plethaus wrote:I haven't started up TS2013 in a long time but with the summer sale I was coerced into checking out the new Big Boy/Challenger package.
They still haven't fixed the brake pressure bug on the HUD. Also, in the Big Boy the cylinder pressure in the HUD always shows 280.0 psi, although the F5 details do show the correct pressure.
Yeah, I've noticed that too.
They all use the default folder as far as I can tell for the simulation, but the Greyhound liveried Challenger is the only one where the boiler pressure readout is correct and they all have problems with the brake pressure in the F4 driver interface.
I had one freak scenario the other night (can't remember which one) in which the brake pressure in the F4 suddenly worked, and if I remember correctly it was the Greyhound again.
The default and "Black" Challengers have more problems than the Grey one for some reason, including gauge readouts that aren't working right in the cab, and brake actuating that isn't quite correct either.
The brake actuation problem is this. When a person is descending a grade with a set pressure, and is loosing just a bit too much speed, you should be able to release the brakes to the new pressure and move the lever back to "self lapping" and the new lower pressure should hold. What happens instead is that the pressure drops to zero and you have to reapply to a new pressure.
It's a strange cross between true self lapping brakes (since the 60s) like on the Marias Pass ES44, and the old style where a person had to move the lever forward to get the desired pressure and then move the lever back to "hold"
When I learned about the two different kinds of US air brakes and how they worked, I couldn't figure out why they switched a few decades back. The newer style seems to have less flexibility.
Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:55 am
