mestevet, on 14 December 2011 - 06:08 PM, said:
The number of notches in the .ENG and .CVF is the same. The nuance that I think maybe some folks are missing is that the controller in the real Silverliner II EMUs is different than in your typical Freight Diesel (or even some of the well known electric locomotives for that matter). I hope that folks read my description of how the real controller works in my original post, and that I came very close to that same operation in MSTS, with the settings that were released with the cars originally in 2008.
I'm guessing that because the type of controller in the Silverliners wasn't envisioned when the control algorithm was programmed in OR, that the way I set up the controller in the .ENG and .CVF that allowed it to work properly in MSTS (which is NOT conventional), isn't being recognized or handled the same way in OR.
In discussions since finalizing and releasing the Silverliner IIs three years ago, I've become aware of OTHER railroad rolling stock with non-standard type controllers. I'm aware that many trolley cars had a controller which functioned similarly to the type on the Silverliner. Indeed, the PRR's MP54 EMU cars (vintage 1915) had controllers that appear to be the forerunner of the Silverliner's controller (early "steam road" EMU's derived much from trolley experience). Aside from the Silverliner II & III cars, the Silverliner IV and NJT Arrow III cars use this type of controller currently. I was also told about the controllers used in Fairbanks-Morse diesels that also have no reverser and forward and reverse are handled by moving the controller in a sideways "U" shape (one leg of the U for forward, one for reverse) - see this: http://www.trainsim....orse-H12-44-cab
My point is, that what I'm asking isn't normal for late generation diesels, but there was a lot of equipment out there that used "unconventional" controllers that work this way...
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Steve
You are correct, the reverser except for steam, now works as a REV-N-FWD control. The previous release worked as a REV-FWD only for all engine types steam, electric, diesel. The reverser for the Silverliner may work in that version, however there have been many improvements in ALL areas of OR, so would not be useful to revert to that version. Once I become familiar with the equipment I'll integrate it into the code.
Will also look into NECv4 control issue's. Very little QA testing outside of MSTS standard routes has been done for electrics.
May I suggest you consider joining OR as a tester. You would have access to the latest builds and fix's, in addition to have a say on features.
Bill