TRS19 Service Pack 5 Update now availabe

Service Pack 5 is the latest update for Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019, and is now available for all TRS19 owners.

This update delivers a few minor updates as well as a number of bug fixes. Under the hood, this update is trainzbuild 5.0 which means that it is currently compatible with TRS22 routes. Note that this is likely to change when TRS22 is released officially (next month).

Updates:

• Trainzbuild 5.0 (content older than 5.0 will work in this build. Content saved in this build will not work in older builds

• Default ground texture is now based upon the Region selected. To use the old grid texture as your default, download the "Grid Region" asset from the Download Station

• Map options are now found on the Display Menu

• New Content Manager category icons

• New Surveyor (Classic) compass

Changelist:

(NOTE: Some of these issues appeared during the beta phase)

• Fix various derailments on loading certain sessions

• Fix some switches in cabins that were in the wrong position when entering the cab

• Fix an issue where session layer trains could been moved to a different layer or hidden

• Fix train vehicle pitch on steep tracks

• Fix car pitch on roads

• Fix drivers not automatically being added in some cases

• Fix an issue where rotated vehicles would reverse again when loading into Driver

• Fix steam loco water not being handled by the Automatic Fireman feature

• Fix various Test Track bugs

• Fix a slow list refresh in CM

• Fix the DB repair progress bar (when validating assets)

• Headlight coronas now working in Quickdrive

• Texture replacement scripts are now working

• Certain ground textures that failed to load now load correctly

• Crash fix for loading a specific map (will help some other cases)

• Non-PBR ground textures now apply at the correct height (track not buried)

• ARN now working correctly

• Sessions options now working correctly

• Environment settings now remembered

• Merge route [dialog minimap] now shows both routes

• Certain signals that would not update on session start now update correctly

• Fixed a hang on loading certain sessions

• Fix for various session freezes (or failure to load fully)

Installing Grid Region

If you prefer the old Grid pattern, or any other default ground texture, follow these steps to change your Region:

• Open Content Manager

• Type "Grid Region" in the search box

• Change the filter to Download Station

• R-click and click Download

• In the Routes Menu select your route to Edit

• Click Edit Menu > Edit Route > Change Region