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Birmingham Cross-City South for openBVE
[Redditch to Birmingham New Street]
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By Anthony Bowden
(see below for additional credits)

www.railsimroutes.co.uk

Version 1.31.06 (February, 2010)
Public domain/unrestricted material

*BVETSS 1.0 Compliant*
[www.railsimroutes.co.uk/bvetss]
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-=Contents=-
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- Introduction
- Licence (Public Domain/Unrestricted)
- Files by other authors
- Special thanks to...

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-=Introduction=-
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Thank you for downloading the Birmingham Cross-City South route, and I hope you enjoy using it with the wonderful openBVE simulator. The official openBVE homepage:

http://openbve.trainsimcentral.co.uk

This version of the Birmingham Cross-City South route has been specially prepared for inclusion with openBVE, and is released into the public domain. There are a few objects and sounds missing from this version, and it doesn't yet use all of openBVE's features as it's adapted from the BVE 4 version of the route--there wasn't time to update it with newer features sadly.

Cross-City South version 1.4 is being developed at the time of writing, which will showcase a variety of openBVE specific features, such as animated scenery and external car objects.

For more information, and to keep up-to-date with developments, please visit my website:

http://railsimroutes.co.uk

On my site there is also a Progress Updates section, where I post work-in-progress screenshots and videos:

http://railsimroutes.co.uk/blog/

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-=Licence=-
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This add-on has been released into the public domain. However, if this isn't legally possible, then no conditions, restrictions or requirements are placed upon the use, modification or redistribution of this add-on.

The decision to release the route free from restrictions was made as a result of my own changed attitudes towards copyright which, because of the way in which it is often used, doesn't help to bring about the kind of world I want to live in. I was also inspired by the remarkable attitude of openBVE's developer. In releasing this route into the public domain, I hope I can help to change the prevailing protective and copyright-focused attitude amongst many BVE developers, and foster a new era of free and harmonious sharing of creative works, without selfish restrictions.

If you like any of my work and want to redistribute it, please feel free to let me know, but of course you don't have to. :)

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-=Files by other authors=-
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Steve Green [www.trainsimcentral.co.uk]

Files: BrSigs\*.*

The files in the BrSigs folder are from Steve Green's BR Signals Pack for BVE v4.

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-=Special thanks to...=-
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Thanks in particular goes to the following people, without whom the Cross-City wouldn't have been nearly as detailed, accurate, complete or enjoyable to build:

Steve Green [www.trainsimcentral.co.uk]:

For supplying invaluable route data, offering useful feedback on the accuracy of the route, for his work on the new Class 323 for BVE v4, and of course for his extensive route testing and expertise.

Simon Gathercole:

For assisting with the development of the DirectX objects using emissive properties to create realistic night lighting. Also for his amazing work developing the plugin Dynamic Link Library, giving a host of functions to the BVE 4 class 323 EMU.

Robert Glass [http://scotrailsim.co.uk]:

For conducting extensive testing of the route on several occasions, providing extra inspiration and feedback where various aspects of the route are concerned; for giving me the idea for using CSV Cylinder commands to re-create more realistic headlight effects, for assisting with the maths involved in creating the "smooth curves", for allowing me to use and adapt his "Falling Snow" objects from his excellent Sandymill to Invermay Seasonal Special.

Bryan Dudley [http://railtech.topcities.com]:

For testing the route on more than one occasion, and offering helpful feedback.

Dave Barton:

For very kindly testing the route.

Matt Wilson:

For offering his expert feedback on the accuracy of the route.

Richard Cartmell:

For his extremely helpful and constructive feedback and advice, and for thoroughly testing the route on more than one occasion. 

Simon Townsend:

For testing the route and providing feedback on more than one occasion.

Alan Lee [www.jubileeline.org.uk]:

For testing the route and offering helpful and encouraging feedback.

Alex Totney:

For testing the route on numerous occasions, offering helpful feedback, suggestions and support for the Cross-City project. 

Stephen Cross [http://ozrail.cjb.net]:

For originally suggesting I add shadows under the passing trains, which led me to develop my "Alpha Enabled" angled shadow effects.
 
Rich Haywood:

For being extremely helpful during the Beta testing, and for taking the time to send thorough feedback. 

Don Clarke [http://www.gotopcs.net]:

For assisting with the route's signalling, and helping to remove signal warning messages from displaying within BVE. 

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Anthony Bowden.
February, 2010.
