I enjoy your videos so much, Squirrel. Thank you for putting out long, relaxing content. If I'm having a stressful day putting on one of your videos instantly makes me relaxed. I hope you're having a great week :)
Awesome video! I agree on that this line brings back memories from the Canadian mountain pass. ^^ I particularly liked the arches to the side of one section of tunnel, when you looked to the right. I also like the braking on that train and the way it sounds like a wind instrument XD
"When switching from idle a sound is heard which is reminiscent of the scale of a tenor saxophone. It comes from the three-phase motors by controlling the power inverters. The audible noise is twice the frequency of the pulse-controlled inverter, which is gradually increased." I'll just leave this here, found it on wiki and translated it in google. It also states that the successor model of this train does not do that anymore.
Two green lights on the big signal posts means max speed of 60. Two yellow lights on the small posts means a speed limit of 60 is coming up. You taught me that on the Three Countries series :)
Paul, German and Austrian locos have a system called LZB, basically it's track to cabin speed limits. In TS you enable LZB by pressing Ctrl + Numpad + And then you activate LZB intervention by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Numpad + The Taurus engine I read that it makes the sound because it uses frequencies on its motors
The noise the engine makes is from the different stages of power, our subway here in Montreal does something similar. Depending on the frequency, it makes an audible sound as it goes.
People have probably already worked this out, Train Sim World will not be backwards compatible with TS 2017, or any of the DLC that people have bought for TS 2017. Just in case people are expecting all their DLC to work with Train Sim World
Austria has the habit of having speed limits on signals as well, so you'll get either 2 yellow and one green/ yellow and green (40) or one yellow and 2 green/ 2 green (60), the thing, where you thought it was a signal to warn you of a line change, is called "Signalnachahmer" it's used to tell the driver the position of the following signal
Some old trams in my city also did this "electric music" I was told that is because of different rezistors being switched on/off , but I am not electrician...
I've seen better implementations of the Taurus (the Railjet Advanced from Justtrains that you did before which has a more realistic cabin and a better scripted sim) but the scenery on this is just incredible. As you say, I hope DT get the most out of UE4 and make it as beautiful as this sim deserves. Bloody good video as always Squirrel - your train sim vids are the best in the business.
I'll be staying just up the road from Reichenau next week, and a trip on the Semmeringbahn is on the cards. There's an excellent cable-car to the top of a fairly large (1800m) mountain about two miles from there. Rax seilbahn. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous in the summer time. I was there in June last year. It was bloody scorching hot! :o) Thanks for the vid.
Hi Squirrel, The Taurus locomotive sounds that way because the Siemens engineers designed it to sound just like that, which later came a very famous sound ;-) Also the other Siemens rail vehicles have their distinct sounds from the traction motors like the Siemens Velaro high speed trains.
Hi Squirrel, Nice vid as always, but a couple of wee points: You are right about splitting the load between locos front and back to reduce the load on the couplers, but it is the coupler at the front which is under the most strain when accelarating with no rear engine, the front coupler is pulling the entire train, the back coupler is only pulling the final carriage. Secondly, please call routes routes and not scenarios, a scenario is the trip along the route, erm, which is the route! You tend to call scenarios scenarios (good!) and also call routes scenarios (not good and sometimes confusing!) Anyway, keep up the good work!
6:25 The Signal is differnt kind of approach signal. The picture it showed meant that the next signal is a speed limit drop. If it would have been 90° then it would have meant stop at the next main signal and if it would have been up (45° angle) it would have meant signal is green. Also 6:00. You were correct. 2 Greens 1 Yellow means 60km/h at the next main signal. 2 Yellows and 1 Green would have meant 40km/h. 2 Green as expected next signal is green and 2 yellows same story. Next signal red. 6:40 And for main signals: 1 Green. Proceed normal track speed, 2 Green Preceed at 60km/h, 1 Green 1 Yellow would mean continue 40km/h and red of course means stop.
The motor on this vehicle is called or similar to a German made SIEMENS-powered GTO-VVVF traction which makes this tune when accelerating and decelerating. I know this because in Japan we used to have the same motor on the Keikyu 2100 series. It has been replaced though in March 2015 which sadly doesn't make this tune anymore.
