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Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by resolutebat »

solardev wrote: post #6

This looks like a serious tool for real professionals to use. Cool! I wish they had some screenshots or videos of the process. In the meantime, if anyone's looking for gamified railroad-building (just for fun), check out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124180/Rail_Route/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1134710/NIMBY_Rails/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/503940/Railway_Empire/ Or several more: https://gith…

What, no Simutrans?

https://www.simutrans.com/en/

Don't be put off by the, uhh, legacy graphics and quirky UI, like Dwarf Fortress it has the the depth of decades of development (and the learning curve isn't quite as murderous).

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by nkrisc »

rob74 wrote: post #13
denysvitali wrote: post #9

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Thanks for the links, I've just discovered Mashinky [1], which looks like OpenTTD with amazing graphics. So cool! [1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/598960/Mashinky/

Whoa... this game looks realistic at first glance, with locomotives and carriages modeled on real-world counterparts, but when watching the demo video, the railfan in me immediately starts screaming "No! This is all wrong !" - the track grades are much too steep, the curves much too tight, and that one scene where two freight trains almost collide and then one of them stops dead with a few meters distance to the othe…

To be fair it describes itself as board game-like gameplay. The visuals are pretty but it doesn’t sound like it’s trying to be a simulator, very much a game first.

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by iamhamm »

rob74 wrote: post #13
denysvitali wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the links, I've just discovered Mashinky [1], which looks like OpenTTD with amazing graphics. So cool! [1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/598960/Mashinky/

Whoa... this game looks realistic at first glance, with locomotives and carriages modeled on real-world counterparts, but when watching the demo video, the railfan in me immediately starts screaming "No! This is all wrong !" - the track grades are much too steep, the curves much too tight, and that one scene where two freight trains almost collide and then one of them stops dead with a few meters distance to the othe…

Run8 by Run8 Studios is what you want. I just busted 4 coupler knuckles during a boring meeting because I didn't watch my slack coming off while accelerating up a +0.10 grade :)

www.run8studios.com

And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by solardev »

iamhamm wrote: post #43
rob74 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whoa... this game looks realistic at first glance, with locomotives and carriages modeled on real-world counterparts, but when watching the demo video, the railfan in me immediately starts screaming "No! This is all wrong !" - the track grades are much too steep, the curves much too tight, and that one scene where two freight trains almost collide and then one of them stops dead with a few meters distance to the othe…

Run8 by Run8 Studios is what you want. I just busted 4 coupler knuckles during a boring meeting because I didn't watch my slack coming off while accelerating up a +0.10 grade :) www.run8studios.com And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com

> And if you want to peak train nerd like me: raildriver.com

This... is amazing!!

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by eep_social »

javilovesmambo wrote: post #22
ur-whale wrote: post #12

I would have felt a tad better if such tool had originated in Switzerland rather than France. The railway system in Switzerland is far, far more reliable, far more central to the Swiss economy and proportionally (Switzerland is smaller than France) services much more of the country in terms of both geographical reach and service frequency. But ... credit where credit is due, kudos indeed to the Frenchies for building…

You can put it on a different way, the Swiss have no use case for such a software since everything is running fine. On the other hand, the French need the solution and are more experienced dealing with railway traffic problems.

Bern Zürich begs to differ

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by denkmoon »

solardev wrote: post #30
bionade24 wrote: post #15

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Transport Fever 2 has a strong modding community doing virtual model railroading. There are plenty of mods improving vehicle stock, physics and procedures. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1066780/images/ https://www.transportfever.net/

That's really cool! Is it a deeper simulation than games like Cities Skylines?

The economic simulation is incredibly shallow sadly. It's a fun game and excellent creation sandbox but it's not remotely challenging or engaging outside of playing model trains. imo.

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by georgesimon »

sofixa wrote: post #18
ur-whale wrote: post #16

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> And comparatively the French train network is excellent I don't think we're talking about the same country here. Are you a regular user ? "Comparatively" ? Sure, if you compare it to the US train network or to Uganda's ... "comparatively", you can always find something to compare to that makes you look excellent.

> I don't think we're talking about the same country here. > Are you a regular user ? Not OP, but I am. The French railway system suffers from a few faults (like the fact that it's Paris first, or not enough capacity on some routes, especially around popular times like Friday afternoon), but is otherwise extremely good. There's very fast coverage between all big cities aligned to Paris (so Lille - Lyon - Marseille is…

Presuming there's a reason you excluded Germany, would you make a comparison with that system?

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by sofixa »

georgesimon wrote: post #47
sofixa wrote: post #18

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> I don't think we're talking about the same country here. > Are you a regular user ? Not OP, but I am. The French railway system suffers from a few faults (like the fact that it's Paris first, or not enough capacity on some routes, especially around popular times like Friday afternoon), but is otherwise extremely good. There's very fast coverage between all big cities aligned to Paris (so Lille - Lyon - Marseille is…

Presuming there's a reason you excluded Germany, would you make a comparison with that system?

There's very little high speed rail in Germany, which means that longer trips are too slow to be useful.

That being said, there's very good regional and decently fast coverage. Delays are a problem due to postponed infrastructure investments though.

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by SiempreViernes »

georgesimon wrote: post #47
sofixa wrote: post #18

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> I don't think we're talking about the same country here. > Are you a regular user ? Not OP, but I am. The French railway system suffers from a few faults (like the fact that it's Paris first, or not enough capacity on some routes, especially around popular times like Friday afternoon), but is otherwise extremely good. There's very fast coverage between all big cities aligned to Paris (so Lille - Lyon - Marseille is…

Presuming there's a reason you excluded Germany, would you make a comparison with that system?

Your stereotypes about German trains are very old. Here, take these newer ones

https://www.tiktok.com/@liamcarps/video/7083888965668932869?...

https://9gag.com/gag/aW4W0qq

Re: OSRD: Open-Source Railway Designer

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Post by aryonoco »

georgesimon wrote: post #47
sofixa wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't think we're talking about the same country here. > Are you a regular user ? Not OP, but I am. The French railway system suffers from a few faults (like the fact that it's Paris first, or not enough capacity on some routes, especially around popular times like Friday afternoon), but is otherwise extremely good. There's very fast coverage between all big cities aligned to Paris (so Lille - Lyon - Marseille is…

Presuming there's a reason you excluded Germany, would you make a comparison with that system?

Because Deutsche Bahn has been on steep decline for nearly 2 decades now and is the laughing stock of Europe right now.

Witness the calamitous state of getting the fans to stadiums during the current Euro 24.

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