Some of you may know, but I've been looking into the source code for Open Rails, in an attempt to learn the code baseline, and prepare for creating/modifying an Activity Editor specifically for ORTS. This has been a long process and I'm making some progress. Recently (well it's been at least a year), I decided to take a break from that and watched a Train Video.....Hmmm who would have guess it. Anyway. without getting into the politics or ethics of the situation, this was Facing Point Media's Pacific Surfliner Headend DVD. After watching I wondered...could I recreate that Headend video as an Activity in OpenRails. This Activity is the result of that effort. Due to the large size of the Sound files (it appears that .wav files don't compress much), I had to break the activity down into 5 parts to get it all to upload.
"Amtrak 572, Pacific Surfliner service to San Diego with stops in Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, Oceanside, Solano Beach, and San Diego is ready for departure on Track 11. All Aboard! "
There are over 80 radio calls that are added as part of this activity. The conductor basically tells the engineer when passenger loading is complete at station stops and to proceed to the next stop (Highball) as well as remind engineer of restricted Speed zones along the route. The radio calls can only be heard in the cab, so you have to keep your perspective in the cab in order to hear the conductor make his callouts. I've tried to recreate the static consists you see along the way between LA and San Diego. Also the traffic meant to recreate the traffic seen out the window of the cab and to set the signals to mimic the real signal settings as seen through the cab front window. This activity is Open Rails ONLY due to the use of specific OR Location events that don't exist within MSTS, specifically modifying wait points of AI trains (traffic). Occasionally a message box appears on the screen indicating what I call a "Work Order Reminder" which basically calls out speeds for turnouts that you should try to adhere to. The objective of this activity is to basically follow the conductor's instructions and take your train from LAUPT to San Diego.
This activity uses all freeware rolling stock available here on trainsim. (I've included service files and consist files if you have the payware version. My payware version comes from the prototype FPM Pacific Surfliner route that was released in 2012. Yes I have 3Dtrains Surfliner set but I forgot the password on that file...oh well)
For the route it uses Surfliner 2.3 (again found here on Trainsim.com). There are a couple of discrepancies between track layout on the Headend DVD and the Route but for the most part everything matches up.
I've also been experimenting with using "github" to backup my files. I have uploaded this activity up to github and in that repository the TRAINSET sub-folder of TRAINS has all the rollingstock contained. (Again all the files are available on Trainsim.com) After a few more tests this might be available to public, if your interested, please drop me an email or PM me here on Trainsim.com.
The files should be available in the next day or so in the library!
anyway....back to the code.....
later
Amtrak115
"Amtrak 572, Pacific Surfliner service to San Diego with stops in Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Irvine, San Juan Capistrano, Oceanside, Solano Beach, and San Diego is ready for departure on Track 11. All Aboard! "
There are over 80 radio calls that are added as part of this activity. The conductor basically tells the engineer when passenger loading is complete at station stops and to proceed to the next stop (Highball) as well as remind engineer of restricted Speed zones along the route. The radio calls can only be heard in the cab, so you have to keep your perspective in the cab in order to hear the conductor make his callouts. I've tried to recreate the static consists you see along the way between LA and San Diego. Also the traffic meant to recreate the traffic seen out the window of the cab and to set the signals to mimic the real signal settings as seen through the cab front window. This activity is Open Rails ONLY due to the use of specific OR Location events that don't exist within MSTS, specifically modifying wait points of AI trains (traffic). Occasionally a message box appears on the screen indicating what I call a "Work Order Reminder" which basically calls out speeds for turnouts that you should try to adhere to. The objective of this activity is to basically follow the conductor's instructions and take your train from LAUPT to San Diego.
This activity uses all freeware rolling stock available here on trainsim. (I've included service files and consist files if you have the payware version. My payware version comes from the prototype FPM Pacific Surfliner route that was released in 2012. Yes I have 3Dtrains Surfliner set but I forgot the password on that file...oh well)
For the route it uses Surfliner 2.3 (again found here on Trainsim.com). There are a couple of discrepancies between track layout on the Headend DVD and the Route but for the most part everything matches up.
I've also been experimenting with using "github" to backup my files. I have uploaded this activity up to github and in that repository the TRAINSET sub-folder of TRAINS has all the rollingstock contained. (Again all the files are available on Trainsim.com) After a few more tests this might be available to public, if your interested, please drop me an email or PM me here on Trainsim.com.
The files should be available in the next day or so in the library!
anyway....back to the code.....
later
Amtrak115
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