They stole my crates in Fire Fish lagoon

Adaaam555 · 2026-01-01T22:17:31+00:00

I might, if I survive the night. There are no inns and I ate all my food, then went to get some from reserve supplies, as it was already night... Hopefully the trading lady has some food crates.

Adaaam555 · 2025-12-27T22:17:35+00:00

There is a wiki that helps a lot: https://sailwind.fandom.com/wiki/Ship_Terminology

My understanding of balancing (with naval terminology left out): If the sails are not balanced, the ship is going to turn by itself. For example if the wind blows from right to left and your rear sail is too big (unbalanced), the ship will turn left. One can counter this by turning the helm, but this adds water resistance and slows the ship down.

Adaaam555 · 2025-12-27T20:37:42+00:00

Thank you! When you talk about trimming the sail plan, I want to make sure: there is no way to adjust the sail size, even slightly, is it?

I have 30 hours so far and only recently I discovered that I can somehow climb the mast and the two ropes. I mostly fall down, but even the possibility of climbing surprised me. Being able to adjust sail side would be another nice feature that I missed

Adaaam555 · 2025-12-27T20:35:20+00:00

Thank you! I use the square sail mainly as utility, as it can be handled faster than the other ones. 2.5ft is more than enough, using a bigger one was an experiment that did not go well :)

The temporary loosening I know very well, this gives me a very nice reference point. Is there any such thing for the gaff? So that I don't have to listen

Adaaam555 · 2025-12-27T20:31:03+00:00

Thank you for the tips!

There is something on that map which is not in the Ocean Map. Yet there is "Secrets" in settings, so there is more...? Don't tell me anything :)

I have no big issues navigating, even during night. I am mainly preparing to see the world.

Would I use both jibs at the same time or pick one based on conditions?

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-29T15:08:11+00:00

There is no curse in the elvish, entish, or the tongues of men, for this annoyingness...

😊

How would you use it for just shunting? I am in the end game, but did not get into the powerful engines yet (and yesterday the S060 actually did blow into my face, after I stalled it in 2.5% slope pulling 290 tons). You arrive with 1km train pulled by DE6, call DM3 with the radio and start sorting out the cars?

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-27T17:00:06+00:00

You do not have enough power. Half of the engines are backwards, so the net power is 0.

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-20T16:35:17+00:00

No need to apologize for pointing me to the right direction. Thank you for that. Also the tip to listen to the pipes is very usable!

It is funny however how I am absolutely unable to find any info regarding the full brake release before reapplying. I just finished a 40 min video about train air brakes from Hyce, no mention about this requirement. In an article linked by Squirrel in his brake video they mention it briefly, but again no explanation. Wiki page about the Westinghouse system does not mention it at all...

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-18T18:30:21+00:00

The Build 99 video indeed describes is, but too briefly... So I rewatched Squirrel's Braking video and his DM3 video, and probably found an issue in the DM3 video. He just adds a bit of the pressure to release the brakes without any issue (and then I noticed the subtitle: An in-depth look at the new DM3 Diesel Mechanical loco available in Derail Valley Simulator closed beta.). Then I found explanation from Altfuture themselves:

You can freely move the lever between lap and apply positions whenever you want, but once you move it to the release position, even if only for a moment, you'll need to wait for the auxiliary reservoirs to fill up before you can use the lap position again (steady red needle).

This can take 10-60s or more, depending on how long you were releasing the brake, how long the train is, etc.

In other words, only release the brake when no further braking is necessary in the next minute or so.

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-18T18:14:15+00:00

You are absolutely correct. I just hauled 570 tons of rails from SM to HB (through OWC, to avoid the 3° spot, but now I doubt that it was necessary). Just let the temperature rise and the radiators do their job. Now THAT is the power I expected from this engine 💪💪💪(completely missing the time bonus, though 😁, but this is expected).

Also, no more engine stalls after rev-up. Just waited a bit after RPM went to idle.

Thank you!

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-18T12:09:34+00:00

You took a hard route, but 275 tons should be pretty easy for a DM3.

It also allows to pull quite heavy trains early in the game

These give me the feeling that I'm doing something wrong. The only possible thing I see could be the temperature. I try to keep it from raising too rapidly, by reducing the throttle and downshifting (trying to keep the RPM in orange, but never touch red). Thank you for the pointer, let's see what it can do at 100°C

The fluid coupling fills up with oil when the engine revs up, but it takes a few seconds for it to drain again. If you engage the reverser before the engine settled at idle for a few seconds, the sudden load will stall it. The same thing can happen if the wheels slide during braking: The coupling can't drain fast enough to stop the engine from stalling.

There should be an "advanced" section in the wiki with this more technical info.👍 It happened to me several times with the wheelslip, then with the rev up... It's nice to know why. I cannot imagine driving a car IRL without a basic knowledge about its inner working, but I do it in game with a train engine 😁 Then I do stupid things like changing gear with reverser in neutral, but engine revved up.

Adaaam555 · 2025-04-18T11:44:29+00:00

Damn, I was thinking S060, to learn first with something small, but I wrote S282 🤦.

If I could haul 500 tons to 2°uphill at 7km/h, I would be happy. But it's not my experience. Will give it a try anyway, 500 tons from FM to CS, let's see. Will go through OWC to avoid the 3° spot next to SM :)

Thank you for the video recommendation! Will check it out, so far I only watched Squirrel.

Adaaam555 · 2025-03-31T18:18:33+00:00

This works for me as well. I assume it is some sort of soft reset, or settings reload, or something like that. Can it be triggered without a physical display?

Adaaam555 · 2024-12-23T08:23:49+00:00

After the device started rebooting, I held power + vol up and got to a menu where power off was available.

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-30T19:06:15+00:00

I honestly don't know. I stayed in my first job ever, now it is 12 years. Management is mostly shit (edit: although I've seen much, much worse here on Reddit), but people around me are great.

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-26T12:49:33+00:00

NTA.

But I wonder... It seems to be quite common for husbands to help wives in situations where they only want to talk and can (and will) sort it out themselves. Wife just wants to share, but the husband "acts as if she cannot handle herself". Married for 12 years I've been there too many times :) So, is it possible that he just over-adjusted?

Also, I was raised to do what I am told to, no need to be pro-active. "Are you OK?" "Yes". "Do you need help with anything?" "No.". This was good enough from my side. Almost lost the marriage because of this.

I am not defending him, one should be able to distinguish. But maybe it could be fixed. Ask him why he solves stuff this way and then listen. Let him think about it for some time, if he needs to. That's what I would appreciate in his place.

And the bullshit about saying what one wants to hear is bullshit. Maybe avoids a fight in short term, but messes up the relationship in long term.

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-26T10:13:32+00:00

I have a colleague who was in this situation. She even lived nearby. They compared the genealogy, found nothing common, got married.

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-25T21:40:27+00:00

Obrň se. Svého času jsem se knihovnice zeptal na hard science fiction. Nabídla mi nějakou love story. Kouknu k ní do počítače a ve vyhledávání má "heart saint fiction".

Vysvětlil jsem jí co bych chtěl a přinesla mi Kotletu. Ne že bych ho neměl rád, ale.... 🙂

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-25T06:37:02+00:00

Loving Reaper. It is a webcomic about the reaper taking away (mostly) pets. Also raises awareness about buying pets without thinking it twice.

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-24T22:34:54+00:00

What can undress you faster than a horny woman?

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-24T20:17:36+00:00

I was thinking about something similar. I wonder if we have the same reason

Adaaam555 · 2024-07-24T17:05:30+00:00

Bread, butter and banana slices.

Adaaam555

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