The problem is that when I get into singleplayer menu, at map pulldown menu I can't select another map. I have a 4/3 ratio, 1600x1200 monitor and that problem only happens when I want to play with that ratio, but when I change to 1600x900 (16/9) then I can. It's weird. Could you hotfix this? Thanks.
Also the loading screen is always 16/9 ratio, I think it should enlarge to fit all monitor ratios.
You're welcome. I picked this one because I think it's ideal for testing performace in real situations with bigger maps, and also it looks good and you can achieve 60km/h.
I tried the settings you said and yeah there's less stuttering and I think the graphical appearance of the simulator is still the same! Also tried with the option "Reload when standing"
It's interesting to port this to Linux, mainly to see how it behaves in a very lightweight system installation.
To be fair, I got the complete opposite of a lightweight Linux, but LOTUS runs very smooth on an Kubuntu 18.04 LTS.
You run it with Wine? Anyways, it's impressive for sure!
Another test I made but this time in Ficta-Minga. This time I did it in video so you can watch the performance with your very eyes. Probably the capture software could remove one or two FPS, but anyways. Everything is in the video and its description.
If there's something you want me to test please send your requests, and also if there's something wrong please correct me.
PS. That "The last reply in this thread was written by you, you cannot reply again until x seconds." It's the first time I have seen this in all the forums I have been in my life. The timeout is a little excessive I think...
At least inter-OS compatibility.
It's interesting to port this to Linux, mainly to see how it behaves in a very lightweight system installation.
Changed the title of the thread to something not so obnoxious.
But what are the advantages of OpenGL (and subsequently Vulkan) over DirectX specifically for the needs of LOTUS?
Transfering the game to Vulkan was promised when the game was released for public nearly 2 years ago, but we don't know anything specific about it.
And why not DirectX 11 or 12? (or giving us the option to select in the preferences between Vulkan and DX)
Well, I decided to make some quick benchmarking with my setup. In the screenshots you can see GPU and CPU temperature, usage and clock speed; RAM memory used; and finally instant, minimum, average, maximum, 1% low and 0,1% low FPS.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / 3600 MHz base, 4200 MHz max boost / 6 core, 12 thread.
GPU: ASUS Nvidia GTX 1650 / 4 GB GDDR5 / OC Edition
RAM: 32 GB DDR4
Logic board: GIGABYTE B450M DS3H / this capped the clock speed of the RAM.
PSU: Be Quiet! 600W
The settings at both games were everything in Ultra (preset "Don't" in LOTUS with terrain detail at ultra too).
In LOTUS I used the following maps: Diorama and Sonnenburg. The vehicle is the default Berliner GT6N.
In Diorama the performance was good: 46 FPS average. Remember that stuttering I commented in another thread? Well I updated the nvidia driver and I adjusted again the settings according to this Lexikon article: NVIDIA graphics card optimization for LOTUS adapting some options to set high performance instead of quality, and things improved... but this is a small map, what about a bigger one?
Sonnenburg, by the way lovely map! 12 FPS average. The stop is Schmiedehof, next to Hauptbahnhof. As you can see the shadows of the tram are failing too and also objects load very late, for example, arriving to a stop the stopping lines of the signs are gone and signals like open all doors. KI cars look like they have seizures.
As this game uses OpenGL it makes me think that this is the main culprit of that poor performance. Will the program use DirectX in later patches? Or Vulkan? I expect that performance will have to improve a lot to reach averages of 60 FPS in ultra settings.
I have a game that uses DirectX 11 to just make a little comparison (a little unfair I have to admit 
but anyways, just to have an idea of what we can get), I selected places that are very demanding, some in multiplayer. It's Tower Unite, and everything is in ultra settings. If you take the average of all the screenshots and calculate the average you get like 70 FPS.
By the way, I have to say that using the steam workshop is lovely to get new content instead of using the old method of downloading compressed files and unpacking in the game folder like in OMSI. Also Steam checks dependencies so that's fantastic. Everything is concentrated in one only place.
And last but not least I've noticed that some AI cars have some parts of the inside empty, because you can see the centre of the inner side of the wheels without anything supporting them, especially with some Fords and Kias.
As Janine said, just waiting for the next patches to come!
If anyone has the same setup or something like mine, tell me your experiences.
This has a simple reason: If you want to drive a longer trip, you will need too many high res textures for your graphic RAM.
I know, but in DIorama? I turn the camera away near a building and when I turn it again the building looks blurry.
