WELCOME
Welcome to Rail Times issue 12, the Rail Simulator newsletter! In this months issue we have an exclusive report on an all new feature in Rail Simulator; Passenger loading! We also include a Q&A with the programmer who developed this feature. In last months edition we stated that Rail Simulator was making steady progress and new features were in early stages of testing however at that stage we wanted to get through some of that testing before we made any announcements well, we can now start to introduce them to you over the coming weeks! We have made two other announcements recently; first that we are attending the German games convention in Leipzig next month and second we have introduced the Turntable/Traverser functionality that is to feature in Rail Simulator. The details about the Turntable/Traverser feature can be found on the Rail Simulator website. Our newly formed North American forum site has been active over the past month. The community has participated in discussions about their favourite North American routes and railway operations, whilst over in the UK forum we are finding new members joining the discussions.
Passengers feature in Rail Simulator!
Rail Simulator will include passengers. These passengers fade onto the platform at designated spawning points, walk to a waiting point on the platform and fidget a bit whilst waiting for the train. They will be able to avoid obstacles such as benches and lampposts on the platforms. When the train arrives the doors can be opened and passengers will walk off the train while those on the platform walk towards the doors. Passengers leaving the train will fade in as they leave the train, move to the spawning points and fade out, whilst those entering the train will fade out as they go into the train. When you go to an interior carriage view, you will see passengers seated and you can also see these seated passengers from outside the carriages.
There will be a variety of data that can be set up for the passengers including:
Passenger asset definition so you can create and have your own characters appear on a platform Passenger densities based on definable time bands so you can create the correct ambience for your route and time of day The platform passenger points (for entering and waiting) can be defined to create realistic passenger behaviours on the platform Any asset can be set up to have passengers avoid it so you can create complex station arrangements
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We had a chat with Keith, Senior Programmer, and Anatole, Senior Artist, who have been working on the Passenger feature. Q1) Keith can you tell us how challenging this feature was to create for Rail Simulator? It was a huge personal challenge. Id just moved from developing games for mobile phones, so learning an entirely different technical environment with a much larger scale was hard work, though thoroughly rewarding. The Rail Simulator team is a great team to work with and helped a lot. The hardest part of the task was trying to keep the passengers from wandering off the platform when it became too densely populated. Quite a while was spent tweaking different parameters to affect the rules controlling passengers avoiding each other, obstacles, buildings and the edge while making their way to where they want to get to. An early version used to have the passengers wander towards the edge of the platform as a train approached. A digit entered incorrectly had the entire platform take a run and throw themselves in front of the train as it drew into the station. We removed that feature.! Q2) Keith - Just how far can the user take this feature? You can control whats happening to quite a detailed level. The mix of people can be controlled, so a busy city station can be mainly city types with some tourists thrown in, while a rural station can have a different spectrum of passengers. Each carriage door has a passenger load rate, so suburban vehicles with large double sliding doors can load and unload a lot faster than express coaches with a single door at each end. Q3) Keith - How easy will this feature be to edit? This feature scales very well depending on the users level of experience. Initially its as simple as placing a platform in the world editor. You can use one of the platforms that will be delivered as part of Rail Simulator routes - which will already be set-up with passenger configurations. From that you can pull a train up to that platform and you will see passengers disembarking/boarding. Alternatively for the more experienced Rail Simulator creators they can change all the elements mentioned above. And for fun there should be no reason this feature couldnt be used to create animals boarding a freight wagon! Q4) Anatole - What exactly was your involvement in the Passenger feature in Rail Simulator? I am the 3D artist that has done most of the character work for Rail Simulator, and I have been primarily responsible for rigging, skinning, animating them. Q5) Anatole - What was the process to create these models? The process is fairly straight forward for computer game production: First we decided on the style for your characters, in our case photoreal. We then gathered photographic reference and texture source for the characters, which we used both as a guide for modelling and in the textures. We then modeled the character based on the photo reference, making sure it was proportionally correct and to the specified level of detail. With ours we are looking at between 2 and 3 thousand triangles depending on what detail the character needs. Next, we unwrap and map the character, this is to layout the mesh for texturing.

