All About our Whistles!

[@Hyce777]

Of all the secrets that had to be kept during the first year of development, this is the one that killed me the most to not be able to share... "GUYS JUST LISTEN?!?!"

[@TheOofertaffy]

It's ok Hyce. Now you are able to post it and all of us can experience eargasms!

[@Armageddon_71]

Hearing the awesomeness now that must have eaten you up from the inside.

[@WasatchWind]

Worth the wait. These are probably the best whistles I've heard in any train game. Hopefully they feel just as good to quill in game.

[@lizzard3699]

THIS IS LITTERALLY THE COOLEST THING OMGOSH

[@legdig]

Now I wanna know if you have a whistle for each single note so we can line up in the yard and play at being a calliope!

[@Tankhunter_48]

"Patent-pending sound software" that's when you know that the devs are some of the best is when they patent something entirely new in the process of making a game.

[@joeclaymore]

Actually a lot of software companies are careful about saying they have a patent. Gives competitors the oppotunity to reverse engineer your tech. Albeit, this is damn cool whistle tech.

[@moqube]

i don't know. didn't some patent an arrow pointing to a mission objective? and didn't nintendo try to patend being able to look at stuff or something like that?

[@machintrucGaming]

Good thing software patents don't apply in europe then !

[@connormclernon26]

@@moqubeBandai Namco patented interactive loading screens and it only expired in the last five years

[@idemanddonuts]

I bet they're using a physics simulator to simulate the sounds.

[@stevephares]

That echo simulation is wicked good.

[@mudman3022]

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[@theveganenemy]

Just some normal reverb

[@TransTaey]

Hearing the Huber 6-Chime made it smile so much. Knowing how proud Mark is of his own whistle is joyful!!

[@croom1278]

im so glad yall had it so you see the steam from the whistle before you hear it at a distance, because light is faster than sound

[@andrewhofmann5453]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@WhitzWolf92]

These crazy fools modeled the speed of sound...in a video game...for whistles. LOVE IT!

[@TheSmokyMountain1495]

That was such a good touch, just…… *yes*

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

@@WhitzWolf92 Probably for everything, to be fair. And I love it. That was one of the things that made my jaw drop like Linus drops hardware back in the day when Rise of Flight was released in 2009. Which BTW also had pretty well done trains, especially since it's a flight sim...

[@Nafinafnaf]

​@@CakePrincessCelestiayeah, if you already have the basic frame of implementing the speed of sound you can basically add it to every directional sound in the game!

[@WasatchWind]

The commitment to little details like actually changing the whistle model to be accurate is beautiful.

[@Lazarus7000]

My first thought was "Ah, good to see Hyce's been able to use all those whistle recordings he made for other games" but no, Hyce has taken a page from his grandpappy's book and made technological advancement.

[@JohnTK]

The instant he said “simulate whistle” i was impressed. It sounds so real too!

[@a.j.rivera4619]

Man, I have never been happier to support a project than this one! Can't wait to see the final results!

[@Tristan_S346]

I'm so incredibly excited to be able to share this with you all! It's just too dang good!

[@michaelbarrett5149]

I sure would love that game on nintendo switch that is if it becomes avaliable

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

@@michaelbarrett5149 If only Switch wasn't running on 2012 silicon... anyway, being able to play this on handhelds decently sure would be great! That and VR.

[@buckduane1991]

I have the biggest, dumbest grin on my face hearing these whistles! So excited for this game!!!

[@YoLo-bb2vc]

mine came at 5:11 because like hyce im biased to his wihistle its just such a powerful noice that announces your arrival

[@buckduane1991]

@@YoLo-bb2vc the Powell 3 Chime did it for me… Nevada Northern #40 aka “the Ghost Train”, because during WWII the copper mining company had decided to scrap her since she was a 1910 10 wheeler… but the railroad crews loved her too much, so at night when they found out a scrapper search crew was going to check an area in the morning, they would fire her up and with all lights off and the firebox covered with planks to hide even the light from that would run her to a new location and camouflage her with anything not nailed down to hide her-causing the locals of Ely, McGill, Ruth, and Keystone, NV to say the railroad was “haunted by a ghost train” when they heard that whistle at crossings in the night but it was dark and no lights were visible, since the crews didn’t want to risk local lives as they moved her… needless to say, the locals of course recognized the whistle after 30 years of hearing it and were all in on it, but to the corporate goons who didn’t live there, it made them scratch their heads and spooked them in the night a few times. They did this over three years until the war ended and Kennecott Copper Corporation gave up the search. It’s the only thing that saved her and why we still have her today.

