TramSim Vienna - The Tram Simulator news & patch notes

In this patch, bugs with the map, AI and the vehicle E1 were fixed.

The changelog in detail:

• Bugfix: Ground markings at Julius-Raab-Platz wer corrected

• Bugfix: When manually pulling open a door on the switched off sidecar, the other door wing opened electrically
• Bugfix: In the emergency brake notch the emergency signal sounded mistakenly
• Bugfix: If the brake release button was pressed 4x in a row, the Geamatic didn't ran back to the original brake level
• The door animation was improved
• Different doors now have different sounds

• Bugfix: At the stop Wittelsbachstraße pedestrians crossed the street on red light
• Bugfix: In the exterior mirrors, the animations were sometimes not displayed correctly for passengers, which led to jumping

This patch fixes a few minor details of the E1.

The changelog in detail:

• Bugfix: A playing announcement could not be cancelled in IBIS with "Lösch." button.
• The destination plate for "Bahnhof Favoriten" was added
• The destination plate for "Hintere Zollamtsstraße" (Radetzkystraße) was added
• The destination plate for "Schottenring U" was added

The E1 DLC is now available in TramSim!

This update contains content for the E1 DLC, various bug fixes for AI vehicles and pedestrians as well as other topics.

The changelog in detail:

• Bugfix: The IBIS displayed the delay for the next station
• Bugfix: In USTRAB the side windows of the vehicles were not drying up
• The default setting for the display mode is now fullscreen
• If you fall through the floor, you are now reset to the vehicle cockpit

• Bugfix: Switches locked for players could not be switched manually even if the switch was set incorrectly
• Bugfix: When shunting in front of hall 2 of the depot there were unintentional squeezes of the tram or twisted cab parts
• Bugfix: In Quellenstraße (at the stop Neilreichgasse) pedestrians sank into the sidewalk at some point
• The traffic light circuit for the intersection Kärntner Ring/Akademiestraße was corrected

• Bugfix: AI trams sometimes got stuck at the intersection Quellenstraße/Knöllgasse
• Bugfix: At Knöllgasse, line 6 sometimes turned in the wrong direction
• Bugfix: At Börse trams running on line 71 prevented the continuation of trips for other trams
• Bugfix: AI trams sometimes got stuck in the USTRAB

• AI traffic in the Quellenstraße was slightly reduced

• Bugfix: Pedestrians and waiting passengers sometimes disappeared after some time, causing stop areas and sidewalks to look empty and as a result, no more passengers could be transported
• Bugfix: People visible in the rearview mirror sank into the ground

• Bugfix: The sun blinds were gone

• Bugfix: Some textures were not displayed correctly
• Bugfix: Clearance and stop request chime were too quiet

• The sun blinds were made functional
• Bugfix: The door animation was not always displayed correctly, so that actually opened doors sometimes looked closed
• Bugfix: The red door indicator light went out too early
• Bugfix: The interactive help for the wheelchair lift was also displayed if the wheelchair user did not want to get in
• Bugfix: Raindrops behind the blind were not displayed correctly

This patch fixes the Fatal Error and also contains various corrections for line 71.

Changelog:

• Bugfix: After playing for a longer time the game crashed randomly with the message "Fatal Error!"
• Bugfix: In the area of the stop Unteres Belvedere cars did not move on
• Bugfix: AI trams did not continue correctly in some places (started and stopped again immediately)
• Bugfix: In the whole section between Schwarzenbergplatz and St. Marx, the snow texture on the streets did not look correct in winter
• ULF A1/B1: Various matrix terminus displays were updated or corrected so they now display correctly
• In the area of the Börse loop the missing lighting was added
• Missing street markings in the Schwarzenbergplatz area have been added
• In the St. Marx area, street markings were displayed too dark at night
• Bugfix: AI cars caused accidents at the intersection Schwarzenbergplatz#Am Heumarkt#Brucknerstraße
• Bugfix: Passengers partially sank into the ground at the Rennweg and Kleistgasse stops
• Bugfix: AI cars partially drove on red at the intersection Rennweg#Landstraßer Hauptstraße
• Traffic light phases at the intersection Schwarzenbergplatz#Schubertring#Kärntner Ring were improved
• Traffic light phases at the intersection Rennweg#Fasangasse#Ungargasse were improved
• Traffic light phases at the intersection Rennweg#Kleistgasse were improved
• Traffic light phases at the intersection Rennweg#Landstraßer Hauptstraße were improved

As promised, today we have our Christmas present to the community for you: We have been working on improvements and bug fixes again and are happy to present you the third drivable line in Vienna with this update: The line 71, which you can now drive from Börse via the Ringstraße and Schwarzenbergplatz to St. Marx with a realistic timetable and real announcements.

