Autopilot Function.

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

Apologies if this has been asked, i did look.

Which is the keystroke for enabling the autopilot function.

Disable is top of screen, but cannot find how to enable it.

[Keymael]

helllo!

 

I'm not sure about this key.

the autopilot will be ON after one minute in a idle position when the train is stopped ( speed=0)

I think

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

Thanks buddy, would be good if it could be enabled manually. Very good for route learning and then being able to drive without the HUDS.

[SurvivorSean]

I think the only option is to go the menu and find the train and get back in.

Thanks

Sean

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

10 minutes ago, SurvivorSean said:

I think the only option is to go the menu and find the train and get back in.

Thanks

Sean

That would be a pain, thank you Sean. Surely if the game has an autopilot function. It should be easily usable by the players.

Thanks anyway buddy.

[Gazz292]

Just stop all input to the sim, wait about a minute or so, and autopilot will take over,
Tho i noticed it's been tweeted with the latest release, driving a passenger train at 120Km/h i had zero warnings about being idle,

I noticed the czuwak was going off a lot more in the EU07, so i was pretty much having input at least once a minute even when going slower and having 2Km between signals.

[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]

Yeah i know that is a solution buddy thanks. But if the feature is included, it should be able to be player activated. 👍

[Pixelade]

2 hours ago, Isambard Kingdom Brunel said:

That would be a pain, thank you Sean. Surely if the game has an autopilot function. It should be easily usable by the players.

Thanks anyway buddy.

Agreed. You could be driving and something come up and you'll need to step away from the PC for a bit but you don't have the time to wait for autopilot to kick in after however many minutes it is at the moment, but to enable it almost instantly so you can step away ASAP. Leaving the game to the menu and hoping you can have your train back after being gone for some moments shouldn't be the only option.

[Sui]

We have it planned to be added under in-game menu (the one you active with ESC)

[Gazz292]

If you're driving a freight train and need the toilet, get on the radio and ask the dispatcher in your area to put you in a siding... the one nearest the bushes please.

[Pixelade]

4 minutes ago, Gazz292 said:

If you're driving a freight train and need the toilet, get on the radio and ask the dispatcher in your area to put you in a siding... the one nearest the bushes please.

bold to assume someone that needs the toilet has a 3-5 minutes to get into the nearest siding haha 😂😂

[Gazz292]

well... there is a reason most locomotives have alerter reset buttons near the cab door,

:

i recall reading about a German freight train that was found stopped on the line with no driver many years ago (the safety systems had stopped it)... he'd fallen out the door when having a pee whilst the train was in motion.

[Schyrsivochter]

12 hours ago, Gazz292 said:

well... there is a reason most locomotives have alerter reset buttons near the cab door,

:

i recall reading about a German freight train that was found stopped on the line with no driver many years ago (the safety systems had stopped it)... he'd fallen out the door when having a pee whilst the train was in motion.

That is absolutely not the reason for having DSD buttons near the doors. The reason is that when shunting, or when departing with a passenger train from a platform, drivers may need to look out of the side window while the train is moving. There’s also generally an additional simple drive handle and train protection buttons next to the windows on both sides, for the same reason.

If that story is true, then what that driver did was not only incredibly dangerous (evidently), but also incredibly against regulations.

[Gazz292]

oh come on,  can't you tell i'm joking about the shunting controls.

I even have a shunting control panel from a German locomotive (not the BR-111 that my driving desk came out of) so i know what it's for.

 

 

And the driver... we'll you can throw the book at him for breaking regulations if you want, but he was found dead on the tracks (the bit i deliberately left out to keep with the jokieness of my comments)  it was also back in the 1980's i believe.

[SurvivorSean]

The moral of the story.  If you're going to pee off a train always put a strap on it 🙂

[Schyrsivochter]

3 hours ago, Gazz292 said:

oh come on,  can't you tell i'm joking about the shunting controls.

I’m afraid not, sorry :/ People on the Internet believe and claim the stupidest things sometimes … it’s often hard to tell what you’re dealing with.

[Gazz292]

ok, usually with me i'm either trying to be helpful, or joking around, i must make use of the emoticons more to convey this.

i've found the story i read about the train driver falling from a train whilst having a pee, this version is from a UK newspaper distributed on public transport (train and bus stations etc)

 

https://metro.co.uk/2007/06/11/train-driver-in-urination-tragedy-446051/