Run 8 Train Simulator 2012 - 2013

Run 8 Train Simulator 2012 - 2013 - Excellence in Railsimming

Run 8 Train Simulator Basics 101

The InSimOptions - Options tab

Run 8 Train Simulator - InSimOptions Options Tab

The first thing we have at the top of the options tab is the time and date windows which let's you set the time and date to whatever you want. And Run 8 does feature accurate sunrise and sunset times for every day of the year and for any year you choose. This also includes moon phases and star data all realitive to your current lat. and lon. And yes, you can actually watch the moon and stars move in realtime during a session in Run 8 at night!

Next we have several settings which we let you change depending on your pc specs so you can achieve the best balance between framerates and graphics for your pc setup. Basically we wanted to give you as many choices as possible to get the sim running smoothly on your pc. There are a couple of settings that warrant further explaination and they are; "Night Ambient", this setting lets you set how dark or light you want it to be at night so let's say if the moon is out you could set it to 0.10 infact some of the guys on our team will set it even higher than that. "Seasick Multiplier", this setting let's you control the magnitude of the random jostling (multiplied by speed and then multiplied by the seasick value) as you roll down the track regardless of superelevation. Even if you set it to zero you'll still superelevate normally in curves that are set for superelevation. "Politically-Correct Messages", hmm, not sure how to explain this one except to say that the programmer John Greenstone has a interesting sense of humor. The rest of the settings are pretty self explanatory and there are "tool tips" that will come up when you put your cursor over them that will give you more detailed information however you do need to have that option checked to see them of course.

Next we will visit the "Other" tab so click here to begin.