Then we make 5 levels of detail (LOD) for the character ours LOD down to around 100 - 200 triangles. Using the texture source material taken previously we work the photo reference into the unwrapped texture space, we keep our characters texture on one sheet, for game performance optimisation, this can be resized from 1024x1024 down to 256x256 depending on the graphics memory of the users computer spec. We have to create a Character Studio rig and match it to the model, then we create a control rig that is constrained to this, allowing the game engine to work with the Character Studio data.
Finally we skin this rig to our mesh, and weight the mesh vertices so it deforms correctly when it animates. I animate the rig into extreme positions to test this then if it looks good in these poses, it should work fine in more normal animations.
We use a mixture of motion captured data and hand animation for our animation pipeline, this character has a motion captured walk cycle that has been hand edited to make it loop smoothly. The character and animation are exported using the game engine export plugins, with crossed fingers and a million blessings of the buddha we have more than a warped version of The Thing in the game.although that could be fun too.
Q6) Anatole - From a graphical point of view - how would you say the player/user of Rail Simulator will enjoy these new characters? This is, as far as I am aware a breakthrough in the simulation genre, just in terms of sheer detail, to have real looking people with this level of detail walking, waiting and no doubt being late for trains is unprecedented and is looking great! We are pushing the boundaries in all areas of art with this game, you aint seen nothin yet!

NEXT MONTH

We will have a busy month in August running up to the Leipzig Games Convention. Announcements will be made during next month introducing all the main features in Rail Simulator the train simulation community should have a sound knowledge of the simulation by then! Leipzig is a big opportunity for Rail Simulator to show the public just how ground breaking this release is going to be, Kuju and EA will be working together to ensure substantial exposure and an impressive display is made at this show its all very exciting!

QUICKSTART GUIDE

INTRODUCTION
1.1 System Requirements 1.2 Installation 1.3 Changing the Game Settings
3.1.4 Tools and Docs 3.1.5 Localization 3.2 Main RailWorks 2 Screen 3.3 Drive by Train 3.4 Drive by Route 3.5 Introduction to commands while driving 3.5.1 Driving Interface 3.5.2 Drivers Guide 3.5.3 Display Names 3.5.4 Engine information 3.5.5 2D Map 3.6 Warning and Error Messages
1 INSTALLING RAILWORKS 2 4

2 GETTING STARTED

2.1 Controlling your Train 2.2 Simple Driving Controls 2.3 Full Driving Controls 2.4 Changing Your Point of View 2.5 Other Useful Controls 2.6 Driving Information 2.6.1 Steam Train information 2.6.2 Electric/ Diesel Train information 2.7 Quitting RailWorks 2 2.8 Learning more

4 SCENARIOS

4.1 Free Roam Scenarios 4.2 Standard Scenarios 4.3 Career Mode Scenarios
3 OVERVIEW OF SCREEN AND MENUS
3.1 The Launch Window 3.1.1 Launch Window Settings 3.1.2 Packager 3.1.3 Package Manager
5 MORE INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND TROUBLESHOOTING
5.1 General Troubleshooting Tips 5.3 Problems Running the Game
5.2 Restoring your copy of RailWorks 24

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Introduction

RailWorks 2: Train Simulator is Steam powered
When you install RailWorks 2 you will need to authenticate your copy of the game by registering it online with the free Steam gaming service. You only need to connect to the Internet once to do this and the installer will take you through the process when you put the RailWorks 2 disc in your drive. If you dont already have a free Steam account, you will need to create one, and this will give you access to some powerful features: Find and chat with your friends while gaming Receive automatic updates to the game Get new content and features Transfer your game to other computers and recover from system failures Earn achievements and measure your performance against other players Join up with the rest of the Steam community.
For more information, please visit www.railsimulator.com/steam. Although RailWorks 2 comes supplied with an exciting range of routes and locomotives, there are many more available. Visit our shop at www. railsimulator.com to see the range available. When you acquire these add-ons through Steam, they are loaded directly into your game, so locomotives appear in the locomotive list and routes in the route list no additional installation required! Please note that the features in RailWorks 2 are periodically updated. You can obtain the latest version of this manual from www.railsimulator.com
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1 Installing RailWorks 2

1.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Minimum Requirements OS CPU

