Birmingham Cross City Line Enhancement Pack

Hey guys!

A big enhancement pack avaliable to download for the newly released Birmingham Cross City Line route, for Train Sim World 3. This mod provides a substantial visual overhaul to the route, with the specifics listed below.

Improvements and additions:

Stations:

Updated and realistic billboard advertising
Updated station signage and branding for station posters
Brand generic new station announcements
Branded station clutter and furniture
Brand new station model for the exterior of Bromsgrove Station
Brand new texture for the facade of Birmingham New Street, with a lovely reflective look added to it
Updated Redditch station building with new textures & Thorlux billboards

Infrastructure & Environment:

Substantial overhaul to the Redditch branch, by giving it a lot more scenery and making it look less bland looking
Brand new and realistic looking ballast texture
Signals given a big overhaul, with them appearing much brighter as well as giving them a more accurate colour temperature
Brand new station lighting, ranging from the 'old school' orange varient to the modern and bright looking LEDs

Class 323:

Updated external PIS size to give it a closer match to reality
Slightly brighter day and night running headlights, giving a better view at night
GSMR sound 'clicks' now added to when navigating the buttons
Slightly brighter and more vivid looking gauges in the cab

Optional:

Altered RED signals to better differentiate between yellow and red aspects. Download below as a seperate .pak

Installation Instructions

To install, simply download from the link and place the .pak inside your DLC folder, located at: ...steamapps\common\Train Sim World 3\WindowsNoEditor\TS2Prototype\Content\DLC

Additional Comments

All feedback, advice and constructive critisism is welcome.

07 Aug 23: Barnt Green scenery tile files removed and replaced with https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/mods/c3-train-sim-world/c19-patches/i3809-birmingham-cross-city-scenery-update-foliage-fencing-clutter downloadable separately.

Tags: birmingham londonmidland

Files

!!TS2Prototype-WindowsNoEditor-BCCRevisedSignalColours.pak 20 MB · Added 2 Dec 2022 · Downloaded 2,593× !BCCRedditchUpgrade.pak 274 MB · Added 27 Dec 2022 · Downloaded 2,412× !TS2Prototype-WindowsNoEditor-BCCEnhancementPack.pak 111 MB · Added 23 Nov 2022 · Downloaded 3,637×

Previously uploaded files have been downloaded 2,406 times before being withdrawn.

Comments

W2SJW 24 Nov 2022

Absolutely outstanding work, gentlemen!

Dan5800 24 Nov 2022

The announcements are the best you guys have done! I've been waiting for an announcement with the calling at stations etc and it was the first one i heard! It's a shame the team can't get the license for it as it's the one thing I'd add to the sim! You guys have semi achieved this yourselves. This mod has made my year! <3 Thank you sooooooo much!!! Would love to see you guys do the same with other lines which i know you have to an extent but even more announcements like the calling at ones would be insane!!! I love that these don't cut off half way through either, they seemed to do that a lot on other lines

Zangoosee 24 Nov 2022

Silly Question - Do the announcements only happen at certain stations or in a specific way? Currently doing a timetable route but haven't heard any announcements so far.

londonmidland 24 Nov 2022

They happen at every station and are played randomly. They are quite infrequent though. I think they only play once every 10 minutes so the chance that you'll hear one whilst driving is quite low.

Zangoosee 24 Nov 2022

Managed to hear some now - All good but thanks for letting me know.

DrumDoesStuff 27 Nov 2022

Hey, Can you please make a patch to fix the PIS? It always lists a 323 as having 2 coaches if its 3 coaches. Then a 6 car as a 4 car. No one has made a patch for it yet and its annoying me alot

londonmidland 27 Nov 2022

Hey, this would be something DTG will fix in their upcoming patch.

DrumDoesStuff 27 Nov 2022

Oh yeah and If Possible one for the 323 PIS because that is always broken and lists every station as its starting point eg your at four oaks and it says your still at Redditch on the PIS.

DrumDoesStuff 27 Nov 2022

Ah i see Thanks

DrumDoesStuff 27 Nov 2022

Sorry One more lol, Whats your opinion on the 323 Sounds? I think they are realistic at the start when moving off but then kinda drift off to be more unrealistic and then i realised it would be probably to difficult for anyone to make a 323 Sound Mod.

londonmidland 27 Nov 2022

I find them decent, however they’re a bit off at lower speeds.

jack 28 Nov 2022

its not working for me any ideas?

jack 28 Nov 2022

ive done everything it has told me to do and nothing has happend tired it a few times now?

londonmidland 28 Nov 2022

Can you confirm your file structure that are placing the mod in for me please?

jack 29 Nov 2022

What do you mean by file structure?

londonmidland 29 Nov 2022

Where are you placing the mod and are you playing on the Steam version or Microsoft Windows Store version?

jack 29 Nov 2022

I’m playing on the steam version I place the file on steam apps common etc I copy it onto the files close it and i load train som world 3 up and itnever overwrites DTG version

londonmidland 29 Nov 2022

Are you placing it in the correct DLC folder? It shouldn’t get overwritten or anything when you launch the game.

JamesP 28 Nov 2022

Fantastic work, all of you - thank you!

londonmidland 29 Nov 2022

Thank you 🙏🏻

JustusLM 12 Dec 2022

In the November 28th patch notes it said

"Redditch branch scenery between Alvechurch and Barnt Green has been improved and had new foliage and assets added."

Has this made the "Bescot-BCC_BarntGreenSceneryTile.pak" obsolete?

londonmidland 12 Dec 2022

Hi, it hasn’t. The mod is a lot more detailed compared to the official patch itself so you’re safe to keep it.

JustusLM 14 Dec 2022

Ok, thanks.

Player701 22 Mar 2023

Hello, and thank you very much for this mod.

I have one question. There are certain services in the timetable for this route (e.g. 2N20 Four Oaks to Longbridge), where the train is supposed to continue past the final stop to a siding before reversing for the next service. The problem is that you cannot drive this part - even if you choose to continue the game, you get kicked out of the driver's seat and the AI takes over. Attempting to override it shows the message "You do not have permission to drive this service" until the train has stopped at the reversing point, and only then it allows you to take over to continue the next service. This is a bit immersion-breaking when you're driving in timetable mode. May I ask, wouldn't it be too difficult to allow the player to drive this part? Or is it outside the scope of this mod entirely, or perhaps not even possible with the currently available modding tools?

Thank you very much, again.