[YBZG] PDL (Updated) [V1.4]
26th April 2022ROUTE REQUIREMENTS
• Alan Thomson Sim Kings Cross to Kings Lynn OR ECML Merge to Leeds and York OR Chat Moss
• DTG’s Portsmouth Direct Line – London Waterloo to Portsmouth
• DTG’s Old Portsmouth Direct Line – Woking to Portsmouth
• DTG’s South Western Mainline – Southampton to Bournemouth
• DTG’s Chatham Mainline – London Victoria to Dover + Ramsgate
• DTG’s Old Chatham Mainline – London Victoria to Rainham via Herne Hill/Catford
• DTG’s London to Faversham High Speed
• DTG’s Riviera Line – Exeter to Paignton
• Jamesclass37’s Animated Gateline Pack Volume 2
SCENARIOS INCLUDED
• [YBZG] 1A29 – 11:23 – London Waterloo to Alton (450)
• [YBZG] 1A52 – 15:44 – Alton to London Waterloo (444)
• [YBZG] 1F07 – 07:28 – Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour & 1F16 – 11:23 – Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central (158)
• [YBZG] 1J52 – 16:38 – Hampton Court to London Waterloo (707)
• [YBZG] 1L79 – 23:40 – London Waterloo to Andover (159)
• [YBZG] 1P61 – 19:00 – London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour (444)
• [YBZG] 1P72 – 21:02 – Haslemere to London Waterloo (444)
• [YBZG] 2A41 – 15:06 – Guildford to Alton (450)
• [YBZG] 2F93 – 17:32 – London Waterloo to Guildford (450)
• [YBZG] 2H20 – 08:41 – Shepperton to London Waterloo (707)
• [YBZG] 2J03 – 06:32 – Farnham to Guildford (450)
• [YBZG] 2J07 – 06:36 – London Waterloo to Hampton Court (455)
• [YBZG] 2P54 – 15:24 – Portsmouth & Southsea to London Waterloo (450)
• [YBZG] 5F70 – 23:27 – Guildford to Clapham Yard Sidings (455)
SCENARIO REQUIREMENTS
• See Individual Scenario Details Documents within the ‘Documentation’ Folder
SCENARIO EXTRA NOTES
• If any of the scenarios crash during the loading process, load a resource intensive scenario that does load properly, play it for a couple minutes, and then reload the scenario you’re trying to play.
ROUTE EXTRA NOTES
• It is recommended to have your scenery density setting on max when playing the route. This is because it well ensure all scenery shows in game, including the small details, which really enhance the playing experience.
CHANGELOG
• V1.0 (17/04/22) – Cancelled
• V1.1 (26/04/22) – Added Quick Drive Scenarios, Updated Signals at London Waterloo, Updated Scenery Outside Woking Station, Updated More Route Markers, Added Route Image, Shortened Route Name
• V1.2 (22/05/22) – Added Four Standard Scenarios, Updated Scenery Inside Waterloo Station, Updated Speed Limits and Boards on Waterloo Station Approach, Updated Ticket Barriers at Walton-on-Thames, Added Stopping Points at all Main Station Car Stop Signs, Added and Updated Various Car Stop Signs, Updated Route Image, Added Additional Requirements, Updated Disclaimer
• V1.3 (14/07/22) – Added More Quick Drive Scenarios, Added Six More Standard Scenarios, Added Trackwork up to Pirbright Junction (Not Meant for Driving On), Completely Overhauled Clapham Junction Scenery, Updated Trackwork at Clapham Junction, Optimized Clapham Junction Area to Improve Performance, Updated Scenery at Raynes Park, Updated Route Image, Added Additional Requirements, Removed the ‘WHATS COMING NEXT?’ Section, Removed Useless Announcement Triggers from the ‘[YBZG] 1P72 – 21:02 – Haslemere to London Waterloo’ Scenario
• V1.3.1 (15/07/22) – Fixed Incorrect AI Class 313 Destinations in Multiple Scenarios, Fixed Missing 450 in ‘[YBZG] 1J52 – 16:38 – Hampton Court to London Waterloo’ Scenario, Updated Route Image
• V1.3.2 (16/07/22) – Added Disclaimer to Scenarios, Added Extra Info and Fixed Small Errors in the READMEs, Updated Route Image
• V1.3.3 (23/07/22) – Updated Route Image, Added a ‘Credits’ Section in the readme.txt Document
• V1.3.4 (25/07/22) – Fixed Missing Assets (New Installation Instructions), Added New Route Requirement, Added New Requirement to ‘[YBZG] 1F07 – 07:28 – Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour & 1F16 – 11:23 – Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central’ Scenario, Updated Route Image
