CENTRAL LINE FOR BVE4 README

Author: Daniel Floyd

Contact me on: intercity125(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk

Version 1 (West ruislip - Perivale) This route and all files should have been downloaded from www.bveroutes-trains.co.uk

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CONTENTS
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1. INRTOUCTION
2. COPYRIGHT
3. FEATURES
4. CREDITS
5. CGTEXTURES LICENCE
6. DISCLAIMER
7. AUTHORS COMMENTS
8. JAMIES WORDS
9. OTHER NOTES/ COMMENTS


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INRTODUCTION
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This Route should have been downloaded from BVE Routes and Trains (www.bveroutes-trains.co.uk)
My absolute thanks go to Rich (owner) for letting me upload it to BRT.

The current section runs between West Ruislip and Greenford
The next sheduled release will be West Ruislip depot to White City also which will also be available at bveroutes-trains.co.uk

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COPYRIGHT
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ALL files (.bmp, .csv, .x, .wav, .txt, .jpg) and all other files (with any other name/ extension) remain copyright (c) Daniel Floyd 2009 unless otherwise stated.

If you would like to use any files in the release included, then please email me  on intercity125(at)hotmail(dot)co(dot)uk
There should be no problems if you contact me first, but please do let me know if you do intend to use ANY files on your own route. This is because I have not only spent alot of time on many of the objects, but there are also other peoples work there, and copyright remains theirs, and some of them are not necessarily BVE developrs, but private image/photo sites.

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FEATURES
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This version of the Central line includes such features as:

+ Working railgaps
+ Accurate junctions
+ National Rail line/ Station coverage
+ Accurate station distances/ gradients/ curves using real London Underground track/ gradient plans
+ Accurate Stations, with layouts of objects hand measured for extra detail and accuracy
+ 95% Photreal texture routes, with all objects having a photreal element within them
+ Accurate rails unique to the central line
+ New unique signaling to the Central Line
+ Coded manual version.

In coded manual, the three tone chime up sound indicates where the driver should speed up, or the linespeed/ target speed increases. The three tone chime down indicates where the driver should slow down/ brake or where the linespeed/ target speed will drop.

To highlight this, I have added a chime down to the entry of every station (apart from Ruislip Gardens). This chime down should act as a reminder to slow down to around 65kph when entering the station, or to be specific the closest block marker to the beginning of a station. 

Other places where the chimes will happen will be a about 50-200m before block marker boards (depending on location), reminding the driver to slow down/ speed up to get to the target speed displayed below the speedo just before the next block marker to avoid overspeed.  (Signals also act as block marker boards). There is no way to fully recreate these effects especially the changing of target speed in the cab, but the chimes and this readme should be enough information for you to know how to treat the route when accelerating. The speed limit is 100kph for the Ruislip branch, but you will have to slow down or stop at red signals, block markers, entering stations, etc.

The block marker board bitmap can be found in Object/Central_v1/common/acelldecell.bmp and is small and usually on the left hand side of the track on a grey pole.

Normally drivers change from White City - Leytonstone into ATO to speed up inner-city services and to avoid station overruns, however this version you will be taking over into a coded manual shift (Assuming you are not in ATO mode in OpenBVE!).

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CREDITS (in no particular order)
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Antony Bowden - For letting me use his tree textures and his background image (B1.bmp, Hedgerow1.bmp, hedgerow2.bmp, hedgerow3.bmp, hedgerow4.bmp, hedgerow5.bmp, Treewall.bmp, T1.bmp, Treepair.bmp, Hedgerow_1R.bmp) and any other files from his fantastic routes.

TrainSimCentral - For letting me use thier LU Northern rails (with some editing). And their use of their car marker boards (1-8) CSV's and bitmaps.

Eezypeazy - For letting me use his scrapyard, woodpanelleft, stone terrace, volvo bus and eddie stobart objects/ bitmaps

Kelvin Liu - All the passengers .x files and bitmaps. Various help and support, and creating the Dark2.bmp texture, and helping me make any other files or making any onther corrections, Thank you!

