Optare Solo or Enviro 400 MMC

[cj2305]

Hello,
I am thinking of buying a new bus, but not sure which one to get the: E400 MMC or the Solo. I mainly play Westcountry, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Add On London. As both buses are £12.79, I don’t know which one to get. I play OMSI on a Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2, performance is OK and graphics will do, therefore I’m more inclined to go for the Solo as it is not as performance heavy because of its poor textures. Although, the SP 400MMC is very well done but might cause some performance issues. I have a real conundrum here. Please help, thank you very much.

[cj2305]

Originally posted by Bobby:

Here’s one for you!
https://www.humblebundle.com/games/train-sim-world-4-top-up-your-timetable

Saw that on the TSW Forums this morning. Unfortunately, it’s no use to me as I play TSW on an Xbox Series X. Although, it’s nice to see it on there at a nice price. Will you be picking anything up from the Humble Bundle?

[Bobby]

Originally posted by conorferdyjackson:

Originally posted by Bobby:

I went to register SP on Discord yesterday and basically walked right up into a handbag fight, before I had finalised my account (phone number)


I thought, nah……. I don’t need this. Who would have thought a dedicated forum to SP products would be still full of numbskulls….
So no, I’m not holding my breath for a reply bearing in mind this level of society

Wow, that’s shocking. The amount of timeouts they give is crazy!! I quess they would read it, but not bother to reply. Anyway, how is your SP Lite? Is it meeting your expectations? How does it perform? I quite enjoy driving it around. It is not bad at all.

Yes I am.
I spent sometime on my laptop editing some of the configs, gaming is Friday to Sunday- I was off the Easter week hence why I was on more, I changed some of the SetVars for the buses. (In the manual)
I used one of the European variants on Spandau, auto tickets (obviously) and it was just silky smooth.
Have you noticed how quiet the bus is? Open a window slowly and the external sound just creeps up.

I like the ad-blu feature. Lower it gets the lower the torque and speed, very clever until eventually it goes in 20 mph limp mode.
Also windscreen fluid can run out!

I bought it! TSW4 and all the addons for £15+
It’s mind blowing detail on pc (TSW3) so I’m looking forward to some time with 4

[cj2305]

Thats good to hear your enjoying it! What are SetVars I’ve heard of them but don’t know what they are exactly? Also, what can I do with them?

Some of the features of the Lite are very cool. I didn’t know about the ad-Blu feature. I’ll look out for that!

Enjoy TSW4, it’s a great game. Which routes did you get with it?

[Bobby]

Originally posted by conorferdyjackson:

Thats good to hear your enjoying it! What are SetVars I’ve heard of them but don’t know what they are exactly? Also, what can I do with them?

Some of the features of the Lite are very cool. I didn’t know about the ad-Blu feature. I’ll look out for that!

Enjoy TSW4, it’s a great game. Which routes did you get with it?

Click the Humblebundle link I gave you. 14 routes/trains + of course compatible with TSW3 and vice versa.

[Bobby]

As for setVars. Got to page 29 manual -there’s the same for the 400 MMC

I’m not on pc so this is rough.
Got to Omsi > vehicles folder. Sp should be at the top. Click on them and find the London/regional and European folders. In them is the name of t daim.cfg cumm .cfg or similar open the cfg with notepad or similar. Look for the setvars from page 29 noting what variants they apply to

Variable Name
RearBodyType*
RearBonnetType* Daimler Variants only
Usage 0. No panel gaps on rear bumper
1. Panel gaps on rear bumper

Change the switch from 0 to 1 and save it and you will have panel gaps on rear bumper.

Go through each folder and scroll the setvars page for more switches.

FuelPanelType* London Variants only
0. Standard fuel panel type

1. Standard fuel panel type, with
third oil panel added

2. Standard fuel panel type, with
fob and visible fuel cap

3. Smaller, flush fuel panel type,
with fob and visible fuel cap

Default is the first switch ie top one is 0 standard fuel panel

Change the 0 to 3 - don’t type any of the wording just the number and you will have
‘Smaller, flush fuel panel type,
with fob and visible fuel cap’.

Some buses like the free VanHool have a folder in the drivers pocket. Bring it out and it will have plan view of the bus with writing pointing to wheels or doors etc click on the writing - nothing happens- go outside view F3 and you will see wheels change or internally see doors change or even the ticket machine. And so forth.

There’s setvars in the Optare if I remember and other buses. The 400 MMC for instance can have skylights or glass partitions on the upper deck stair and so forth. Some are easier to see than others if you *forget* which things you switched *on*

Here’s a good vid of the one of the Citybus 628 buses to show them in action
https://youtu.be/BiSd04FhW20?si=Zx2IduXX3QugBdhQ

[cj2305]

Hi, sorry for the late reply. That’s very interesting about the SetVars. I will research that more thanks for the insight!