

In July 2008, the developer had stated that he was rewriting BVE Trainsim from scratch because the currently released versions do not work with DirectX 9, and that the new version would support Windows Vista and Windows 7. BVE Trainsim 5īVE Trainsim 5 was officially released on 5 September 2011 as the successor to BVE 4. The London Transport Museum used BVE Trainsim 4 to provide a simulation platform, within a mock underground rolling stock of the London Underground 1996 Stock, before later porting to openBVE in 2010. It also has better graphics than BVE 2 with the latter being a major update. Because of the cancellation of version three, this was the first follow-on stable version since version two. BVE Trainsim 4īVE Trainsim 4, released in 2005, added support for plugins to simulate train safety systems other than ATS and ATC. Unreleased and later cancelled, BVE Trainsim 3 was originally started in 2003 as an improvement over BVE Trainsim 2, but was eventually stopped due to problems encountered with development of the aforementioned program. The first stable version released in 2001. Instead, the official symbol of BVE up until the release of BVE 2 in 2001 featured the words: 暴走 VIEW EXPRESS. This version, the first version of BVE to be produced, had an interface that was similar to BVE Trainsim 2, but did not have a logo.

īVE Trainsim 1 was released in 1996 as a Alpha version under the name Boso View Express and 1999 as a Beta Version. Routes built by independent developers simulate rail activity in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe. Route builders have produced over 300 additional routes for the program, along with matching cab environments.

BVE Trainsim was developed by Takashi "Mackoy" Kojima starting in 1996, with the original program name coming from the Japanese 255 series multiple unit trains found in routes in Japan.Īlthough the internal working of the BVE Trainsim program itself cannot be modified, additional routes and train cab views can be added via a number of text-based configuration files. It is notable for focusing on providing an accurate driving experience as viewed from inside the cab, rather than creating a network of other trains -other trains passed along the route are only displayed as stationary objects.

BVE Trainsim (originally Boso View Express ) is a Japanese three-dimensional computer-based train simulator.
