The Moose is Loose on the L&HR

[scottb613]

Hi Folks,

What - a brand new original North American locomotive for ORTS - nah - it can't be - say it isn't so ?!?!

Darn - it's only a steam locomotive [sigh]…


I truly can't believe I just uploaded it - this one was a LONG time coming...


Done... Uploaded...


A very special THANK YOU to Derek Miller for graciously allowing me the use of his mighty fine sound files - this locomotive wouldn't be half as enjoyable without them...

Salute to all you Developers donating your valuable time to our favorite sim - ORTS...

Thanks to all who shared their insights and motivation - here...

My full list of appreciation expressed in the notes on the upload and ReadMe...

NOTE: Intended to be driven from Passenger View [5] and [Shift 5] - try it - seriously...

NOTE: ORTS Camera Vibration [Ctrl V] should be set to 3...

NOTE: For ORTS exclusively...

Enjoy !!!


Released by scottb613, on Flickr


LHR280_Final_Fwd by scottb613, on Flickr


LHR280_Final_Port by scottb613, on Flickr


LHR280_Final_Star by scottb613, on Flickr


LHR280_Final_Aft by scottb613, on Flickr



ORTS Feature: Camera Vibration [Ctrl V] - for best results use setting 2 or 3 with this model.

ORTS Feature: The Engineer and Fireman "headout" position is set to the "Passenger Cabin View" - ORTS supports multiple Passenger Views per unit to implement this - use the [5] and [Shift 5] View in Open Rails to select these views - as it adds some relative motion to suggest head movement and increases the immersion greatly. I typically use the traditional "headout" views to look back at the train - that way - all four views from the locomotive are just a key press away.

ORTS Feature: The physics file is setup for ORTS only and will not work in MSTS.

ORTS Feature: The bell is animated when used.

ORTS Feature: The coal in the tender is a Freight Animation and will empty as used - which will also dynamically change the weight of the tender.

ORTS Feature: Additional smoke effects for injectors, compressors, and generator are included.

Train Brakes - Train and Locomotive Brakes should both be set to "Running" while not in active use - this will insure the locomotive and tender brakes will be applied/released as well when using the "Train Brake" controller.



Regards,
Scott

[MMSS]

The Moose is a winner !! Been putting it through the paces and runs like a dream !

And that big ol' Wootten Firebox, I just love that !

[Rick-MONON]

Just an AWESOME model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NW 2156]

It's am awesome model. It's just too bad ORTS doesn't have better steam/smoke effects. God, that exhaust is worse than MSTS. ORTS needs to get a move on and fix those effects.

Robert

[scottb613]

Hi Folks,

Thanks Mark - love that colorful string of reefers - nice pix and best reward for freeware guys...

Thanks Rick - I might wade into some USRA's next - suitable on a large number of routes - even ones in the Midwest...


Thanks Robert - LOL - and always the ray of sunshine...



Just like MSTS - the smoke can be improved - I think I have Marc's Diesel and Steam smoke textures loaded and they are a vast improvement... Certainly on par with Trainz or DTG...

You can get them here at 3DTrains:
http://www.3dtrains.com/downloads/misc.shtml


Here's a video with the textures loaded - they look pretty darn good to me - you can press [5] as the video is playing to skip to the smoke coming out of the Consolidation - if you don't want to sit through the whole video...





Regards,
Scott

[scottb613]

Hi Rick,

Someone else mentioned the Bell !!!

Oh - dang - it didn't even occur to me until now...

Carlo probably has the - new - "Animated Bell Function" - in the latest version of Monogame ORTS only... I only run the "Unstable" version of ORTS to gain all the benefits of Monogame... As is - updating to "Unstable" is probably the ONLY way to turn off the bell...

To update to Monogame - if desired - simply go into your version of ORTS - select [Options] [Updater] - - - then choose "Unstable" - - - this should create a new hotlink for the software update in the usual location - top right corner of interface - simply click on the hot link to update your software... This will switch you from the old XNA Game Engine to the new Monogame Game Engine - and fix the bell...

Monogame has the added benefit of all the latest ORTS features - better frame rates - and ReShade compatibility for better graphics... It's also what ORTS is being fully ported to - so you will be using it eventually if you continue to use ORTS...

Regards,
Scott

[scottb613]

Just an AWESOME model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See above on Bell.

[NW 2156]

Hi Scott, It's not the textures of the smoke, Its the emitter pattern of the particle effects generator that is crap. ATSF3751 on ET boards have written about this a couple times.

Robert

[scottb613]

Hi Scott, It's not the textures of the smoke, Its the emitter pattern of the particle effects generator that is crap. ATSF3751 on ET boards have written about this a couple times.

Robert

Hi Robert,

Understood - I'm sure we would all welcome any improvements - it's merely a wait for the person with the skill and the will to do it....


Regards,
Scott

[hiball 3985]

That model just knocks my socks off, outstanding. I've down loaded it but won't be able to use it at this time.
Just as a note on smoke I have changed my thinking over the years. In the past I enjoyed the heavy smoke for eye candy but in reality a properly fired engine doesn't do that, so I made a new modified smoke texture to change it from a heavy plume to a lighter version in comparison. Don't know if it would work properly in OR.