It's been a little quiet lately around Searchlight Simulations and our AC4400CW and well, this is what we have been up to! We partnered up with TCS Train Control Systems to bring their outstanding DCC Decoders to Train Simulator. Some of you may already know them for their WOW Sound Diesel Decoder which has been out for a few months now and we took the opportunity to work out a contract with TCS to use their recordings for Train Simulator. This, is what came out.

This whole thing is essentially done, I'm currently just working on the contract with Dovetail Games. Took me about a month of hard work to put this together but based on what came out, I'm sure It was well worth it. This DLC will be the first to feature our NEW Dynamic Prime Mover System and Dynamic Horn System. You might ask what "dynamic" means? In this case it means the use of several individual audio recordings for different distances betweent the object and the recorder in order to achieve the most realistic change in sound and pitch possible. This has, AFAIK, never been done before for this game which is why we are really excited about that. You'll be able to hear the 16-645E3 Prime Mover in a beauty never experienced before and you'll jump up by the sound of the beautiful K5HL. Hop into the cab and feel the power of 3300 HP kickin' in on your call and experience a feeling unlike ever before. For any EMD fan out there, this is going to be a must have one. Stay tuned for updates!
- Kevin