PC The Omnibus Simulator Berlin-Spandau in Times of Change Manual OMSI 2 Developed by: MR-Software Software Development: Marcel Kuhnt Rüdiger Hülsmann Installation: Andreas Mügge OMSI 2 Copyright: © 2013/ Aerosoft GmbH Flughafen Paderborn/Lippstadt Manual D-33142 Büren, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-10 Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-33 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.aerosoft.de www.aerosoft.com © 2013/ MR-Software GbR Zum Erlengrund 13 D-13587 Berlin Internet: www.omnibussimulator.de All trademarks and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved. 2 3 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 OMSI 2 4. Controlling the Buses ..........................................36 Inhalt 4.1. TrackIR ......................................................................... 36 4.2. Schedule & Passengers ............................................... 36 1. Introduction ...........................................................6 4.3. The MAN SD200 .......................................................... 41 1.1. Foreword ....................................................................... 6 4.4. The MAN SD202 .......................................................... 42 1.2. Support .......................................................................... 8 4.5. The articulated bus MAN NG272(2) ........................... 43 1.3. System requirements .................................................... 8 4.6. The MAN NL202(2) ...................................................... 44 1.4. Installation .................................................................... 9 4.7. SD200 and SD202 cockpits ......................................... 44 1.5. Tutorials ......................................................................... 9 4.8. Processes ..................................................................... 63 1.6. About This Manual ..................................................... 10 1.7. Terms ........................................................................... 10 5. Credits ...................................................................66 1.8. Keyboard Shortcuts .................................................... 12 1.9. Graphics Settings ........................................................ 12 6. Appendix ..............................................................70 6.1.1. Tickets until July 1991 ............................................. 70 2. The First Kilometer ..............................................13 6.1.2. Tickets since August 1991 ....................................... 71 2.1. Options ........................................................................ 13 6.2. Important Destination-Codes .................................... 72 2.2. Steering Wheel/ Joystick Configuration ................... 14 6.3. Line/Course for Matrix Displays ................................ 74 2.3. Start Menu and Driver Files ....................................... 15 6.4. Routes .......................................................................... 74 2.4. Main Menu .................................................................. 16 6.5. Traffic Signals .............................................................. 78 2.5. Game Menu and Map View ....................................... 17 2.6. Bus Selection ............................................................... 18 2.7. Driver View, Passenger View And External View .... 20 2.8. Set Time ....................................................................... 22 2.9. Driving the Bus ........................................................... 23 2.10. Steering ..................................................................... 24 2.11. First Aid ..................................................................... 26 2.12. Your First Passenger Run .......................................... 26 3. Controlling the Simulator ...................................32 3.1 Situations ..................................................................... 32 3.2 Status ........................................................................... 32 3.3 Buses ............................................................................. 32 4 5 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 OMSI 2 Letting your creativity loose OMSI offers nearly limitless possibilities for 1. Introduction creating your own landscapes, streets, towns and vehicles. With the Route Editor, you can easily alter existing routes or create your own. Once you gained a little experience, you can even customize the 1.1. Foreword buses’ liveries. “Such a work is never actually finished – one must simply declare it to be finished once one has done as much as Where did the idea for OMSI come from? possible given the time and circumstances.“ As children, we set off for school each morning, took our seats on the softly upholstered fake leather seats of an SD200, inhaled that typical. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) SD smell, heard the characteristic hum and whine of the transmission and axles and the revving of the motor – and thought that it’s the most normal thing in the world. We’d never have dreamed that these Welcome to the ultimate omnibus experience! completely normal things would soon be part of the past. Travel back in time to Berlin in the 80s and early 90s! In times of Like the many organizations that lovingly care for historical vehicles change that apart from the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the German and take them out for traditional outings to try to keep the memory of Reunion also entailed lots of changes in public transport. Old connec- the past alive, we’re attempting to do the same thing in a completely tions to the surrounding areas were quickly reactivated while the different medium and to give this trip in the past a whole new former concrete border was a shadow of what it used to be. The atmosphere. gradual reconnecting process of two separate systems as well as the evident contrast of Eastern Germany with Western Germany are what these exciting years of change were all about. We wish you a lot of fun with OMSI 2! And you’re right in the middle of the action! As a bus driver on route 5 and 92 (since 1991 route 130 and 137) it’s your task, day and night, in all kinds of weather, to get your passengers from the U-Bahn Marcel Kuhnt and Rüdiger Hülsmann stations Ruhleben or Rathaus Spandau to their homes on the outskirts Berlin, October 2013 of the city as safely and comfortably as possible. You’ll quickly realize that OMSI offers limitless driving fun, and not just on the way from point A to point B! Everything is here: real destinati- ons, hydraulics, brakes, lights, engine, transmission, heater, weather, seasons, physics and much more, all of it exactly as it was in real life, and all of it waiting for you. Enjoy the privileged perspective and regal presence of a classic Berliner double-decker from the 80s and 90s! 6 7 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 OMSI 2 1.2. Support 1.4. Installation In case of questions regarding the installation or activation of OMSI 2 Note: You must be logged on as an administrator (particularly or problems in general please contact the Aerosoft-Support: support@ for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users) and be connected to aerosoft.de the Internet to install OMSI 2 – otherwise the installation will not work. Visit our website and our forum in order to keep up with the latest news and share information and self-developed add-ons for OMSI 1. Insert the OMSI 2 disc into your disc drive. Follow the installation with other users: instructions presented on screen. If the installation does not start automatically: www.omnibussimulator.de a. Click START on the task bar www.omnibussimulator.de/forum b. Click MY COMPUTER Interested in developing OMSI-Addons? For further information please visit our OMSIWiki: c. Double click on the appropriate DVD-ROM drive www.omnibussimulator.de/omsiwiki d. Double click on the setup.exe icon 2. Steam will be installed first. It may update itself at various points. 3. You must choose whether to create a new Steam account or use an 1.3. System requirements existing one. Enter the required information and write down or print To fully enjoy “OMSI - The Omnibus Simulator” your PC should meet the Steam account information. the following system requirements: 4. Enter your game activation code when requested by the wizard. • Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7/8 5. OMSI 2 will be installed from the DVD. Any necessary updates will • Processor: 2,8 GHz Dual Core Processor then be downloaded from the Internet. • RAM: 2 GB (4 GB recommended) 6. After the game has installed, you will see a OMSI 2 icon on your desktop. Double click this to start running the game. • Graphics card: minimum 1024 MB (2GB recommended) 7. If you receive an “access is denied” message, retry the installation. • Addition: DirectX: 9.0c or better 1.5. Tutorials Use the new tutorials in OMSI 2 to learn controlling the programme, the bus and driving step by step in the simulator! 8 9 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 OMSI 2 A refresh rate of less than 20 FPS/Hz will appear shaky, but is 1.6. About This Manual usually acceptable up to a certain point. Below 15 FPS, viewing the The chapter “The First Kilometer” explains the OMSI controls in general simulation is usually uncomfortable. In the 30-50 FPS zone, you’ll and focuses on one bus in particular. It will walk you through the first notice that the simulation has reached the limits of perception, steps, from starting the program to picking up your first passenger. meaning that increasing the FPS per second further doesn’t