
Hello, and thank you for downloading my English Keio Line conversion.

This file contains everything that you should need to enjoy the Keio line in english to about the largest
degree that BVE allows that I know of within reason at this point.  (note the subtle disclaimers).

Apparently, somebody tried to convert the original Japanese file to work with English windows.  They succeeded,
but in doing so they assigned the wrong train to the route and there were a number of other issues.  So, while
I can't claim any credit on the bulk of the work on this line (that was done by the original Japanese designer),
I did do the following:

- replaced the written station names into english.  Now you can read these in a vertical yellow box as you
	approach a station.  You can also see these in the sliding timetable at the right of the screen.
- replaced the in-train announcement sounds with english approximations of same.  Note: the replaced japanese
	sounds have been included in this download, renamed with an underscore before them.  Apologies that
	my sounds have a large filesize--they are high quality and not terribly compressed.  If somebody wants
	to fix this, feel free.
- ensured that this route used the correct Keio 8000 series train.
- fixed the Keio 8000 train.  Namely, the one that I had had all of the gauges in the wrong place, at least for
	my 800x600 resolution.  
- changed the background color of the clock on the Keio 8000 series train.  It was black, making the hands
	impossible to be read.  Possibly there is a setting somewhere that changes the color of the clock hands,
	but I didn't see it.
- changed the text for the train to be readable in english.
- changed the text for the route and added significant commentary.

For what it's worth, this is one of my all-time favorite train lines, and it was a real nice suprise that this
happened to be one of the major ones modeled for BVE.  I used to live near Hatsudai station, which is actually
between Shinjuku (the station you start out from) and the first "real" station, Sasazuka.  The reason that you
don't see Hatsudai (or another subway stop) is because they are on the joining Toei-Shinjuku pass-through that
joins at Sasazuka (the underground platform that you see between Shinjuku and sasazuka is, to the best of my 
knowledge, unused).  I used to commute from Hatsudai to Musashinodai, which is the local stop past Chofu, every
day.  For most of you, this route will probably not seem that exciting, but just know that it is fairly representative
of western tokyo private line operations, the major companies of which being Keio, Tokyu, Odakyu, and Seibu.

Oh, and apologies for my voice.  I am a commercial pilot, so the announcements may sound a bit more airline than
train :)

Have Fun!

Adrian
adrian@dauntless-soft.com