[@slanderedstone]

The fact that you have created an entirely new sound system for this game is phenomenal and the fact all of the whistles are simulated is amazing! It sounds just beautiful, and not to mention that heavenly reverb!

[@highball5550]

I fully expected Mark to go “What’s up guys, this is Hyce” at the beginning but using his real name threw a curveball at me. 😂 Also the fact you put a Powell 3 chime in is just awesome. It’s one of my favorite whistles up there with the N&W Hooter. I can tell I’ll be using either whistle interchangeably when I get my hands on the game. That Powell is such a part of my childhood, watching the Thunder on the Rails VHS tape at my grandparents house.

[@supernintenjoe974]

No way! I had that tape growing up too!! My mom bought it for me from a thrift shop when I was fourteen lol I loved that tape ❤

[@JPofCT]

My god...I had it too, but forgot what it was called!

[@jacobwoods8738]

Congratulations on such a wonderful invention. Recorded whistle looping had gotten good, but naturally always required a good clean recording, this is software engineering and railway engineering coming together at its finest, and what a commendation you deserve. The attention to detail from my perspective a historian is also most tantalising for your game. It is my hope your lineup of whistles will include a Baldwin 3 chime flat top for “as delivered” and South American sounds, and most of all a sweet sounding IRCA 3 chime, how the late Jorge Diaz could make 205 and 204 sing coming out a rock cut, and 40 sounds quite melodious at the Loop.

[@Railman1225]

0:55 Excuse me, *_WHAT?!!!_* That's so cool! I love it! It sounds so authentic, too, which just adds to the experience! That is amazing, and the two whistles I've heard already sound great. Amazing job, all of you!

[@rocketplane]

I think my favorite thing about this is the long-distance shot where you can see the delay between pulling the whistle lever and the sound reaching the camera.

[@PyroTechitten]

This game just bleeds passion. This is like with music, where you can tell just how much genuine love is being poured into it. I think this and BG3 are going to be the games with the most soul in them for the last 4 or more years.

[@Pyrotrainthing]

Hearing those whistles and the fact there's no audio files for them feels so spoiling, like this game shouldn't exist because there's no way somebody would go through those details and yet here I am watching a video of the people making that game, it's so awesome I'm so hyped for this game

[@michaelhayes1678]

More tears! Those whistles are just divine! AND YOU EVEN ACCOUNTED FOR LIGHT VERSUS SOUND TRAVEL SPEED DIFFERENTIAL!!! (like you see a firework explode before you hear it, same with the steam plume and whistle) Wow! You folks have done such a beautiful and thoughtful....work of passion and art.... wow

[@EngineerDaylight]

These whistles are Beautiful. Absolutely breathtaking. I cant wait to try these whistles myself

[@engineerskalinera]

If the whistles sound this good, I wonder how good a loco pulling a heavy freigh uphill will sound from the other side of the canyon

[@ivanthevaluable2559]

2:51 Kudos on replicating the exact pattern...

[@Ferit2813]

Now I want to see a train run. Everything looks amazing and those whistles, they're perfect. Easily my most anticipated game

[@STLSF]

If you want to get a taste of what this game has to offer, be in Denver between 8/30/22 and 9/2/22. ;)

[@Ferit2813]

@@STLSF unfortunately I live in NZ

[@penguinproductions1056]

I'm super curious as a programmer myself how the heck you managed to do that! That's freaking AWESOME!!!

[@BrooksMoses]

Yup. I am totally ready for that to go from "patent-pending" to "patented" so I can read the patent.

[@penguinproductions1056]

@@BrooksMoses absolutely

[@theveganenemy]

Reverb?!

[@thegamesweplayvm4265]

My question is, are diesel horns simulated the same way? As someone who worked on a shortline for a few months, the air horns on the old diesels (like the White Pass ALCOs in your trailer) have almost as much character as a steam whistle.

[@ironeh]

I had this very same thought and would love to know the answer as well. I would kill to hear a BC Rail K5H/K5L properly simulated. No horn sounds better in my mind.

[@HARUmplum22]

might be i saw a diesle in the end of the game trailer

[@kevinbeverly4086]

That is amazing. The thought and quality put into this game is remarkable. It is going to be amazing when it gets finished.

