MAN Citybus Series. Manual (2016)

OMSI 2 Add-on MAN Citybus Series

Developed by:

Christian Rolle

Manual:

Christian Rolle / Aerosoft

OMSI 2

MAN Citybus Series

Manual

Airport Paderborn/Lippstadt

D-33142 Bueren, Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-10

Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-33

E-Mail:

info@aerosoft.de

Internet:

www.aerosoft.de

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Content

Words from the developer

Introduction

System requirements

Technical information

MAN A21:

MAN A23:

MAN A26:

MAN A20:

Controls and operation

IBIS

Air conditioning

Ticket printer

Customisation

Create your own repaints

Modding the vehicle

*.cti variables

CTI Variables control / vehicle modification

Start screen

Model configuration

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Furthermore we want to thank all beta testers who reported every

Words from the developer

single little bug to us:

Thank you for having purchased the add-on „MAN Citybus Series“.

Inspired by the idea of bringing home-grown busses to the screen, I

Perotinus | SchulterSack | Tatra-Fan | BahnFanX

created a collection of vehicles with a lovingly attention to detail. In

...and of course all people and companies that helped us finishing this

order to appeal to every player, I tried to realise a high level of

project!

modularity in the 9 months of development. This project has cost me

and my team a lot of work, sweat and nerves and I am happy to

I hope you have a lot of fun driving these busses and that a slowly

present you the product now.

dying bus series can at least live on on your PC‘s screen.

I want to express my gratitude to the OMSI community that pointed

out mistakes and errors to me and my team at any time - only with

that help could we create such a high fidelity model. Additionally, I

Introduction

would like to thank all the people that helped me out with materials,

personal support and their competent opinion.

In this add-on we recreated 4 typical bussed from the manufacturer

“MAN”. These include the solo bus MAN A21, the articulated bus

I also want to give special praise to the following people. Without

MAN A23, the interurban solo bus MAN A20 and the 15 metres long

them, this project wouldn’t have been possible in this way:

MAN A26. First introduced in 1996, these vehicles were produced in

series since 1998. After Mercedes-Benz unveiled their competing

•

Chilco, whose “harsh” criticism and engagement helped the

project tremendously

model “Citaro”, MAN launched a visually revamped series in 1998.

This “facelift” is what we recreated in this add-on. The vehicle is

•

Morphi, who showed us his tips and tricks for the sound

mainly manufactures in Salzgitter and rose to popularity all over

design and provided us with his VDV scripts

Europe due to its quality. While the busses may be slowly taken out of

•

Tatra-Fan, who reliably supported us all the time with his

service in Germany, they characterised the urban image of many cities

sounds

and one will still encounter them frequently, especially in foreign

•

Homery, who also provided us with sounds

countries.

•

Schultersack, whom we could ask scripting questions at any time

As every vehicles has customer-specific equipment, I tried to realise as

•

_FreD for his personal support and sounds

much of those options as possible in OMSI as well. For example, you

can use more than 40 so called “CTI variables” to adapt the vehicle to

•

Feindflug, who motivated us with his open attitude

your liking. Find more information about that in the chapter “Cus-

•

LizaOmsi, who made the modelling of the base mesh possible

tomisation”.

with her photos

•

Nick Zimmermann, who made the documentation of a MAN

NL313-15 possible

•

Avalarion for door sounds and help with photos

•

Tempelhofer Reisen, that had to endure us multiple times

during documentation of their vehicles

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System requirements

Gearbox:

Voith DIWA 4 speed automatic with

In order for the “MAN Citybus Series“ add-on to play as smoothly as

retarder

possible, your system should meet the following minimum require-

Top speed:

85 km/h

ments:

Unladen weight:

11,900 kg

• OMSI 2 - The Omnibus Simulator mind. 2.2.032

Total weight:

18,000 kg

• Operating system Win 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10

Seating places:

• Processor (CPU): min. 2,8 GHz

Standing places:

• Graphics card: min. 1 GB VRAM (2 GB strongly recommended)

• RAM: min. 4 GB

MAN A23:

• Free hard disk space: min. 1,5 GB

Length:

17,950 mm

• DirectX: 9.0c or higher

Width:

2,500 mm

• Internet connection and user account at Steam required. You

need to be at least 13 years old to create a Steam user

Height:

2,880 mm (without air conditioning)

account.

