Bescot's Mini Mods (Sound balancing & Route bloom adjustments)

A random collection of my smaller mods for cab sound occlusion and route bloom reduction.

26 Feb 2026 : Removed bloom for ECW as it's now TOD4. Make sure you remove the file Bescot-TSW3-ECW-Bloomreduction.pak from your DLC folder

Sound:

Bescot_BPEF40cabvolume : Balances the in cab audio on the Boston MBTA F40ph. In the default loco the audio practically went silent when you had the windows closed. TSW5

Bescot_BR155cabvolume : Balances the in cab audio on the DB BR155. In the default loco the external and motor audio practically went silent when you had the windows closed and was drowned out by the sound of the trailing wagons. TSW5

Bescot_BR182MRCEcabvolume : Balances the in cab audio on the HBK (MRCE) DB BR182. In the default loco the cab was drowned out by the sound of the trailing wagons. TSW5

Bescot_BR182RTcabvolume : Balances the in cab audio on the Rapid Transit (Traffic Red) DB BR182. In the default loco the external and motor audio practically went silent when you had the windows closed and was drowned out by the sound of the trailing wagons or DoStos. TSW5

Bescot-HSCES44cabvolume : Balances the in cab audio on the HSC ES44 so that the cab is better sound insulated from the prime mover when the doors and windows are closed. As you open each window and door the external sounds increase in volume. TSW5

Vision: Untested in 5 as of yet

Bescot-TSW3-HRR-Bloomreduction: Reduces the high bloom in the Hauptstrecke Rhein-Ruhr route to match the more recent DTG standard (bloom scale changed from 2.5x to 1x)

Bescot-TSW3-HSC-Bloomreduction: Reduces the high bloom in the Horse Shoe Curve route to match the more recent DTG standard (bloom scale changed from 2.5x to 1x)

Bescot-TSW3-SFJ-Bloomreduction: Reduces the high bloom in the San Francisco - San Jose route to match the more recent DTG standard (bloom scale changed from 2.5x to 1x)

Bescot-TSW3-TVL-Bloomreduction: Reduces the high bloom in the Tees Valley Line route to match the more recent DTG standard (bloom scale changed from 2.5x to 1x)

Tags: bloom lighting sound sound-patch