Railways of Devon 1985 - Era-Specific Quick Drive - New Version

It's been one of those days, we have learned things both here and at Vulcan Productions but we are finally there.

If you visit our Quick Drive page again by clicking here, the files now contain a fix for the time of day issue that would place you in darkness on mornings and nights.

What we are unsure about is whether you need to uninstall the old version or overwrite, there have been mixed results on this when testing the fix. I would recommend uninstalling to ensure you have a completely new copy of the files and i'd recommend doing it manually.

First, navigate to Steam\steamapps\common\RailWorks\Assets\DPSimulation and delete the folder named VPRoD_1985.

Then go to Steam\steamapps\common\RailWorks\Content\Routes1b4b4613-f7f7-4c7f-9c0a-83aae3073788\Scenarios and delete the two folders named d69f47ec-e158-4eb9-9edb-4253036d8165 and efdf92cd-2fb7-4ad4-af73-eec99ae042b2.

Then install the newer 'v2' version of the files from the link above.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience today but we wanted to get a fix sorted and tested as quick as we possibly could.

Railways of Devon 1985 - Era-Specific Quick Drive - Crashes

Following some reports this morning at Vulcan Productions that the new Railways of Devon 1985 - Era-Specific Quick Drive was crashing for a small number of users, we have now located the issue. For some reason the patch for the 6MT Mk1 coaches would not install on certain systems due to permission issues.

We have now removed the patch and completely re-issued the coach pack. It is advisable that you first remove all folders from Steam\steamapps\common\RailWorks\Assets\RSC\6MTPack01 and leave only the .ap file in place. Then re-install the 6MT Blue Grey Mk1 coaches which can be found by clicking here. You should then be able to use the Quick Drive as we intended.

It should also be noted that due to an unforeseen quirk of how the QD was set up, certain times of day are much darker than normal. It is advised that any daytime driving is done between 10am and 5pm.

Railways of Devon 1985 - Era-Specific Quick Drive - Released

Following the announcement yesterday of the all new era-specific Quick Drive on the Vulcan Productions 'Railways of Devon 1985' route and the successful stream on Twitch last night, it has now been released.

As ever with Quick Drive, there are limitations to what can be achieved and it will be added to and refined in the future. Please make sure to have a read of the documentation provided with the download.

To download, visit the Quick Drive page by clicking here.

 

Railways of Devon 1985 - Era-Specific Quick Drive

Our first release of 2019 is set to be an all new era-specific Quick Drive on the Vulcan Productions 'Railways of Devon 1985' route.

It's basically Quick Drive as you already know it, but providing you have a selection of the requirements installed then this particular Quick Drive will only spawn rolling stock specific to the represented era, in this case 1985.

The beauty of this system is that you don't necessarily need all of the requirements, it should function in some form no matter what you own. Despite that, the more you do own should give a better experience with much more variety.

Around 160 blueprints and fragments are included, giving around 120 service variations that can be seen throughout the route. This means it should be fairly different no matter how many times you run it although there will inevitably be times where things can be duplicated. 

Due to the nature of how the randomisation works, some runs will have a low amount of traffic, some moderate and some quite heavy. 

There are express services formed of High Speed Trains in differing variations, Cross Country loco-hauled services with different forms of traction and local services that produce both loco-hauled and DMU variations. More rare spawns as you traverse the route could include freight and parcel services can also appear along with loco-hauled relief services and light engine movements. Certain variations of the loco-hauled local services also have a lower spawn rate to reflect locomotive liveries that were fewer in number.

All being well, this will be released tomorrow at both DPSimulation and Vulcan Productions and Tom from the VP team will be streaming the Quick Drive from 19:30 tonight on his Twitch channel. During the stream there will also be a giveaway for one free copy of the recently released RW Enhancer program.

 

Mindful that there is a current seasonal Steam sale on Train Simulator products that ends tomorrow, I have made the manual available on my website in case anyone wants to pick up any requirements they don't have. This can be found on the Quick Drive page by clicking here.

5F07 - 0510 Wimbledon Park Depot Sdgs to Woking

I have just published a new scenario for Train Simulator on the DPSimulation website.

The scenario is part of the 'Short Hops' collection on our website, where the scenarios are designed to be no more than 30 minutes in duration. Ideal when you really fancy a drive but haven't got a great deal of spare time. Another advantage to the shorter scenario means that they often also have less requirements.

 

The scenario is based on an empty stock working from Wimbledon Park Depot to Woking using a South West Trains 8-Car Class 455 EMU. You will drive the train from the depot to Woking where the train will form a passenger service back to London Waterloo. As you are an empty stock working and therefore have lower priority, you can expect restrictive signals during the journey.

Requirements

 

London Waterloo to Portsmouth

 

To download this scenario, please visit our 'Short Hops' page by clicking here.  

 

 

5Z42 - 0735 Glazebrook to Manchester Oxford Road

I have just published a new scenario for Train Simulator on the DPSimulation website.

The scenario is part of the 'Short Hops' collection on our website, where the scenarios are designed to be no more than 30 minutes in duration. Ideal when you really fancy a drive but haven't got a great deal of spare time. Another advantage to the shorter scenario means that they often also have less requirements.

The scenario is based on a service from Glazebrook to Manchester Oxford Road using a Northern Rail 2-Car Class 150/2 DMU. Due to earlier delays on the inbound service to Warrington Central, the service was terminated short of it's destination and the return journey is starting short at Glazebrook.

Requirements

Liverpool to Manchester - Steam
Class 156 Pack - Steam
Class 150/2 Pack - Armstrong Powerhouse

Repaints

M5000 Metrolink Tram – DPSimulation - Link

EMT Class 158 – DPSimulation - Link

Optional

Class 156 Branding Pack - DPSimulation - Link

To download this scenario, please visit our 'Short Hops' page by clicking here.