Looking for Active Monorail Pilots

[Sean P. Frawley]

Hello!
I'm not quite sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes...

I'm currently working on a scale simulation of the Walt Disney World Monorail System using a Train Simulator. Back in 2004, a few people created downloadable content to allow players to operate the Mark VI Monorail trains on the program.

I am using this content to create my own Virtual Monorail System and as part of the project, I am upgrading some of the content to the current state of the Mark VI system.

I am seeking the knowledge of current Monorail Cast Members in order to achieve complete accuracy.

Here is a video of the most progress I've done so far:


Please let me know what you think and if you would like to contribute!

Thanks,

Sean

 

[talkwithbryan]

Sean, that is beautiful. I’m not current but I’m betting I can either answer your questions or at the least get you answers - I have friends in the department. How can I help?

 

[talkwithbryan]

By the way, opening the video with a green was great for me. That was the first train I operated as a pilot, on Express. One lap with a trainer before my drive training began.

 

[Sean P. Frawley]

Sean, that is beautiful. I’m not current but I’m betting I can either answer your questions or at the least get you answers - I have friends in the department. How can I help?

I'm looking to completely redo the console controls in the cab. The one in the simulator is pre-2005 upgrade and I would like to make it appear and function as it does in the real world. I'm also in search of the source audio for the spiels/messages.

 

[talkwithbryan]

Do you want to have it operate as it does right now - where you press a
Button and the trains drive themselves, or are you looking for what it was right before when pilots still used the Master Control Unit? I can’t really comment on how the TCS works today, but I also would be transferring to somewhere else

 

[Sean P. Frawley]

Do you want to have it operate as it does right now - where you press a
Button and the trains drive themselves, or are you looking for what it was right before when pilots still used the Master Control Unit? I can’t really comment on how the TCS works today, but I also would be transferring to somewhere else

The trains basically drive themselves already as part of the simulation, but when I want to manually operate a train, I would like to operate pre-automation style. I know that there are multiple windows and features, but not all of them are necessary.

 

[talkwithbryan]

Cool. I don’t know if I have any of the screenshots, but I know friends who should. The most important, unless you’re simulating situations, is your brake pressure screen. That’s how my screen looked 95% of the time. Let me see if I can scrounge it up for you.

 

[talkwithbryan]

Black holding with a Yellow MBS likely at 145.

EDIT: identifying information removed from image

 

[talkwithbryan]

I’m looping in a friend who was the source of that image. We both guess that that screen might not exist today.

 

[Monorail_Red]

Very cool, thanks for looping me in. I played around with this stuff probably about 10 or so years ago. I remember there being a lot of limitations within Trainz that prevented the modification of some behaviors. Keep up the good work!

 

[Sean P. Frawley]

Very cool, thanks for looping me in. I played around with this stuff probably about 10 or so years ago. I remember there being a lot of limitations within Trainz that prevented the modification of some behaviors. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for your input! I'm hoping to completely redo the whole console on Trainz, which may take forever, but as of now, it's not much of a priority.

Do either of you know current cast members who have access to things like the spiels and paint mixtures? I'm integrating the Tom Kane spiels into the route and am re-skinning the current trains to be more accurate to the stripes in the real world.

 

[msg7]

NYR2204 from Youtube here. There was a discussion page about the new control panels that I found a few months ago. I downloaded a video from the page, however, I can't find the discussion page. Anyways, here's that video! Enjoy and Good Luck!

 

[Sean P. Frawley]

NYR2204 from Youtube here. There was a discussion page about the new control panels that I found a few months ago. I downloaded a video from the page, however, I can't find the discussion page. Anyways, here's that video! Enjoy and Good Luck!

This will help! Thanks! If you find the link to that thread, let me know!

Also, if anybody is currently working or knows someone who is a current monorail cast member, please send me a PM! I could use some help with accuracy and information!