https://steamsoundssupreme.com/wd-austerity-2-8-0-pack.html
All of the information and details of this huge pack are available right here on this blog so check it out and get your copy today.
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Tuesday 22 October 2019
WD "Austerity" 2-8-0: Available NOW
The WD "Austerity" 2-8-0 is available now
https://steamsoundssupreme.com/wd-austerity-2-8-0-pack.html
All of the information and details of this huge pack are available right here on this blog so check it out and get your copy today.
https://steamsoundssupreme.com/wd-austerity-2-8-0-pack.html
All of the information and details of this huge pack are available right here on this blog so check it out and get your copy today.
Friday 18 October 2019
Dovetail Store Monster Sale 2019
Yes it's true! You can get a discount on all your monster buying needs!
Or maybe it's just a silly name for a sale? Either way, stuff is on sale so GO GO GO!
Click this link to see all of our DLC on the Dovetail Store or click on an image below to view a particular pack.
If you haven't used the Dovetail Store before it is simply a method to purchase a standard Steam key that you activate and it adds the product to your account. All safe and above board, and best of all we don't have to pay commission to Steam which means we can invest even more time in making our products the best that they can be.
Or maybe it's just a silly name for a sale? Either way, stuff is on sale so GO GO GO!
Click this link to see all of our DLC on the Dovetail Store or click on an image below to view a particular pack.
If you haven't used the Dovetail Store before it is simply a method to purchase a standard Steam key that you activate and it adds the product to your account. All safe and above board, and best of all we don't have to pay commission to Steam which means we can invest even more time in making our products the best that they can be.
GWR 1000 County Class - 25% off
LNER Raven Q6 - 25% off
GWR Large Prairies - 25% off
GWR Large Prairies Lined Liveries (Requires GWR Large Prairies Pack) - 25% off
Stroudley A1/A1X Class 'Terrier' - 30% off
GWR Saint Class & Travelling Post Office - 50% off
BR Saint & Travelling Post Office Livery (Requires GWR Saint Pack) - 25% off
USATC S160 - 50% off
GWR 14xx - 50% off
LNER Peppercorn K1 - 30% off
GWR Small Prairies - 30% off
GWR 56xx - 30% off
GT3 Gas Turbine Prototype - 50% off
GWR Steam Railmotor - 30% off
Southern Bulleid Q1 - 30% off
WD "Austerity" 2-8-0: Rolling Stock Part 2 and Features
Last week we showed you pictures of the Railway Gun model, so now let's take a look at it in game.
There were four guns of this type during WW2 - "Boche-Buster" had an 18" howitzer and the other three mounted 13.5" Naval guns but the external barrel differences are small so we have included all four names as options.
When moving the gun the loading cranes would be lowered and the side platforms and steps stowed away to keep the gun within gauge and you can choose this set up using the wagon number.
Also optional are covers. A simple canvas barrel cover to stop dirt getting in during transit.
Or a full cover over the whole gun.
The Ammunition Wagon is a similar shade of green and has optional LNER text on the side.
The whole set up weighs over 300 tons and fits very nicely behind the WD 2-8-0.
Although outside of the scope of this pack, the Railway Guns were originally used in WW1 where they sported a much more colourful camouflage paint scheme and with our friends who are working on The Railway Operating Division Project in mind we have included this version as well. It was also a lot of fun to paint!
And that brings us to the end of everything that is included with the WD "Austerity" 2-8-0.. which is quite a lot!
This is a quick run-down of the main features of the pack..
- WD ‘Austerity’ 2-8-0 Locomotive
- Rolling Stock
- 34 Quick Drive consists
- 8 Scenarios as follows
And we are very pleased to announce that the pack is in testing and Steam Sounds Supreme will be taking pre-orders for it early next week which we will link to in all the usual places (this blog, Facebook, forums, etc.)
There were four guns of this type during WW2 - "Boche-Buster" had an 18" howitzer and the other three mounted 13.5" Naval guns but the external barrel differences are small so we have included all four names as options.
