LB&SCR Locomotive Superpack 1870-1934

LB&SCR Locomotive Superpack 1870-1934

Locomotive Superpack: 1870-1934

Ok. So I’ve wanted to update my old LB&SCR locomotives for a while now. They’re some of the first 3D models I’ve made, and they’re a port from Transport Fever 1.

So after making the Generic Engines Pack, I started thinking about if I could make a similar pack made of modular components, and use it to recreate the LB&SCR engines. IT seemed straightforward enough – unlike a lot of railway companies, the design evolution of LB&SCR was pretty linear, with a lot of shared components.

So, it worked on paper. In practice? Not so much. I ran into problems pretty much immediately, and binned that whole approach.

But. I’d started something. So…. I kept going. And the more I kept going, the more the scope of the project kind of….crept. Suddenly, I wasn’t just redoing my old mods.

Suddenly I was doing all the engines. And that’s what this mod pack is.

Effectively*, this mod contains every type of steam locomotive built by the London, Brighton & South Coast railway between 1870-1923. There’s a total of 45 different locomotives included in this pack, ranging from the tiny little A1 Terriers all the way up to the L class 4-6-4T and SR N15X 4-6-0.

I’ve also included a couple of semi-fictional locomotives – for example, the ‘E7’ & ‘E7X’ 0-8-0T, and the ‘L2’ class 4-6-0 were both proposed designs that were never built.

I’ve also added a couple of purely fictional builds – the ‘L3’ 2-8-4T, effectively a mixed traffic/freight version of the L Class, and the ‘M’ class 4-8-0. If you don’t like fictional stuff then by all means, you don’t have to use them, but they look pretty cool IMO, so check them out!

As is standard for all of my mods, the locomotives come in a number of different liveries, and include aging, tinting, placeable assets, group menus, and head and tail lamps that change depending on the direction of the locomotive!

A new feature to this pack is also animated inside motion!

As I’m sure you can appreciate there are a lot of moving parts going on in this mod, so I might have overlooked some details, or there might be some bugs, so please let me know in the comments if anything pops up. Your feedback is always appreciated!

Features:
– 45 Locomotives from the London. Brighton & South Coast Railway
– All locomotives come with 9 liveries:
– LB&SCR Improved Engine Green
– LB&SCR Stroudley Freight Green
– LB&SCR Marsh Umber
– LB&SCR Marsh Freight Black
– SR Maunsell Green
– SR Freight Black
– BR Lined Black
– BR Unlined Black
– BR Green
– A total of over 400 combinations of locomotive and livery!
– Full aging and recolour support. Detailed dirt and rust accumulates as the engine ages.
– Engines are sorted in depot menus to reduce purchase menu clutter.
– Small file size and .dds compressed textures, to help with load speed.
– Placeable rail assets allowing placement of the engine in all variants, as well as pre-aged placeables.
– Moddable engine numbers – edit the number of the train and the number will display on the side of the locomotive.
– Head and tail lamps change depending on direction.
– Too many liveries? Disable the liveries you don’t want to use in the in-game mod config menu!

Requests and Feedback
Constructive feedback is always welcome, and I love reading your comments, so if you have any notes on what I can improve, or just want to leave a nice message, by all means please leave a post below!

*- Now I do say effectively, because there are some omissions. However, this is stuff along the lines of the Richmond class, which was effectively just a slightly shorter B1, or the I4, which was effectively the same as an I2 – stuff I felt was more or less already represented from a gameplay perspective.

Enjoy!