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Another screenshot from the new v1.6 running the route addon.

Some tips when installing Open Rails on using :

1. use the 32bit version as you need to apply some winetricks which are not available for 64bit WINE

2. after installing OpenRails in WINE run the script in the WINE prefix you have just installed Open Rails into

3. from wineticks install the following DLLs:

a) .NET 4.7.2 - this will take some time as you will iterate through 4.5, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 and finally 4.7.2

b) DXVK - this requires 32bit libararies installed in your native Linux install. DXVK will fix issues with shading and textures (e.g when they are black in the distance but normal when coming closer)

c) XNA 3.1 - this will install .NET 2.1 as a dependency, don't worry.

4. The built-in content downloader doesn't work too well with WINE, grab the free Content off the official Open Rails website.

I spent the past few days abroad as I had to attend some family business. We went by (german ICE bullet train) and being somewhat of a this sparked a renewed interest in software that will run on using .

Aside from which is a professional simulator also being used in training centers in germany, there is oldie-but-goldie (Microsoft Train Simulator) released in 2001 (!)

Yes, this was 24 years ago but still, a lot of fans here in europe still consider it one of the best of its kind and third party patches have been released over thedecades to keep it up to date with modern hardware and to iron out some longtiime bugs.

However, there is also an alternative to that called which is an open-source remake of MSTS able to run commercial and free content originally designed for MSTS. I installed it using and on my box to check out how it performs. Note that I had to use winetricks to install .net 4.7.2 and xna3.1!!

So here are a few screenshots of Open Rails running the commercial "RhB Bernina" Content I bought decades ago.