Hey Squirrel. You were talking about the freight train that was coming past you at one of the stations around 52:11 time point. You were stating about it having only one loco. If you look at time point 51:54 you will see two at the front. Keep bringing out the Train Sim vids. I need my fix alot these days because of life issues.
The country bumpkin thing reminded me of a bit of hollywood trivia, after making Terminator, ol' Arnie offered to dub his parts into german for their version of the release, but was turned down because his austrian accent would have made him sound like the german equivalent of a somerset farmer accent, so they got someone else to do it... :P
the thing with track speed is, the line speed does not change. there is only a speed limitation, if you change tracks. so there is no sign, but the signals are indicating it. also, the sound from the taurus is intended to be a octave (i think). source: austrian.
I can't believe they have the front to release these as "new" games every year. They must be the laziest developers ever. The fact that they've taken over FSX depresses me.
Except (as Squirrel pointed out at 9:15) they never really do release it as a new game, just a different bundle of dlc for the same platform. Each DLC is actually a lot of content compared to the same amount of money spent in FSX. Even then you don't have to buy it to receive the incremental updates. And they've breathed new life into FSX than ever before. They fixed as many legacy issues as possible without rebuilding the game, and more devs are making money by getting their product to more people through Steam. The fact that they have focused their efforts on not only a brand new train simulator platform, but also a new flight simulator says to me that they care enough about sim fans (and of course our money, but you've gotta be kidding if you thought they were in business to give this stuff away) for me to personally not be worried one bit about it. I don't like the pricing, and especially despise some of DTG's reluctance to fix certain bugs (looking at you Donner Pass), but who else would you rather have develop the next Flight Simulator besides a dedicated sim developer? Be thankful it's not EA, Ubisoft or the like.
That's amazing. like the station called, "Pay Her Back, Right Now." haha That's what I thought you said. QUESTION, Can you set the AFB in 1 MPH increments or are you limited to 5 MPH ?
*subway in america does this gradual electric noise, i think its the new type of gearbox they use which causes the sound like that, just google "Q train" and you'll hear it*
Squirrel, can you do some videos on the "West Highland Line Extension" add-on for Train Simulator, it is undoubtedly one of the best train journeys including virtually. Well worth the £25 price tag on steam.
Hey Squirrel, Is It Worth Buying This Game Or Waiting For The New One, From The Video I Gathered That It Is Made On A New Game Engine P.S. I Have Never Ownd A Train Simulator Before.
The 6 tones you hear is the motor electronics powering up because this is an ac engine and it uses something called a pulse inveter and the increase in frequency for powering the traktion motors is the tone that you, there are two obb classes of Taurus I think it's the ES64u3 that make this sound the newer version of the Taurus does not make the sound
@Squirrel. So it appears that Twitch has made a change to the site that prevents us from viewing your profile (it now redirects to your actual live screen). Which prevents us from viewing all of your past videos. I have confirmed this on other Twitch channels, and that makes me very sad. What say you Paul?
You didn't have PZB on. Makes the drive better but you would have got Emergency brake if you forgot to Pg down the signal when leaving the starting station and possibly another one if you wern't down to 65 km/h to 45 km/h in 153m
Hi Squirrel. This scenario is poorly calibrated from the time standpoint. I initially played it using AFB like you did and kept getting dinged on timeliness to the extent that by the time I reached the final station, I have lost enough points to effectively fail he scenario. I played it again and this time kept the speed as close as possible to the speed limit (+- 0.5 kmph) and yet I kept getting dinged on timeliness. Other than speeding like a demon, I don't know what else I could've done. I don't think there is ANY slack built into the times and even that I close to the speed limit, I kept seeing my ETA going up. I only somehow managed to get a successful complete. Its nuts!
