cjakeman, on 30 July 2021 - 10:59 AM, said:
If I can return once more to the 3 resistance options, it seems that Peter (who coded them - thanks Peter) wants to turn them on for Advanced Physics and off for Simple Physics, so I guess these are questions for him.
Why do we need an option for these at all?
As far as I am concerned the options can be removed.
cjakeman, on 30 July 2021 - 10:59 AM, said:
What is the harm in having them always on?
I personally don't see any harm in leaving them always on, but the same can be said for a lot of other features. So it comes back to the question of what is a "Simple" feature, and what is a "Advanced" feature?
So sorry to be a pain, but what is
your definition of a "Simple" physics mode. (Does it align with my view?)
What are the criteria for the types of physics features that should be included in it?
For example, should they be hard or easy to configure (either from an understanding perspective or ascertaining of appropriate prototypical information)?
Should they make driving less demanding as the driver doesn't needs to pay as much attention to driving, hence allowing them to focus more on viewing the train, or other activities such as easily keeping time on a timetable, shunting, etc?
By only having a simple physics, the train should move under almost any circumstances, and thus the user could confirm that the train is moving. Thus the difference between Simple/Advanced could be used as part of a debug process for stock that doesn't seem to move.
Are there any other criteria?
Once we have identified the criteria for what physics features should be in/out of Simple physics mode, we can then asses each feature against these criteria, and make a call as to whether they are in/out.
Aldarion, on 30 July 2021 - 06:26 AM, said:
i cant give information, equations and aplications of superelevation calculations if anyone is interested. ( i see this being moreusefull to Goku for TSRE5... i'd love to get the dynamic track laying to calculate aumtomatically the easements. )
In regard to curve speed limit, is there value in setting up a test scenario using real world information to see how accurately it can perform against real world situations? My
CTN test route has a number of different radius curves (see the Curve Branch) that could be configured with the "appropriate" superelevation values, and we could then run a test train through these curves to determine how close to reality OR is performing.
If there is a level of interest in this, can somebody start a new thread so that we don't overload this thread with "off topic" information.