Railroads Online – Beta Hotfix: Build 51175

Dear Community,

We just released a hotfix on the beta branch for the Anniversary Update ! With this update, we're fixing a bunch of issues that came up since release and were reported to us by the community – thank you ♥

This update will once again only be available on the beta branch – so if you want to try it out, make sure you're on the right version! Go to your library in Steam, right-click on Railroads Online, open Properties, go to Betas, and select "Beta" under "Beta Participation - an update will now be triggered.

The update isn't available for you yet? Please make sure to verify your game files after downloading the update: Go to your library in Steam, right-click on Railroads Online, open Properties, go to Installed files and click on "Verify integrity of game files".

Your Railroads Online Team

New Features

Added the ability to control multiple Units

To gain access to this feature simply couple your engines together then to the rest of the cars

This is an automatic feature for ease of use

It works for several locomotives coupled together, no matter which directions

You will always see the controls of the locomotive in which you entered

A single engine controls all connected engines

Brake

Throttle

Reverser

Whistle

Added the ability to see freight counts while in the unloading/loading camera

Added UI elements to show keybinds

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where first person sliders would not change increments until the mouse button was let go

Fixed an Issue with brake not applying until higher values

Fixed an issue where cars would stop a train when trying to couple to them

Fixed an issue where language options were not saving properly

Note: some settings are global setting meaning, they are saved meaning settings are saved across all saves until the player changes them, weather, fuel, couplers, autosave, time of day, etc

Fixed an issue where auto-saving intervals were not being saved and applied properly

Fixed Spanish translation issues

Fixed an issue with the D&RG gondolas not coupling together

Fixed an issue where it was hard to select a car or train when it was derailed upside down

Fixed an issue where crossovers would derail trains

Fixed an issue where the camera would auto rotate while the train was moving in the unloading/loading cam

Fixed an issue where turning graphics settings to low caused the ground to disappear

Disabled right clicking in the construction menu

This caused some confusion with players on how to spawn items

To open sub menus

Left click on the 4 colored boxes in the upper right of the left menu

Once the sub menu opens Left click on the item you want

Right clicking no longer spawn objects or opens menus

Fixed an issue with Cooke 2-6-0 Coal

Removed a knuckle from the cook 2-6-0 on the rear of the cab

Tender now couple properly

Adjusted front knuckle coupler

Adjusted front marker lights

Fixed an issue with knuckle couplers

They should no longer fall out of the pockets when derailed

Fixed an issue where the sand house would refill sand slowly

Takes about 15 seconds to recover 1 sand

Fixed an issue where the D&RG water tower was not filling

Takes about 10 seconds to recover 1 water

Fixed an issue where the parallel track tool was not closing properly after switching to a new tool

Fixed an issue where the steam animations were not playing properly

Steam should now flow smoothly like it did pre-anniversary update

Fixed an issue where clients would not gain xp or money for the hosts while in a company

Fixed an issue where the game wouldn’t update server set FPS

FPS set by the host for the server will update for clients after a few seconds

Fixed an issue where the spawn tracks could be unintentionally deleted by the players

Fixed an issue with the multiplayer server list

Server list now shows correct ping

Removed player count, when joining a full server a prompt will be displayed

Fixed an issue with locomotives and cars

Locos and cars paints should match the colors as the host

Fixed an issue where locos were missing parts

Fixed an issue where the shay had no collider on the front of the cab

Fixed an issue where freight lost their hit boxes after being derailed

Fixed an issue where there were some missing props

Re Added the chair prop

Re Added the water tower prop

Re Added the rail rest prop

Fixed an issue where cars and engines would spawn on top of each other after being bought from the store

Fixed an issue where the camera could be turned upside down

Fixed an issue where the sandhouse and telegraph office did not have the grounds works option under them

Fixed several issues with the pre-laid maps

Fixed an issue where trees and rocks were in the tracks

Added an alternate route to Pine Valley for the iron ore mine to help with early game. About a 3% grade then the final stretch is a slow 6% climb.

Fixed an issue where tracks were sunk into the ground

Fixed an issue where facilities with foundation snapped to the ground

Fixed an issue where loading from the car at the refinery didn't work

Fixed an issue where 12 AM and 12 PM were flipped

Fixed an issue where some freight types showed the wrong sales price in their texts in Wiki

Fixed an issue where clients didnt see the correct in- and outputs on the Maximap of some industries

Fixed an issue where loading didn't work as intended (e.g. cordwood, beams, lumber...)