cjakeman, on 28 March 2017 - 10:07 AM, said:
Nice idea. How would you control speed and direction of travel?
Three speeds only--normal free camera speeds. Pressing the appropriate key latches onto the nearest TDB or RDB vector. Pressing it again flips direction. Camera fwd/bwd keys move the appropriate direction. The camera up/down keys change altitude.
Genma Saotome, on 28 March 2017 - 11:41 AM, said:
Joe, couldn't this be accomplished by an invisible locomotive? You'd be stuck with the way-too-restrictive rules of the signalling code but other than that it would give you what you want.
Nope. Locomotives can't "drive" on the RDB, for one thing. Second it probably wouldn't be as sensitive to track/road placement problems. Third it would be pretty cumbersome for "railfan" mode or whatever.