RAM GFX SFX HDD

Windows XP with latest service pack installed / Windows Vista / Windows 7 XP - Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 1.7 GHz or equivalent Vista or Windows 7 - Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 2.6 GHz or equivalent 512 MB, (1GB for Vista/Win 7) 64MB DirectX 9.0c compliant video card supporting Pixel Shader 2.0 or above DirectX 9.0c compatible 4.5 GB of space is required to install the game
Recommended Specifications OS CPU RAM GFX SFX HDD
Windows XP with latest service pack installed / Windows Vista / Windows 7 Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 3.0 GHz or equivalent 2.0GB 256MB DirectX 9.0c compliant video card, supporting Pixel Shader 3.0 Sound Blaster X-Fi series from Creative Labs 4.5 GB of space is required to install the game

1.2 Installation

Always follow the installation instructions presented on screen as they will be up to date. The instructions below are for guidance only. To install RailWorks 2 on your PC: 1. You must be connected to the Internet. 2. Insert the RailWorks 2 Disc into your disc drive. This opens an Installation
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wizard and will be a familiar process if you have installed other software before. If the process does not start automatically: I. Click START on the taskbar II. Click MY COMPUTER III. Double click on the appropriate DVD-ROM drive IV. Double click on the setup.exe icon 3. Steam will be installed first. It will update itself at various points. 4. You must choose whether to create a new Steam account or use an existing one. Enter the required information and write down or print the STEAM ACCOUNT INFORMATION. 5. Enter your 25-character game serial number when requested by the wizard. You will find the serial number on the back cover of this handbook. 6. RailWorks 2 will be installed from the DVD. Any necessary updates will then automatically download from the Internet. After the game has installed, you will see a RailWorks 2 icon on your desktop. Click on this to start running the game. Alternatively you can start RailWorks 2 from your Start menu. The installation process optimises the software performance according to your computers specification. However, you can modify these settings when you load the game, by selecting the Settings button. This is discussed further in Changing the Game Settings.

1.3 Changing the Game Settings
When you start RailWorks 2, the Launch Window is displayed. This provides a number of options, selected from tabs at the top of the screen see section 3.1 for more details. By default the game is set to run in full screen, if you wish to change this, click on the Settings tab. Uncheck the Full Screen option to run in windowed mode. Other than changing whether RailWorks 2 runs in full screen or windowed mode, it is usually not necessary to change the game options, as they have been optimised for your computer during the installation process.
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2 Getting Started

RailWorks 2 offers you a highly realistic train driving experience: if you have never driven a train before, it takes some practice to master all the techniques. However, with these simple instructions you can start driving straight away:
1. Click on your RailWorks 2 icon to start the game. 2. At the first screen, click the Start RailWorks button at the bottom right of the window. 3. You will then see the Home page screen. Click on the Drive by Train link. 4. You will then see a list of all trains available in RailWorks 2, click one of these. We recommend that beginners start with the High Speed Train FGW White. A list of the scenarios or missions provided for the chosen train are listed on the right side of the screen. 5. Then click on one of the scenarios, we recommend Chasing yellows (first click on the Scenario tab), then click on the Play button at the bottom right and wait for the route to load. This may take several minutes if the route is particularly complex. 6. Once the route is loaded, use the left mouse button to select the train you want to drive. 7. Move the simple power control (or press the A key) to begin driving your train.
Direction Simple power control
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2.1 Controlling your Train
RailWorks 2 lets you control the Train in three ways. You can use the mouse to manipulate the in-cab controls, you can use the standardized controls of the driving interface or you can use keyboard commands. Because each train has different control layouts, the remainder of this guide will focus on the driving interface and the keyboard commands as these interfaces are standardized. However, if you do wish to use the mouse to manipulate the train controls, first switch to the Cab view (see below) and then left-click on the control (throttle or brake), and, holding down the left mouse button, drag the control in the direction in which you wish to manipulate it. Look at the locomotive-specific information in the Driver Manual for details of the in-cab controls. If you do not wish to see the Driving Interface displayed, press F4. Press it again to restore the display.