Changelog:

• The Line 71 can now be driven between Börse and St. Marx
• Various performance optimizations
• The type ULF A1/B1 now have the correct Annax matrix displays
• Control of the cameras is now also possible in paused state
• Chinese language is now selectable in the game
• Bugfix: When pressing the key "C" at the E2 the game froze
• Bugfix: The matrix destinations of the vehicle R2.2b for the line U2Z were not displayed
• Bugfix: Some keystrokes were not recognized in Tram-Challenges
• Bugfix: The timetable data for the passenger information displays were displayed incorrectly or not at all at some stops
• Bugfix: The game flickered in VR mode

To get this update you have to switch to the "Public Beta" Branch via Steam!

After there was a TramSim Vienna update on Friday, today Saint Nicholas brings you another update: in his sack he has the ULF A1 and B1 (for all ULF DLC owners)!

Changelog:

• ULF A1 and B1 are now available for selection if you own the ULF DLC
• Bugfix: When dynamic weather was selected in the main menu, the weather in the simulation never changed to the selected second weather preset
• Bugfix: The first Flexity cab was shown black in the distance
• Bugfix: The windows on ULFs further away were displayed gray instead of black
• Bugfix: The selected repaint folder row in repaint dropdown menu was not displayed correctly

To get this update you have to switch to the "Public Beta" Branch via Steam!

The long-awaited update for Vienna is now available, which brings dynamic weather (including windshield wiper functions), the wheelchair driver and the R2.2b to Vienna! Also included are performance optimizations and much more, as you can see in the changelog below.

Changelog:

• The wheelchair driver already known from Munich has now made it to Vienna and is waiting to be let in and out by you via wheelchair folding ramp
• Also in Vienna you can now use the dynamic weather and drive in snowfall, rain or cloudy conditions. Don't forget to turn on the windshield wipers ;)
• The vehicle R2.2b is now also available for Vienna, if you own TramSim Munich
• Due to the update of the Unreal Engine to version 4.26, the performance in the first public beta update unfortunately dropped noticeably. In the last few weeks, we have been intensively analyzing and fixing performance problems and were able to achieve a significant optimization in various areas, which has led to a noticeable performance improvement (compared to the previous public beta updates).
• The number of AI cars, pedestrians, as well as the amount of waiting passengers in stations is now dependent on the time of day
• Bugfix: Some Steam achievements could not be unlocked or were not registered as completed
• Bugfix: Some joysticks were not recognized during axis configuration
• Bugfix: In the tutorial missions the mission names were not displayed correctly
• Bugfix: The level-up texture was not displayed correctly
• Bugfix: The snowflake effect in the main menu was not displayed correctly or snowflakes sometimes did not fall over the whole screen

• AI trams on line U2Z now correctly display "Oper, Karlsplatz U" on the matrix display again (instead of just "Karlsplatz U")
• Bugfix: Trams were sometimes running as "Sonderzug" although they were running a route trip

• The engine sound was slightly reworked
• Bugfix: On some doors the light textures of the door warning lights were not displayed correctly

• Bugfix: Starting from the 2nd cab the light textures for the interior lighting as well as the door warning lights were not displayed correctly
• Bugfix: In some situations, a closed door was still displayed as open by means of the door indicator light and highlighted in yellow on the left cockpit display

• Bugfix: In some places on the map, AI trams got stuck and did not continue to move
• Bugfix: AI trams (all vehicle types) now always correctly switch on the interior lighting at night or in the tunnel

To receive this public beta update you have to switch to the "Public Beta" branch via Steam!

• Bugfix: The distance between train parts was not correct in some occasions
• Bugfix: AI trains did not check if switches were set in the desired direction
• Bugfix: Passengers in E2 did not get off the train
• Bugfix: IBIS beeping of other vehicles was sometimes heard in the own vehicle
• Bugfix: Flexity trams were not spawned correctly at the depot (Betriebsbahnhof)

To receive this public beta update you have to switch to the "Public Beta" branch via Steam! On some computers, the performance of the game might decrease with this update. If this should be the case for you, simply deactivate the "Public Beta" branch again.

Today is the day, with the new TramSim Vienna - Update we provide you with five new AI lines, real-time passenger information displays, a more realistic behavior of the AI trams, as well as other new features, improvements and also some important problem fixes.

