RAILDRIVER & RAILWORKS

[markjudith]

Anyone tried it yet?
Do the controls still flick about?

Mark

[markjudith]

I'll answer my own post!

Does Raildriver work in Railworks.......No.


Found this post on the US forum from Adam telling you how to set it up.


Hiya,

The problem is related to where RailDriver is looking for the RailDriver.dll

I got it working like this:

1. Navigate to this folder: C:\Program Files\PI Engineering\RailDriver MWII\XKeyDevices\Vid05F3Pid00D2
2. Open Report Config.txt in Notepad
3. Scroll to the bottom and look for this line: module plugins\RailDriver.dll
4. Change it to: module C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\railworks\plugins\RailDriver.dll
5. Save the file
6. Launch the RailDriver and then RailWorks and use as normal.

I got the idea off this page:
http://www.x-keys.com/faq/content/30...simulator.html
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http://gaugeirregularities.blogspot.com



Mark

[NeutronIC]

Controls flick about in RailWorks/RailSimulator because of issues with the RailDriver, not the simulator. I have spent plenty of time working with the developer API's for RailDriver (wrote my own interface to railsim for it, as well as a model railway interface) and unfortunately the flicking happens normally - you either have to live with it, or try and smooth it out in the code (as they do) - unfortunately if you smooth it out you lose lots of responsiveness as well. For my railsim interface I opted to perform about half as much smoothing, so it flicks a bit but not too much - but you still get more precision and control when operating. Not perfect but given it's an inherently analog device there's not much more you can do.

Matt.

[willburton]

I tried the steps below, and it still doesn't work
I clicked the Rail Driver icon on the desktop, but nothing happened, although it is running according to the Task Manager.
I also clicked on raildriver in RW icon in the taskbar menu. Still nothing happened.

Any ideas anyone?

thanks,
Kevin

I'll answer my own post!



Found this post on the US forum from Adam telling you how to set it up.


Hiya,

The problem is related to where RailDriver is looking for the RailDriver.dll

I got it working like this:

1. Navigate to this folder: C:\Program Files\PI Engineering\RailDriver MWII\XKeyDevices\Vid05F3Pid00D2
2. Open Report Config.txt in Notepad
3. Scroll to the bottom and look for this line: module plugins\RailDriver.dll
4. Change it to: module C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\railworks\plugins\RailDriver.dll
5. Save the file
6. Launch the RailDriver and then RailWorks and use as normal.

I got the idea off this page:
http://www.x-keys.com/faq/content/30...simulator.html
__________________
http://gaugeirregularities.blogspot.com



Mark

[nicknackpaddywack]

I still say they should make a driver for custom joysticks! so i can use my A-D converter! 32 buttons and 8 variable axis! that would make some cab!!!

why don't RSD support control remaps? Flight Sim does this perfectly fine? why not a train sim?!

[johnan]

Raildriver works OK for me in Vista 64 bit, as it did in RS, after modifying the txt file as mentioned, and choosing "expert" controls in the options.

[Bogatyr]

I have tried you solution Mark, but it do not work in my system. Vista 32 bit.
In Railsim I had to make some change, in the same position.
But this time its donst fit....???

regards michael.

[yeovilrig]

Hi all,
has anybody been able to change the file path as suggested above with XP? i have XP with Railworks and i have changed the path as directed, i have even checked the path and all the folders are there and correctly named!
so has anybody got Raildriver to work with Railworks whilst using XP? if so did you do it as directed or did you do something different
and if the answer is a bad one - does anyone know when a driver will be relased by PI for Raildriver to work with Railworks?
many thanks to you all
Yeovilrig

[johnan]

The bottom part of the Report config.txt file on my system looks like this:(note steam is in my H drive, it would normally start c:\program files\steam...

input period=500 void heartbeat(int burp)
constant 0

uid_and_ps 14 -

module H:\steam\steamapps\common\RailWorks\plugins\RailDriver.dll

moduleFunction void SetRailDriverConnected(const bool)
moduleFunction bool GetRailSimLocoChanged()
moduleFunction float GetRailSimValue(int, int)
moduleFunction bool GetRailSimCombinedThrottleBrake()
moduleFunction void SetRailSimValue(int, float)

[yeovilrig]

Hi All,
i have Railworks running on XP and i have been trying to install Raildriver on to Railworks ( i succesfully got raildriver to work with Rail sim 1). i have tried the renaming the path direction as mentioned above and it still does not work, i have even checked the folder names along with spelling and existence and i believe the path and name is correct.
has anybody got Raildriver to work with XP? and if so what extra did you have to do?

is PI releasing a new driver for Railworks and does anyone know when it will be released?

many thanks Yeovilrig

[DPM9876]

The latest version of the Raildriver software is now out that supports both Rail Simulator and RailWorks.
http://www.raildriver.com/support/rdrs.release.php

[johnan]

I downloaded and tried the latest version but could get no joy at all, so reinstalled the "final" RS version which, with the file edits as mentioned earlier, works perfectly for me.

[willburton]

It looks like the final RS version is no longer available on the Raildriver site.

I downloaded and tried the latest version but could get no joy at all, so reinstalled the "final" RS version which, with the file edits as mentioned earlier, works perfectly for me.

[nicknackpaddywack]

The latest version of the Raildriver software is now out that supports both Rail Simulator and RailWorks.
http://www.raildriver.com/support/rdrs.release.php

no it doesnt lol, i just freshly installed RW and the new driver and it still doesnt work


It just seems to make my keyboard not work sometimes lol

[Bogatyr]

First do as Markjudith says:
Change it to: module C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\railworks\plugins\RailDriver.dll

Remove the shotcut on you deaktop to Raildriver
Then you open C:\Program Files\PI Engineering\RailDriver MWII
And rightclick and make a shortcut to desktop.
And now you can use the driver to Railwork but not to RailSim.

Regards
Michael.