Also I've got 32 GB of normal RAM in my setup so, could the sim take advantage of this? I've read that in early access stages that would not be the case but when it's fully released it will do.
But anyways, I prefer LOTUS being in Early Access for a long time enough to make the best perfect simulator ever created. And by that I mean it because of my experience playing an early access game that is Tower Unite. It was released in 2015 and by 2020 is still in Early Access, and by now it's very optimized and it has lots of features implemented, looks like a finished product, but still has lots of things to come, so that's five years.
In my opinion as a normal player I prefer that LOTUS gets officially released without the early access mark for 10 years or more from now and becoming the perfect product ever without any issue, and having a very good quality and extensive base of paid and free addons.
Anyways, what I could try so far (Diorama map and GT6N), this looks amazing, so keep up the good work guys, and thank you to let us try this and have the opportunity to watch the software evolve and most importantly, being able to give us our opinions and suggestions. I showed LOTUS to a friend and he got really impressed from what he expected.
Please wait for the next Patch (currently in Beta, soon in NightlyBuild) and then test again. Thanks!!
Perfect! Also I have noted that LOTUS “forgets” high res textures and those have to be loaded again, I suppose it could be one cause about the stuttering.
I’ll wait for the next patches to come and thank you for the informations.
I tried that... but I'll try again adapting some settings, or probably I forgot to set some.
Hello, finally I have my new setup with me, it's lovely, and games go soooo smooth and great (for example, Tower Unite with vsync on and settings at ultra, 60 FPS and it does not bother to decrease 
). But. LOTUS is behaving weirdly. I made a short video showing the lil' annoying problem. It goes smooth too but sometimes stuttering happens. Everything it's in the Diorama map. Also KI is off, but I tried it with KI on it's exactly the same.
The settings in the video are in the "Don't" preset, Vertical Sync on, and terrain detall in ultimate setting.
Also I tried putting the settings on the lowest preset and even with the huge FPS increase, and stuttering is still there but it's imperceptible.
My setup is the following:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 at approximately 4 GHz
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650 4 GB
RAM: 32 GB
Dimensions of the monitor: 1920*1080 pixels.
I know LOTUS is still an early access product but is there any temporary solution until it gets optimized? Maybe in nvidia settings? I want to have the best quality but without any stuttering!
I wanted to discuss that because, you know, concerns one thinks of. You are right, LOTUS isn't that far but I feel like the development of this simulator is going so fast, but are feelings I have personally, mainly because I visit this forum not so often and as I can't play the game yet properly I don't have a constant contact.
Probably if the game is programmed in a way to be the most modular possible I think it could be the only way to easily implement these kind of things with few lines of code scripts or so.
Hello, I was watching the Karlsruhe S-Bahn and I observed that some stops you can only exit by the first and second door of the front car. Will that feature be included in LOTUS? Or passengers will try entering the train outside the platform?
I have to make a little announcement, because this project is still alive, but paused.
As you know with the covid issues I am waiting for some computer parts that I need to use LOTUS with the best performance possible, right now I can't use it. So until I have the parts I'll continue the project. I'm very sorry but I'm very sad because I'd like to have LOTUS at its best.
So don't worry, I'll keep you informed.
Best regards.
Frank.
I was thinking about Bowdenham. That was a really good map, its last version was the best, very complete, hours and hours of fun and discovery.
As the last Chrono event was in 2014-2015... Imagine what would happen next, a new tram line, perhaps? And also, the possibility to drive the Herefield-Apsley railway?
Hello! Some pictures of my local buses.
Line B 27, now replaced by the M 27, a "metrobus" line. The Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona launched a rip-off of the Berlin Metrobus and expressbus. The bus is an Irisbus Citelis bodied by Noge.
The B 80, Before 12/2011 it was known as 800 and wore normal solobusses. This MAN midibus is hated by most elder people who are the most common passengers, as EVERY fixed seat is on a step. More ridiculous, with three doors there are less seats, and two seats are "flying", on the rear left wheels. Nowadays in this line there are Heuliez midibusses, where they do have seats without steps. Those MAN midibusses were relocated to other lines with less passengers.
Replacement buses. The line 1 was closed between Fondo and Torras i Bages in August 2017 for major maintenance works. At the left, the 3103, a Citaro G with Voith gearbox, at my right, the 3434 a MAN NG 313 F, bodied by Castrosua, also with Voith change,
