DWBennett55
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All,
I’ve developed four sessions for the Legacy of the Burlington Northern V.2. They are available on the Download Station and are:
<kuid:417385:100814> Legacy of BN2 Session 1: Vernon Switching
<kuid:417385:100829> Legacy of BN2 Session 2: Vernon to Wellington Hill
<kuid:417385:100833> Legacy of BN2 Session 3: Wellington Hill Switching
<kuid:417385:100840> Legacy of BN2 Session 4: Wellington Hill to Vernon
I call the four sessions the Vernon to Wellington Hill Turn and used T:ANE Build 88348 to make the sessions.
I attempted to make sure that the only payware in the sessions was from the LoBN V.2 but no guarantees. I did not get an email from N3V saying that there were assets that were not on the DLS but that doesn’t mean that all the assets are available to everyone (as I’ve learned).
I’ve used Shane Turner’s weather changer and set the time for a change to two minutes. I mention this because you can be waiting for the perfect screenshot during clear weather and, bang, the weather goes to stormy with the resulting reduced visibility and ruining the shot. It’s also disconcerting when you’re closing in on a delicate car coupling and visibility goes suddenly to zip. Keeps you on your toes. I did not add any weather effects in the rule but you can if you’d like.
Also, for you that haven’t had the fun of the double slip switches at the west end of Vernon, you are hereby warned. You might want to save the last session (the Wellington Hill to Vernon session) right as you come into Vernon just in case (I’m glad I did as I screwed the switch settings up the last test run).
The method I describe to get the woodchip cars loaded in the first session was what I found to work. The industry cannot be set to have enough initial product to fill all the cars so it must refill which takes about one minute. Since I never saw the loader start loading after the refill if the half-loaded car was still underneath the load point, I reasoned that the loading sequence is triggered by a car moving underneath the loader that has a less than full load. Hence, my note about moving the half-loaded car away from the loader and then back to complete loading. Again, this is what I found to work but there might be other work arounds. (Not complaining ; just the way it is.)
There are many great points for beautiful screenshot during the sessions as the route really is spectacular. I admit I got the same feeling of anticipation as I do railfanning while waiting for the train to show up as when I went with the free roam camera mode and positioned the camera on the far side of a bridge waiting for the train to come around the corner so I can get the perfect screenshot. Fun stuff.
Hope you all enjoy the sessions.
Take care,
I’ve developed four sessions for the Legacy of the Burlington Northern V.2. They are available on the Download Station and are:
<kuid:417385:100814> Legacy of BN2 Session 1: Vernon Switching
<kuid:417385:100829> Legacy of BN2 Session 2: Vernon to Wellington Hill
<kuid:417385:100833> Legacy of BN2 Session 3: Wellington Hill Switching
<kuid:417385:100840> Legacy of BN2 Session 4: Wellington Hill to Vernon
I call the four sessions the Vernon to Wellington Hill Turn and used T:ANE Build 88348 to make the sessions.
I attempted to make sure that the only payware in the sessions was from the LoBN V.2 but no guarantees. I did not get an email from N3V saying that there were assets that were not on the DLS but that doesn’t mean that all the assets are available to everyone (as I’ve learned).
I’ve used Shane Turner’s weather changer and set the time for a change to two minutes. I mention this because you can be waiting for the perfect screenshot during clear weather and, bang, the weather goes to stormy with the resulting reduced visibility and ruining the shot. It’s also disconcerting when you’re closing in on a delicate car coupling and visibility goes suddenly to zip. Keeps you on your toes. I did not add any weather effects in the rule but you can if you’d like.
Also, for you that haven’t had the fun of the double slip switches at the west end of Vernon, you are hereby warned. You might want to save the last session (the Wellington Hill to Vernon session) right as you come into Vernon just in case (I’m glad I did as I screwed the switch settings up the last test run).
The method I describe to get the woodchip cars loaded in the first session was what I found to work. The industry cannot be set to have enough initial product to fill all the cars so it must refill which takes about one minute. Since I never saw the loader start loading after the refill if the half-loaded car was still underneath the load point, I reasoned that the loading sequence is triggered by a car moving underneath the loader that has a less than full load. Hence, my note about moving the half-loaded car away from the loader and then back to complete loading. Again, this is what I found to work but there might be other work arounds. (Not complaining ; just the way it is.)
There are many great points for beautiful screenshot during the sessions as the route really is spectacular. I admit I got the same feeling of anticipation as I do railfanning while waiting for the train to show up as when I went with the free roam camera mode and positioned the camera on the far side of a bridge waiting for the train to come around the corner so I can get the perfect screenshot. Fun stuff.
Hope you all enjoy the sessions.
Take care,