Three versions of Open Rails are readily available to users, as shown below:
For first-time users, we recommend the Stable Version which comes with an installer.
Whichever version you choose, Open Rails has a mechanism to notify you of new versions and to update Open Rails for you. You will find the settings for this mechanism in Menu > Options > Update
Open Rails will check for updates at most once a day. If an update is found, then you can install the update just by clicking on the link in the top, right corner:
If you follow the Open Rails project on the forums, then you will hear about bug-fixes and new features. These are included in the Unstable Version for developers and testers to try out. Once they have been checked and approved, they are published (on Friday) as the latest Testing Version. Any user can easily update to the current weekly Testing Version and benefit from these improvements.
For reference all the Testing Versions (executable and source) can be found in our archive.
T1.5.1-1406-g23578e93a
Merge pull request #995 from mbm-OR/bugfix/Fix-TrainCarOperations-TrainOperationsViewer-overlap95da33ba
Cleaned code.bec4b34f
Merge branch 'master' into bugfix/Fix-TrainCarOperations-TrainOperationsViewer-overlap992191cf
Fix: TrainCarOperations and TrainOperationsViewer windows overlap.T1.5.1-1402-g5d79907e1
Merge pull request #991 from mbm-OR/bugfix/Fix-TrainCarOperations-no-interact-AltPgDn-AltPgUp748eb3bb
select traincar on webpage when traincar operations window (F9) not visible6f266e35
Update Cameras.cs89624382
Fix TrainCarOperations undesired camera3 camera2 behavior.220b61e6
Code clean-up.e2064fc8
Problems about what camera should be shown.0d56766a
Added ThreeDimCabCamera to if-statement.d6acd59d
Fixes a crash when attaching cars.4d5b1c54
Fix TrainCarOperations no interacts AltPgDn AltPgUp.The current Testing Version can also be downloaded as a Zip archive:
29 November 2024, 108MB
The documents included in the Testing Versions downloads can be found on-line at:
Note: Multiple versions of Open Rails will not interfere if they are saved to different folders.
To support development, the latest unstable version is also available, which is updated whenever a developer publishes a change. The unstable versions are more likely to contain serious bugs and are only recommended for users wishing to help with Open Rails development.
The Manual for the Unstable version is not included in the download, but is available on-line.
For reference all the Unstable Versions (executable and source) can be found in our Unstable archive.
Improvements to Open Rails are drawn from several public sources as shown here:
We try to make sure that these changes all work and fit together by reviews as marked in orange in the diagram.