That music sound is afaik not intentional. German wiki says: It occurs in the three-phase motors when power is given to the power converters. The audible sound is twice the frequency of the pulse width modulated inverter, which is raised in several steps. (I am just translating what it says in German wikipedia, don't ask me what any of that means) The "old" generation of Taurus (Siemens ES64U2 locomotive) does have this sound feature, the newer ones ((Siemens ES64U4) don't. A similar sound "phenomenon" occurs with the first 2 generations of ICE trains. Although it is not quite as loud and perfect as it is on the Taurus. ICE 1 departure sound: th-cam.com/video/jA5-fO47mJg/w-d-xo.html Taurus departure sound: th-cam.com/video/5zDkTVFL61g/w-d-xo.html Little Bonus: The Taurus has of course 1 motor per axle, so what happens to the sound when a heavy freight train is setting of in slippery condition and it stats to struggle for traction, power to slipping axles is reduced and increased again by the Computer to prevent wheelslip. As a result the sounds of the 4 motors get out of sync and you get sort of an "orchestra". th-cam.com/video/NTNhGRzmCQE/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/iMYqWHnE9ww/w-d-xo.html (from inside a cab)
Squirrel, there is some really good free maps for OMSI that I think you should check it out. There is one called Manly (based in Australia) that is left handed driving (like UK) and its really good quality.
I thought this was supposed to be Unity on 2017? Oh well. I hope the beta is open. I'd like to see how it's coming along from you. - Anyway, the acceleration and deceleration reminded me of the movie Encounters of the Third Kind. - You speaking of those grindy games had me thinking. I understand it the theory, but there's a fine line between improving and tedious. I generally don't mind grinding (I love rpgs), but sometimes companies just utterly fail and make it really boring and tedious. - 34:30 The hill on the left. In the snow. Good luck with that! - Sorry for wall of text. So many thoughts in an hour long video. Great vid. The level four difficulty one looked interesting from what I saw briefly. ;)
I enjoy your videos so much, Squirrel. Thank you for putting out long, relaxing content. If I'm having a stressful day putting on one of your videos instantly makes me relaxed. I hope you're having a great week :)
Thank you, kind sir!
Starkiller100 same i am having a ruff time
me to it like your videos so much it's so relaxing. and you give us tips of what to do so thanks for the video
Nice sound at the start of acceleration after that vacuum cleaner turns on xD
A few years ago, while visiting North Yorkshire, my friend took me to see the Ribblehead Viaduct. That's some bridge!
The "tune" is the electric motors. My local trains do the same thing.
Awesome video! I agree on that this line brings back memories from the Canadian mountain pass. ^^ I particularly liked the arches to the side of one section of tunnel, when you looked to the right. I also like the braking on that train and the way it sounds like a wind instrument XD
You skipped red light at 2:50 naughty squirrel!
"When switching from idle a sound is heard which is reminiscent of the scale of a tenor saxophone. It comes from the three-phase motors by controlling the power inverters. The audible noise is twice the frequency of the pulse-controlled inverter, which is gradually increased." I'll just leave this here, found it on wiki and translated it in google. It also states that the successor model of this train does not do that anymore.
I went to Summering this summer, it was very beautiful
i love your TS videos they are by far the best on youtube!
Two green lights on the big signal posts means max speed of 60. Two yellow lights on the small posts means a speed limit of 60 is coming up. You taught me that on the Three Countries series :)
Paul, with the single yellow there is no sign, it will apply for at the next main signal.
31:06 The A.I. development in the next gen like you described would be so awesome!
The starting and stopping sound of the Taurus sounds like frequency converters.
I love the Taurus. It was the locomotive on our Railjet from Innsbruck to Bolzano. Very capable.
Paul, German and Austrian locos have a system called LZB, basically it's track to cabin speed limits. In TS you enable LZB by pressing Ctrl + Numpad +
And then you activate LZB intervention by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Numpad +
The Taurus engine I read that it makes the sound because it uses frequencies on its motors
Squirrel, 7:25, S-Bahns in Hamburg do it the best. You gotta see and hear them.
Got to agree with you on that one, I live in Hamburg and damn that sound is sweet
Yeah! I used to live in Harburg-Hamburg
I live in Altona so I hear that sound every day
Nice
Hey Squirrel, I’m a fan of your videos. I love that video.
This is actually a 1016, it has the old driver cab.
Still the same game after all these years...
true, only the menu screen has changed...
I wish they made the graphics more..... Realistic
+LapizzarHP8 // LapizzarHypePlayz next year
you got what you paid for then
The noise the engine makes is from the different stages of power, our subway here in Montreal does something similar. Depending on the frequency, it makes an audible sound as it goes.
