[Csantucci]

These are the steps to be followed to get the feature operating.
1) In the .cvf linked to the 3D cab a control block like the following one must be present

		ScreenDisplay (
            Type ( ORTS_DISTRIBUTED_POWER SCREEN_DISPLAY )
            Position (  164.4 286.5 136 52 )
                        Parameters (
                                FullTable True
                                LoadUnits KILO_LBS
                        )
            Units ( KM_PER_HOUR )
        )

Parameters used by the code are FullTable and LoadUnits.
2) In the 3Dcab .s file an ORTS_DISTRIBUTED_POWER object must be defined, with the same syntax rules of the digitals, so e.g. ORTS_DISTRIBUTED_POWER:0:8:DPI , where 8 is the selected character font size and DPI is the DPI.ace texture associated.
The .ace file must be organized like the attached one
 DPI.zip (6.01K)
Number of downloads: 204
Having as reference this file (whose appearance is shown in the picture here below), specific customizations must follow these rules to provide a correct display:

1) horizontal/vertical radio must be kept
2) the first four lines must have the characters centered in their rectangle.
3) from the 5th line on characters may be also spaced in a thicker way (as is e.g for the "Idle" string in the above picture)
4) from the 5th line on strings may be replaced bo strings in other national languages, provided that the new strings aren't wider than the original ones.
5) it should be possible to have a transparent background if preferred.

The .ace file has been created by Akio Yamamura and adapted by me.

Blueprint: https://blueprints.l...lay-for-3d-cabs

[Bill]

gpz, on 16 November 2021 - 01:05 AM, said:

Please keep in mind, that the HUD is meant to be a debug screen for us, developers. That's why everything is visible there. If players need a fancy real-operation screen, probably that's a new issue, and a new development request.

Maybe a little late but I attached some reference documents for Distributed power from CN. They may help clarify operations for you.


I know this is not the appropriate thread, but complete operating screens that operate via the web server would be an excellent feature add. Doing via a web server would allow us that have real controls the ability to put them on a separate screen as appropriate in the mock cab. You have my vote.

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•  dp set-up EVO & D9 consist.pdf (98.9K)
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[Borislav]

Bill, on 27 March 2022 - 03:36 AM, said:

Maybe a little late but I attached some reference documents for Distributed power from CN. They may help clarify operations for you.


I know this is not the appropriate thread, but complete operating screens that operate via the web server would be an excellent feature add. Doing via a web server would allow us that have real controls the ability to put them on a separate screen as appropriate in the mock cab. You have my vote.

This is beautiful, Bill! Thank you very, very much!

[ATW]

Csantucci, on 30 December 2021 - 10:05 AM, said:

@ATW: with reasonable effort I was able to add the possibility of inclining the DP table, see picture (in this case with 5 degrees of inclination)
DPInclined.jpg
The line to be added to the control block is the usual ORTSAngle ( 5 ) .
The feature should be available in next ORNYMG release and, in parallel, in the Unstable release.

Sorry to bump a older topic but I started fiddling with my cab and added the DPU Table. Was this Inclined capability deleted out the code? I can't seam to incline the DP Table.

[Csantucci]

ATW, apparently I forgot to add the rotation code into the published releases. I could find the related code (hope it is working) and will try to insert it into ORNYMG and the Unstable release.

[Csantucci]

Hi ATW,
try decompressing this zip file into ORNYMG rev. 138.
(Fix now available in ORNYMG 139)

[ATW]

Thanks Carlos that really works like a charm and helps with progress. Leaving one glitch all DP units BP, MR equal leader even if they are to go into emergency or have different BP throughout the train charging.

[Csantucci]

AATW,
please try the attached patch (always for ORNYMG 138).
It should also fix the BC and MR issue.
(Fix now available in ORNYMG 139)

[ATW]

Works very well Carlos thanks for that update.

Till later down the road of more braking parameters added to ORTS, I think the air flow calculation would fit in bringing back the Flow tab very well negotiating leak rates from MR and BP.

[pschlik]

Bringing this thread back to let you know I have added air brake application/release to distributed power locomotives! Should be up on the unstable version soon.

To fully enable all train brake and loco brake synchronization, add this line to your .eng file in the engine() section: ORTSDPBrakeSynchronization ( "Apply, Release, Emergency, Independent" )


If you are simulating something other than North American distributed power, you can remove some of those settings to simulate a system that, eg: does synchronize brake application and emergency but doesn't do anything else (I believe this is the case for the BR HST brake valve, use ORTSDPBrakeSynchronization ( "Apply, Emergency" ) to recreate that behavior).

• "Apply" will allow remote units to apply the train brake to the same pressure as the player locomotive
• "Release" will allow remote units to release the train brake to the same pressure as the player locomotive
• "Emergency" will allow remote units to vent the brake pipe when the player locomotive makes an emergency application
• "Independent" will allow remote units to adjust the locomotive brake to match the brake cylinder pressure of the player locomotive, including bail-off if needed (this is enabled by default on locomotives that don't have "ORTSDPBrakeSynchronization" in the .eng file)

Note that BOTH the player locomotive and the DPUs need to have a given setting for anything interesting to happen (if the DPU has all 4 settings but the player locomotive only has Independent then only Independent brakes will synchronize).


Making this change required a lot of rewrite for air brake code, which means that something could be different even if you don't change anything in your .eng files. Please keep an eye out for anything unexpected!