New assets pack have been published. ... continue reading »

Since it was asked by some friends of Rotabili Italiani, in recent days I have realized the extension of the route from Bardonecchia to the Modane station, this last built partially. ... continue reading »

The new Beta release of the route with all the optimizations and changes that was become necessary after the publication of the beta 4 is under testing.

I would say that the situation seems to have definitely improved, and the critical points of the previous version eliminated. In general, the route is more fluid, occupies much less resources in critical areas of the Turin hub, and the landscape has been optimized in some areas that seemed unfinished from the train cabin. ... continue reading »

After I discovered the two main reasons of memory problems and where to investigate, I finally worked on several factors. The Orbassano yard, and the stations of Porta Nuova and Lingotto have a lot of tracks, that in simulation are maybe useless, in the sense that they are hardly necessary even for a complex scenario. […] ... continue reading »

As anticipated in the post “And then?” the first part of the extension of the Torino-Bardonecchia route is almost completed. A long testing movie of the new extension can be found here in the Video section. ... continue reading »

To deeply explore the problem of too high memory usage, I used a short scenario between Collegno and Torino Porta Nuova, so that I quickly tested variations. The tests had the target to compare: A) Initial situation B) Track and terrain only C) Like B + lofts and roads D) Like B + Scenery This […] ... continue reading »

Solved the frequent crash problem caused by the signal script, next step is to understand and reduce the memory usage. First point to check is how much memory RAM is used during a standard scenario to make a zero point and see which areas are or may be critical. All the tests are run from […] ... continue reading »

The scripts of the new signals are over and after a test phase, I can confirm that they are doing their job and the aspects are correctly represented. In some cases new features have also been added that in the previous signals were not fully functional. To prevent touching existing assets and routes, which have […] ... continue reading »

The first beta was released to the members of the Rotabili Italiani site. Unfortunately, the route is causing various crashes, both in loading phase and in game. Especially the use of memory is at the limit, reaching the critical value of 3, 2 GB. By analyzing logging files, one of the main problems seems to […] ... continue reading »

Given the almost final state of the route, I created some test videos to show the route as a whole. They have the sole purpose of making a tour of the route in the various directions and possibilities. All videos are uploaded in the specific section of the site and can also be viewed on […] ... continue reading »