2.2 Simple Driving Controls
When you first install RailWorks 2, the driving controls are set to Simple. The Driving Interface gives you all the basic information you need and the software does most of the driving work for you.
The following simple controls are the most important (the keyboard alternates are shown in brackets):
Accelerate (A). Click on the upper part of the control or left
click and drag the control upwards to increase the speed. (This will be achieved through a combination of releasing the brake and applying power.)
Decelerate (D). Click on the lower part of the control or
click and drag the control down to decrease the speed. (This will be achieved through a combination of reducing power and applying brakes.)
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Reverse direction (S). Click on the control to change the direction of the locomotive. You should be at a complete stop to do this. Emergency Brake (Backspace). Apply emergency brakes.
This sets the brakes to 100% and locks the other controls. Once the train has come to a complete stop, the other controls will unlock.
Horn (Spacebar). Sound the horn or whistle.
2.3 Full Driving Controls
The full driving control set provides additional flexibility. The key components are (left to right): Throttle Reverser Brake Depending on the locomotive/consist, there are three types of brake selectable (top to bottom): Train brake, Locomotive brake and Dynamic brake. You will also have addition additional engine controls which will depend on the type of locomotive. See the specific guide to your chosen train in the Drivers Guide for hints on how best to control your trains.
2.4 Changing Your Point of View
Initially, the camera is positioned outside and above the train (the external camera). Use the following controls to change cameras as you drive:

Cab view (1)

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External front camera (2) This is the initial view displayed Rear of train (3) Trackside camera (4) Passenger view (5) Front coupling camera (6) Overhead Yard camera (7) Detach camera from train for general exploration (8) Zoom in (up arrow, mouse scroll wheel) Zoom out (down arrow, mouse scroll wheel) Head out of cab left/Head out of cab right

You can control the camera by pressing and holding the right mouse button and moving the mouse wheel, or you can change your viewing angle (the direction of the camera) using the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys.
2.5 Other Useful Controls Load/unload Passengers or freight (T) Lights (H) Wipers (V)
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Take screenshot an image file will be placed in the directory
My pictures with a file name indicating the location (lat/long) and time.
(Expert mode) Small ejector on/off (Steam trains only) (J) (Expert mode) Cylinder cocks on/off (Steam trains only) (C) (Expert mode) Engine start (Z) (Expert mode) Raise/Lower Pantograph (Electric trains only) (P) (Expert mode) Alerter (Q) (Expert mode) Sander (X) Bell (B)
2.6 Driving Information Current speed and speed limit
Current time and scenario instructions (See scenario section later in this guide)
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The display at the bottom of the Driving Interface gives you the key information necessary to drive a train, in particular: The track shows the incline and the wagons or carriages that make up the train The distance to the next signal is shown Speed limits and stations are shown
Use this information to anticipate the track ahead and plan accordingly. Engine Information is specific to the type of Locomotive being driven.
2.6.1 Steam Train information
This shows (first section): Boiler level; Boiler Pressure and Fire Mass. The second section shows: Steam Generation rate; Steam usage; Brake pipe pressure; Steam Chest pressure; Water level; Coal level.
2.6.2 Electric/Diesel Train information
This shows (left to right): Brake cylinder pressure and Brake pipe pressure.
Other information available Display 2D Track map. See the 2D map
section (3.5.5) of this guide.
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Display Scenario Information.
See section 4 of this guide.
Display Consist information (locomotives, wagons, coaches). Press again to revert to

information display.

2.7 Quitting RailWorks 2 Quit (Ctrl-Q), then click on Quit from the pop-up menu.
Note that if you derail the train, cause it to crash with another train, or otherwise cause an engine failure through driver error, the game will automatically end and return you to the Home screen.

2.8 Learning more

Now you have had the basic experience of driving a train, heres how to learn more:

I want to.

Learn more about menus and controls Learn more about Free Roam driving Learn more about Scenarios Learn advanced driving techniques Learn more about routes and scenarios Create my own Scenario Create a new Route

Go to the Menu Overview section in this Guide or look over the Keyboard Controls Guide supplied with your game. Go to the Free Roam Driving section in this Guide. Go to the Scenario section in this Guide. See the Driver Manual supplied with your game. See the Driver Manual supplied with your game. See the Creator Manual supplied with your game. See the Creator Manual supplied with your game.
The manuals can be accessed from the Launch Window Tools and Docs tab.
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3 Overview of Screen and Menus
Please note that the actual screen displayed to you may differ slightly from those shown in this manual.