I have a stinking cold, so I just spend the days watching your videos :) I can't wait to get this game
I missed these videos along with Omsi
People have probably already worked this out, Train Sim World will not be backwards compatible with TS 2017, or any of the DLC that people have bought for TS 2017. Just in case people are expecting all their DLC to work with Train Sim World
Hey Paul, did you make the intro or was it made for you? Really love it!!! Keep up the fantastic work!!!!
both(download and boxed)are comming out at the end of october
Austria has the habit of having speed limits on signals as well, so you'll get either 2 yellow and one green/ yellow and green (40) or one yellow and 2 green/ 2 green (60), the thing, where you thought it was a signal to warn you of a line change, is called "Signalnachahmer" it's used to tell the driver the position of the following signal
Some old trams in my city also did this "electric music" I was told that is because of different rezistors being switched on/off , but I am not electrician...
Hi Squirrel, did DTG say what was happening to the DLC? Will the new program support it? Will they 'convert' it to the new format (if any)?
I've seen better implementations of the Taurus (the Railjet Advanced from Justtrains that you did before which has a more realistic cabin and a better scripted sim) but the scenery on this is just incredible. As you say, I hope DT get the most out of UE4 and make it as beautiful as this sim deserves.
Bloody good video as always Squirrel - your train sim vids are the best in the business.
Many thanks for the compliment :)
Squirrel no problem at all. Many thanks for the content! :)
Gaz Packer same really good entertainment
I'll be staying just up the road from Reichenau next week, and a trip on the Semmeringbahn is on the cards. There's an excellent cable-car to the top of a fairly large (1800m) mountain about two miles from there. Rax seilbahn. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous in the summer time. I was there in June last year. It was bloody scorching hot! :o) Thanks for the vid.
Nice Video Paul, Keep up the good work, The Current problem delaying the OMSI Add On London Is they are trying to recover the data for the game.
Have a good day, guys!
You too
Hi Squirrel,
The Taurus locomotive sounds that way because the Siemens engineers designed it to sound just like that, which later came a very famous sound ;-) Also the other Siemens rail vehicles have their distinct sounds from the traction motors like the Siemens Velaro high speed trains.
Squirrel, you’re in deep trouble after you exit this scenario.
Hi Squirrel, Nice vid as always, but a couple of wee points:
You are right about splitting the load between locos front and back to reduce the load on the couplers, but it is the coupler at the front which is under the most strain when accelarating with no rear engine, the front coupler is pulling the entire train, the back coupler is only pulling the final carriage.
Secondly, please call routes routes and not scenarios, a scenario is the trip along the route, erm, which is the route! You tend to call scenarios scenarios (good!) and also call routes scenarios (not good and sometimes confusing!)
Anyway, keep up the good work!
6:25 The Signal is differnt kind of approach signal. The picture it showed meant that the next signal is a speed limit drop. If it would have been 90° then it would have meant stop at the next main signal and if it would have been up (45° angle) it would have meant signal is green.
Also 6:00. You were correct. 2 Greens 1 Yellow means 60km/h at the next main signal. 2 Yellows and 1 Green would have meant 40km/h. 2 Green as expected next signal is green and 2 yellows same story. Next signal red.
6:40 And for main signals: 1 Green. Proceed normal track speed, 2 Green Preceed at 60km/h, 1 Green 1 Yellow would mean continue 40km/h and red of course means stop.
I was about to say: "What the hell? I didn't purchase TS:2017, I had 2016 before." Thanks for letting me know it was a free update Squirrel!
At the start you made me laugh
Do you plan to do any more videos of scenarios with this pack?
What kind of driving force shifter you using in ETS 2. Can you please send me a link to the driving force shifter
Anton Olle Logitech g27 with h Shifter but "modified"
The motor on this vehicle is called or similar to a German made SIEMENS-powered GTO-VVVF traction which makes this tune when accelerating and decelerating.
I know this because in Japan we used to have the same motor on the Keikyu 2100 series. It has been replaced though in March 2015 which sadly doesn't make this tune anymore.
Love your videos squirrels been following you for years. But I got a question how much did the pioneers addition cost? Thank you
$45.00 USD, £29.99 GBP, or €33.99 EUR.
you should make a short video explaining how train sim updates work
squirrel pls pls do more fern bus vids. great vids keep up the good work!