[@adem9599]

I love how you captured the CNJ 3 Chime ie. the whole changing chords aspect. And the Hooter squeak.

[@InterurbanEra]

My goodness, that's absolutely spectacular work. I hope the patent gets granted, I could see it being an entirely new way to do model railroad sound decoders.

[@brucethebatcat5084]

All of these whistles sound incredible!

[@caelumvaldovinos5318]

You know a game's gonna be lit when the devs create a whole new program for sound

[@babythorgaming2166]

Hearing the lunkenheimer whistle from down the mountain gave me a stupid wide grin. I am so excited for this game.

[@kellhound7227]

Listening to this, on ear buds at max volume, I find myself deaf. But it was worth it to hear these whistles, and watch Hyce playing other train games with poor whistles choices and I understand the pain of not having access to the better whistles! Can’t wait to see what’s coming for this project!

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Earbuds... tell you what: My neighbours listened to this because of my 5.1 setup cranked to eleven :)

[@stormworksgamer922]

@@CakePrincessCelestia jeez

[@guhsher1851]

Those whistles sound nothing short of gorgeous! Genuinely tear worthy, especially the fact this is possible to hear in a game. 👍

[@YupItsAiden]

This has gotta be one of the coolest things I've ever seen. They all sound absolutely beautiful. I can't wait.

[@Dan_Gyros]

This is insanely cool. You can really tell how much love and effort yall have already put into this, and we appreciate yall for it!

[@justinmeeks1868]

Finally, someone has paid attention to the important nuances of the steam whistle in a game. Those sound perfect, that Powell is as haunting as the real thing.

[@stratos2]

I love that you implemented the speed of sound, that you can see the delay of steam coming out and then the sound coming later when viewed from far away. Just make sure guys, that game pla fun doesn't get lost under all the details. I wish you the best of success!

[@BeefTechnology]

One small thing that would make this game more unique would be speed of sound simulation. As seen on the far away shot you hear the whistle instantly along with the effect but having the sound and reverb delayed more or less depending on the distance between the player and the whistle would be quite neat. Other than that I am quite hyped to see and play the first release. Also good luck at the narrow gauge convention thing, I won‘t make it sadly.

[@ericbonanno5214]

That "Southern Pacific 6 Chime." ❤❤❤❤ It almost sounds like Hyce took inspiration from it when coming up with his own 6 chime. 😅😅

[@railwayjade]

LOVE the ECHOES!! Can't wait to hear the chuff reverbs!

[@JarodSherwood-s6g]

3:43 That lunkenheimer got me cryin' cuz it's beautiful ;-;

[@drachengott95]

You made my day when you used the N&W class A hooter whistle! Glad to hear 1218's whistle again.

[@RJCormanRailfan]

Imagine if you did a Danny Seldomridge/Cass Scenic Railroad whistle pattern impersonation with some of those whistles!

[@spagelsmegal]

I remember hearing the whistle eco months back and being amazed it’s still incredible

[@cowboy_civ]

This gave me goosebumps and warm fuzzy feeling. The whistles sound amazing.

[@christopherwelsh1785]

Dude, the realism is literally making me so happy, they sound so good I can't even find words to describe it

[@Junior-vt9ly]

60 whistles already and y’all are basically in alpha-ish by the looks of it. Keep up the good work, hope to see some good horn options for the diesels as well!

[@KnapfordMaster98]

OK after accomplishing the very difficult task of putting aside how incredible this sounds and how exciting it is, can we talk about how fucking beautiful the draw distance and lighting are? This is probably the most excited I have been about a train game since my dad and I picked up Trainz 2004 at circuit city. The level is just like… I don’t want to name names, but it’s like you look at the current landscape, and take all of your grievances of “why can’t they just do this?“ and you’re building an entire game that is entirely all of that stuff.

[@leverettrailfan5414]

W o a h. Absolutely wicked, WICKED cool. I never knew I could be so blown away by whistles in a video game until now. And the scene shown is positively gorgeous. Can't wait to see what else you have in store!

[@loficampingguy9664]

This might be some of the best sound design ever put into a train game. Hell, any game. Keep it up!

[@crazyadam111]

Unbelievable job to all the devs and everyone working so hard to make this happen! These whistles sound absolutely INCREDIBLE so far & can’t wait to get my hands on the game. If there’s any chance that CP 2860 “The Royal Hudson” could make it on there, I and my childhood self would go insane!!