• AI Trams:
  • The maximum number of AI trams is now adjustable. Since there are more lines and therefore more vehicles on the map with this update, the setting has to be adjusted according to the performance
  • Line D (Nußdorf - Absberggasse) was added as an AI line and runs in the game between Börse and Oper, Karlsplatz with the vehicle types ULF B and E2
  • Line 2 (Dornbach - Friedrich Engels Platz) was added as an AI line and runs in the game between Parlament and Oper, Karlsplatz as well as Julius-Raab-Platz and Schwedenplatz with the vehicle types ULF B and E2
  • Line 6 (Burggasse Stadthalle - Geiereckstraße) was inserted as an AI line and runs in the game between Eichenstraße and Quellenplatz with the vehicle types Flexity, ULF B and E2
  • Line 18 (Burggasse Stadthalle - Schlachthausgasse) was added as an AI line and runs in the game between Eichenstraße and Blechturmgasse with the vehicle types ULF B and E2
  • Line 71 (Börse - Kaiserebersdorf) has been added as an AI line and runs in the game between Börse and Oper, Karlsplatz with the vehicle types Flexity, ULF B and E2
  • The E2 vehicle is now available as an AI vehicle in the game and runs on lines 1, 2, D, 6, 18, 62 and 71
  • Line 1 now also operates with the ULF B and E2 vehicle types
  • Line 62 now also runs with the E2 vehicle type and now has a denser interval
  • If AI trams are standing in front of a signal, they now wait until the signal allows them to run in the desired direction
  • Bugfix: When playing for a longer time, less and less trains were approaching on AI lines
  • Bugfix: When the player selected a timetable, the AI train with the same round trip was not removed
  • Bugfix: AI trains with a high delay, for example after changing the time, were not removed
  • Bugfix: AI trains did not wait for the station wait time at the initial stops
  • Bugfix: AI trains closed doors in stations despite stop-showing signal

• AI cars and pedestrians:
  • Passengers now choose one or more lines at stops and only board trains with the desired line
  • Bugfix: Pedestrians were walking across the map
  • Bugfix: In some places cars spawned too close or too far from the player

• General:
  • The game is now called "TramSim Vienna", so we have changed the colors in the menus accordingly
  • New spawn points for both directions of line 1 in front of the stations Knöllgasse, Johann-Strauß-Gasse and Hetzgasse and a new spawn point in front of the stop Oper, Karlsplatz in direction of Stefan-Fadinger-Platz were inserted
  • All new as well as existing spawn points have been sorted by driving direction
  • Various improvements for the U-STRAB signal system at the stations Matzleinsdorfer-Platz and Kliebergasse
  • The rear destination display of the sidecar C5 has been positioned more visibly
  • Some intersections in the game now have more realistic traffic light phases. This makes it easier to keep to the timetable.
  • GPU performance optimizations have been made
  • New keymapping system integrated: Key mappings can be set individually for different vehicle types
  • The switches have been reworked to simulate a more realistic behavior when following other trams
  • Covid 19 pictograms have been added to the doors of the ULF A and ULF B vehicles
  • The Flexity now has colorful holding loops
  • At the doors of the E2 the sticker "Pull hard in case of emergency" (in German) was added
  • The passenger information displays have been enhanced and now show complete real-time information about the courses in the area
  • Bugfix: The line U2Z was displayed with a smaller font on the passenger information displays
  • Bugfix: E2 no longer triggers emergency braking when the joystick emergency brake button is turned off
  • Bugfix: When configuring a joystick manually, the emergency brake button setting was reset again and again
  • Bugfix: In some places double TSP were given for punctuality
  • Bugfix: The gameplay tutorial wasn't playable

Long awaited and as already announced, another TramSim update is released today, which brings numerous performance optimizations, but also offers new features and improvements, especially for the VR mode. In addition, the update also contains a lot of bug fixes.

• Various performance optimizations:
  • Performance optimization for distant AI pedestrians/passengers
  • Performance optimization for distant AI cars
  • Performance optimization for distant AI trams
  • Performance optimization for parked cars (loading and unloading)
  • Performance improvement for low performance resp. performance collapse in Knöllgasse
  • Performance improvement when trams are not moving
  • Automatic garbage collection is now preferentially executed when the player tram is not moving
  • Memory consumption after long game time slightly reduced

• VR:
  • The driver camera view can now also be centered under VR using the "space bar"
  • Bugfix: initial VR view in the cockpit was wrongly rotated and set at a wrong position
  • VR controllers can now be used as virtual hands to operate buttons, switches/levers and the IBIS and MMIs
  • When using an Oculus VR headset, the joystick of the left controller can now be used to accelerate/decelerate and the controller buttons "X" and "Y" can be used to control the door release