Hey Squirrel. You were talking about the freight train that was coming past you at one of the stations around 52:11 time point. You were stating about it having only one loco. If you look at time point 51:54 you will see two at the front. Keep bringing out the Train Sim vids. I need my fix alot these days because of life issues.
i love your video but i would also like to see the frade one👍 keep up the good work
Dope intro dude!
The country bumpkin thing reminded me of a bit of hollywood trivia, after making Terminator, ol' Arnie offered to dub his parts into german for their version of the release, but was turned down because his austrian accent would have made him sound like the german equivalent of a somerset farmer accent, so they got someone else to do it... :P
Btw, if you didn’t notice, the freight train did have 2 Taurus locos. They were at the front.
the thing with track speed is, the line speed does not change. there is only a speed limitation, if you change tracks. so there is no sign, but the signals are indicating it.
also, the sound from the taurus is intended to be a octave (i think).
source: austrian.
*an octave
I can't believe they have the front to release these as "new" games every year. They must be the laziest developers ever. The fact that they've taken over FSX depresses me.
Well, FSX was stuck anyway, I'm glad we have P3D now.
Except (as Squirrel pointed out at 9:15) they never really do release it as a new game, just a different bundle of dlc for the same platform. Each DLC is actually a lot of content compared to the same amount of money spent in FSX. Even then you don't have to buy it to receive the incremental updates. And they've breathed new life into FSX than ever before. They fixed as many legacy issues as possible without rebuilding the game, and more devs are making money by getting their product to more people through Steam. The fact that they have focused their efforts on not only a brand new train simulator platform, but also a new flight simulator says to me that they care enough about sim fans (and of course our money, but you've gotta be kidding if you thought they were in business to give this stuff away) for me to personally not be worried one bit about it.
I don't like the pricing, and especially despise some of DTG's reluctance to fix certain bugs (looking at you Donner Pass), but who else would you rather have develop the next Flight Simulator besides a dedicated sim developer? Be thankful it's not EA, Ubisoft or the like.
Did you use the rail driver for this video
at 2:50 there was a red light signal
another great video, just wondering if your going to another stranded deep?
I wish they'd made either a Mac or Linux version. None of my computers run Windows and I don't want to install it just for this :-(
There were two units at the front of the train
mate do you swair is ealy videos :)
Where about are you from Squirrel it sounds like you've got a Yorkshire accent?
hey squirrel I love your channel and I was wondering if you could to some more amtrak trains (preferably diesel p42's)
That's amazing. like the station called, "Pay Her Back, Right Now." haha That's what I thought you said. QUESTION, Can you set the AFB in 1 MPH increments or are you limited to 5 MPH ?
*subway in america does this gradual electric noise, i think its the new type of gearbox they use which causes the sound like that, just google "Q train" and you'll hear it*
Squirrel, can you do some videos on the "West Highland Line Extension" add-on for Train Simulator, it is undoubtedly one of the best train journeys including virtually. Well worth the £25 price tag on steam.
Hey Squirrel, Is It Worth Buying This Game Or Waiting For The New One, From The Video I Gathered That It Is Made On A New Game Engine
P.S. I Have Never Ownd A Train Simulator Before.
DYNAMITE 296 probably its best to wait until februari
I love all of your videos!
The Salty Clam is actually the name of the pub in that little Austrian village inhabited by a single family.
With TS I bought a European package for £5 I got 5 routes (expect London to Brighton since I already have that
These Taurus trains sound very nice 👍🙂. And it doesn’t do it for a reason it’s just how the electric motor is.
The 6 tones you hear is the motor electronics powering up because this is an ac engine and it uses something called a pulse inveter and the increase in frequency for powering the traktion motors is the tone that you, there are two obb classes of Taurus I think it's the ES64u3 that make this sound the newer version of the Taurus does not make the sound
After you get bored of driving your trains in TS17 you can always play Transport Fever. : )
@Squirrel. So it appears that Twitch has made a change to the site that prevents us from viewing your profile (it now redirects to your actual live screen). Which prevents us from viewing all of your past videos. I have confirmed this on other Twitch channels, and that makes me very sad. What say you Paul?
