Dupplicate entry in keybindings

[Lactic]

When you go to the bottom of the keybindings, there is a dupplicate entry about speed control down.

Edited December 28, 2022 by Lactic

[Gazz292]

If you bind that to a key, you find it operates the wiper switch (only in the on direction as we don't have a way to turn switches back to off via the keyboard yet)

 

A snippet from my 'Buttons.conf' file for SimRail... i set 'N' for wipers:

 

:::::
InstrumentLight=Semicolon
Wipers=N
FastMove=LeftControl
:::::

[Stele]

My bad. Copied last menu entry and didn't changed it's key string ...again.

[Gazz292]

Is it possible to get a keybinding for the 'traction motor overload reset' button in the EU07? 
That's one button i 🤥'occasionally'🤥 need to use, but it's a pain as you have to move the view about with the mouse to see it, then click the button with the mouse.
Sorry i keep moaning about having to use a mouse to operate controls, but i find it hard to do with my arthritic fingers at times.

The windscreen washer button would be another regularly used button that doesn't have a keybinding.

 

Do you know if, when SimRail releases, will all the controls / buttons in the cabs have keybindings we can set up? 

[Stele]

It wasn't designed to have. I can add blank key commands to everything, but that would require more keys then you have on the keyboard to map at the same time and modifiers keys aren't supported. Washer or relay resets aren't something you're expected to press often and at speed. Also flipping same control with single key, or at least with some modifier key in opposite direction, would be required to operate anything with keyboard only in decent way.
Problem is, that's part of really messed up code that controls everything related to cabin switches, that should be replaced from scratch, but that's not viable if we're targeting january release.

[Gazz292]

Ahh right, dang 😢

One thing i can see people complaining about is the current inability to turn a switch off from the keyboard, 

But with the inability to use modifier keys, that's going to be very hard to solve... as often you'd expect, for example to press 'V' for wipers on / next position on the rotary switch, and 'SHIFT + V' for wipers off / last position on the rotary switch.

Same with raising and lowering the pantographs, 
could that be why i haven't seen any "WE1" and "WE3" signs for lower and raise pantograph in the sim... as you have a key to raise the pantographs, but not one to lower them.

 

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I just counted and i have 78 keys that i could assign a command to... that's the number keys, letter keys, arrow keys, keypad numbers, stuff like 'Delete' 'Home' 'page up' space, return etc... i didn't count escape or the F keys 'F1' 'F2' etc, as they are usually used for specific things like to exit / open the menu.

Then there's Shift, Ctrl, and Alt modifier keys, that makes 312 keys i think... but nowadays left and right modifier keys are separate, so left shift and right shift, left alt and right alt, etc,

That could make 546 keys?

Ok, no way anyone would likely remember all of them.

 

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For me personally i want to use joystick type controllers to drive the trains with in SimRail, hopefully that will be easier to assign many controls / switches to joystick buttons?