After the huge Preservation update to the Great Western Express Route Add-On on June 20th 2022, the First Great Western Class 166 and HST, not meant to be accessible by the player but having made available thanks to a mod by trainsim.cz aka. Muff previously, were not updated to work with the changes made to the equivalent Great Western Railway stock and subsequently broke with that update.
This mod in collaboration between Alexander L. and Foobian aims to get the FGW stock back into the game better than before, bellow is a full list of changes made. Enjoy a Great Western Express full of life with DTG made Great Western Railway and First Great Western trains and your favourite legacy reskins building of the FGW stock!
SK_FGW166_DMOCL and SK_FGW166_DMSL meaning:
166 123LegacySelectionMethodValidGeographicRegions and AvailableGeographicRegions were redoneLegacySelectionMethodValidGeographicRegions and AvailableGeographicRegions were redoneLegacySelectionMethodValidGeographicRegions "Great Western Express" and "GNER"LegacySelectionMethodTags: 166 class-166 class166 fgw first-great-western fix fixes
only for Train Sim World 3
only for Train Sim World 2
Unfortunate bug: it resets your Class 43 XP to -1 and they never increase from there
I am amazed that you both come up with a fix to this so quickly. And Muff too! I was hoping that something might be done in 3 months so 3 days exceeded all expectations. No chance you could get a job with DTG is there? lol
I'm wondering if the original FGW unlocker mod needs to be updated to TSW3 compatability. I seem to get CTD's with this mod every time I try and load a FGW skin, and then at least 50% of the time with his unlocker alone...
Unfortunately I can also confirm that the mod no longer works on tsw3 although I guess that it could be that the FGW unlocker might require updating again. I think that DTG will probably not be updating GWE again! I hope not!
This is marked as TSW3 compatible, but unfortunately it is not. Would be good if a moderator or admin could remove that flag until the author updates it as it crashes the game.
I can confirm that following the most recent update this mod now works on TSW3. Many thanks, its great to have this mod back.
Good job !
Thanks a million for the prompt fix!
Anybody know why the FGW class 43 unit numbers always set to 43345? and if there is any fix?
They've always been like that, even in TSW 1. And unfortunately there's no fix
Okay :(
For some reason AI driven Class 166s only seem to spawn in their original livery. Even though I can select the FGW livery and use it, it never spawns as AI.
Is this a known issue? The Class 43 works fine and spawns in both liveries.
Alright, I take it back, just saw one now. They just seem to be much rarer(?) - only 1 FGW 166 seen in Paddington - Reading runs, the rest were all GWE ones.
Considering all the updates since the creation of this mod, the FGW Unlocker "TSW2_FGW_enabler1.2.zip" from trainsim.cz is still needed? I would like to get this installed and just want to make sure I get it correct.
Yes. It is still listed as an requirement for the mod
Thank you very much I do appreciate you getting back to me.
Hi there, I'm just wondering if the FGW Unlocker is needed, I've tried to use this mod without it and it seemed to work but I'm wondering if it breaks something.
I am unsure if i am doing something wrong or if its due to the present build of TSW3. The mod here works fine no doubt and its amazing but only for the Class 166. I have a feeling it may be something to do with the FGW Unlocker being out of date but i cannot be sure. The HST sets, formations or anything relating to them is not working. If you know a way to fix this or if i am doing something wrong could you please tell or show me? Other than that, brilliant mod thanks!
DTG removed the FGW HST in the latest GWE update. And because the mod still is required when modding the FGW HST back in, this mod page will stay as is until a standardized method for returning the FGW HST back into the game for everyone is published.
Ah okay so its basically an update in the main game that has broken the HST. Thanks for getting back in touch.
Hey there, really wanted to try this however it crashes when trying to load in. also i doesn't show up the livery, bt if i try and load as a class 43 GWR it crashes,
So the FGW trains are just not working anymore now? The Class 166 spawns in FGW livery only if the player drives it. The FGW HST won't even show up in the livery seleciton menu.
Same. This still happens now
will there be a tsw4 compatible?
Is there a chance we could see a TSW5 compatible version in the future
Now obsolete due to GWE:R
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Wonderful to see the FGW skins again, and properly fixed too, sublime work here. Thanks!