[@oriontherealironman]

This will be a literal experience not just a game.

[@TaterTot11]

Those whistles are untouchable, invincible, un-friggin-believable. My heart aches with each one. If this is the kind of effort you're going to on the sound, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the game. Of all the new train sims coming out, this one has me very excited and I can't wait to see how y'all are going to add to the community.

[@RGH2007]

This is looking so good, let’s hope I can come to the convention and play a little bit of it

[@austinmace4883]

Wow. The way you were able to recreate the echo was chills inducing. Absolutely stellar work. I hope this eventually makes its way into the model railroad industry as well. Sounds fantastic.

[@aaronpedrick2007]

This game already looks beautiful.

[@FrederickG1992]

The echo is awesome thru the headphones like you are there in person hearing it.

[@Squigdude13]

This is the game version of those old cds with like 30 hours of train vids. How i begged for those growing up lmfao, itll never get old

[@rambling_railfan]

My favourite whistle is either the Hyce/Huber 6 chime or the Star Brass 5 chime. Great video!

[@Curious_Skeptic]

HOLY AMAZING BATMAN! OMG! This made my day! Best of luck, be happy to support you guys! This is really really beautiful! The sim I thought would never happen! Here you guys are making it behind the scenes!

[@infidel1322]

Are we gonna have actual, chest pounding chuffs and hisses?! I think this means yes! Sound is so important to steam sims. I’m so happy Mark and the crew is doing this.

[@PowerTrain611]

Mark and whoever else is involved with this project... you guys are absolute madlads. The synthesized whistles idea was something I was thinking about a lot recently because of the whistle from "Steam Engine Simulator". Looks like y'all have pretty much mastered it!

[@Naviss]

Amazing! Sound makes everything come more alive!

[@PotholedAxe9985]

The fact you've gone and made a system to dynamically create the whistles instead of recordings..... just amazing. I'm looking forward to this game so much and I'd love to see a more modern, diesel inspired version of this game eventually, either as a sequel or as dlc.

[@The_Cookie_Crumbles]

That Lunkenheimer 3 chime brings back memories when I was down at my grandparents. They lived near Cass WV, and I could hear the 3 chimes from the Shays echoing through the hollers and over mountains. Gorgeous, spot on.

[@nexus8765]

they sound just amazing.

[@CertifiedDoc]

That's absolutely incredible. The whistles themselves are fantastic, and that echo is just unreal.

[@Taloth1969]

Love the almost ghostly echo of the whistles. Nicely done :)

[@RailwayProductions]

Really nice work. The Powell really sounded like the one that Cumbres and Toltec 489 carried for years. The real game changer is the echoes and tonal change at various distances. Quite nicely done.

[@realtrainbridge528]

I’m crying tears of JOY for this game. I have NEVER been more happy to hear or see something like this. I don’t care what the price of the game will be once it fully releases. I’M BUYING THIS MASTERPIECE

[@Snailrider_Actual]

This is insane. Easily the best whistle audio I've EVER heard in a game. Hyped to say the least!

[@JFulls94]

I cant wait for this to come out boy it sounds and looks so damn good!

[@LOONA_666]

Good luck to the dev team can’t wait for the game great job so far

[@firewolf2079]

Must say hearing that reverb, the amount of whistles, the ability to really quill the whistle. I can't tell you how excited I am for this. I was grinning extremely wide hearing that whistle echo. Keep up the good work you wonderful people. Side note: anyone else notice the smoke box pop up at the end as hyce/mark went around the loco? *insert devilish grin*

[@darkstorm_omega]

Of course the Lunkenheimer 3 was used to show off the echo at a distance- I'd expect nothing less from the team. Seriously though, this little preview of the whistles alone is fantastic, and I'm extremely excited to see development continue. I wish good fortune to all of Studio 346 with this project!

[@BEEBO168]

hell yes. these whistles are beautiful, genuinely sent shivvers down my spine. in a good way

[@Austin4050x]

Hyce, this stuff is absolutely amazing! Seriously game-changing in the RR sim world. Keep up the good work, cant imagine what else might be in store for us

[@BigMeechEJ25]

I know you said you don't have much involvement in the actual development, but I'm sure the rest of the team is as passionate about rail roading as you are. Its good to have you on board a project like this, us Rail Simmers need a genuinely good product made by people who care.