• General:
  • Zooming via mouse wheel is now also possible in first-person perspective (if you are not sitting at the driver's seat)
  • Bugfix: sometimes passengers did not enter the tram although the door was open and thus passengers blocked the door
  • Bugfix: AI cars sometimes drove off their defined paths at low performance
  • Bugfix: sometimes there were wrong distances between tram cabs or wrongly turned tram cabs
  • AI humans now despawn when blocking cars or AI trams (so no more stuck cars or trams when blocked by humans)
  • USTRAB intersection signal logic revised: AI trams now wait for clearance at red signals; clearance is now only given when no train is in the turnout area; clearance is given in order of arriving trams
  • AI trams now use the turn indicator when they turn or where it is necessary for traffic reasons
  • Bugfix: AI trams stopped in stations and in front of signals sometimes too early or too late or not at all. In addition, in a few cases AI trams moved very slowly in stations or did not continue at all
  • AI cars now also got a wheel sound
  • In the graphics options the display of the dirt (on the outside) of trams can now be switched on/off
  • Bugfix: new keyboard, gamepad and joystick axis assignments can be saved correctly again
  • Bugfix: when configuring a joystick manually, the setting of the emergency brake point was reset again and again
  • IBIS: instead of the line "50", "U2Z" is now displayed correctly
  • Bugfix for scenario "Switch malfunction": resolved switch malfunction is recognized correctly again
  • Bugfix: sometimes AI trams with empty matrix destination display were running in the area Schwedenplatz/Hintere Zollamtsstraße in the direction of Prater
  • U2Z matrix destinations updated and "ViewApp" and "TramSim" matrix destinations added
  • IBIS bugfix: when starting on line "U2Z", "10142" was displayed instead of "15042" for line/course

• Flexity:
  • The sunblind in the cockpit can now be moved
  • At the middle MMI screen, the left camera image can now be reactivated for a short time by clicking on the camera area
  • The center MMI screen now shows the tunnel icon when the vehicle is in the tunnel area
  • Bugfix: AI trams sometimes did not activate door release in stations

• ULF:
  • Bugfix: exiting passengers always despawned
  • Bugfix: when colliding with ULF type B AI trams, they were not removed, which resulted in the collision message still being displayed
  • When the bell button is pressed very briefly the bell sound is now much shorter than before
  • Bugfix: on AI trams in the distance, the red flashing of closing doors was much too visible
  • The small light on the roof now lights up together with the normal headlights
  • AI trams now always have the passenger cabin lights on
  • Bugfix: ULF driver's door sound kept playing when closing and opening immediately
  • The switch "Scheibenheizung" (window heater) can now be operated and lets the indicator "Scheibenheizung EIN" (window heater ON) light up

• E2:
  • The front and side sunblind in the cockpit can now be moved
  • Bugfix: E2 sometimes opened the first door when COVID mode was activated, although it was locked for passengers
  • Bugfix: emergency braking is no longer triggered when the joystick emergency brake is switched off ("gameplay" menu)
  • Pressing the "emergency stop" button now triggers emergency braking
  • The trailer parking brake is now applied when the BAWS is not in "V" position
  • The spring-loaded lever now springs back from "half" to the "zero" position
  • The "Schwenkstufe frei" button is now lit (as long as the tram is on)

• Depot:
  • Bugfix: when shunting at the depot onto tracks 4 to 6 of hall 1, there was a brief standstill or incorrect spacing between cabs or cabs turned the wrong way round
  • Bugfix: the switch at the depot, which leads to the stub track, could be operated which was not intended
  • Bugfix: the pantographs of the trams parked at the depot are now correctly connected to the overhead wires
  • AI trams now despawn before they enter the depot area and do not block the player's shunting anymore
  • Bugfix: on trips to the depot coming from Prater the announcements were not continued after the station Knöllgasse or were shifted by one station
  • Bugfix: if you were at the depot a second time, you were sometimes directed to an occupied track while shunting
  • Bugfix: after washing at the depot the positions of the parked trams changed
  • Bugfix: when switches were set automatically by the shunting operator, the clickspot was sometimes on the wrong side when the switch was set manually with the switch operation rod afterwards
  • Improvement of the distance detection between AI vehicles and trams in the area between Knöllgase and depot
  • For parked ULFs there is no buzzing sound anymore
  • The hall gate at hall 4, track 1 has now got a collision for the player tram

• Map:
  • When AI trams have a different direction request at switches, they now wait until the switch is free and don't just continue driving
  • More AI cars are now driving in the direction of Stefan-Fadinger-Platz in the area in front of the Opera on the Ring again
  • In the Karlsplatz/Opera area, the traffic light phases have now been set more optimally
  • Bugfix: trams in front have already unlocked switches, although the following tram was already in the switch area
  • Bugfix: AI cars turning over tracks sometimes stopped abruptly and then despawned
  • Error in traffic light phases at crossing Franz-Josefs-Kai#Julius-Raab-Platz corrected
  • Stop point for AI cars at intersection Wiedner Hauptstraße#Floragasse adjusted in outbound direction, so that blocking of AI trams by AI cars is avoided
  • The sound for the background noise outside the tram was revised