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Dear RailFans

Today is a very important day!
The long-awaited update has just arrived at the final station.

We would like to officially welcome Koleje Śląskie and Cargo Unit railway carriers, whose vehicles can be found in the game, on board SimRail.



We have done a lot of work in recent months, the most important new things include: EMU EN57 & EN71, graphics engine update, new livery and cabins for existing rolling stock, multiple EMU connections, new weather system, seasonal support, new signal boxes, new vegetation models, improved anti-aliasing and much more.



We highly recommend completing the EN57 tutorial before driving yourself to understand the vehicle's operating mechanisms.

Full list of changes below.

THERE MAY BE TEMPORARY PROBLEMS WITH ONLINE PLAY DUE TO SERVER UPDATES

Enjoy!

CHANGELOG:

STOCK
- EN57 and EN71 vehicles in many liveries and variants added
- CARGOUNIT E186-929, E6ACTa-016 and EU07-068 vehicles added
- New liveries for EU07 vehicles added
- Koleje Śląskie operator logo added
- New input system for levers, switches and buttons in vehicle cabs introduced
- Multitraction is now possible for EN57, EN71, EN76 and EN96 vehicles
- New tutorial system introduced for EN57
- ET25 shunting (Tb1) signal fixed
- ED250 door closing sound changed
- Destination boards for Z2 cars added
- Destination boards for AI trains are now displayed correctly
- EN96 coupler covers improved
- E186 power/braking power is now shown correctly at HUD and the cabin display
- E186 logic improvements - i.e. emergency brake is engaged when driving with direct brake applied
- EN76 and EN96 side mirrors now open correctly
- Various vehicle sounds fixes and changes
- ED250 brake improvements
- New HUD information for some vehicles

MULTIPLAYER
- Deadlock prevention system introduced - the trains in the deadlock will be deleted automatically now
- Server starting up with no trains bug fixed
- Brake setting sync added
- Train spawn at Y signal in Stawiska deleted
- Train announcements at stations improved
- EU07 sunblinds fixed
- Train sync is now smoother
- Servers will only show when they are fully set up now
- A path set for a train will be reset now, when the train gets derailed or deleted
- Paper timetables in vehicle cabins introduced
- Memory leaks causing unplanned server restarts found and plumbed
- Server problems can be reported now from the Tab menu

TRAIN DRIVER
- Orbit camera and train movement is now much smoother
- Timetable can be scrolled now
- Radio channel information added to the timetable
- Fixed a bug causing players to be punished for departing too early from the last station in scenarios
- Fixed a bug letting signals to be passed at Danger
- Stop position at Warszawa Ursus Niedźwiadek fixed
- Wiper and washer systems improvements
- The driver is not able to click the dispatcher panels anymore
- You can lean out of the cab windows now
- The AI driver will open the doors on the correct side now
- The HUD speed limit will be displayed correctly now when switching from driving to shunting and back


SCENERY
- Fixed a bug causing ballast under junctions to disappear
- Fixed a bug causing roads and poles to change color to red or blue
- Various scenery fixes
- Lighting effects when entering and leaving a tunnel improved
DISPATCHER MODE
- New domino-panel signal boxes added: Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice, Sławków, Łazy Ła
- Top-view camera for domino panels added ("2" key)
- CCTV cameras introduced for signal boxes
- Railway crossings can now be operated with the CCTV system
- Dispatcher player's name is now displayed next to the station name on the chat box
- It is impossible now to free-text chat with an AI-operated signal box
- The AI dispatcher will fill the EDR data now
- Power switch added to domino panels
- Fixed the counters that collided with panel model
- Fixed a bug causing messages not to be delivered when the players change
- Fixed a bug causing radio models to disappear or not load
- It is now impossible to click on unloaded computer screens at different stations

OTHER
- "Depot" mode added, allowing you to discover and explore all available vehicles up close
- Seasons added
- New weather and lighting system introduced
- New input system with gamepad support introduced
- Keybind assignment system improvements
- Vegetation and foliage models improvements
- New TAA mode with AMD Contrast Adaptive Sharpening support added
- Contact shadows option added in settings
- The AI trains won't follow up to a Stop signal if it is too close to platform end
- AI drivers had ecodriving lessons and are more likely to coast now

Dear RailFans

You have been waiting for this moment for a very long time and it will come soon.
Our team has done a lot of hard work in recent months, which will allow us to accelerate the development of the game and its assets. We would like to thank all our fans who encouraged us and supported us in our work, as well as the testers who had a lot of work.




