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▪ Welcome
Latest News
(1st August 2010)
- openBVE v1.2.7.2 released.
Please see here for details.
Welcome to Railsimroutes.net,
where realistic, detailed, immersive and graphically rich add-ons are being developed
for openBVE, a licence free,
open source, free-of-charge train driving simulator, as well as
"openBVE 2", of which I am a co-developer.
Please use the navigators above or below to browse the site. You can read my
blog for the latest news and updates, both regarding what's happening here
at Railsimroutes.net, and what's happening
in the world of openBVE. You can download routes, find help and other information
via the Projects page, view a selection of screenshots
on the Gallery page, and find plenty of useful or interesting
sites to visit on the Links page.
▪ Active Projects
On this site you can follow the progress of two projects
currently being developed
-
Birmingham Cross-City South v2.0, running from Redditch to Birmingham's
busy New Street station, and the
WCML Watford Junction to Rugby
route. Both projects will make full use of the various features and capabilities provided
by openBVE. You can also find help and information, miscellaneous downloads, and
read about the history of
Railsimroutes.net:
▪ About openBVE
openBVE is an open source, licence
free, internationally aware, cross-platform, free-of-charge train driving simulator
with an emphasis on in-cab driving, realistic physics, braking and safety system
modelling. openBVE uses OpenGL and OpenAL for graphics and audio respectively, and
being cross-platform, is designed to run on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Some key
openBVE features:
- Animated objects, full 3D cab support, and external camera views
- 3D positional surround sound
- Enhanced graphics quality, filtering, transparent texture handling
- Detailed safety and braking system modelling, and realistic physics
- Multi-lingual interface
- And more...
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