3.1 The Launch Window

When you first start RailWorks 2, the Launch Window provides access to a range of information, tools and accessories.
If you simply want to drive trains, simply click Start RailWorks and skip to the next section! The Main page is used to display news about new features or add-ons to RailWorks 2 (providing you are connected to the Internet). Clicking on this will open a browser window where you can find out more about the featured items. Also on this page are web links to the RailSimulator.com home page, the RailWorks 2 home page on Steam and the RailWorks Wiki which contains a range of useful information. The tabs towards the top of the screen provide the following options.
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3.1.1 Launch Window Settings
Use this option to switch between full screen and windowed mode or to switch the language used by RailWorks 2.
When RailWorks 2 is installed, it attempts to detect optimal settings for your computers configuration. However, if you have upgraded your system, you may wish to adjust these settings. Note that command line settings should only be used when RailSimulator.com contacts you in connection with a problem.

3.1.2 Packager

This feature is described in the Creator Manual.

3.1.3 Package Manager

RailWorks 2 provides virtually limitless opportunities to expand the range of trains and routes available to drive. The Package Manager shows a list of the additional material you have loaded and allows you to remove it. You can also install new material you have acquired.
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If you receive a RailWorks 2 package (with a.RWP extension), you can simply drag the file with your mouse from your desktop or Windows Explorer and drop it in the left hand window. However, you should only download material from trusted sources and RailSimulator.com will not be responsible for any problems which result from the acquisition or use of third party material.

3.1.4 Tools and Docs

This Tab gives you quick access to the RailWorks 2 reference library included with the product the Creator Manual, Driver Manual, Keyboard & Signal Guide and an electronic copy of this Quickstart manual. Note that these manuals are regularly updated, so check these links to get access to the latest versions. The Tab also gives access to key tools described in the Creator Manual. The Clear Cache option is particularly useful if you have made changes to your RailWorks 2 content and wish to re-check what you have installed.

3.1.5 Localization

This is an advanced option provided for consumers wishing to translate RailWorks 2 into languages not currently supported.
3.2 Main RailWorks 2 Screen
The opening screen is used to launch the game. If you know which train you wish to drive, pick Drive by Train; if you know where you want to drive, choose Drive by Route. The Editor option allows you to create and modify routes and scenarios (see the Creator Manual). To change the game options, use the Option button. Credits shows all the people involved in creating RailWorks 2.
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The Options menu has four options:

Graphical Detail

Use this to change graphics settings. The default settings are based on an estimate of your computers performance when you first launched RailWorks 2. You can change these settings at any time to make the simulation more realistic, or improve performance. Use this to adjust the Master and Ambient volume of your audio settings. Use this to manage gameplay options and aids. Use this to adjust the brightness of the display.
Sound Options Gameplay Options Advanced Options
The Gameplay Options are as follows:

Simple Controls

Check this box to simplify the driving control system making it easier to drive the train. Important note: Some features (Career Mode scenarios for example) are not available in Simple mode and not all trains can be controlled in this mode. Turn this on to display tool tips for cab controls when in cab view. Enable this to allow incompatible rolling stock (such as UK & US stock types) to couple. Enable this to automatically transfer coal and water to the engine when levels get low. Enable this to couple without the need for a keypress whenever you bump into rolling stock at low speed. Turn this on to see dialogue boxes warning you of nearby trains you can jump into during Free Roam scenarios. Will warn if the chosen Scenario is not localised into your language.

User Hints Coupling Override Automatic Fireman Automatic Coupling
Train Jumping Alerts Show Language Warnings
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Brake on overspeed Exit on SPAD
Automatically apply emergency brakes if speed limit exceeded. End the Scenario if a SPAD (Signal Passed At Danger) occurs.
Show Warning Icons Show signal and over speeding warning icons. 3.3 Drive by Train
If you select drive by Train, the following display is presented:
Scroll to the train you wish to drive (you can filter the trains by type using the Steam/Diesel/Electric tab). Click on a train to see the routes which the train can be used on and the scenarios available. Scenarios are of three types Free roam (explore at your leisure), Standard (structured activities) and Career Mode (structured activities that include measurement of your performance).
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3.4 Drive by Route

The Routes Screen allows you to select routes, read descriptions of routes, and select your mode of play.
Scroll to the route you wish to explore and click that route. A list of scenarios for that route will be displayed these missions are of three types: Free roam (explore at your leisure), Standard (structured activities) and Career Mode (structured activities that include measurement of your performance).
3.5 Introduction to commands while driving
Full details of all of the commands available are listed in the Keyboard Controls Guide and in the Driver Manual.

