class 56 topping out at 30?!?

[MCW]

Hello all,

I have railworks as well but sometimes like to play around with MSTS which I remember as a 11 year old...

anyway, downloaded a class 56, got the sounds and cabviews for it, sorted (after 5 re installs and some fettling)

Now for some reason the engine accelrates dead fast and tops out at 31.1mph, which is best suited for a shunter of some sort... anyway, I was wondered how I would rectify this? I imagine it is something to do with the ENG file. I have set up the class 56 to have notchless throttle as I prefer it myself, and also have corrected the engine idle and max rpm's in the ENG file too, yet, it still does the same thing...

any ideas?

cheers,

Bruce

 

[BestWestern]

I know very little about these sims - however, if it's a 'third party' file are you sure it isn't based on a shunter or similar?

 

[deltic1989]

IIRC there is a field in the the .eng file for max speed or emergency brake something like that, if you change that to 75 or something your problem should be solved.
I had a problem with a Class 20 a couple of years ago where the penalty brake would trigger at 25 mph, I fiddled with something in the .eng file and solved it, but i can't remember the exact names of the fields I mucked around with.

 

[MCW]

cheers guys, forgot to get back to you on this. I solved it, indeed, I plunked and had a poke in the .eng physics file and found that on this third party creation, someone thought it was a great idea to treat one half of the engine as a wagon?!? so the a**e end of the 56 was programmed for a top speed of 20mph. I raised it to 80mph and the engine topped out at 105 light engine, so been fiddling and got it down to 80mph now. also modified the horsepower ratings and brake efforts as well as they were nowhere near the real thing and it drives a lot better!