46:36 Pay her back right now.
In the intro, I saw a plane, and I assume that it is from a game. Can you please give me the link to that game, if it is from a game?
Janette Scott Flight Simulator X
I think it's a Boeing 737
It's a 777
Have you done a video of driving the Eurostar? :)
great video paul as usual GG
You didn't have PZB on. Makes the drive better but you would have got Emergency brake if you forgot to Pg down the signal when leaving the starting station and possibly another one if you wern't down to 65 km/h to 45 km/h in 153m
when did you get that cool intro? it looks really nice.
So, you are not doing any OMSI right now because there is nothing to record?
Oh boy, you've run through red signal in about 2:50
wheres the link to download the game?
steam
Oh yea are you going to do some planet coaster vids (like a series)?
check out skystorme. He has done a few series on it.
You can do trains in italy
I like ur videos so ...much........u make very beautiful videos
..keep making...
Ahhhh, the problem with the "Ü". too bad there is one in Mürzzuschlag.
Hi Squirrel. This scenario is poorly calibrated from the time standpoint. I initially played it using AFB like you did and kept getting dinged on timeliness to the extent that by the time I reached the final station, I have lost enough points to effectively fail he scenario. I played it again and this time kept the speed as close as possible to the speed limit (+- 0.5 kmph) and yet I kept getting dinged on timeliness. Other than speeding like a demon, I don't know what else I could've done. I don't think there is ANY slack built into the times and even that I close to the speed limit, I kept seeing my ETA going up. I only somehow managed to get a successful complete. Its nuts!
That music sound is afaik not intentional. German wiki says: It occurs in the three-phase motors when power is given to the power converters. The audible sound is twice the frequency of the pulse width modulated inverter, which is raised in several steps. (I am just translating what it says in German wikipedia, don't ask me what any of that means)
The "old" generation of Taurus (Siemens ES64U2 locomotive) does have this sound feature, the newer ones ((Siemens ES64U4) don't.
A similar sound "phenomenon" occurs with the first 2 generations of ICE trains. Although it is not quite as loud and perfect as it is on the Taurus.
ICE 1 departure sound: th-cam.com/video/jA5-fO47mJg/w-d-xo.html
Taurus departure sound: th-cam.com/video/5zDkTVFL61g/w-d-xo.html
Little Bonus: The Taurus has of course 1 motor per axle, so what happens to the sound when a heavy freight train is setting of in slippery condition and it stats to struggle for traction, power to slipping axles is reduced and increased again by the Computer to prevent wheelslip. As a result the sounds of the 4 motors get out of sync and you get sort of an "orchestra".
th-cam.com/video/NTNhGRzmCQE/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/iMYqWHnE9ww/w-d-xo.html (from inside a cab)
I am from Austria ;-)
when does transport fever come out
Squirrel, there is some really good free maps for OMSI that I think you should check it out. There is one called Manly (based in Australia) that is left handed driving (like UK) and its really good quality.
this train is a dlc or a download mod?
I'm just wondering what your thoughts are on Train Sim World.
What's with the ever changing logo ?
there were 2 locos on that.. guesd you missed it
Exactly the same usually for DTG
Another year of disappoint lovely
+Stingray Aviation Productions it's the same every year
How do you turn on and operate the AFB? I couldn't find a tutorial anywhere
I thought this was supposed to be Unity on 2017? Oh well. I hope the beta is open. I'd like to see how it's coming along from you. - Anyway, the acceleration and deceleration reminded me of the movie Encounters of the Third Kind. - You speaking of those grindy games had me thinking. I understand it the theory, but there's a fine line between improving and tedious. I generally don't mind grinding (I love rpgs), but sometimes companies just utterly fail and make it really boring and tedious. - 34:30 The hill on the left. In the snow. Good luck with that! - Sorry for wall of text. So many thoughts in an hour long video. Great vid. The level four difficulty one looked interesting from what I saw briefly. ;)
Is this gonna be on XBOX?
what Paul is talking about a train toots back is coming soon in 2020
Why are there zero reflections on any of the train surfaces ? Seems strange !
What do you think of people kinda having to purchase a beta testing key?
good work