Question before purchase

[Igor]

Hi All,

I'm very interested by this simulator, but have a quick question before taking a decision: Will Zusi take advantage of my 39" 3840x1080 monitor ?
I've read that Zusi 3 does not have 3D cabins, so I'm a bit scared of having black bands on each side, or worse, stretched image.
How will it look like on my monitor?

Thanks a lot,
Fabrice

[rkk]

https://www.zusi.de/zusi-3-hobby/downloads/demo.html

Try the demo to get a feel for the depth of this simulation. You can set it to English and then play the tutorial. The cab for the Class 216 that they let you play in the tutorial is very low res, but the full version does have decent hi-res cabs for many of the locomotives. I just purchased the full version myself after playing the demo/tutorial. This is the type of sim where the graphics are not that important. Honestly, you won't even have a lot of time to be looking around because you'll be concentrating on signals and properly operating the locomotive. Also take a look at the English manual from Steam store.

[rkk]

I should add that I'm running it on a 2560x1600 monitor and the full-screen mode scales quite well. No issues.

[Igor]

Great, thanks guys, I will give a try to the demo. I also watched a couple more videos on YT. Getting closer and closer to the purchase... :-)

[Ewo]

Make sure you're using a train with an HD cab, some trains have very low resolution cabs that are still from Zusi 2.

[Graubart]

Apparently these will be updated in the near future, according to the Zusi Forums.

[Igor]

Thanks all. I bought it and I'm trying to learn... It is so complex, currently trying to understand how the different security systems are working...

[rkk]

Let us know if you have any questions. Try the Koln-Dusseldorf 2224 run. The timetable can be found in the folder.. Koeln-Duesseldorf_2016_00Uhr-08Uhr.

It starts out using PZB (abiding by the track signs/signals/Indusi magnets) then it changes to LZB where you just follow the indications on your dash. Pretty fast route (up to 200 k/h) with only 1 stop. I learned everything from the manual and just checking the English resource for German signals and systems. http://www.sh1.org/eisenbahn/ I had no prior knowledge of anything German train or signal related.

Another steam user helped me achieve 100% score.

You'll come across many abbreviations as you read the manual and do research. I used this list of common abbreviations with Google Translate. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Abk%C3%BCrzungen_im_Eisenbahnwesen

All of the abbreviations from the Ebula (Electronic Timetable) can be found there as well.

[Igor]

Thanks a lot for your links, Rainsong, very appreciated. Driving in easy difficulty right now, to learn the basics. For now, Zusi 3 is worth any penny. Cannot do anything else… :-)

[Igor]

If someone have the same question as I did, Zusi 3 is perfect on a 39" monitor, especially without the cab and using Zusi Display:
https://imgur.com/a/3vI4Bww
I'm also using a small 14" display for the MFA.

[rkk]

Wow you got setup quick! Might need another 14" display for the EBula. After you're comfortable with train 2422, try train 10102 Dusseldorf-Koln under \Koeln-Duesseldorf_2016_00Uhr-08Uhr.

It has 5 stops and the whole route requires full concentration. Very intense when you're on a tight time schedule and you're trying to slow down from 160 km/h into the platforms. You'll need to find some braking points on the map or calculate some points using the distance markers. I've been using 1500m - 1800m from platforms at medium braking which allows the train to cruise into the platforms at around 55km/h.

[Igor]

I would love to have two 14" monitors, however it is USB-C only and I'm not sure I could connect two monitors on the single USB-C port of my 2080Ti. And I don't have the budget to just "buy and try"… :-)

I will definitely try the train 10102 after I master the 2422. Still in easy mode now and have difficutiles (emergency braking) at the end of the LZB. Improving at every try, though…. Once I'm ok in easy mode, will try to enable the indusi. I believe I'm not done hearing "Zwangsbremsung"... :-D

[rkk]

When the yellow Ende light flashes to alert you that LZB is ending, hit the delete/period key < . > on your numpad. It is called the Train Protection release button. After you hit it, the light will stop flashing and stay yellow. Going into Dusseldorf terminal is harder than coming into Koln when dealing with the LZB to PZB transition especially when you have Indusi enabled.

When going into Dusseldorf, the speed limit is 80 to 70 to 60 in quick succession and you need to be ready with Indusi. However, when arriving at Koln, it is a constant 30 KM/H much further out and you have much more time to deal with the train protection system.

[spoon66]

Originally posted by rainsong11:

https://www.zusi.de/zusi-3-hobby/downloads/demo.html

Try the demo to get a feel for the depth of this simulation. You can set it to English and then play the tutorial. The cab for the Class 216 that they let you play in the tutorial is very low res, but the full version does have decent hi-res cabs for many of the locomotives. I just purchased the full version myself after playing the demo/tutorial. This is the type of sim where the graphics are not that important. Honestly, you won't even have a lot of time to be looking around because you'll be concentrating on signals and properly operating the locomotive. Also take a look at the English manual from Steam store.

Zusi is a work in progress . some of the cabs date back to Zusi 2 , but there has been an upgrade program going on since day 1 release.

But not sure if they are planing re-doing the older train cabs.
For all info on Zusi and it modders you can just go to their Web site and check out the forums


The other option is Zusi 3 Wiki its all in German sorry but open it through Google translate .
All ongoing mods and what is finished and what is in progress can be found here.
Link below.

http://zusiwiki.echoray.de/wiki/Hauptseite
But I thnk Steam Zusi 3 as to update via steam instead the original Hobby version.

[spoon66]

I only ran cargo until last week then after update my Zusi 3 stick yes I have the original USB version , but have been away from this sim for a year and a bit , then my when i saw it arrive in Steam I thought ok time to go back to excellent sim.

So I dipped my toes into the Düsseldorf routes it soon went to pot . with the door switch . then i left the platforms to soon even missed a stop .

Even with all those errors its an excellent sim.

[rkk]

The TAV door system for the 146 loco was giving me a lot of problems. Sometimes it will say that I wasn't releasing the doors and sometimes it would say no problems with the door. I was consistent with how I was operating the door switch so I was very confused.

I found out that when coming to a stop at a platform, if I was braking too hard and the speed was dropping too quickly as it approached 0 km/h, I would get the message/penalty not only for a hard stop, but that I didn't release the doors as well.

What occurs when coming to a stop is that as you reach 2-4 km/h, there will be an audio alert, "turfreigabe turfreigabe", which means to release the doors with the <T> key. I needed to hit the key before it came to a complete stop. If I was braking too hard, the <T> key wasn't registering before the speed hit zero and it gave me a doors not released penalty. Now that I am braking more smoothly, I have no more problems with the door.