The editor now has a separate concept of formations that can be shared between different templates. There's a "formations" button at the top of the side panel for editing the formations. "Service vehicles" are now bound to a formation instead of a template, and templates have a drop-down menu for choosing the formation.
Old timetables will have formations auto-generated for each template. Similar formations are not automatically merged and shared between templates, but you can do so manually.
Each formation has a default train length that can be overridden in each of the templates. The default length can also be overridden in each of the services.
Vehicles belonging to a formation can now be marked as "variable". This means that when the train length is longer than the list of vehicles defined in the formation, the system will primarly repeat the variable vehicles instead of the whole formation. You can use this, for example, to define a freight train formation with one loco, one goods wagon (marked as variable) and one brake van. Changing the train length will then change the number of goods wagons, while the loco and brake van remain at the ends of the train.
When saving a timetable, the current name of each vehicle is also saved to the file. If a vehicle is missing, the error message will show the name of the missing vehicle instead of its ID number, which should be more helpful.
Environmental lights on/off times can now be customised from timetable properties.
Other changes
Fixed possible crash when loading a route
Fixed fences across tracks in some places
Fixed scenery performance issue
Adjusted Class 40 suspension
Added mouse-operable master keys to Class 37 and 40
Clarified tooltips for "expected energy use" and "your energy use" in evaluation screen
This update adds the Class 40 locomotive to the default North Landen timetable where it replaces the Class 37, and to the default timetable of Mountain Pass where it replaces the 37 in half of the express services.
The 3D-model of the locomotive has been kindly provided by Digital Traction
A number of other issues and crashes are also addressed:
Pathfinding and timetables
Fixed several pathfinding and rescue scenario starting issues
Fixed pathfinding through three-way turnouts
Fixed crash when removing an order from the timetable editor map while its properties are open in the side panel
Added per-order pathfinding options to the timetable editor (if you're a timetable creator you can use these to solve possible "path not found" problems for your services)
Trains
Fixed Class 37 horn sound positioning
Fixed Class 37 train brake being mouse-interactable through the air brake needle
Slightly improved Class 37 performance
Added optional names for pistons and reservoirs so that their pressure can be read unambiguously through two new variables: get("pistonpressure(name)") and get("reservoirpressure(name)")
Graphics
Improved the LOD generation algorithm
Fixed transparency issue for models loaded from files
Fixed fences across tracks in some routes (some still remain e.g. at Rickeridge in the Westfords route - to be fixed soon)
This update adds an alternative set of lower-quadrant semaphore signals in the Great Western Railway style. These signals have been fitted to the Westfords route.
If you've made a route yourself the easiest way to change the signals is by opening the Route properties in the editor and clicking the Swap signal types button. Signals can also be changed individually by left clicking them and changing the type in the side panel.
This update also fixes fences across tracks and too low road bridges in some routes.
This patch fixes nearly 20 issues related to pathfinding AI, train reversing AI and rescue scenarios.
Scenery preloading
The loading screen now loads all train models and scenery in advance. This has the advantage that the simulation runs more smoothly, but the downside is that preloading can take a long time.
You can interrupt the preloading process after the first phase is complete by pressing the "Start already" button in the bottom-right corner. The scenery will then load during the simulation as in the previous versions.
Scenery preloading is automatically skipped for editors, quick start and continuing a saved game.
The first phase of scenery loading has also been optimised, as has been the actual loading of separate scenery objects during the simulation (buildings in particular).
Editor fixes
Restored editor tooltips for checkboxes
Fixed crash in train editor
Fixed route editor to reload terrain when pressing refresh key
Fixed possible crash when using packed models
Fixed loading of packed models and textures
Fixed highlighting for some objects in train editor
Other improvements
Optimised train models to build faster and with less stutter (during simulation)
Fixed rare crash in loading screen
Fixed kinks and gaps in rails caused by low level of detail
Reverted back to newer geometry computation (might affect train models made with the integrated modelling tool)
