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TrainPlayer News, June 2024 --
Version 8.3
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It's been a while since
our last release, so we are pleased to announce
that TrainPlayer Version 8.3 is now shipping.
If you are a user, help yourself to a copy and
enjoy the new features and fixes. If not,
download the free demo and give it a look. |
One aim of 8.3 is to make it easier to set
up operations on your layout. To this end,
we added some new features, eliminated some old
ones, made a lot of little enhancements, and
provided a whole new set of instructions and
tutorials. We also added non-ops
improvements, did some internal reorganizing,
and fixed a lot of bugs.
Help yourself.
All users are encouraged to upgrade free to 8.3.
See How To Obtain 8.3 below, and be sure to check
the special deal for
new users.
Locations
Several features in this version have to do with
Locations on the layout, making them more useful and easier to create and work
with. We did away with the old objects called
Stations, folding their properties into the new scheme
and automatically upgrading old layouts.
A location is a set of tracks all having
the same label. You can manage them by editing the track labels
on the layout, or by using the new Location menus and dialogs.
You can find the complete list of locations in a grid in
Ops Central, where you can see and edit their
properties.
All of this is described in the help, but for a very
thorough introduction, check out the
new tutorial from Richard.
Other
8.3 Features
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More AO educational material!
Revised and expanded Advanced Ops
documents are now available -- in
html format, no longer pdf -- including two
step-by-step Ez-Ops tutorials showing how to
set up a complete ops system on the
Brunoville Railroad. All documents
were written and
illustrated by world's expert
Richard Fletcher. You can find
links to them on the 8.3 Features Page.
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Adjustable font
sizes! No
more squinting! Pick a
font size and it will apply to all
dialogs and alerts throughout
the program.
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Scripting Enhancements.
New arguments and functions: $CAR(..DistTo..) for
distance between cars; $EXPIMAGE to create image file;
$OUTPUT to capture text output; $TIMER to report elapsed
time; $INT to convert numbers; $TRACK(..FindFromJxns..)
to find track between junctions. New multi-line
comments. New pseudo-modal $MSGBOX.
Advanced Ops Enhancements.
In addition to the Locations revamp: Improved industry
build from cars. New subroutines for setting up
and testing ops. New grid column for specifying
intermediate yards. Improved AO Checklist in Ops
Central.
Search by Car Type.
Here's something which has never been
easy: looking through your car
collections to find, say, a covered
hopper having just the right logo -- it
takes a lot of scrolling through a lot
of folders. Problem solved in 8.3!
You can do a single search through your
entire stock to find all cars with a
specific AAR code or car class.
And More. Improved New Layout dialog. Ability to lock grid while laying track.
New tiny modelling scale T. All-new TrackLayer Tutorial for beginning
tracklayers. Choice of line widths for highlighting track.
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Also see the
TrainPlayer Version
History.
Full
Disclosure Dept.
Since 8.2, we haven't actually spent all
our time on 8.3. A good portion of
this development cycle went toward a new
feature which is designed to be fun --
nothing to do with ops or scripting, no
learning curve required. But it
just wasn't ready and we couldn't hold
up the release for it. We will
soon get back to work on it and shoot
for having it in 9.0. If you would
like to participate in evaluation and
testing when the time comes, drop us an
email.
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How to Obtain 8.3
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to download and install 8.3 > |
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If you are new: you get the
free demo version -- fully operational, with no time limit, but
restricted in certain ways as described in the Readme.
When you start the program, you are greeted with a license
dialog.
If
you are a licensed user:
you get a free upgrade to Version 8.3, including
Paint Shop, now included for all users.
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Anyone: use Help > Check for Upgrades
to see what upgrades are available =>
If you do not already have them, you can add the
Chris Pedersen Car
Collections for a special bundle price.
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Questions or problems:
send
us e-mail.
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