Train Sway

A pretty minor error, but i'll post it here anyway.

When the train doors are set in automatic (blue indicator when open), the train doesn't seem to sway even though it's enabled in settings.
When the train doors are in manual (green indicator when open), it sways normally.

Is there a way to fix this?

Fixed from this build onwards (Appears to have been Michelle's bug):
https://vps.bvecornwall.co.uk/OpenBVE/Builds/OpenBVE-2019-06-25.zip

Don't know at the minute when we'll get another public posted release, I'm still working on a lot of internal plumbing, but this one *should* be OK for general use if it bothers you that much

Just tested it, doesn't seem to have done anything. I don't realy mind it, just thought i'd point it out.

Are you sure you're at a station where you're supposed to stop and open the doors?

There is a minor (undocumented at the minute) change in that loading sway will only apply if you're at a station where the doors are specifically supposed to open.
The rationale behind this was that if you open the doors somewhere such as lineside, you won't actually get any passengers boarding.

The sway is also not applied unless the doors are fully open. If the train is using long opening / closing times, the train *might* not get a chance to sway.

leezer3 wrote:The rationale behind this was that if you open the doors somewhere such as lineside, you won't actually get any passengers boarding.

That's what you say Passengers never listen to announcements - unless you say something wrong. Passengers never read signs - unless they're wrong. And passengers never are able to board a train swiftly - unless that's not their train...

I have never considered swaying cars to be all that realistic.

Dipping very sightly on the side of the train that is unloading and loading is on yes.

But not sure a Class 47 would unless the driver is a very big person! lol

Or put it another way it's a really crap aspect of OpenBve that lets the realistic quote down a bit..

It's very exaggerated even for light vehicles in OpenBVE, yes, and I tended to see it as critically as you do. Now I'm not thaaat sure anymore - you don't see the sway in real life, but you actually feel it on some vehicles. Visually exaggerating it might be a valid trick to compensate for the missing feeling.

It's a feature that I'd shed no tears for if it disappeared!!!

But not sure a Class 47 would unless the driver is a very big person! lol

  I seen some big 'uns not all that far from Cwmbran - not the driver, I might add. McDonalds has a LOT to answer for LMAO

I can't say I much like it either, but it's there and some people do- No accounting for taste

One small further addition from today as I've been playing with this is the new ability to disable loading sway on a per-car basis:

Extensions.cfg wrote:
[Car0]
LoadingSway = false

Alternatively, the same may be done in a car section of train.xml via the following:

Code:

<LoadingSway>false</LoadingSway>