How often do you use the cab controls?

andrewtoplis · Post by **andrewtoplis** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:55 pm

Hi All

Just out of interest, how often do you all actually use the controls in the cab view with the mouse, as opposed to the keyboard, when driving?

Any comments etc, please post below.

I personally only use them if the keyboard controls work very slowly, and even then its usually only once in a blue moon.

Andy

Website · Post by **Easilyconfused** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:02 pm

An interesting and useful poll for a change

I hope the teams producing the new simulators take note of the results.

I use the mouse and cabview a lot when driving steam engines. The sensitivity when moving between "running" and "applying" on the brakes is essential.

When driving diesels or electrics then it is mainly keyboard since I tend to drive on view 2 or 3. With steam engines it is mostly in the cabview anyway so it makes sense to make fine adjustments using the mouse.

Anyway - enough of my ramblings - let's hear from others

John

nwallace · Post by **nwallace** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:21 am

Allways just use the keyboard
Ive allways got automatic fireman on when im driving steamers and have got the knack to get decent control of changing the brakes on the steam locos. Im jsut not very good at getting speed out of them

RobertM · Post by **RobertM** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:31 am

I only use the cab controls when I'm coming into a station too fast, and need too put the brakes on immediatly, as the keyboard can be too slow somtimes

RobertM

andrewtoplis · Post by **andrewtoplis** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:51 am

Easilyconfused wrote: I use the mouse and cabview a lot when driving steam engines. The sensitivity when moving between "running" and "applying" on the brakes is essential.

Interesting to hear you say that! I only ever use them when the keyboard controls are slow, so it can be quicker to shove the handle up in the cabview. I never actually use them to stop the train though, probably because the actual view out of the scotsman cvf is so minimal, I find I cant see where I am stopping!

Andy

EDIT: John, do you ever change the brake settings in your .eng files?

Lad491 · Post by **Lad491** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:25 am

I only ever use the keyboard controls. Ive never used the mouse at all, even though i mostly drive in the cab (except for steam activities when i prefer view 2). Keyboard for me everytime please

MuzTrem · Post by **MuzTrem** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:02 am

I prefer to drive from view two, partly because I like to see engines working, but also because most of the freeware locos on UKTS don't have custom cabs, so if you drive from the cab all you ever see is the default Scotsman layout

Hence, I normally find it easier to use the keyboard.

leezer3 · Post by **leezer3** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:56 am

It all depends

Pretty rarely though- Only when I need to ram on the brakes in an extreme hurry

Chris Lees

Neptune50006 · Post by **Neptune50006** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:15 am

I only occasionally use the mouse to move the reverser of a steam loco. I prefer to do most of my driving from outside anyway.

tripman · Post by **tripman** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:40 am

Like a lot of you, I Drive on the keyboard with view2. Diving into the
cab to set the vacuum brakes and out again to watch the platform.
If the keyboard was only bit a quicker.
The exception to the above is when Im driving the big electric
trains, or some Blackpool trams, I enjoy the simple controls and wide drivers view.
I also use view4 quite a lot to watch em go. CU Eric

trainlover123 · Post by **trainlover123** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:24 am

I always use the mouse during coupling up...

250787 · Post by **250787** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:04 pm

I use the cab controls some of time. Such as releasing brakes quicker or setting the reverser to full forward or reverse. Other times I use the cab controls just to make driving more interesting

Cheers

Matt

Thrashin · Post by **Thrashin** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:43 pm

If the throttle has several notches, i.e 20%, 40% etc, I use the keyboard. However, if it's one that has no notches I use the mouse.

bdy26 · Post by **bdy26** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:47 pm

The only time I use the mouse is for vacuum brakes - having to jump from release to run to apply isn't realistic with the keyboard. Some steam locos I have used are set up with less of a jump and so the keyboard is fine - I think one of Terry's standard 5's might have been it, though can't remember off the top of my head.

djhedge · Post by **djhedge** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:59 pm

I always use the keyboard - I don't think I have ever used the mouse

but then again I have never driven a steam train in MSTS!

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