[@CoryAY82383]

THANK YOU for adding Canadian whistles. BTW Newfoundland Railway was also 3 for narrow gauge so maybe a little flavor from your northern neighbors would be neat

[@cat793cdumpy]

They are the best in game whistles I have ever heard. And you have some echo as well. Bloody awesome from Australia,The land down under.

[@Octopat]

I’m so happy to see the “Hubert” 6 chime will be coming. Super happy

[@Lifesdailyadventure]

This video alone has me the most exited for a train simulation ever. Growing up in the Smokey mountains, nothing sounds better than a steam whistle resonating in the valley.

[@masonkuykendall]

This is the most exited I have been for YEARS. Holy shiiiiiii. All of you deserve goodness, holy crap. Amazing job yall!!!!!!!!!

[@nuttynathan]

The echo! (Chef's Kiss!) All the hairs on my arms are on end. Rock on Studio 346! Stoked for this game!

[@anthem7582]

I have to admit, CoS is now my favourite Train game ever the whistles are amazing including Hyce's 6 chime i can not wait for the games full release

[@TarisSinclair]

Bloody heck that demo scene looks awesome. At first I thought it was a static render with aftereffect stack smoke until you moved the camera. Holy Shay that looks soo good. The foliage, the rock texture and detail..

[@genevarailfan3909]

Wow. This game is going to be amazing. It never even occurred to me to include the echos off the mountains, and it sounds SO real! I hope two things: that you won't have to spend so much time on fantastic details that development takes forever, and that my computer will be up to running it.

[@MrBnsftrain]

Probably the best train whistle sounds I've ever heard through this headset! They sound like I'm just up the valley from an oncoming train

[@ryano.5149]

CN 3254's whistle is DEFINITELY one of my favorites. She was my one and only cab ride, and it happened the year they dropped her fire...probably for good. I tell ya, I wish I could re-live that day with a lot more clarity without so much of the novelty, because being in the cab of the real thing for the first time, and on a locomotive of that scale, is surprisingly overwhelming for an uninitiated foamer like myself! Since it was the last cab ride of the day, I got to ride as they put the coaches away, and as they brought her onto the turntable! It was 2012 - 11 years ago - but I remember it as if it were yesterday! This sounds totally dumb, but it completely changed my perception of these machines. So...long story short, I'm ecstatic that you included 3254's whistle in this game!

[@DannyBTrainz]

This is game-changing stuff. Great job, Hyce and Team Studio 346.

[@sksofficial5908]

just stopping by to see how the game coming and dam them whistles sound Fn awesome and the fact u made ur own audio simulator is amazing i want the game just to play with choo-choo sounds

[@hush6149]

When you love your train game so much that you incorporate your own high tech whistle simulation Rail enthusiasts truly are one of kind

[@katies6426]

Dear god, this is incredible.

[@NorfKhazad]

You need to license this whistle tech to one of the DCC sound decoder manufacturers. Preferably TCS as they make the best steam sound decoders currently.

[@WasatchWind]

Man that'd be sweet.

[@1995express]

Pretty neat. This software could be useful for filmmakers unable to get real recordings of certain railway whistles and create them for whatever project they're working on with as many calls and variants as they need. By any chance is the Great Smoky Mountains Railway 1702's whistle from 1992 among that catalog of whistle compositions? I've read in an article that it's a Kansas City Southern Nathan 5 chime whistle, according to Diversified Rail Services' Gary Bensman.

[@theswissarmyman1125]

Cant wait to play the game!!!! Very excited!

[@Living_Life_RN]

You really are setting expectations high here. Other than the odd dabble in Train Simulator (Dovetail) I’ve never been keen on playing railway-related games. This, and the trailer of course, has fully converted me. The attention to detail looks absolutely outstanding. I would genuinely buy this game just to be able to experiment with the whistle options. In future, I’m looking towards making my own replica American-design chime whistle; but as I am UK-based I’ve had no experiences (other than KZbin) to help me find the right one for me. I can tell the technology in this game will make the best steam whistle simulation out there when it is released, let alone the best rail-related game overall!

[@jeremiahharrison9749]

You had my at 60 whistles, SO EXCITED for this game!!!

[@margay34]

I am so pumped for this game!

[@trainmaster844]

I don’t have a gaming PC, but this has given me something of a reason to look into one 😅 What a fantastic video and the “Hya-Synth” tech is astounding! 👍🏼 Congrats to you and the team, Mark!