
- allow passing a red signal for shunting through dispatcher window, see https://trello.com/c...spatcher-window , by césarbl
- Fix memory usage indication that was clamped to 4 GB, see http://www.elvastowe...post__p__257699
- option to skip saving commands (reduces save time on long activities), see http://www.elvastowe...post__p__257687
- skip warning messages related to ruler token, that is introduced by TSRE5
- General Option to reduce memory usage
- Bug fix for https://bugs.launchp...or/+bug/1877644 SPEED signals not being updated in multiplayer clients. By cesarbl
- Avoid 3D cab stuttering by a mutable shape primitive, by YoRyan
- bug fix for memory leak, see http://www.elvastowe...al-memory-leak/
- track gauge can be changed over the whole route, see http://www.elvastowe...ng-track-gauge/
- first edition of management of ORTS_POWERKEY and ORTS_BATTERY cab controls, by Paolo
- re-introduced advanced coupling, by steamer_ctn
- faster loading of Raildriver options page, by perpetualKid
- bug fix for https://bugs.launchp...or/+bug/1895391 Calculation of reversal point distance failing, see also http://www.elvastowe...point-set-to-1/
- support for inclined gauges in 2Dcabs, see http://www.elvastowe...ges-in-2d-cabs/
- bug fix for http://www.elvastowe...-brakes-in-hud/
- bug fix for http://www.elvastowe...w-train-player/
- support for animation of wipers in 2D cabs, see http://www.elvastowe...post__p__265101 ,
with the contribution of Paolo
- bug fix for http://www.elvastowe...post__p__265463 , by mbm_OR
- extended support for ETCS L2 planning area, for braking distance and text area, and initial support for menus by césarBL, see http://www.elvastowe...f-the-etcs-dmi/
- removed trace of wait processes when enable watchdog option deselected
- tentative support for RAIN textures for objects, terrain and transfers
- dynamic terrain and scenery loading strategy (useful for slower computers)
- American horn blow sequence for AI trains, see http://www.elvastowe...american-style/
- bug fix for https://bugs.launchp...or/+bug/1910684 Crash selecting height entry in altitude file
- NEW: using webserver code of official OR testing version, as improved by Ryan
- NEW: enable customized tooltips for cabview controls, by adding a

       Label ( "string" )

line in the cabview control block in the .cvf file, by Jindrich

Moreover some features present in the Unstable Monogame version by James Ross have been inserted.


Instructions and additional files to use the AWS TCS are available here http://www.elvastowe...post__p__255510 .


Users having not more than 4 GB RAM are suggested to run selecting general options checkbox for optional run at 32 bit on Win64.

When running on Win64, the player can select if he prefers running at 64 bit or 32 bit. In this second case RunActivity32.exe is run, and only a maximum of 4 GB of RAM can be accessed by OR. If the computer has only 4 GB RAM, selecting the option to run at 32 bit on Win64 is recommended.
Note for developers: Runactivity32.exe is not generated by building the pack, but manually doing a copy of Runactivity.exe, renaming it Runactivity32.exe, and using on the Developer Command Prompt command corflags with the modifier -32BITPREF+


NOTE: ReShade 4.3.0 or older or ReShade later than 4.5.2 must be used. ReShade 4.4.2 doesn't work here. See here http://www.elvastowe...mg-and-reshade/ for an installation guide of ReShade.

When running on Win64, if you are running OR at 64 bit (option not checked) you must point ReShade to OpenRails64.exe; if you are running OR at 32 bit (option checked) you must point ReShade to OpenRails.exe.

It is suggested to unpack the .zip using 7zip, if other unpackers lead to problems.

Revision 88.1 can still be downloaded from here http://www.interazio...loads/index.php (click on OR_NewYear_MG_oldrecent.zip) .

[scottb613]

Hi Carlos,

Well thank you kindly - sir.
;)

Regards,
Scott

[scottb613]

 Csantucci, on 02 February 2021 - 07:24 AM, said:

Revision 89 of OR NewYear MG is available here http://www.interazio...loads/index.php .

Hi Carlos,

RE: Web Server

Just a heads up - v89 appears to include the little ORTS Logo at the bottom of the "Train Driving Info" - which is the [Toggle] to switch between the abbreviated and full text version of the HUD.

It appears to be the code that does not work well on iPads - I worked offline with Mauricio a week or so ago and I believe he fixed it - that fix appears to be missing.

I'm not saying it needs to be included if for some reason it's not ready for production - just an observation - FYI.

Thanks.

Regards,
Scott

[cjakeman]

Hi Sid P.

 Sid P., on 02 February 2021 - 07:18 AM, said:

The keyboard is disabled on my system when the dispatch display is visible in the same window as the cab, for example. The mouse is active - if I click outside the dispatch window, it hides the dispatch window.

Forgive me if I'm a bit confused by all these windows.

I am thinking that when you write
"The keyboard is disabled on my system when the dispatch display is visible in the same window as the cab",
I should understand that as
"The keyboard is disabled on my system when the dispatch window is visible in the same monitor/display/screen as the cab".

[Csantucci]

 scottb613, on 02 February 2021 - 10:00 AM, said:

Hi Carlos,

RE: Web Server

Just a heads up - v89 appears to include the little ORTS Logo at the bottom of the "Train Driving Info" - which is the [Toggle] to switch between the abbreviated and full text version of the HUD.

It appears to be the code that does not work well on iPads - I worked offline with Mauricio a week or so ago and I believe he fixed it - that fix appears to be missing.

I'm not saying it needs to be included if for some reason it's not ready for production - just an observation - FYI.

Thanks.

Regards,
Scott

Scott,
that fix is still in the Unstable release of OR and not yet in the Testing one, therefore it's not yet present in OR NewYear MG. However I see that the fix has already positively passed the review, so, if I have time, I'll insert it in OR NewYear MG with a patch.

[scottb613]

 Csantucci, on 02 February 2021 - 11:19 AM, said:

Scott,
that fix is still in the Unstable release of OR and not yet in the Testing one, therefore it's not yet present in OR NewYear MG. However I see that the fix has already positively passed the review, so, if I have time, I'll insert it in OR NewYear MG with a patch.

Hi Carlos,

Not necessary for me - I'm sure it can wait until your next official release - minor issue...
:)

Regards,
Scott

[Csantucci]

 scottb613, on 02 February 2021 - 11:51 AM, said:

Hi Carlos,

Not necessary for me - I'm sure it can wait until your next official release - minor issue...
:)

Regards,
Scott

I've uploaded rev. 89.1 which includes the icon tapping patch.

[Sid P.]

 cjakeman, on 02 February 2021 - 10:37 AM, said:

Hi Sid P.


Forgive me if I'm a bit confused by all these windows.

I am thinking that when you write
"The keyboard is disabled on my system when the dispatch display is visible in the same window as the cab",
I should understand that as
"The keyboard is disabled on my system when the dispatch window is visible in the same monitor/display/screen as the cab".

[Sid P.]

Hi Chris, (and Carlo),
I understand the confusion - since I was running OR in a window that was full screen size, when I was able to see the Dispatcher, it was in a smaller window within the bounds of the OR window.
But I have been looking more carefully at what I thought that I was able to do in the XNA .275 version when the Dispatcher window was overlapping the OR Window: it does not really handle the OR commands as cleanly as I first thought. When I enter ORTS keyboard commands to the XNA system, the system "beeps" when it responds to them, although it does execute them. In the MG version, if the dispatcher window is within the OR window, all keyboard commands appear to go to the dispatcher window - which may be what I should expect.
The long and short of it is that I'm really OK (and impressed) with what the MG version does - sorry if I confused the situation!