The number of changes is so huge that we decided to divide the update into two parts. Both will certainly make up for the long wait for new things.

The first one, which will appear on November 21, 2023, will include, among others:
-EN57 electric multiple unit in many variants
-new weather system (sky and lighting)
-updated graphics engine
-season system (autumn, winter)
- completely new ipnut system, allowing you to connect external controllers, joysticks, etc.
-new signal boxes
-new paintings and cabins for existing vehicles
-professional timetables, transferred from the real railway template
-cameras at railway crossings
-updated vegetation models
-new TAA antialiasing model using AMD Contrast Adaptive Sharpening
- locomotive depot
...and many others!



Over the next few weeks, we will present you the individual changes we have made.

Dear RailFans

After a time of smaller tweaks and updates, it's time for some bigger changes based on the expectations players have shared with us on our discussion forums. ⚒🚂👷‍♂️


We are currently working on upgrading the graphics engine, which forces us to take a temporary break from updating the game, but it should allow for some new solutions and rendering quality improvements. We ask for a few more weeks of patience, and in the meantime we present to you what we are currently working on.

Dear RailFans

Today as always we have a lot of interesting things for you!

We have added, among others, 3 new signal boxes (including the main station in Katowice, which is a big challenge), new liveries of Dragon 2 locomotives (we have established cooperation with "Cargounit" railway company), a new type of car 408S "Uacs" and... completely new timetable and consists in multiplayer mode, with much more trains.



In addition, many optimizations and fixes have been made, including the sounds of the Z2 wagons and the Dragon locomotive.



Enjoy!


CHANGELOG:

MULTIPLAYER
entirely new train timetable with more trains than before
flashlight added in driver and dispatcher mode (N key)
small stations removed from timetables of freight and long-distance passenger trains
several improvements of the Virtual Dispatcher functionality
corrected descriptions for some of the dispatch boxes in the main menu
corrected synchronization of route infoboards and lighting of trains controlled by others and AI

STOCK
-improvements in night-time lighting of passenger cars
-new freight car added - 408S Uacs
-three new liveries added for Dragon2 locomotive - E6ACTa-005, E6ACTa-014, E6ACTadb-027
-improvements in the ELF vehicle model
-improvements in the EU07 vehicle model
-improved rendering of some objects located behind windows
-improved sounds for the Z2 passenger car
-improved sounds for the Dragon 2 locomotive

SCENERY
-improved night-time lighting of buildings on scenery
-numerous corrections of catenary across the scenery
-numerous corrections of greenery across the scenery
-numerous corrections of terrain modelling across the scenery
-numerous route indicator (e.g. limits) corrections across the scenery
-numerous building corrections across the scenery
-numerous corrections of signalbox displays
-numerous improvements of background scenery sounds

DISPATCHER MODE
-added 3 new dispatch boxes: Katowice Main Station, Strzałki, Biała Rawska
-added support for indicating electrified tracks and platforms (dispatch boxes are being gradually updated)
-added option to place specific info cards on domino panels
-shortened EDR entries for Dabrowa Gornicza stations (for visibility)
-fixed a bug where captions would disappear from domino panels
-improved operation of buzzer signals used at C type / EAP type blocks
-corrected tooltips for certain controls on domino panels
-fixed a bug where certain lights wouldn't show on domino panels

OTHER
-fixed W6a / W6b signals
-fixed incorrect line speeds in Bukowno area
-optimizations in multiplayer server for smoother movements of other trains