Discover new planning and simulation features and expand your miniature world with additional content from the DLC and Steam Workshop!

Camera control

• DLC: New drone mode to fly over the layout from a first-person perspective

• Save any camera view, including categorization, quick access, and control via event management

• Vehicles support multiple cockpit views

• Cockpit views can be moved freely and apply to each vehicle individually

• If an object is centered in the view (“Center Camera”), the camera automatically follows this object until it is moved again

• Rotate the 3D view around its own axis with CTRL + middle mouse button

• Support for explicit camera control for user-defined cameras to reposition them using the keyboard/mouse (in the camera's properties menu)

• A 3D view can be aligned to a user-defined camera (in the camera's properties menu)

• Improved camera control at high altitudes (mountains)

• Smoother camera movements

Simulation

• DLC: Support for Xbox controllers (gamepads) for controlling cameras and vehicles/signals/switches, etc.

• Couplings can be switched directly at the ends of vehicles using the mouse (Ctrl + double-click)

• Visualization of couplings in the 3D view for better differentiation between front/rear couplings (in the control window)

• Walking people remain upright even on hills/stairs, which makes it easier to lay virtual paths

• Selection of objects in simulation mode using the keyboard or a gamepad

• Compact view for the control window to summarize switch actions in a context menu

• In simulation mode, all objects that do not have a control function (e.g., locked turnouts) are ignored during selection

Planning

• DLC: Merge track groups to build turnouts and crossings directly in the layout

• DLC: Tape measure function to measure lengths and distances in the layout

• Share your own layouts, 3D models, textures, and sounds via Steam Workshop

• Brushes for terrain design can be saved in the layout and reused

• When editing or deleting active routes, they are first released to avoid locked turnouts

• Objects are no longer automatically linked when the snap function is disabled

Display

• Ambient occlusion for more realistic shadow rendering.

• Backdrops ignore shadows and light orientation for a more uniform appearance on the layout.

• Virtual depots display the number of trains contained directly in the 3D scene.

• Revised graphics settings with user-defined settings.

• Performance optimizations

Event management

• New action “Activate camera view”

• New iteration “For all routes in a category”

• Access to the route category

• Activate/deactivate direction A/B of a track contact

• New default value \[Empty] for “Set speed” to prevent accidental stopping of all vehicles

• “Start/stop animation” supports a user-defined position

• Variable (Advanced) lists the variables of routes

• Lua scripting language

  • New functions “layout:enumRoutes” and “layout:getRoutesByCategory” to determine all routes (of a category)

  • The function “isHeadingToward” additionally returns the distance to the track/track contact

  • Access to “HasEngine” of depot entries

  • Access to the content ID of objects

  • Recently used search texts are saved and automatically reused the next time you search

  • Toggle comments with CTRL + Minus

  • Event logging supports the print output of multi-line texts

  • Support for larger JSON commands for the control interface (256k character length)

Model building

• Support for up to 10 cockpit views per vehicle

• Support for hotspots to switch actions directly on the model with the mouse

• Support for coupling animations

• Model(s) can be automatically aligned vertically, useful for e.g. upright running people or hanging gondolas

• Rotary controls with a speed display now work correctly for vehicles with different maximum speeds

• Special material for backdrops to disable shadows and direct lighting

Miscellaneous

• Fixed a bug with incorrectly forwarded keystrokes in the structure view

• Fixed issues with an unstable internet connection in certain situations