New features:
This version allows non-station named elements to be placed on points, crossovers and diagonals. It has been a lot more difficult to develop than expected, largely because of train splits that now have to allow for trains on more complex elements than previously. Because of this a number of functions have had to be rewritten.
***Please note that railways and sessions that have named points/crossovers/diagonals and are saved in this version will fail to load in earlier versions.***
A ‘Time Order’ button has been added to the timetable editor which lists services in order of train starting times.
Performance improvement:
Failed train coasting behaviour has been made more realistic after Albie V found noticeable inconsistencies when a train coasted on very long track elements.
Some existing bugs have also been found as follows:
The route search function failed if a very long route tried to extend across both tracks on points or a crossover. It’s a fault that occurs when a path attempts to double back on itself which in practice will only happen if a railway has very convoluted paths between a starting point and a finishing point. It has been corrected by an internal check for this situation.
The recent variable mass and power split when train splitting failed to show up in the performance log when the split was 50-50. It was present in the floating information window and has now been included in the logs.
It was found that the background colour wasn’t always set correctly when a train was prevented from moving by the presence of another train immediately in front. This has now been corrected.
The floating train information window didn’t always give the correct headcode for follow-on services – now corrected.
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