[cjakeman]

Version 1.4 was published on 19-Oct-2021, so perhaps it's time to think about Version 1.5.

We are very grateful for all the bug fixes since v1.4, of course, but they don't make for good publicity.

The Project Team have picked out the following key items for the announcement and video:

• End Of Train devices
• Container management
• Distributed Power display and web-page indicator
• Timetable loading bar
• HUD extended for diesel-mechanical loco
• 64-bit compatibility lifting the 3GB RAM limit
• Better use of VRAM

Watch this space !

[FS.E652 091]

I am curious to try the developments made on this version.
The Team is really working hard to develop this simulator at its best, and I always remember that this has great potential ..
I hope that from version 1.6 we can also see some graphic and technical improvements regarding weather phenomena and general rendering .. I really believe in the development of Open Rails, and therefore I can only continue to thank you!

[cjakeman]

FS.E652 091, on 09 August 2022 - 02:36 PM, said:

I am curious to try the developments made on this version.

This advance notice is for the next Stable Version of Open Rails, which is only weeks away.

Because of the way we develop new versions, you can get all the benefits of this Stable Version early by changing your installation to use the Testing Version using Options > Updater.

[Lamplighter]

Hopefully they will be able to fix the bugs found in the last quarter before. Missing smoke effects of towed vehicles, non-functionality of the second diesel-mechanical locomotive in the train, or problems with the electric heating of the cars.

[FS.E652 091]

cjakeman, on 09 August 2022 - 11:44 PM, said:

This advance notice is for the next Stable Version of Open Rails, which is only weeks away.

Because of the way we develop new versions, you can get all the benefits of this Stable Version early by changing your installation to use the Testing Version using Options > Updater.

Thank You Chris, i have done that!

[James Ross]

For 1.5 we'll be following the same process as 1.4

Current version: 1.5-rc3

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 1.5, 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 1.5)
• 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 1.5 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

• None so far

Known issues and status

• Installer prerequisite and readme documents still mention 1.4 - resolved in 1.5-rc2 by Chris
  
• Manual has sub-version "Release 1.4.0.x" - intentionally wrong in release candidates and will be correct in final 1.5 release
  
• Missing terrain with BNSF Scenic Sub and others - resolved in 1.5-rc2 by Carlo and Cedric
  
• Potential electrical heating issues with diesel-electric traction - declined for 1.5
  
• Potential issues with diesel-mechanical transmission - declined for 1.5
  
• Potential issue with overhead line voltage cab control - declined for 1.5
  
• Potential issue with AI traffic in BNSF Scenic Sub - declined for 1.5
  
• Issue with resume crash in BNSF Scenic Sub - resolved in 1.5-rc3 by James (me)
  
• Potential issue with lag in multiplayer - declined for 1.5 due to insufficient detail
  
• Potential crash with Train DPU Info - same issue as "crash in precipitation code"
  
• Potential issue with excessive wheel slip - declined for 1.5
  
• Crash in precipitation code - resolved in 1.5-rc2 by Carlo
  
• Potential issue with rolling stock twitching - declined for 1.5
  
• Crash in car operations window - declined for 1.5
  
• Crash in power transmission - declined for 1.5
  
• Black external view due to NaN in 64-bit - resolved in 1.5-rc3 by Carlo

[cjakeman]

James Ross, on 15 August 2022 - 12:52 PM, said:

Please report all issues found in this thread so that we can be sure we're tracking everything.

SYogurt, on 15 August 2022 - 05:55 PM, said:

Selfishly I'd really like flashing ditch lights upon horn blasts for eastern railroads. I've been hacking my way around that with duplicate keybinds for years! Excited for the changes.

To keep this thread on topic, I have moved some posts with discussion of possible new features to a dedicated topic at Wishes for v1.6

[strawberryfield]

I have just sent a pull-request with an updated Italian translation

[A D REID]

ORTS 1.5 Graphical Issue

I've tried running an activity (A01: Appleyard to Cashmere v2.03) from open_rails_starter_tutorial_2.zip -- the ground is BLACK (it should be white). The same effect may be seen by choosing "Explore Route" on BNSF Scenic Sub (select 9:00 Spring Snow). I used path WB_Grain (MERRITT to EVERETT) and consist BNSF Grain (loads).

I have attached my log file, but it does not seem to reveal much -- I have screenshots (but I am unable to attach them to this reply).

 OpenRailsLog 2022-08-06b.txt (10.82K)
Number of downloads: 192


My screenshots are in the attached zip file.

 ORTS 1.5 Screenshots.zip (1.4MB)
Number of downloads: 218


Regards,
Dan Reid

[Lamplighter]

Even in the test of the new stable version 1.5-rc1 I encountered the following problems:
1. For now, problems with the electric heating of the train continue. The new function ORTSElectricTrainSupply will reduce the traction power of diesel-electric locomotives according to the settings of individual wagons, but nothing goes into the wagons.
The temperature set by the ORTSHeateringCompartmentTemperatureSet parameter does not work. After the train is loaded into the simulator, it gradually drops to zero even when the train's power supply is turned on.
The problem occurs with electric and diesel-electric traction. The steam heating of the train is fine and working. Thread here

2. There are still problems with the diesel-mechanical power transmission:
Each additional locomotive or motor car included in the train does not participate in the performance. The engine is revving but the power output is zero (0kW).
The train this works with half power.
If there are two identical locomotives in a set, Open Rails will skip the second locomotive. So the second and next drive vehicle must have a different .eng file name.
This is not a severe defect, nor in the real world do copies of the same propulsion vehicles run on the same train. However, this feature only applies to drive vehicles with diesel-mechanical transmission of traction power. I am aware of the fact that the diesel-mechanical transmission of traction power is still being developed and is not complete. Thread here and here.