3.5.1 Driving Interface

The Driving Interface can be turned off by pressing the <F4> key. Press it again to restore the display

3.5.2 Drivers Guide

If the Driving Interface is turned off, a simple drivers guide can be toggled on and off using the <F3> key and has four modes. The first mode displays a small version of the 2D map based around your train as well as the current speed limits. The second mode shows the distance to your destination as well as a wait time bar, the third shows the gradient graphically
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and the final mode shows the coupling state of your train. In this mode you can decouple rolling stock by left clicking the coupling icon located between the stock items.

3.5.3 Display Names

As you drive your train, names of trains and locations appear in the game in bubbles. These are valuable for identifying locations used in the Scenario but can be turned off by pressing the F6 key. After this, you can then press F7 key to see all rolling stock pertinent to the current scenario.

3.5.4 Engine information

For more detailed information, press the F5 key to display an overlay which appears in the top right of the screen. Pressing it again clears the display.

3.5.5 2D Map

The 2D map can be accessed via the map icon on the Driving Interface or by pressing the 9 key. At the top right are two icons. The red icon centres the map on the player locomotive. The monitor icon brings up a list of display filters for turning off items in the 2D map. Navigate around the map by holding down the right mouse button and moving the mouse. Alternatively you can use the left mouse button to drag and draw an area which will be zoomed into. The mouse wheel can be used to zoom in and out. A single right click or pressing the 9 key again will close the 2D map. While in the 2D map you can switch manual junctions by holding down the Shift key and pressing the left click on the mouse.
3.6 Warning and Error Messages
RailWorks 2 has three types of errors:
Unrecoverable Errors. Derailing the train or, if configured, passing a signal at danger (SPAD) cause a Free Roam session or Scenario to terminate immediately.
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Major Operational Errors. These errors dont end a Scenario or Free Roam session because you can still drive the train. However, you will be penalised heavily in the performance report at the end of the Scenario. Minor Operational Errors. These errors dont end a Scenario or Free Roam session because you can still drive the train. Full details of all errors are contained in the Driver Manual.
If you have other types of problems, please check section 5 of this manual.

4 Scenarios

RailWorks 2 contains three types of scenario: Free roam, Standard and Career Mode scenarios. Each has particular characteristics which are described below. If you want to save your existing scenario and restart it later, press the quit button on the Driving Interface or <F2> key and click the Save option. Note: each time you save a scenario it overwrites the previously saved version. You can then quit the game in the normal way and resume your scenario later by simply reselecting that scenario from the relevant scenario list.

4.1 Free Roam Scenarios

In this mode, there is no goal, and no required objectives (such as meeting a timetable or picking up passengers). There are no AI Trains (other trains run by the software with which you can interact) on the route in this mode. Simply select a Free Roam scenario and start driving. Note that all junctions in Free Roam are manual and need to be set by the player to achieve their desired path. Press G to switch the junction ahead or shift+G to change the junction behind. Alternately use the 2D Map as described in section 3.5.5. As there is no goal in Free Roam mode, you can exit at any time by selecting the Quit icon in the Main menu (visible when you place your mouse at the bottom of your screen), or by pressing <Ctrl-Q> on the keyboard.

4.2 Standard Scenarios

Standard Scenarios are focused on a specific assignment, with a goal to achieve by accomplishing various objectives along the way. A Scenario could
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include stopping to pick up passengers, deliver freight, or meeting a particular timetable. Scenarios are usually timed, and your success at completing a Scenario is measured against achieving the required objectives and completing them within the time allowed. You can practise Scenarios to improve your skills, and stop and save a Scenario to complete at a later time. Once you have chosen a Scenario, you will see your train waiting, and the Assignment Assistant window will be open.
After you have finished reading the instructions, click on the close (X) button. If you wish to refer to the instructions, press <F1> to re-display the instructions. As you progress through the scenario look at the top left information on the Driver Interface. This shows your expected time at the next destination, together with the scheduled time. Remember to load passengers or freight as required. The required loading time will be indicated on the Driving Interface.
4.3 Career Mode Scenarios
Career Mode Scenarios extend standard scenarios by scoring your driving performance and allowing you to compare your performance with friends and the rest of the RailWorks community. RailWorks 2 calculates your score based on a range of characteristics including adherence to speed limits, passenger comfort, timeliness, fuel efficiency etc. Each scenario uses a different balance of factors to determine the score
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depending on the type of mission.
The score is presented as a number at the top left of the Driver Interface. Below this is a graphical display of one of the parameters used to calculate Career Mode performance passenger comfort. If you accelerate or brake too violently, the ball will move away from the centre, indicating that you will have spilled the passengers drinks! The following icons give you clues as to your performance or deceleration
Passenger discomfort caused by excessive acceleration

