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.