BVE Trainsim
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| Developer(s) | Takashi Kojima (Mackoy) |
| Platform(s) | Windows 95 (BVE 1/2) Windows 98 (BVE 1/2) Windows ME (BVE 2/4) Windows 2000 (BVE 2/4) Windows XP (BVE 2/4) Windows Vista (BVE 5) Windows 7 (BVE 5) Windows 8 (BVE 5) Windows 8.1 (BVE 5) Windows 10 (BVE 5) |
| Release | BVE TS 1: 1996 BVE TS 2: 2001 BVE TS 4: 2005 BVE TS 5: 2011 |
| Genre(s) | Train simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multi-player |
BVE Trainsim (originally Boso View Express) is a Japanese three-dimensional computer-based train simulator. 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 was designed and 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.
Although 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. Route builders have produced over 300 additional routes for the program, along with matching cab environments. Routes built by independent developers simulate rail activity in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe.
BVE Trainsim 1 was released in 1996 as an Alpha version under the name Boso View Express and 1999 as a Beta Version. 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. Instead, the official symbol of BVE up until the release of BVE 2 in 2001 featured the words: 暴走 VIEW EXPRESS.
The first stable version released in 2001. BVE Trainsim 2 featured ATS and ATC. The latest version of BVE 2 is ver. 2.6.3 which was released on 27 March 2004.
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.
BVE Trainsim 4, released in 2005, added support for plugins to simulate train safety systems other than ATS and ATC. Because of the cancellation of version three, this was the first follow-on stable version since version two. It also has better graphics than BVE 2 with the latter being a major update. The latest version of BVE 4 is ver. 4.2.1947.25355 which was released on 1 May 2005.
The London Transport Museum used BVE Trainsim 4 to provide a simulation platform, within a mock underground rolling stock of the , before later porting to openBVE in 2010.
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