The seventh scenery patch is now released with the following changes:

Graphics

• Fixed shadow popping
• Fixed problem with train parts appearing randomly in the scenery if pressing Watch or Drive button in the service screen before the train picture has fully loaded
• Optimised rendering when shadows are disabled
• Adjusted Class 37 cab brightness
• Adjusted colour post-processing

Editors

• Redesigned asset packing mechanism for route and train editors
• Fixed material height maps to work
• Fixed material emissive colour to work when used without an emission map
• Fixed making a copy of a route/train to also copy subfolders
• Fixed possible crash when exiting train editor without saving changes
• Fixed possible crash when moving a node in route editor
• Fixed possible terrain loading crash in route editor
• Possibly fixed a crash in route editor related to very long tracks
• Fixed editor side panel to clear options for already removed objects in some cases (clicking on one of the options would lead to a crash)
• Fixed possible crash during route/train editor refresh
• Fixed route/train editor refresh to reload packed assets
• Fixed possible crash when refreshing scenery while it's already loading in route editor
• Added auto-refresh after updating asset pack in route and train editors
• Made track section level crossing data visible again in the route editor side panel (for manual removal of old leftover crossings that might cause the AI to sound horn for no reason)

Other

• Fixed some memory leaks related to the loading of custom models
• Various optimisations to reduce stuttering and lag spikes

The new asset packing mechanism has better performance when loading assets during the simulation. It's also more flexible, as nodes using packed models no longer need the "model source" field to be changed. Please see the Importing custom models guide for full details.

What's next?

The next update will be the gameplay update (more on that later), and smaller patches as required.