How is this a game ??? (ETCS training scenario level 1)

[R R]

So this is my experience trying to learn how to drive the loco so I can teach my kid :

(( see my second post if you want to actually know how I passed it.. this first one is just a rant ))

I load up the game and in the menu I select Tutorials and the first tutorial after vehicle tests (ETCS training scenario level 1) and press New game.

After a grueling loading time I get a UNSKIPPABLE intro (and after failing this tutorial 15 times you start to notice it.. also how can someone FAIL a tutorial hello?)

Anyway it says to procede to the train and activate the cab .. no other instructions .. fine I figure out how to open doors and get inside .. 

So im in the cabin and just stand there for 5 minutes .. cool

I open youtube and find a video that shows to turn on the battery so I do that .. then the guy sits down .. I sit down SCENARIO PROCEDURE FAILED

ok  .. after several attempts of this I go to simulation settings and turn everything off EXCEPT ETCS and finally I can sit down WITHOUT FAILING THE FIRST TUTORIAL

perfect so it says to enter the 9022 number so I figure out how to do that no problem its not rocket science (although if you press 22 too fast it becomes a!)

Then it says there are two scenarios 1 and 2 and we are on the first so ofc I press 1 and groundhog day..
After some time I notice the esagebe (SHP) system is number 5 so I press that and we are one step further..

Then it says to select option number 3 so this is the first time a clear instruction is given .. hurray

And now come the fun part:

he says to press the first option and then ENTER

NEXT CONFIRM AND ENTER THE DATA WITH THE YES BUTTON AND PRESS ENTER

so I spend half an hour looking for a yes button and hitting ENTER over and over and clicking the yes button on the screen because maybe its a touch screen..

after a while I noticed the YES is next to the 3 so I press that and then with 8 to confirm .. 

after confirming the alert and waiting for a whole minute he just says to drive the train ...........

so AGAIN I open youtube and after another gruelsome trial and error experience and finding the right youtube tutorial I finally somehow manage to get the train going..

after not even 5 seconds the scenario fails again

now you would think that since I saved the game right before accelerating the train after I load it the train would move right ? right ?

the loading takes 3 times longer than if I used new game but fine.. no problem ...

I try to accelerate.. nothing.. I notice the game does not actually save the state of the train.. the cabin is turned off when I load ... 

they probably had bugs doing that so they just turned everything off ...

I turn the cabin back on and close (hold) main swtich / panto on / compressor on / service brake running / spring brake disabled / forward / radio 1

NO MATTER WHAT I TRY THIS TRAIN WILL NOT BUDGE

fine .. so I restart the tutorial scenario again ... do all the steps .. 

 

Train starts moving and after about 1 minute he says I aproach some indicator..

the again scenario failed..
 

 

THIS SHOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS SOFTWARE NOT A GAME

CATEGORIZING AND SELLING IT AS A GAME IS A SCAM IM SURE MANY FELL FOR

IT IS A BROKEN TRAINING SOFTWARE ON HOW TO CONTROL A FLAWED TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM

Edited 8 hours ago by R R

[jeroezie]

Are you trying to play the ertms tutorials?

They are intended for players who already know how to drive the pendolino. But their is no pendolino tutorial.

I reccomend to play a vehicle tutotial first.

I find the Kibel EN57 is a good pick for a casual drive when learning the game.

[R R]

 

I finished all tutorials.. for this one ETCS must not be disabled in the settings otherwise it will fail as soon as you sit down..
Theres so many things that could be improved I could fill 2 pages .. 

Its actually a good game if you persevere ... especially the amount of work put in the map making ..

having played all the other train sims ... crist I was fuming the other day ... holy ...

ps: for the 3h long scenarios the saving/loading working would really be nice ...

addendum:

for future train noobs heres how I did it:
first: of there is no saving/loading in the tutorials so GOOD LUCK
second: make sure ETSC is not disabled in settings for this tutorial to work

-press 1 to enter cabin
-use cabin activation button

now if you hear a sound and theres a red icon at the top PRESS SPACE
-use keypad around screen to type 9022 then press on the E (make sure to not press the 2 too fast use C to delete) - usually you can put any number here if you drive a scenario
-press 5 then E
-press 3 then 1 then E
-press 3 then 8 then E
-press/type 60901 then E (in a scenario you see this number in the left panel)
-press 1 then E
even if you wait for the guy to finish yappin and then press E you have to now WAIT ...
-turn off the spring brake (all the way right and down next to the chair)
-put the service brake (big handle on right) on FILL and wait for the brakes icon turn off then put it on running (its center above the large SHP icon on the middle right side)
this is the main reason the train wont get amperage.. always look for that icon to be turned off
-now heres a trick if you dont want to worry about the speed constantly .. on the left theres a "cruise control handle button".. 
pull it all the way down (reset) then up again until the top number in the lower right corner (cruise control speed) is equal to the bottom number (speed limit)
-now move the drive handle to 40%
-now be ready.. after the instruction you HAVE TO PRESS SPACE when you hear the second sound and the icon shows up top..
sometimes I HAD TO PRESS SPACE TWICE until the icon dissapeared..
but the narrator starts YAPPING again IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS so be ready to press it after he does in case you did not do it otherwise you fail the scenario and have to do it again..
also if you fail DONT USE RESTART SCENARIO - go to the main menu and start it again from there

basically whenever you see a icon on the top wether yellow or red or if you hear a beep PRESS SPACE

-ok from here on try to respect the speed limits BEFORE you get to the speed limit - first one will be 70 and if you dont you fail ... 
you can use the two types of + - keys on the keyboard
the ones on top of the keyboard are for cruise control the ones on the right are for power .. (try not to go over 600 amps)
-after the 70 speed limit there will be a SPACE quick time event (or quit time event as I like to call it) with no audible sound so look for the yellow icon on top
-now will come a place where you have to stop..
-just set cruise at 60km/h when at 1.5km mark then set it to 30km/h at 700m or so then put drive handle to 0 and at ~150m apply initial brakes
-you will notice that no matter what distance you are from the red when pressing ZEW3 there is not response from the radio.. but the signal changes
-set the service brake to FILL until the blue needle is at 0 then back to running - now if the power handle is above 0 the train wont move automatically - you have to pull it to 0 and then again power it up .. so set CC to 20 and finally power to 50%
-past the pole the narrator says to press SPACE so do that.. there might be another SPACE after ..
-again another red signal .. and narrator says to go 20km/h 
-when you continue past the red signal the SPACE event comes up again so press that
-after a good while another SPACE for 140 speed limit confirmation
-again a stop and again ZEW3 and proceed..
-narrator mentions a level crossing with speed limit 20 so set cc to 20
-speed up after the speed limit but not too much (70 max)
-another red signal so cruise at 30 and start applying brakes at 200 away
-narrator yaps then continue at 20 cc and when passing the pole confirm with SPACE twice .. then after a short while two more confirms with SPACE
-speed up to about 70 then the last stop - cc 30 at about 1km and 0power+initial brakes at 200m

thats it - nightmare over
 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by R R
edited a few times to correct mistakes