When moving the gun the loading cranes would be lowered and the side platforms and steps stowed away to keep the gun within gauge and you can choose this set up using the wagon number.
Also optional are covers. A simple canvas barrel cover to stop dirt getting in during transit.
Or a full cover over the whole gun.
The Ammunition Wagon is a similar shade of green and has optional LNER text on the side.
The whole set up weighs over 300 tons and fits very nicely behind the WD 2-8-0.
Although outside of the scope of this pack, the Railway Guns were originally used in WW1 where they sported a much more colourful camouflage paint scheme and with our friends who are working on The Railway Operating Division Project in mind we have included this version as well. It was also a lot of fun to paint!
And that brings us to the end of everything that is included with the WD "Austerity" 2-8-0.. which is quite a lot!
This is a quick run-down of the main features of the pack..
- WD ‘Austerity’ 2-8-0 Locomotive
- WD Khaki
- Optional Armour plating
- WD Green
- Optional Armour plating
- WD Black
- Post-war LNER
- Post-war GWR
- Post-war Southern
- Longmoor Military Railway named locomotives
- Red or Black Frames
- 70000 or 400 series numbering
- British Railways 1950-56 Livery
- Clean and Dirty
- Optional 1948-50 Text logo
- British Railways 1956-67 Livery
- Clean and Dirty
- Dutch NS 4300 Livery
- Preserved BR Livery
- Simple, Standard and Advanced driving modes
- Xbox controller support SIMPLE AND STANDARD MODES ONLY
- Custom sound sets inside and out created by the experts at Steam Sounds Supreme
- Numerous optional parts and fittings for each livery
- Compatibility with the Victory Works Number Generator software for easy option set up
- Realistic cab with multiple views, including dual “head out” and fully modelled firebox and coal
- Realistic wheel slip physics and effects ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Simulated steam chest ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Realistic types of braking including steam, air and vacuum ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Cylinder cock management ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Boiler management with priming possible ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Realistic injector control ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Realistic “by the shovel” stoking with synchronised sound ADVANCED MODE ONLY
- Dynamic steam and smoke colour and quantity
- Realistic boiler water gauges effected by gradient, acceleration and speed and with blow down test
- Opening windows (with rain effects) and roof hatch
- Dynamic lamp setting
- Cab light effects including flickering firebox glow
- Atmospheric AI effects
- Rolling Stock
- Warwell
- Cromwell tank
- Churchill Mk. IV (A22) tank
- Humber Armoured Car
- Empty
- WD 10 ton Van
- BL 13.5”/18” Railway Gun
- WW1 Camouflage
- WW2 Green
- Railway Gun Ammunition Wagon
- WW1 Camouflage
- WW2 Green
- 34 Quick Drive consists
- 8 Scenarios as follows
- 2 Scenarios for Riviera Line in the Fifties Route
- Requirements: GWR Saint, GWR Pannier Tanks
- Requirements: None
- 2 Scenarios for Weardale & Teesdale Network Route
- Requirements: LNER J21
- Requirements: None
- 2 Scenarios for Woodhead Route
- Requirements: Weardale & Teesdale Network Route
- Requirements: None
- 2 Scenarios for Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Route
- Requirements: None
- Requirements: None
And we are very pleased to announce that the pack is in testing and Steam Sounds Supreme will be taking pre-orders for it early next week which we will link to in all the usual places (this blog, Facebook, forums, etc.)
Friday 11 October 2019
WD "Austerity" 2-8-0: Updates and Rolling Stock, Part 1
We kick this week's blog post off with some updates and fixes, most of which were suggested by the train sim'ing community.
First off a big thank you to Alexander Chillmaid for providing us with photographs of the LMR black framed livery which we have now added in game.
Also those images showed us that sometimes the LMR engines had white wall wheels which are also an option now.
Next up a thank you to Sam Steventon for letting us know about the Remembrance nameplate that preserved WD 2-8-0 No. 90733 sometimes carries. This will now be available in game as an option, either on it's own or with flags on the front lamp brackets.
