Timetable Layer Replacements for Schnellfahrstrecke Köln - Aachen

Short Description: With this mod you don't need to own RRO or MSB for their layers to work, instead they are replaced with trains from HRR and DRA.

To use the Freight and RE1 (dosto) services you need to own DRA, and to unlock the S-Bahn services you need to own HRR, but they work separately too if you only own one of them. The BR185 will sometimes be subbed in with other freight locos, you should be able to select them from the menu as well. This timetable edit only applies to the default SKA timetable, I wish I could give you a New Journeys pack edit as well, but I ran into too many errors trying to make it work.

Big thanks to Bendix aka. TaskPlays for helping me figure out how to go about doing this mod. :P

As an optional addon you could use Nina's S-Bahn Köln reskin for the HRR BR422 together with this mod :)

Which file to download?

There are two versions of this mod, one which overwrites the standard timetable, and by extention also carries over your old progress, but it's also incompatible with any other timetable mod of this kind. The other option is a standalone timetable, which doesn't carry over progress, but lets you use other timetable mods and if you do own RRO/MSB you'll be able to play with the original layers too.

Known issues

• This mod's "overwrite-TT" version is incompatible with Alexander's DB BR 101 on SKA mod and BR 423 mod, please use the "standalone-TT" version.
• When using only one DLC, the game might still count both types of services towards the total number of services in the menu.
• The PIS for the BR422 is inaccurate, that's just due to the nature of the mod, most AI trains seem to have their PIS off.
• The Dosto livery is that of DRA, so it still says "S-Bahn Dresden" and has the VVO logo on it, sadly can't think of a quick way to fix that.
• There is a possibility that if you only own RRO or DRA you'll see an "empty" train in the menu which you can select to do services of, however doing that will just spawn you in a random location on the map.
• Currently I haven't found a way to add the "Mixed Freight" services from MSB, it kept breaking a lot of things so it's not in the mod.

Timetable edits can behave in weird ways, so if you find any other issues, please report them to me!

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Have fun with my mod!
-Aurora Bee

Requirements

• Hauptstrecke Rhein-Ruhr for the BR422 S-Bahn services.
• Nahverkehr Dresden for the RE1 Dosto services and BR185.5 Freight services (Intermodal, Cars and Tankers).

Installation Instructions

Recommended: Use the TSW Mod Manager

Manual:

1. Find your install directory/folder for TSW2
2. Copy the .pak file into the "[install path]\TrainSimWorld2\TS2Prototype\Content\DLC" folder
3. Start the game!

Additional Comments

Patch Notes

21 July 2022:

• Found a more elegant solution to the "two version" issue from the previous update, now it's back to being independent of required DLC.
• Added a standalone timetable version for more added choice and compatibility.
• Replaced most of the MSB layer with DRA trains, DRA dostos and locos run the RE1 services, and there's now car transport and tanker freight services too.
• Fixed an issue where the game will think you can select RRO services from other routes when you shouldn't be able to.
• Updated to work with the latest version of the game.

13 April 2022:

• Fixed an issue for Steam players not being able to play any of the unlocked services, side-effect of this is that there are two versions of the same mod now. If you're confused on which one to download consult the "Which file to download?" section of the description or the readme file.
• Updated readme files accordingly.

Tags: br185 br422 dra dresden-riesa hauptstrecke-rhein-ruhr hrr koln-aachen rhein-ruhr-osten rro schnellfahrstrecke-koln-aachen ska timetable