Engine:

D2XX6LUH 220-360 HP

Please note: OMSI 2 - The Omnibus Simulator must be installed in

Gearbox:

Voith DIWA 4 speed automatic with

order for the add-on to operate.

retarder

For the best possible game experience, you should activate texture

Top speed:

85 km/h

filtering and anti-aliasing in your grapics card options.

Unladen weight:

16,800 kg

Total weight:

28,000 kg

Technical information

Seating places:

Standing places:

101

MAN A21:

Length:

11,980 mm

MAN A26:

Width:

2,500 mm

Length:

14,675 mm

Height:

2,880 mm (without air conditioning)

Width:

2,500 mm

Engine:

D2XX6LUH 220-310 HP

Height:

2,880 mm (without air conditioning)

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Engine:

D2XX6LUH 310-360 HP

Controls and operation

Gearbox:

Voith DIWA 4 speed automatic with

retarder

This chapter describes the usual operation of the busses. The VDV

dashboard is standardised and used in many other vehicles, so you

Top speed:

85 km/h

might already be familiar with its controls. In the following sections

Unladen weight:

14,300 kg

you’ll find images of all operable elements with a corresponding

description/function.

Total weight:

24,730 kg

First of all, press “F1” on your keyboard to jump to the interior view of

Seating places:

the vehicle.

Standing places:

MAN A20:

Length:

11,980 mm

Width:

2,500 mm

Height:

2,880 mm (without air conditioning)

Engine:

D2XX6LUH 220-310 HP

Gearbox:

Voith DIWA 4 speed automatic with

retarder

Top speed:

95 km/h

Unladen weight:

11,900 kg

1. Dashboard

Total weight:

18,000 kg

2. Payment counter & ticket printer

Seating places:

3. IBIS

Standing places:

4. Sun shield

5. Roof hatch controls/various switches

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Dashboard switches blue

1. ASR on/off

2. Warning lights on/off

3. Light modes

4. Interior lighting

5. Cash lighting

6. Switching through VDV display

7. Kneeling up/down

8. Door leaves lock

9. Door release automatic door

10. Gear shift button

Dashboard signs red

1. Tachometre

11. Door 1

2. Time

12. Door 2

3. Odometre

13. Bus stop brake

4. VDV info display

14. Steering wheel lever Indicator/Wipers/Horn

Dashboard signs yellow

1. STOP | vehicle not ready for operation | when driving: halt and call

workshop

2. ATTENTION | danger for operational/traffic safety

3. Indicator

4. Supply pressure

5. Stop request

6. N/A

7. High beams

8. Control light ABS/ASR

9. N/A

10. N/A

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IBIS

1. Route input

Dashboard - left side

2. Line input

1. Parking brake

3. Destination input

2. Microfone button

4. Delete

3. N/A

5. Enter/Confirm

6. Bus stop forward (mute)

4. Window pane heating

7. Bus stop forward (Announcement)

5. Exterior mirror/Driver’s window heating

8. Bus stop backward (mute)

6. Podium heater fan FAP

9. Automatic forward switching on/off

7. Controls roof switch

INFO: Displays and notifications on the IBIS can be confirmed with

button “5”

The IBIS controls are similar to the standard vehicles from OMSI.

The button “2” chooses the line, button “1” chooses the route and

button “3” the destination. The buttons “6-9” are used to switch

forward the bus stops, while buttons “4” and “5” confirm or delete

the inputs, respectively. Entering line “00000” resets the IBIS com-

pletely.

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Air conditioning

Ticket printer

1. Air distribution driver’s area

2. Temperature driver’s area

3. Fans driver’s area

4. Air conditioning driver’s area

5. Fresh air/recirculating air

6. Air conditioning/heating passenger cabin

7. Reheat | dehumidification for active air conditioning

8. Auxiliary heater

INFO: The vehicle has air conditioning. It cooles (only when air con is

1. Button „Cancellation“

active) or heats the interior to a comfortable temperature. Changing

2. Selection ticket

the temperature via the panel is not possible! To turn on conditioning/

3. Button „output“ | prints the ticket

heating simply press button “6“. Should the humidity become to high,

the vehicle can be dehumidified using the “Reheat” button (7).

