What units are the numbers in engine specs in?
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Dinorius_Redundicus
kuid 68213
Even that cannot be right. Grams per cubic metre would be a measure of density, not pressure.
I’m not a creator of locomotives, but I’ve never seen a comprehensive list of units for all the parameters in an enginespec. If it’s not in the Wiki by now, I don’t know where else it would be. Units seem to be a real confusing problem for Auran/N3V. For commodities (kind - product), the unit for “mass” is in kilograms, but for fluid products, the value that actually works corresponds to density (kilograms per litre).
I’m not a creator of locomotives, but I’ve never seen a comprehensive list of units for all the parameters in an enginespec. If it’s not in the Wiki by now, I don’t know where else it would be. Units seem to be a real confusing problem for Auran/N3V. For commodities (kind - product), the unit for “mass” is in kilograms, but for fluid products, the value that actually works corresponds to density (kilograms per litre).
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johnwhelan
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Basically they vary the effects of the numbers in each version of trainz. Talk to one of the guys who builds engine specs. The empirical method or suck it and see works not too badly.
Not very helpful is it?
Cheerio John
it seems like everything is pointless 
the locomotive itself can be adjusted to more or less reality, but the train cannot.
it looks like the brake wave is simply hardcoded. and the parameters of the cars do not affect at all. if we adjust the locomotive to reality, we simply make the brakes inoperative =) even if we adjust the cars to reality (which still won't work, I tried to enter unrealistically large numbers.. nothing changes).
the locomotive itself can be adjusted to more or less reality, but the train cannot.
it looks like the brake wave is simply hardcoded. and the parameters of the cars do not affect at all. if we adjust the locomotive to reality, we simply make the brakes inoperative =) even if we adjust the cars to reality (which still won't work, I tried to enter unrealistically large numbers.. nothing changes).
we have what we have, there is no need to change the pressure here, everything is more or less in line with reality =) according to the indicators in the cabin =)
Dinorius_Redundicus
kuid 68213
If the numerical value of the “pressure” tag works, that’s fine. As johnwhelan said, the values that work seem to be the result of trial-and-error anyway. If the equations behind the enginespec are not known, and the units don’t align with the names of the config tags, there is no other choice.