Command Line Switches

simonarsenalarethebest1 · Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:14 pm

Has anyone come across a comfirmed list of command line switches for MSTS, making the program run in different modes, I found a small list at the following address http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/m ... ntId,5461/
and some info on http://www.juddspittler.com/spittler_en ... tricks.htm
but from what I seem to have found there are loads of them from testing sound cards, stopping errors with smoke/snow etc etc....
One I use which increases the frame rate on my pc by 25-30% is "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\train.exe" /anisotropic -vm:w, and it runs windowed as well which is handy at times.

Cheers

Simon

jreece · Post by **jreece** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:43 pm

Almost entirely useless, but you can use the /brick switch to replace whatever train/consist you use with a small (road) car. The camera is fixed (and will crash MSTS if you try and change it).

Oh, as far as I know, it's impossible to get the car moving

mattvince · Post by **mattvince** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:02 pm

jreece wrote:Almost entirely useless, but you can use the /brick switch to replace whatever train/consist you use with a small (road) car. The camera is fixed (and will crash MSTS if you try and change it).

Oh, as far as I know, it's impossible to get the car moving

Not true.
Faster = CTRL+; (Semicolon)
Slower = CTRL+' (single Quote)
Stop = CTRL+#
Reverse Direction = CTRL+/
Shift a track Left = CTRL+, (comma)
Shift a track Right = CTRL+. (fullstop)

There used to be a full list of command lines which did something - unfortunately it has been deleted from the website.

jreece · Post by **jreece** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:05 pm

mattvince wrote:Not true.
Faster = CTRL+; (Semicolon)
Slower = CTRL+' (single Quote)......

Ah thanks. I found a list similar on a website once but it neglected to mention the control key bit...

mikesimpson · Post by **mikesimpson** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:10 pm

The following are some which I have come across:-

/anisotropic - enables anisotropic mode
/fsaa - full screen anti aliasing
/scaledlevs:250 - from memory this brings up viewing of distant objects sooner, e.g. if trees are visible at 1000m using a setting of 250 shows them at 400m
-soundtest - If this command line entry is included in your desktop icons properties, then you can use Ctrl-T during the game to bring up a sound editor (you need to be running MSTS in a Window to do this).
-vm:w - Runs MSTS in a Window

Mike

Neptune50006 · Post by **Neptune50006** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:15 pm

How do you combine the sound test and window command together to get them to work?

jreece · Post by **jreece** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:21 pm

Neptune50006 wrote:How do you combine the sound test and window command together to get them to work?

Presumably by creating a new shortcut and modifying it's properties such that the target box reads:

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"c:\program files\microsoft games\train simulator\train.exe" -vm:w -soundtest

[edit] I can confirm that works but on my computer at least, it's Shift+T to open the sound test dialogue box.

Neptune50006 · Post by **Neptune50006** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:11 pm

jreece wrote:
Neptune50006 wrote:How do you combine the sound test and window command together to get them to work?
Presumably by creating a new shortcut and modifying it's properties such that the target box reads:
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"c:\program files\microsoft games\train simulator\train.exe" -vm:w -soundtest
[edit] I can confirm that works but on my computer at least, it's Shift+T to open the sound test dialogue box.

Thank you. I'd tried several combinations of dashes, spaces and slashes but not that one. It works fine now.