Patch Notes: Sherman Hill And Boston-providence Improvements

Hello everyone,

Welcome to another Monday, but to start your week right we have an update to bring a range of core improvements as well as upgrading both Sherman Hill and Boston-Providence to TSW3 lighting and weather standards.

We have also shipped an improvement for pathing and AI behaviour aimed at reducing the amount of red-lights issues encountered by players. We have created a pathing / AI feedback thread for reporting any issues that may occur after this patch, which you can find in our Technical Reports forum section.

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Headliners

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• Sherman Hill route should now have lighting and weather consistent with upgraded TSW3 standards.

• Boston–Providence route should now have lighting and weather consistent with upgraded TSW3 standards.

• Improvements to Boston’s skyline illumination

• Overhauled signalling behaviour on Boston-Providence

• Series of AI pathing and behaviour improvements to reduce red light issues among all routes.

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Full Changelog

** Core

• Series of AI pathing and behaviour improvements to reduce red light issues among all routes.

• Removed unnecessary check for consecutive ‘GoTo’ instructions that caused ‘Wait Until 00:00:00’ notifications.

• Fixed Maximum Permitted Speed marker being incorrected displayed on multiple introductions.

• Added CATAN decals to Livery Designer.

[PS4]

• Creators Club search function should work as expected and no longer brings up an ‘NP-31730-4’ error.

Boston – Providence

• Overhauled signalling behaviour

• Route should now have lighting and weather consistent with upgraded TSW3 standards.

• Improvements to Boston’s skyline illumination

• OHLE wires should no longer glow in tunnels.

• Fixed glowing or flickering lighting on trains in dark stations or in tunnels when raining.

• Added Resume Last Played Image

[Amtrak ACS-64]

• Adding in the most up to date component for the ACSES and ATC and new sounds that go with it.

[MBTA F40PH-3C]

• Brakes work as expected, particularly during the initial application and release movements.

• Removed looping brake hiss when in minimum reduction or Suppression.

[MBTA Single Deck Cars]

• Added an attenuation to the headlight relay sound so that it doesn't play in every train.

• Removed looping brake hiss when in minimum reduction or Suppression.

Sherman Hill

• Route should now have lighting and weather consistent with upgraded TSW3 standards.

• Improvements to scenery around Cheyenne turntable to be more in line with reality.

• Changed colour spectrum used for random containers to those more common to North America (This aligns containers with Cajon and Horseshoe routes).

• Updated the front end 2D map so that locations flow from left to right correctly.

• Wagon brakes work as expected, particularly during the initial application and release movements.

• Level crossing lights now appear at the correct brightness.

• Added Resume Last Played Image

• Resized Mirror VHIDS being too big and causing issues when looked at.

• Ensured SD70ACe locomotives are not randomly replaced with SD40-2 locomotives which was resulting in underpowered trains.