• V1.4 (19/04/23) – Added Line Down to Alton via SWML and Pirbright Junction, Added Line from Guildford to Aldershot South Junction, Added Platform End Gates to Every Station, Fixed Signals at London Waterloo Platforms 1-11, Relayed Some Track at London Waterloo, Partly Re-Done Fratton Depot, Updated All Scenario Briefings, Updated All Scenarios to Work With AP Sky and Weather EP 2.0, Added Four Standard Scenarios, Added More Quick Drives, Replaced All Level Crossings with ATS Level Crossing Pack, Replaced readme.txt Documents with PDF Documents, Updated Route Image, Other Minor Changes
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
• Step 1: Copy the ‘Assets’ and ‘Content’ folders into your Railworks directory and overwrite any files if asked to do so.
• Step 2: Open ‘PortsmouthDirectAssets.ap’ located in ‘Railworks’ > ‘Assets’ > ‘DTG’ > ‘PortsmouthDirect’ using winRAR or 7zip.
• Step 3: Copy all folders EXCEPT ‘Template Routes’, ‘Preload’, ‘Input Mappers’, and ‘Rail Vehicles’ from ‘PortsmouthDirectAssets.ap’ into ‘Railworks’ > ‘Assets’ > ‘DTG’ > ‘PortsmouthDirect’ and overwrite any files when asked to do so.
• Step 4: If you own them, you’ll probably need to re-install your ‘AP Track Enhancement Pack’ and ‘AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Packs’ to ensure they will work on this route as well as any other third-party content that affects any other files you have overwritten.
• If you don’t know where to find your Railworks directory, you can right-click Train Simulator on Steam, click ‘Properties’, click the ‘Local Files’ tab, and click ‘Browse’. You are now inside your Railworks directory.
DISCLAIMER
• This route can be edited as you wish but is not to be re-uploaded anywhere without my permission.
• You may edit the route as you please, but you must say that you’ve done so if you choose to record or stream your edited version.
• I am not responsible for any damage caused to your Train Simulator Classic install.
CREDITS
• A massive thank you to ‘deargdoom’ who loaded the route up in TS Tools and found the file pathing issue causing the missing assets around the route.
• A massive thank you to ‘AH_Routes’ who helped me fix the track corruption issue that originally broke V1.4. This new version would not have been possible without his help.
• Thank YOU for downloading my route. My enthusiasm and determination to release this new version wouldn’t have been present without all of your amazing and continued support.
Great job, just one problem which I’m sure I’m the only one having I can’t get any of the stations on the Alton stretch to load they have signs and bridges etc but no platform and I can’t open doors or anything as it seems to not recognise them as stations, please help not sure what has happened, I have all requirements (inc Chat Moss) 🙂
Hello do I need to Reinstall the sky and weather EP once I’ve installed this route? Or will it still function correctly if I don’t reinstall
I believe it says in the route manual you will have to re-install the Sky and Weather EP and the track EP
A great route, thanks a lot!
Wanted to let you know that while playing scenario 2A41, AI train 2A42 left its path while I was sitting at Farnham 🙁
Glad you like the route!
I appreciate the feedback. I am aware that scenario 2A41 is broken. This is an issue I’ll have sorted in the next update for the route. Apologies for this.
Hi the route looks great but I’m having issues with any of the scenarios that use the AP 450/444. All of my AP trains show up fine in scenarios but any of the class 450/444s don’t appear at all. I’ve also made my own scenarios and they don’t show up either on the route in general.
I have the same issue, did you manage to fix it ?
