First of all, a HUGE apology to everyone
for the massively delayed route, things really should have been done
sooner, however it is now released and I appreciate the patience you
guys showed. May I also take this opportunity to apologize to the
London Transport Museum for the series of computer trouble due to
overheating, primarily caused by bad route coding in the initial
version (now abandoned).
Furthermore, I owe an apology to those who visited the museum during
this time hoping to have a drive on the Jubilee Line Simulator and
found it switched off as the computer was broken. This rewritten
version which is much more efficient has been installed in the
museum’s new computer and hopefully should not cause further
problems to the LTM. I want to thank the staff at the museum for their
kind understanding during the unfortunate incident and Tom Beevers for
liaising with them to solve the issue.
The Jubilee
Line is a non-fictional London Underground route. The route will
be released in stages. The first release is part of the new Jubilee
Line extension which run from Green Park to Bermondsey. The route is
set in the present era using the LT1996 stock.
After a dispute
kicked up between authors/websites and the news received from the LTM,
I decided to drop out of the joint project and to recode the entire
route completely myself. Most objects have been partially or wholly
rebuilt with brand new textures where it needs to be changed. The use
of highly efficient codes and new object encoding techniques meant that
loading time is kept to absolute minimum. High frame rate is also
achieved during play on a half decent PC. The current downloadable route has
absolutely no relation to the problematic initial unreleased version
which I have decided to drop.
The route is
written by Kelvin Liu.
The latest
version, v1, consists of the following features:
Extremely high use of photorealistic textures.
Highly accurate stations.
Use of TSC v.2 authentic LUL signals.
Use of standard BVE4 features (i.e. power rail
cutouts).
Crystal clear announcements.
Inclusion of PEDs movement sounds.
Dynamic timetable which changes at every station.
Minimal loading time.
Route
Overview
The
Jubilee Line is non-fictional London Underground route, covering 22.5
miles (36.2km). The line is coloured light grey on the Underground map.
Starting life as a branch of the Bakerloo Line, it became the Jubilee
Line in 1979 when a newly constructed section from Baker Street to
Charing Cross opened. Formerly, the Bakerloo Line joined at Baker
Street and a new junction had to be built to connect the old and new
sections.
The line was subsequently extended through the London's financial
district of the Docklands in the mid 1990’s providing easy access
to and from business hub. The extension was opened in 1999/2000 and the
Charing Cross terminus disused. Before the Jubilee Line extension, the
Docklands area suffered from relatively poor public transportation. The
Jubilee Line extension was designed to be efficient and airy and
utilizes natural skylights where possible for platform or other public
areas.
One of the most unique features about the stations on the Jubilee Line
Extension are the Platform Edge Doors (or PEDs), which stops people
from falling onto the track. However their main purpose is for their
ventilation and air management properties.
With state of the art stations in the extension and the newest trains
(the 1996 stock), it is arguably the most modern line on the entire
London Underground network.
Progress
This
is the most advanced London Underground BVE route to date. The entire
route has been completely rewritten from scratch using photorealistic
textures for almost everything. It also comes complete with automatic
announcements, new tunnels, and of course, a new signaling system. The
announcements states Stratford as the destination, but the route
currently only goes as far as Bermondsey for the time being. I did not
alter this for economical reasons as I will have to revert it back the
Stratford later anyways.
The see the
level of realism achieved in this BVE route, please see this video on YouTube.
Due to the way
which BVE works, it has not been possible to perfectly syncronise the
PEDs closing sound with the train door closing sounds. The reason is
that BVE may close the doors a few seconds earlier or later than the
specified departure time, therefore the two sounds may be slightly
off-sync at times. In reality, the PEDs close immediately as soon as
the chime starts. The opening sound however, is always in sync.
There are two route files
included, a default one for the 1996 stock and another one for other
TSC Underground trains (currently
assigned to the 1995 stock), in case you wish to run the route with
another train. The reason for this is because that the 1996 stock does
not follow the TSC BVE Track Sound standard guidelines, so I had to
work around the (incorrectly made) train. If
you attempt to run the default route file with another train, you will
get incorrect run sounds, so therefore modify the alternative route
file if you wish to use another train.
The route is now ready for download
(thanks for the patience guys!).
Screenshots
Brand new screenshots of the
Jubilee Line have been uploaded, taken in late July 2008.
The
following traction is required for the Jubilee Line. This train is
hosted at James Galbraith's website*. Thank you to Dan Lewis, Miles
Codrington and Steve Green for this production.