Excessive fuel use

Late arrival

Over speed

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Operational error these include not stopping or using the emergency brake Wheel slip
If any of the signs are displayed with a green border, then RailWorks 2 recognises positive performance. When driving Career Mode scenarios, other statistics are gathered your Steam account will indicate when you have achieved significant milestones. Note if you want your scores to be uploaded, you must be connected to the Internet and logged on to Steam.
5 More Information, Support and Troubleshooting
If you are having trouble running this game, or want to find out more about RailWorks 2, first visit www.railsimulator.com where you can view the latest troubleshooting FAQs and send us your technical support queries online. For Steam troubleshooting tips, please ensure you have followed instructions supplied by Steam at www.steampowered.com

5.1 General Troubleshooting Tips
If you have the disc version of this game and the AutoPlay screen does not automatically appear for installation/playing, right-click the disc drive icon found in My Computer and select AutoPlay. If the game is running slowly, try reducing the quality of some of the video and sound settings from the games options menu. Reducing the screen resolution can often improve performance. For optimum performance when playing, you may like to disable other background tasks or your Antivirus applications running in Windows. However, ensure you restart your Antivirus applications after you have finished playing the game.
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5.2 Restoring your copy of RailWorks
If you have made changes and can not now run standard routes or locomotives, we recommend that you re-synchronize with the supplied version. To do this:
Exit RailWorks 2 and then Exit Steam Start Steam again Select the My Games tab Right Click on RailWorks and select properties from the menu that appears Select the Local Files tab Click on Verify integrity of game cache Once complete, close the Properties window Any required content will then be re-downloaded Once listed as 100% Ready, you can start RailWorks again
5.3 Problems Running the Game
Ensure you meet the minimum system requirements for this game and that you have the latest drivers for your video card and sound card installed:
For NVIDIA video cards, visit www.nvidia.com to locate and download them. For ATI video cards, visit www.ati.amd.com to locate and download them.
If you are running the disc version of this game, try reinstalling DirectX from the disc. This is typically found in the DirectX folder on the root of the disc. If you have Internet access, you can visit www.microsoft.com to download the latest version of DirectX. This game also includes a Technical Support file to help you troubleshoot your problem. You can find the Technical Support file in the same folder as your game.

Warranty

Note: The following warranties only apply to products sold at retail. These warranties do not apply to products sold online via Steam for which separate warranties exist (see www.steampowered.com).
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Limited Warranty

RailSimulator.com Limited warrants to the original purchaser of this computer software product that the recording media on which the software programs are recorded will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for 3 months from the date of purchase. During such period defective media will be replaced if the original product is returned to RailSimulator.com at the address below, together with a dated proof of purchase, the faulty media, your return address and a statement describing the defects. This warranty is in addition to, and does not affect your statutory rights in any way. This warranty does not apply to the software programs themselves, which are provided as is, nor does it apply to media which has been subject to misuse, damage or excessive wear.

Returns After Warranty

RailSimulator.com will replace user-damaged media, current stocks allowing, if the original media is returned with a cheque or postal order for 7.50 per disc, payable to RailSimulator.com Ltd. Please remember to include full details of the defect, your name, address and where possible, a daytime telephone number where we can contact you. RailWorks Warranties, RailSimulator.com Limited, Compton House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4TX. RailSimulator.com excludes any warranty in relation to the Product if it is bought second hand and the consumer is not the first end user of the Product.

Credits

2010 RailSimulator.com Limited. All rights reserved. Portions originally developed by Kuju Entertainment Limited in association with F4G Software plc. Portions copyright Kuju Entertainment Limited 2007. Physics engine provided by Ageia Technologies Inc. The Rail Simulator Logo is a registered trademark. The RailWorks logo is a trademark of RailSimulator.com Limited. DB and the DB logo are trademarks of Deutsche Bahn AG. First and the First Logo are trademarks of the First Group plc. The Creative logo is a trademark of Creative Labs Inc. The Union Pacific shield is a registered trademark, used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The full credit list can be accessed from the main RailWorks 2 menu
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