BNSFdude wrote:IMHO the only connections that should have the soft body physics should be the Independent and Actuating lines on the MU hoses. Those are the only hoses IRL that are soft enough for them to noticeably sway under lateral forces.
Brake pipe hoses, and MU cables are so dern stiff that you hardly see them swing when hooked to another one. On the front of a locomotive, I would buy into it.
The thing I don't get is they bothered to model and animate the crossover chains, but the safety chains don't hook up between engines. Which is something very noticeable.
Yes, I noticed that too. You can kick down the drop step, which is a cool feature. It should be part of setting up a m.u. consist as much as setting up the correct lights. And those chains should be connected to the other unit.
How much of a gap remains between those drop steps on real locomotives? Do they always match, since some have those big anticlimbers on the front pilot?
Also, should trailing units have their reverser handle removed and the automatic brake in "handle off" position? Things like this can easily be simulated and add a lot to realism (and the effort in lashing up a m.u. consist)
Rubber band hoses and flapping cables one can do without, since the brake hoses are too darn short to look prototypically correct anyway.
