Type of project: Bus modification
Name of project: MAN Lion's City G (NG363) and Lion's City (NL323)
Involved persons: Mirko935 (me) for the mod; original bus by O 405; a few fixes by other people listed in first post
Details:
Hi, all!
I'm new to OMSI, started playing about a month ago, and I spent most of that time driving O 405's Lion's City, so I made a few changes primarily for myself, but I decided to share them here. I didn't want to change the default files, so I made separate .bus and .cfg files. Therefore, these changes will only work if you select Lion's City G (NG363) or Lion's City (NL323). The only files that my mod overwrites are a few textures that needed fixing. I included a white repaint based on Cauchopan's PSD template (Link) and my own VKL repaint for pBuch's Bad Kinzau map (Link) in which you can see the relevant farbschema items and variables.
Changelog:
Version 1.15:
- small fix of my kneeling scripts (buses sometimes got stuck when "kneeling up")
- improvement of suspension and kneeling behaviour
Version 1.1 (see post #37
- IBIS fix
- kneeling no longer lifts left wheels
- deactivating kneeling doesn't release station brakes automatically
- auto-kneeling option
- fixed suspension auto-leveling
- fixed suspension and brakes of rear axle on LC G
- increased number of passenger standing places (from mod by OMNI Bus Sound Garage. Link to mod)
Version 1.0:
- translucent folding bellow (durchsichtig Faltenbalg), configurable in repaints
- doorwarning sounds, configurable in repaints. I would also recommend you download this sound, it's better then the original one: Link
- large air conditioning unit for solo bus, configurable in repaints
- passengers can exit on the second wing of front doors on both buses
- third door can be opened manually on LC G. I also fixed the missing lightmap which made the button for third door brighter then the others and added the missing light above the third door
- blinkers turn off automatically when centering the steering wheel. I know that they don't turn off in real Mainz buses, but I didn't
like that. If you want to change that to default, just change the variable automBlinkerAbsch in Script/cockpit_constfile_D92_NG363.txt - more powerful engines and corresponding gearboxes. If you own the Berlin X10 addon, change the gear shift points in Voith D884.5 and Voith D864.5 files with the ones from the LC DD antrieb_constfile included in that addon, shifting seems more realistic to me that way. You can copy everything after "Shaltpunkte", just beware that you don't delete "retarder_stufe4" curve. I would include my properly modded files, but I'm guessing that I shouldn't because of that addon's copyright, so the files in this mod only have torque values changed.
- force feedback: I started working on a force feedback script that would include vibrations from the engine and other effects, but I soon realized that the buses from Drei Generationen addon have a force feedback script that includes engine and braking vibrations, so I stopped trying to come up with my own solution and am using the script from that addon's Citaro with a slight change. As regarding the previous point, I guess that I'm not allowed to share that so I included my own script. It's not as good as the ones from Drei Generationen, but it's still better than the original
- I changed the driver's camera to my liking. If you don't like it, look for "Blick nach vorne" in the .bus file and replace it with the one from original .bus
- h20 switch in cockpit (model from LC GUE), configurable in repaints
- fixed missing position lights on LC and added left reverse light for both busses
- fixed missing inner air conditioner texture and lightmap
- fixed brake glow texture
- fixed random lighting up of "Kinderwagen Haltewunsch", now it can show up only if there is an actual stop request
- fixed IBIS staying on if you turn off electricity when it's on ticket selling screen. Also, changed IBIS so that delay is marked with plus. I'm not sure how it should be, but this way seems more logical to me and, if I'm not mistaken, this is the way that it is on all the other buses
- fix of rear axle height by Brot87 (Link)
- rear lights visibility fix by Brot87 (Link)
- until there is a proper fix for heating, inner temperature is set to constantly be at 19 so that passengers don't complain
- another thing I would recommend is that you copy the passenger noise sounds from Drei Generationen Citaro if you own that addon. It makes driving much more realistic in my opinion. As with the force feedback script, I can't include them because of copyright.
List of added changeable textures and variables:
- farbschema_tex90 - Gelenk (folding bellow) texture
- farbschema_tex91 - Gelenk_LM (folding bellow) lightmap
- durchsichtig_faltenbalg - set to 1 to use additional lightmaps to simulate folding bellow translucency
- doorAlarms - set to number of doors that should have the alarm before closing. Counted from rear door
- farbschema_tex92 - Seitenwand (side walls) texture
- farbschema_tex93 - Klima (air conditioner) texture
- Details_Klimaanlage - Large air conditioner on solo bus
- Details_h20 - h20 switch in cockpit
- autoKneel - height in cm for automatic kneeling
That's about it. I tried to not use anyone's work without mentioning them. If I did, I apologize, PM me and I will correct the post.
Have fun and feel free to share any suggestions you have.
You can also write in German if that's easier for you, I can read it relatively well.
Download links:
Version 1.15:
MAN Lion's City NG363 and NL323 V1.15
Update V1.15 (use this only if you already have my mod installed)
Previous versions:
Version 1.1:
MAN Lion's City NG363 and NL323 V1.1
Update V1.1 (use this only if you already have V1.0 of my mod installed)
Version 1.0:
MAN Lion's City NG363 and NL323 V1.0
Note that you must have the latest version (bus package from date 09.09.2015.) of O 405's buses from Mainz addon (Link to thread) installed before installing my mod.
Copyright: Do what you want, but please do mention me if you upload parts of my work.
Pictures/videos:
Translucent folding bellow (Durchsichtig Faltenbalg):
Real:
Inside during day:
Outside at night:
Some of the fixes:
Kneeling fix:
LC G suspension fix
Standing places mod:
Known problems:
This mod is compatible only with the latest version of buses from Mainz map. If this happens, please install the latest version of the original buses from link above, then install my mod.
Concerning constructive feedback:
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