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Three Versions of Open Rails
Three versions of Open Rails are readily available to users, as shown below:
For first-time users, we recommend the Stable Version which comes with an installer.
Updater
Whichever version you choose, Open Rails has a mechanism to notify you of new versions and to update Open Rails for you. You will find the settings for this mechanism in Menu > Options > Update
Open Rails will check for updates at most once a day. If an update is found, then you can install the update just by clicking on the link in the top, right corner:
Testing Version
If you follow the Open Rails project on the forums, then you will hear about bug-fixes and new features. These are included in the Unstable Version for developers and testers to try out. Once they have been checked and approved, they are published (on Friday) as the latest Testing Version. Any user can easily update to the current weekly Testing Version and benefit from these improvements.
Recent Code Changes
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T1.4-148-ge5d8f1cf2Merge pull request #559 from Csantucci/Distributed-power-cab-display
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/or/+spec/distributed-power: Distributed power cab display and controlsc7f1150bDistributed power: consider also Loco Brake in the value of BC11fd74b5Distributed power: update OR manual83ed063eDistributed Power: compress UoM strings of loade24a796eDistributed power: manage yellow colour for dynamic brake display7ff949bbDistributed Power: use ORTS_SIGNED_TRACTION_BRAKING to compute load394972a3Distributed power: remove wrong Flow field and correct wrong load field, by mbm_OR3d3e37afDistributed Power: pass LoadUnits to GetDPuStatus()6dd7738dDistributed power: cleanup scaling issues and make DP screen page background transparent9e80053eUpdate Source/Documentation/Manual/cabs.rst : improve text
Co-authored-by: Cedric GNIEWEK37a83884Distributed power: added missing pictureaaeb2517Distributed power: improve typo fixef03f09cDistributed power: fix typo in usings26bd936fDistributed power: cabview display and controls
T1.4-134-gf1451af10Merge pull request #551 from pzgulyas/timetable-or
> @cjakeman, @twpol, could you please explain the reason of discrepancy between the two above linked descriptions?
Sharpe49 is quite correct.
The Open Rails Triage delivers a report of the active submissions for James to monitor. I don't think it takes any action.
The process for peer-reviewers is set out in Contributing.md
Hope that helps,
Chris0aa1e46cMake handling the timetable-or extension consistent.
T1.4-132-g8ed228436Merge pull request #566 from mbm-OR/bugfix/Fix-F5causesORtocrash
Fix for https://bugs.launchpad.net/or/+bug/1956262. F5 causes OR crash.04d1bb7cFix improvedb022de2dFix for https://bugs.launchpad.net/or/+bug/1956262. F5 causes OR crash.
The current Testing Version can also be downloaded as a Zip archive:
21 January 2022, 79MB
Note: Multiple versions of Open Rails will not interfere if they are saved to different folders.
Unstable Version
To support development, the latest unstable version is also available, which is updated as and when we make changes to it. Previous unstable versions are available. The unstable versions are more likely to contain serious bugs and are only recommended for users wishing to help with Open Rails development.
Improvements
Improvements to Open Rails are drawn from several public sources as shown here:
We try to make sure that these changes all work and fit together by reviews as marked in orange in the diagram.
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