Re-Assigning keys in MSTS

nelson · Post by **nelson** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:42 pm

Hi folks, I lately found a way to have single horn tones that you can play seperately as in real British trains but it means using the B key and losing your bell or DMU buzzer.
Is there a way of assigning another key for the bell? The N key doesn't do anything to my knowledge.

Cheers

Nelson

phill70 · Post by **phill70** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:48 am

Hi, the N key is assigned to the blower on steamers, i think the only unassigned letter key is "Q"
see

MSTS Keyboard Template [174025 bytes] - kbt.zip
File ID: 9136 Date: 21 May 2004 - 929 Downloads

for details.

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:00 am

Hi
You can actually get the horn to operate as long as you wish on one tone, and then play the other tone on releasing the spacebar.
I've seen it done on a German Loco...which was very neat.
Dont ask me how....you would need to be a sound expert.
Jon

Zackybong1 · Post by **Zackybong1** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:44 am

Doesn't the default "50" do this?
Or perhaps its the JustTrains HST. I know I've used it somewhere.

nelson · Post by **nelson** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:51 am

Thanks for that lads

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:23 pm

That keyboard layout is just what I need when I forget how to do something.

Trouble is, I need to exit MSTS when I need it.
I would be handy to have it as part of the game.

So here's what I did.

<IMG width="600" height="450" SRC="http://www.atomic-album.com/showPic.php ... yboard.jpg">

If you want to try it, there is an excelent tutorial at

http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me/tra ... plash.html

.

phill70 · Post by **phill70** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:03 pm

ianmacmillan wrote:That keyboard layout is just what I need when I forget how to do something.

Trouble is, I need to exit MSTS when I need it.
I would be handy to have it as part of the game.

So here's what I did.

<IMG width="600" height="450" SRC="http://www.atomic-album.com/showPic.php ... yboard.jpg">

If you want to try it, there is an excelent tutorial at

http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me/tra ... plash.html

.

Very nice, but you could allways just print it

thenudehamster · Post by **thenudehamster** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:55 pm

Keyboard 'cheatsheet' is available as a PDF download from the MS TrainSim site... http://www.microsoft.com/games/trainsim ... ickref.asp

nelson · Post by **nelson** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:04 pm

Thanks for that Barry, very kind of you.