Next up, from George Spencer, an option for the late logo BR livery, we have the Midland lamp bracket arrangement with everything from the middle moved over to the right (although I'm still not sure why they did this?!)
DustySpartan32 (probably not his real name!) reminded us on the blog that we hadn't shown the pre-1950 British Railways text as an option for the tender.
Marcus Boon did some research and found that the Dutch livery should be black lined, rather than black and white, and this has now been corrected.
DustySpartan32also requested a WD tender with the LMS logo on it as these were used during the exchange trails and this is now going to be included as well.
Thank you very much to everyone who talks to us on forums, Facebook, by email and on this blog. We really do appreciate your input as we craft these amazing locomotives.
Next up, rolling stock. It will come as no surprise that we have focused on war related items for a war-born engine.
First off we have the good old warwell with 3 British vehicles.
A new version of the Cromwell
The Churchill Mk IV (A22)
And the Humber Armoured Car (5400 of these were built and used by many forces all over the world)
Also we have the WD 10 ton van. Used for many purposes these would have been seen all over the UK during WW2 moving military supplies and many went over to Europe as well.
Finally we have something rather special.
Relics from WW1 and declared obsolete in 1926 and scrapped, large railway gun carriages were re-gunned at the start of WW2 for coastal defence and here we present probably the most famous of them, Boche-Buster!
This video shows her in 1941 and although sounding rather gung-ho, in truth, she was never fired in anger during WW2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbA9fyo2DoY
Shown with a shell and a person for scale, these things are absolutely HUGE and are coming to Train Simulator along with the WD 2-8-0.
Accompanying the gun is its special ammunition wagon, carrying 96 of the 1,400 pound shells it was fitted with a railing system for loading directly on to the rear deck of the gun.
We hope to have them both fully textured and in game in the next few days and that will be the focus of next week's blog post.
First off a big thank you to Alexander Chillmaid for providing us with photographs of the LMR black framed livery which we have now added in game.
Next up a thank you to Sam Steventon for letting us know about the Remembrance nameplate that preserved WD 2-8-0 No. 90733 sometimes carries. This will now be available in game as an option, either on it's own or with flags on the front lamp brackets.
Next up, from George Spencer, an option for the late logo BR livery, we have the Midland lamp bracket arrangement with everything from the middle moved over to the right (although I'm still not sure why they did this?!)
DustySpartan32 (probably not his real name!) reminded us on the blog that we hadn't shown the pre-1950 British Railways text as an option for the tender.
Marcus Boon did some research and found that the Dutch livery should be black lined, rather than black and white, and this has now been corrected.
DustySpartan32also requested a WD tender with the LMS logo on it as these were used during the exchange trails and this is now going to be included as well.
Thank you very much to everyone who talks to us on forums, Facebook, by email and on this blog. We really do appreciate your input as we craft these amazing locomotives.
Next up, rolling stock. It will come as no surprise that we have focused on war related items for a war-born engine.
First off we have the good old warwell with 3 British vehicles.
A new version of the Cromwell
The Churchill Mk IV (A22)
And the Humber Armoured Car (5400 of these were built and used by many forces all over the world)
Also we have the WD 10 ton van. Used for many purposes these would have been seen all over the UK during WW2 moving military supplies and many went over to Europe as well.
Finally we have something rather special.
Relics from WW1 and declared obsolete in 1926 and scrapped, large railway gun carriages were re-gunned at the start of WW2 for coastal defence and here we present probably the most famous of them, Boche-Buster!
This video shows her in 1941 and although sounding rather gung-ho, in truth, she was never fired in anger during WW2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbA9fyo2DoY
Shown with a shell and a person for scale, these things are absolutely HUGE and are coming to Train Simulator along with the WD 2-8-0.
Accompanying the gun is its special ammunition wagon, carrying 96 of the 1,400 pound shells it was fitted with a railing system for loading directly on to the rear deck of the gun.
We hope to have them both fully textured and in game in the next few days and that will be the focus of next week's blog post.
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