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  • Does anybody know of a good FREE Microsoft Train Simulator add-on website?i've gotten some, but they never work.
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  • Try   train-sim.com
    geod
  • There are a number of download sites for free software for MSTS.

    Ive had some luck with a few "Good" copies of software but many are either missing files, corrupted or otherwise a problem getting to run on the MSTS. Ultimately I had to remove some due to spyware, adware and potential problems affecting the computer itself.

    It is my hope that they continue to make realistic video games allowing you to run a wide variety of trains. My one beef is that they dont focus well on North American Steam.

    The best software that I have used were not the free kind. For example there is a retail add-on called "Sand Patch" for the MSTS. I think it was 15.00 at the game store but works very well with MSTS.

  • Did you ever try the Berlin Subway Add On or the Line 51 Street Car simulation?

    Both are a total revamp of the Train Sim 1.2 graphic engine and have a lot of added game play. A real challenge to work through.

    www.aerosoft.com sells the stuff. Bundled available for a nice price.

    with kind regards,
    Richard Plokhaar
    Signalsoft Rail Consultancy Ltd.
    http://www.signalsimulation.com

  • Try the Canadian Pacific Railroad site.  It even has part of a commercial route available (Kicking Horse Pass).  You can get heritage locomotives and train sets as well as present day locomotives and freight cars.  All free.  Look under general public for MSTS downloads. 
    Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them."
  • There's no such thing as a free ride!
    So buy your stuff from a good site, better still, get the disc. protection software sometimes corrupts downloads even from disc.

    John Baker

  • I prefer to get my material on DISK instead of downloads. Games are getting more bloated each year. (Nerfted too but that is a different story)

    Now if they can program a steam engine to respond to inputs more preciesely I would be happy. Hate closing the throttle, nuetralizing the reverser and adding locomotive braking to hear the steamer chugging away at full power until the speed drops below the next rounded 10 mph.

  • I must admit that I usually drive deisel/electric loco's and MU's, as I also find the steamers are not very realistic.

    John Baker

  •  Safety Valve wrote:

    Now if they can program a steam engine to respond to inputs more preciesely I would be happy. Hate closing the throttle, nuetralizing the reverser and adding locomotive braking to hear the steamer chugging away at full power until the speed drops below the next rounded 10 mph.

     

    Now, I'm no expert on steam engines and I don't run them that much in MSTS, but on a steam loco the cylinders (the source of the "chuff" sounds - they exaust steam through the stack) are connected directly to the driving wheels. This being the case one would not expect them to go silent once the throttle is backed off. The wheels are now driving the cylinders. The sound should, perhaps, change, but it should only decrease in frequency (cpm - chuffs per minute) in direct proportion to the speed (rpm) of the drivers. Of course the speed of the drivers (assuming they are not slipping) would be directly proportional to the speed of the loco/train. 

    A diesel, which has no direct physical connection between the engine itself and the drivers (unless it is something like a Kraus-Maffi), will respond more directly to throttle inputs.

    -George  

    "And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers ride their father's magic carpet made of steel..."

  • Here is a video I have saved in my favorites on Youtube...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSz_aY2RS7s

    This video is a little long but shows the steam engine stopping in relative peace and quiet sitting there boiling and cleaning before starting up again applying power with stack talk to match on what is a heavy load on a little engine.

    It also has been my experience on steam tourist lines such as Strasburg that once the engine gets the train up to road speed (20 mph or so if that...) the stack talk diminishes greatly with just enough "Effort" to maintain cruise. Should the engine be backing to connect to the train after watering, it is virtually silent not CHUG CHUGG CHUGG at full power... that would scare the people.

    I think the problem is the coding inside the game software to exhibit sound behavior acording to what the operator is doing.

  • You can also try Mophouse (http://www.themophouse.com/) for more current locomotives (They have some of the UP heritage units available, as are BNSF ES44ACs).  You  have to register, but it doesn't take long to get access.  Some interesting fallen flag locomotives there, as is a route for the Frisco. 

    Maple Leaf Tracks Downloads is good, but a lot of their stuff requires an MLT shape file.  Good site for UP patch units and NS stuff.  Some of the stuff is also at Train-Sim, but it is easier to get in here. 

    Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them."
  • A lot of people have worked on the steam sounds (and the diesel for that matter) to make them more closely match the different power settings and such.  MSTS was the floor.  The freeware add-ons have really left the original far behind.  People have had 6+ years now to figure out better ways to do things with the program.
    Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them."
  • <BLOCKQUOTE><table class="quoteOuterTable"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/trccs/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>StillGrande wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4">A lot of people have worked on the steam sounds (and the diesel for that matter) to make them more closely match the different power settings and such.  MSTS was the floor.  The freeware add-ons have really left the original far behind.  People have had 6+ years now to figure out better ways to do things with the program.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
    My RailDriver has just lost its voice and the tinny sound from my speakers is very frustrating.

    John Baker

  • www.3dtrainstuff.com The (i think) 2-8-0 that comes with Donner Pass has steam chuffs that speed up/slow down smotly with the speed. Most other new engines sound very realistic too. The default Kuju engines were really bad.
  • With all the improvements available now, MSTS hardly resembles the original Kuju product.  People have even improved the trees and sky. 
    Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them."