Hi Zain! Great work on this route. Thoroughly enjoying it. Is there away to get the stations on the latest update to appear in the pop out menu so it’s easier to navigate to them as opposed to zooming across the map when creating scenarios starting at Alton and Aldershot?
Unfortunately not at the moment. I did try to learn how to do this but it was too much at that time. I might look back into it in future though.
Thank you Zain for the updates and all your hard work!
No worries! Glad you’re enjoying and its my pleasure 🙂
Hey there, looking at getting the route but seeing that the old PDL is a requirement? Do I need to have it even though I have the extended version?
It’s not absolutely necessary but it adds some trackside clutter and detail. The route should still work fine without it though.
1P72 – 21:02 – Haslemere to London Waterloo gives an Out of Memory crash. Tried reinstalling, clearing SBD cache and running game as admin in 64 bit version, didn’t work. I have all the requirements.
1J52 – 16:38 – Hampton Court to London Waterloo worked fine so I don’t think it’s my install…
Should point out it also opens fine in the scenario editor, you just can’t play it.
Alright, so when I try to play the route, every time I load in it keeps crashing. I followed the installation instructions etc and tried reinstalling and it is still not working.
Does anyone know other ways to fix this?
Please can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong. In each of the scenarios which use the Class 450 as the player train, I am unable to get the brakes to release, they stick at 49%, and the train won’t move.
Apologies for the late reply. I’m assuming that you’re running the AP 444-450 Enhancement Pack – if so, 2 things will cause the brakes to remain at 49% – answer – “Turn the Driver Reminder Appliance (DRA) off by pressing Y” and also “Acknowledge your configuration via the TMS by pressing Ctrl+1” – they’re both in the manual (admittedly down on page 14) under “Setting Up The Cab” – and I’ve forgotten the “Ctrl+1” before after not driving these trains for a while, so at least there are 2 of us! It’s the same procedure for the 350 EP.
Love this. Smashing update, Zain, thank you very much. A couple of bits to say though; signal WK183 (between Woking and Brookwood on the Down Slow) remains at danger and requires a push of ‘Tab’ for it to clear to a single yellow. Also, to my eye the veg is quite repetitive just after Aldershot going towards Farnham, on the up side. Really loving this, a fine place to tear around in the AP CEP. Can’t wait for Basingstoke 😉
Glad you’re enjoying it mate! I am aware of the signal issues and I’m trying to figure out how to get this fixed – its quite a strange one. I do appreciate the feedback!
A great update. I had a few problems initially loading the 1A29 scenario with OOM crashes, but after a fresh install, it loaded. I did have a problem at West Byfleet, where I couldn’t open the doors at platform three. Not sure how to solve this issue. otherwise a very enjoyable and immersive scenario.
Thank you for a great improvement of this route.
The West Byfleet issue is one of TSC’s weird glitches. I find that if it does happen, just move your train either forwards or backwards slightly and try and open the doors again, they should open now. I don’t think there’s much I can do about this issue unfortunately. Glad you’re enjoying the route and scenarios. 🙂
Great Route! – I am shocked that I actually done it correctly.
Why does it need an ATS route? If this is an essential requirement, what does this add to the route?
It adds a lot of trackside clutter which is essential for detail. Such as the quadrail fences and blue safety fences.
Glad to see you’re OK – notice that your website is down.
Hello, I am not sure if this is an issue that can be normally fixed but the Class 455 and 707 seem to be unable to load in the PDL V1.3.3 scenarios (it is usually the middle carriages that show up and the front/end that don’t). I recall having the all the requirements for both the Class 455 and 707 so I am just wondering whether there are any known cases of this same issue or if there would be any ways to fix this, many thanks!
Hello there, thank you for downloading the route. Regarding your issue, TS does sometimes struggle to fully load in AI when there are lots in a certain scenario. Sometimes, deleting the ‘SDBCache.bin’ file located in ‘Railworks’ > ‘Content’ can fix this issue. 🙂
Thanks! Just wondering if there’s a way to permanently uninstall the “SDBCache.bin” file as it seems to reappear each time after I play..
Yes unfortunately it will reappear every time Train Simulator is launched. Unfortunately, as far as I know there is no way to automatically delete it.
Every time i try to load a scenario it keeps crashing.