INFO: The ticket printer with payment counter can be freely adapted

to the personal seating position. Both the payment counter and the

lever between driver’s door and cash can be moved with a mouse

click.

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Customisation

[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

vis_hubcap_m_NG

0/1

0 - no central

MAN A23

hubcaps

Create your own repaints

1 - central hub-

caps new

If you’ve already got experience in repainting, you can create your own

liveries for the busses. The templates necessary for that can be found

vis_hubcap_h_NG

0/1

0 - no rear

MAN A23

in the subfolder “OMSI 2\Add-ons\MAN Citybus Series\Templates”.

hubcaps

Templates for the interior, wheels and the dashboard can be found

1 - rear hubcaps

here as well.

new

vis_hubcap_v_

0/1

0 - no front

MAN A23

alt_NG

hubcaps

Modding the vehicle

1 - front hub-

Some models are available in the .obj format, which allows the

caps old

community to create extensions and mods. Also, all switches on the

vis_hubcap_m_

0/1

0 - no central

MAN A23

dashboard are available and using their own texture. For experienced

alt_NG

hubcaps

modders, adapting and changing the dashboard is no problem! You

1 - central hub-

can ask the developers of the vehicles at any time if you’ve got

caps old

questions about modding the busses.

vis_hubcap_h_

0/1

0 - no rear

MAN A23

alt_NG

hubcaps

*.cti variables

1 - rear hubcaps

old

This section of the manual describes the use of the variables found in

vis_hubcap_v

0/1

0 - no front

MAN A20

the *.cti file to activate, deactivate or change various vehicle features.

hubcaps

MAN A21

These features are embedded directly into the repaint and cannot be

1 - front hub-

changed from within the game for now. Please use one of the

MAN A26

caps new

included *.cti files as an example and change it to your liking based on

vis_hubcap_m

0/1

0 - no central

MAN A20

the following table:

hubcaps

MAN A21

[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

1 - central hub-

MAN A26

caps new

vis_hubcap_v_NG

0/1

0 - no front

MAN A23

hubcaps

vis_hubcap_h

0/1

0 - no rear

MAN A20

hubcaps

1 - front hub-

MAN A21

caps new

1 - rear hubcaps

MAN A26

new

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[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

vis_hubcap_v_alt

0/1

0 - no front

MAN A20

vis_bvg_spiegel

0/1

0 - normal exter-

all

hubcaps

nal mirror

MAN A21

1 - front hub-

MAN A26

1 - external mir-

caps old

ror type „long“

vis_hubcap_m_alt

0/1

0 - no central

MAN A20

vis_vogel_sitze

0/1

0 - seats type

MAN A21

hubcaps

„Kiel“

MAN A21

MAN A23

1 - central hub-

1 - seats type

MAN A26

caps old

„Vogel“

vis_hubcap_h_alt

0/1

0 - no rear

MAN A20

vis_entwerter

0/1

0 - endorser type

all

hubcaps

„Elgeba“

MAN A21

1 - rear hubcaps

1 - endorser type

MAN A26

old

„Klüssendorf“

vis_clima

0/1

0 - no air condi-

all

vis_infrarot

0/1

0 - no infrared

all

tioning

beacons

1 - air condition-

1 - infrared

ing front

beacons at car

body

vis_clima_h

0/1

0 - no air condi-

MAN A23

tioning

vis_mirrors_int

0/1

0 - no door

all

mirror

1 - air condition-

ing rear

1 - door mirror

vis_camera

0/1

0 - no cameras

all

vis_MANLOGO_

0/1

0 - no front

all

in the interior

vorn

MAN logo

1 - cameras in

1 - front MAN

the interior

logo

vis_3rd_brakelight

0/1

0 - no brake

all

vis_MANLOGO_

0/1

0 - no rear MAN

all

light in rear

hinten

logo

window

1 - rear MAN

1 - brake light in

logo

rear window

vis_MANLOGO_in-

0/1

0 - no interior

all

vis_havelschiss_in-

0/1

0 - normal

MAN A21

nen

MAN logo

nenraum

interior

1 - interior MAN

1 - interior type

logo

„Havelbus“

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[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

