Funicular Railway
Posted: 16 May 2020, 16:07
This is the release of the Ferrocarril Funicular / Funicular Railway.
The package contains a Funicular railway for Metrosimulator, includig rolling stock.
It is a 550 meter long single track funicular with 3 stations (the middle station being the location where the vehicles pass each other). The line is fictional, but is inpired by Spain (due to the current global crises.... I'm forced to enjoy vacation by simulation ).
REQUIRED AT LEAST:
-> Metrosimulator version 3.15 (or higher)
INSTALLATION:
1) Download: https://filehorst.de/d/dfAJqwAj
2) Unpack Funicular.zip
3) Copy the files Funicular.000 and the Data folder to the folder on your computer where "Simulator.exe" is located.
4) Start the simulator, pick a scenario, and click "activity".
OPERATION IN METROSIMULATOR
Start the simulation with one of the activities. The Funicular trains can not be added in Explore mode.
However, as there is no AI on this map, from there it will pretty much be like explore mode (the trains will not automatically activate).
The line can be operated from both ends of both trains. As the trains are connected by the cable, you are operating both trains simulatiously.
This also means; if you do not plan to stop at the middle station, you can also operate the line by activating one cab, go to free camera mode (9), and drive the trains while staying at one of the end stations yourself; when you brake as the second train comes into the station where you are, you can be sure the first train is doing the same at the other end.
Lights:
The external lights work a bit different then on other Metrosimulator trains; as the headlights of the other train also need to be activated,
they are not connected to the cab on/off setting (as then the headlights would only work on your own train), but to the turnsignal controls instead.
To activate/deactivate the headlights in the direction of travel, press [ (left turnsignal).
To activate/deactivate the headlights on the other side, press ] (right turnsignal)
To activate/deactivate the headlights on both sides, press \.
AI:
The AI does not work for this line. You have to drive yourself.
Speed:
The maximum allowed speed is 25 km/h, and the motors are limited to this speed. However; the bottom half of the line has a higher gradient then the top half of the line, so when one of the vehicles is decending over the bottom half, both vehicles tend to speed up. Keep your speed under controll!
This will also cause the vehicles to start to roll when you activate your cab at the end stations (as the lower vehcile is on a steeper incline then
the top vehicle, and they are connected). So when activating your train, immediately apply the brakes before doing anything else!
Trains:
There are two train variants available; The first has more passenger doors, the second allows more passengers to sit down.
Metrosimulator Wiki:
http://sim.bemined.nl/wiki/Funicular_Railway
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... r_railways