Alan monk - Various working diagrams, gradient plans and any other files which without, I could not have completed the route accurately.

Richard Heliwell - For kindly asking me if I would like to the route to be hosted at a very well known BVE site, with excellent productions, not only from himself but from the whole developing team.

Dan Lewis - For creating the train, creating the DVAs and any other assistance.

Tom Beevers - Coding for the 1992TS exterior views.

James Galbraith - His textures for the LU traction switch boxes (yellow)

Dennis Lance - Track pack textures and tutorials!

CGTEXTURES - (See below)

If I have not credited someone then please let me know, i will be glad to change any files/ readme to include you. Please contact me on the above email address, thanks.

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CG TEXTURES LICENCE
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The following textures have been used from CGTEXTURES.com:

Bridgebrick.bmp, cont1.bmp, cont2.bmp, cont3.bmp, cont4.bmp, cont5.bmp, contfront.bmp, corrugated.bmp, factory.bmp, greybrick.bmp, brownbrick.bmp (modified greybrick.bmp), greybrick2.bmp, stainedbridge.bmp and tiles.bmp. Please contact the address below if you wish to use these textures. Licence:

"Some textures have been created with images copyrighted by CGTextures.com. Permission to distribute these textures has been granted to to the author of this Route. Textures downloaded from CGTextures.com may not be redistributed or resold by default. For more information please visit www.CGTextures.com and read the full Terms of Use."

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DISCLAIMER
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Although I have created the route and all files, I accept no responsibility for any damage or loss of harware on your computer, or malfunctioning or freezing.
Whilst the best has been done to reduce loading times/ frame rates. Users of older computers may experince crashing or low frame rates. However, this version will work on your standard windows XP computer.

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AUTHORS COMMENTS
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I must stress that Jamie and me decided that it would be best if we went our seperate ways on the route. I felt i was doing most of the work, and the other author busied his time doing other unnecessary things at the wrong times. And it was a joint agreement, between the both of us, and now the route is written by me. 
Looking at previous joint projects and the way they went, we decided to leave so I could work on the Project at my own pace, without the stresses of joint files, editing the same sections
of the route/ object files. But I felt/ and am feeling more comfotable working by myself and will no longer partcipate in joint projects
due ot the stress involved. Whilst still being stressful, levels have been reduced now that i am working at my own pace.

During the development of the first release (West Ruislip - Greenford) Over 1500 photos of that section of the line have been taken
which I think you will agree is an awful lot. Hence why the route is so photorealistic. 

Whilst making a 100% photoreal route is handy and all well and good. Various coding styles have made the route load instantaniously, and .x files have been used to minimalise loading times. Also the colour command has been used to save on frame rates on lower spec pcs. I would like to thank all those concerened for the 
help and guidande they have given me during the production of my fist route, thanks. I shall now proceed on making the next section (Perivale - White city) With a return route to Ealing Broadway included in the near future. Once again thanks to all and i do sinceraly hope you enjoy this production.

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JAMIE'S WORDS
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Firstly, I would like to congratulate Dan for producing such a wonderful route! He has really spent a lot of time on the route and I am very proud of what he has done. I mainly decided to drop out of the joint project because I felt I had no time to work on the route and commuting two and from West Ruislip is a real pain, even if you live in the same area of London! Also, family related issues played a role in me not being able to do a lot of work and the family related issues pushed aside the project and I was literally in a position where I sat down in the kitchen, with a cup of tea, just thinking if it would be best for me to drop out. I felt me dropping out was best and Dan agreed.

Me and Dan are still good friends and we meet very often, even though Dan lives outside London he still is willing to come to London to meet which is great. Dan has worked very hard and we should all be thankful to him as to what an excellent route he has produced. Trust me, developing routes costs money and money does not grow on trees.

Thank you Dan and good luck!

Jamie

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COMMENTS
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If you would like to contact me about the route or any other BVE related question you may have. Feel free to Contact me on the above email address.

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Thank you for downloading this route, and enjoy!

Daniel Floyd

BVE4 Central Line Author (West Ruislip - White City - Ealing Broadway)
