[R H Steele]

Why no #6 rear view camera for the player locomotive unless it is coupled to equipment? I have been adding #5 rear platform views so I can stand there as I approach the cut, that is an accepted practice in real world?

[Weter]

doesn't Alt+Home/End allow to jump to another end of the loco?

[ebnertra000]

Standing on the end of an engine while going into a cut?

Cutting cars off in motion from the engine is, I believe, allowed. Riding an end platform in to couple to a car is most likely not allowed now. I know for sure you can't ride a car into a joint, and I think that rule applies to engines, as well. That may have been different back in the day, though

[Sid P.]

I seem to recall that there is no #6 rear view if there is only one item in the train: e.g. single locomotive.

[R H Steele]

 Sid P., on 13 March 2021 - 08:47 AM, said:

I seem to recall that there is no #6 rear view if there is only one item in the train: e.g. single locomotive.

In my inept way, that is what I was referring to in my first post...I just wondered what was the reasoning for coding OR in this regard?

[Sid P.]

I had been about to include my own comment - "I wonder why this is still the case?", but thought there might be a good reason...

[Csantucci]

This should be solved in OR NewYear MG rev. 93.1. To pass to the rear view, the camera command to jump to the last car must be issued (Alt-3(Numkey)), and to return to the front view, the command to jump to the first car must be issued.
If no problems will arise, I'll generate also the PR for the official OR versions.

[Sid P.]

Many thanks, Carlo.It works just fine.

[Genma Saotome]

 Csantucci, on 16 March 2021 - 09:04 AM, said:

This should be solved in OR NewYear MG rev. 93.1. To pass to the rear view, the camera command to jump to the last car must be issued (Alt-3(Numkey)), and to return to the front view, the command to jump to the first car must be issued.
If no problems will arise, I'll generate also the PR for the official OR versions.

Carlo, I'm sure you've got other priorities than camera but I'll ask anyway: Have you looked at the specification I gave Chris for camera sets? The idea behind it is to allow 1 to 10 cameras per set and have each set created for a specific point of view, most likely matching the current camera purposes. So for the player locomotive that could provide all the current cab view locations plus front and rear coupler. So it could be something like <ALT>S (sets) 1 to go to the default or last used camera of set 1 and then keys 1, 2... 0 to move around within the set. It's not a perfect specification but it makes it pretty clear most of what is needed.

[ErickC]

I was going to say, backup moves in F-units are pretty hard without this.

Speaking of the camera, was the fix to the #2 and #3 camera pivot made permanent as was suggested when the build that corrected it came out? I have been holding out on updating OR for fear that it reverted back to the couplers.