vis_MANLOGO_

0/1

0 - no side MAN

all

vis_has_rampe

0/1

0 - no ramp at

all

seite

logo

door 2

1 - side MAN

1 - ramp at

logo

door 2

vis_haltefaden

0/1

0 - no hand

all

vis_nebelschein-

0/1

0 - no fog lights

all

straps

werfer

1 - fog lights

1 - hand straps

vis_Innenanzeige

0/1/2

0 - inner display

all

vis_schmutz-

0/1

0 - no dirt traps

all

type „Havelbus“

faenger

1 - dirt traps

1 - inner display

type „BVG“

vis_doorwarm

0/1

0 - no door alert

all

2 - inner display

1 - door alert

type „DVB“

vis_Matrixtype

0/1/2

0 - Flipdot matrix

MAN A21

vis_Seitenschild

0/1

0 - no side shield

all

1 - LCD matrix

MAN A23

1 - left side

2 - LED matrix

MAN A26

shield

vis_Fonttype

0/1

0 - Matrix upper

all

vis_Seitenschild_

0/1

0 - no front side

all

case

vorn

shield

1 - Matrix lower

1 - front side

case

shield

vis_driverside_ma-

0/1

0 - no matrix on

MAN A21

vis_speakers

0/1

0 - no speakers

all

trix

driver’s side

MAN A23

1 - speakers in

1 - matrix on

MAN A26

roof panel

driver’s side

vis_dooropener_

0/1

0 - no outer

all

vis_rearend_big-

0/1

0 - small rear

MAN A21

body

door opener

matrix

MAN A23

1 - outer door

1 - large rear

MAN A26

opener

matrix

vis_windows_split-

0/1

0 - single-part

all

vis_Motor_PWR_

0/1/2/3/4/5

0 - 310 HP

all

ted

wind shield

mode

1 - 260 HP

1 - parted wind

2 - 270 HP

shield

3 - 280 HP

4 - 220 HP

5 - 360 HP

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[setvar]

mögliche Werte

Beschreibung

Fahrzeug

CTI Variables control / vehicle modi-

vis_doortype_v

0/1/2

0 - inner swing

MAN A21

door front

fication

MAN A23

1 - swing door

MAN A26

All the features a vehicle has to offer can be adapted dynamically from

front

within the vehicle as well, independently from the settings specified in

2 - outer swing

the repaint. When a vehicle with specific settings is loaded, the

door front

function display has a higher priority and will overwrite the preset

vis_doortype_m

0/1/2

0 - central inner

MAN A21

variables for the current game session. This allows the player to edit

swing door

MAN A23

pre-configured repaints without having to go to the configuration

1 - central swing

MAN A26

files. The panel is located in the upper panel above the driver’s seat,

door

just as the air conditioning and tachograph.

2 - central outer

swing door

Start screen

vis_doortype_h

0/1/2

0 - inner swing

MAN A21

door rear

MAN A23

1 - swing door

MAN A26

rear

2 - outer swing

door rear

vis_number

0/1

0 - vehicle has

all

wagon number

1 - no wagon

number

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Turning on the onboard electronics will also start up the screen.

In the submenu model configuration all available settings options can

Following a short loading time, the following options are available:

be modified dynamically. Variables that aren’t modifiable for the

selected vehicle will be greyed out and have no function.

1. Display the current schedule (if schedule is activated)

With a click on for example “screen type”a submenu opens where the

2. Display the list of lines

available modes can be configured:

3. Display submenu “model configuration”

Model configuration

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Depending on the complexity this menu might have a submenu as

well; it works the same way, though, and doesn’t need further

explanation:

Click targets with “N/A” are not used and have no function.

Clicking on “main menu”will bring you back to the start screen. The

labels of each of the menu items are self-explanatory or have a short

description above the click targets.

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