Ammeter Dials

[J0hnG]

Hello One and All,

I tend to like early diesel locos. However, many of them don't seem to model the ammeter dial very well. The dial will often read something very different to the HUD.
This may not matter to a lot of folk, but I like to try and operate a loco within it's design tolerances.

The problem is, I don't know which is correct, the HUD or the dial.

Should I always trust the HUD reading?

Also, is there a way that I could change some setting get both readings to show the same value?

[AndyUK]

Hello One and All,

I tend to like early diesel locos. However, many of them don't seem to model the ammeter dial very well. The dial will often read something very different to the HUD.
This may not matter to a lot of folk, but I like to try and operate a loco within it's design tolerances.

I know that some of the locos use scripting to get closer to realistic performance than the core diesel-electric model permits and that causes the discrepancy you're seeing between the amps on the HUD and the reading on the ammeter.

The problem is, I don't know which is correct, the HUD or the dial.

In a way they're both right! The HUD amps drive the simulation to give the realistic performance whilst the ammeter is made to show the readings you'd expect in the prototype.

Should I always trust the HUD reading?

Not if the loco is scripted.

Also, is there a way that I could change some setting get both readings to show the same value?

Probably but you'd undo the work that's gone into tweaking the performance.

Andy L

[J0hnG]

Thank your for the information AndyUK.