HVR2 Patch 7 Beta Now Available!
Date: 19 March 2007
Source: Hornby
Patch 7 has been tested extensively in house and we now offer it for users download!
There are a wealth of additions and improvements in this long awaited patch which we hope all out HVR2 users will enjoy. Follow the link at the bottom of the page to proceed to the download area and instructions.
Enhancements
- 10 undo steps for track laying.
- Increased maximum number of Track Segments to 2048
- Tunnels may now be placed closer together.
- Intro movie plays in full screen.
- Dynamic Steam
- Virgin Trains Driving Brake Van when selected and placed on track a controller will now appear in the “Track Control” screen. If you wish you may now control this item as you would any other loco. Note: The Brake van only appears in the “Rolling Stock” menu. it is not really classed as a loco.
HVR2 configuration tool changes
- Dynamic Steam: You can now choose to run HVR2 with no steam, full steam or dynamic steam. Generating the steam cloud in HVR2 can slow your graphics system and cause poor frame rates. You can now select from 3 options for the way steam is implemented in HVR2. You may turn steam off altogether, select “Full Steam,” this is the way HVR2 worked previously or if you require, you can now select “Dynamic Steam.” With “Dynamic Steam” selected the faster a loco goes the more steam is produced.
- Additional Monitor Resolution Support: We have added further selectable monitor resolutions including Widescreen monitor support.
- Advanced graphics settings: These improve performance on lower specification PCs and graphics systems. We recommend that you email us for further information/advice before implementing any of these settings: HVR Support
- Sound: You may now disable sound.
- Controllers: You can choose to have large controllers on screen. This is useful if you have a large monitor with a high resolution.
- HVR2 running in a window: The window is now re-sizeable at any resolution.
- Save Path: It is now possible to specify the location of your “Saves Folder”. This feature was requested by those of you with “networked” computers.
Fixes
- Crashing during Alt-Tab/Task Manager switching.
- Move/Select Track section “flying off” into space.
- Palette colours in “Paint landscape” now show correctly.
- Scroll arrows fixed and consistent on all menus.
- All types of keyboards should now work.
- Train sounds now play when needed (instead of all train sounds at once!)
- Points and crossovers correctly implemented on elevated track.
