HCMT – 5 Car [Train]
The High Capacity Metro Train (HCMT) electric multiple unit is the newest train in Metro Trains Melbourne’s fleet. Constructed by Downer Rail and CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, an order for 65 HCMT trains was announced in 2016, with construction beginning in 2018. After numerous delays, the HCMT finally entered service in December 2020 on the Pakenham line, and will eventually be introduced to the Cranbourne line, the Sunbury line (after Metro Tunnel opening in 2025) and the city’s new Airport line (due for completion 2029).
This is a shorter 5-car version for vanilla platform lengths; the HCMT uses a 7-car configuration in real-life, which you can find here.
The mods listed under Required Items are optional. Additive Shader adds the headlights and rear lights as seen in the screenshots, as well as the front/side destination boards and glass headlight covers. The two Vehicle Effects mods add some realistic in-game sounds, including authentic HCMT arrival, departure, motor and horn sounds.
- ThebusofdoomFSX for the sounds used with the Vehicle Effects mod.
Acceleration/deceleration: 0.2
Maximum speed: 130 km/h
Capacity: 980
Line colour: No
Tris: 12,366 (motor) / ≈ 10,000 (trailers)
LOD Tris: 234 / 125
Textures: 2048 x 1024 (shared)
LOD Textures: 256 x 256
Loading Screen Mod to enable texture sharing and reduce RAM usage. All carriages share textures.
Additive Shader for the front/rear lights, destination boards and glass headlight covers to appear. Alternatively, use Prop Anarchy for better performance (read its workshop page carefully before subscribing).
Vehicle Effects and Extra Vehicle Effects for in-game HCMT sound effects.
Required items:
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Additive Shader — Steam Workshop
Vehicle Effects 1.9.3 — Steam Workshop
Extra Vehicle Effects (Plugin for Vehicle Effects Mod) — Steam Workshop
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
