r/trainsim • u/Soviet_Aircraft • 8d ago

RUNNING TRAIN Easy texture modding of "Running Train" allows for some... unorthodox liveries.

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All based off PKP EN57 liveries - classic PKP blue and yellow, cult PKPPR crimson and KM green, white and yellow.

I am not sorry and therefore I do not promise to not make any more.

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u/xRaynex 8d ago

SimRail x Running Train, the crossover I didn't know I needed!

In all seriousness I do love the creative freedom the developer has given us. And the smooth as butter experience of rail simming in Japan on modern hardware that isn't a 720p video with controls overlaid.

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u/Soviet_Aircraft 8d ago

Let's also be real, a single dev managed to make better graphics than big studios like Dovetail.

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u/xRaynex 8d ago

I mean. Yeah. Leaps and bounds lol My only joke was the crossover. I really love Running Train.

In defense of Dovetail (I hate that I'm typing that), they can't readily transition to UE5 for lumen dynamic lighting and dynamic LODs without starting over, which are both a huge part of why Running Train looks and runs as well as it does. I genuinely hope they retool that crappy subway battle racing game into an actual UE5 metro simulator starting in New York.

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u/miko_idk 8d ago

Planned on getting Sim Rail during the next sale, is the performance that bad?

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u/Corrupted-OS 8d ago

SimRail has great performance. Just don't buy Train Sim World, a game by Dovetail Games. That game has awful performance and a boat load of other issues.

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u/el_saqueador_12 7d ago

Wdym, simrail is also a crappy unoptimized train sim, running train is the only one that works fine

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u/Corrupted-OS 7d ago

SimRail on my end always runs at 60+ FPS. Sure, in more scenery dense areas like Warszaw it drops a little, but I can forgive that.

In TSW there's constant FPS drops, sometimes to 30 FPS or lower.

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u/xRaynex 8d ago

SimRail is great! Dovetail are the developers of Train Sim World.

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u/StartersOrders 8d ago

Just needs to make an almighty bang as it sets off, then make conversations impossible above 90kph!

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u/pipistrellouomo 7d ago

i am a firm believer in that the universe got set in motion with the EN57 bang.

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u/CorbyTheSkullie 8d ago

Now this is something that RT does better than train sim world... an actually good livery editor...

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u/Soviet_Aircraft 8d ago

I mean, the "good livery editor" is just whatever graphics program you decide to use lol. I used Inkscape and with the templates provided, it was a breeze, though there are some things I am not a fan of (painting grab rails in a different colour results in the bodywork under to be the same colour as the grab rail). Also the fact the KC85 (or how it was called) has half its side permamently textured as stainless steel doesn't really make my bed, as I think it really limits what can be done. But that's prototypical, as real KiHa 85 also has unpainted sides, so I'll suck it up lol.

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u/CorbyTheSkullie 8d ago

Sweet!

Honestly, I like it when you can pull the texture out and edit the raw texture file, TSW makes you use stupid layers, I just wish I could pull the raw texture file out and touch it up in there.