@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ A level below 70% uncovers the firebox crown. In real life, this is a catastroph
13681368which melts the fusible plugs in the crown and that releases steam into the firebox
13691369and from there onto the footplate.
13701370
1371- Open Rails does not model the steam but drops the boiler pressure and the fire
1371+ Open Rails does not model the steam release but drops the boiler pressure and the fire
13721372and issues a confirmation message:
13731373"Water level dropped too far. Plug has fused and loco has failed."
13741374Basically the loco is coasting thereafter and nothing can be done to recover.
@@ -1504,6 +1504,9 @@ drop whilst the fire is building up. Similarly if the steam usage is dropped
15041504(due to a throttle decrease, such as approaching a station) then the fire
15051505takes time to reduce in heat, thus the boiler pressure can become excessive.
15061506
1507+ When the AI Fireman is operating in this simplistic manner, excess pressure
1508+ is bled off silently and the safety valve operation is suppressed.
1509+
15071510To give the player a little bit more control over this, and to facilitate
15081511the maintaining of the boiler pressure the following key controls have been
15091512added to the AI Fireman function:
@@ -1521,10 +1524,14 @@ boiler pressure from exceeding the maximum. This function will be turned off
15211524if AIFireOn, AIFireReset are triggered or if boiler pressure or BoilerHeat
15221525drops too low.
15231526
1527+ Once AIFireOn or AIFireOff have been used, the safety valves work normally
1528+ as for manual firing until they are reset back to the same operation by the
1529+ pressure dropping to a low enough level.
1530+
15241531AIFireReset - (``<Ctrl+Alt+H> ``) - turns off both of the above
15251532functions when desired.
15261533
1527- If theses controls are not used, then the AI fireman operates in the same
1534+ If these controls are not used, then the AI fireman operates in the same
15281535fashion as previously.
15291536
15301537Steam Boiler Heat Radiation Loss
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