RailDriver

[takesix]

Is RailDriver support planned?

[Crusader765]

I predict not. This game has a lot of elements other than driving the trains. I don't see a controller working well with it either. It's a keyboard and mouse kind of game.

[DorniNerd]

Originally posted by Crusader765:

I predict not. This game has a lot of elements other than driving the trains. I don't see a controller working well with it either. It's a keyboard and mouse kind of game.

We plan to look into control use sometime next year.

[BoomerAUS00]

Originally posted by DorniNerd:

Originally posted by Crusader765:

I predict not. This game has a lot of elements other than driving the trains. I don't see a controller working well with it either. It's a keyboard and mouse kind of game.

We plan to look into control use sometime next year.

That would be great to see. Mine has been sitting there collecting dust for years. Would like to use it again. :)

[calibrate]

I agree with BoomerAUS500! Mine has a very thick coating of dust as well as it pretty much sucked with other train sims I run. Seemed like a very weak USB controller board or something. IDK needless to say it went in the shelf rather quickly. However, I just had an idea of trying to consolidate all of the menus with either my Stream Deck or Loupe Deck. Kinda favoring the latter if the games has some ability to control variables like throttle, braking, etc with keyboard commands then I can assign them to a rotary know. Well, I'm off to the races to see if this will work. I think one of the frustrating things is that there is no other listing of these keyboard commands that are scattered throughout the tutorial, unless of course I am missing them elsewhere. Still a newb so always optimistic...

[FireFly]

Oh yes, Rail Driver it seems does not get the love it so deserves,
It's great to use that controller when driving trains. It brings the sim to life and makes you feel like you are actually driving the train. Trust me unless you used one you wouldn't know.
If the game would support the hardware it would be a BIG plus to many out there and would draw people. There are many games that do not support this device and many people not happy about it. I think it would be a big plus.

[thebear05]

Calibrate, If you want a set of keyboard commands do what I did. Bring each one up on your screen separately. Then take a screenshot of each, there are four lists of keyboard commands. You can then edit the screenshots down to just the section showing the controls then put the edited screenshots into a Word document. I ended up transcribing the key commands onto another Word document as the edited screenshots were white on black background and were a bit saturated.

[thebear05]

Originally posted by FireFly:

Oh yes, Rail Driver it seems does not get the love it so deserves,
It's great to use that controller when driving trains. It brings the sim to life and makes you feel like you are actually driving the train. Trust me unless you used one you wouldn't know.
If the game would support the hardware it would be a BIG plus to many out there and would draw people. There are many games that do not support this device and many people not happy about it. I think it would be a big plus.

I had an email from Amazon today offering a RailDriver controller. However the asking price was $480.31. That is a lot of money for a controller that appears not to be recognised by several train sims. The only rail oriented sims I have is this and an Australian version of Trainz, which will not run unless I setup an early version of Windows.

[calibrate]

I have the rail driver with a lot of dust as well. IMO I think it's actually the USB driver board that they use. I have already taken the speaker out of mine and was considering replacing the USB board as well.

[Lone Wolf]

RailDriver is a Chintzy piece of crap. The only bigger piece of crap was this:
https://www.amazon.com/Saitek-Farming-Simulator-SCB432160002-01/dp/B010FP5KI6?th=1
And not just being poorly made, it looks like a little kids toy. It reminds me of that Fisher Price toy with the steering wheel and buttons/levers. Complete junk.

[RWag64]

There is a mod for using the RailDriver with Railroader :
https://github.com/rileyzzz/RailroaderRD/tree/main

[Pierrot]

Hello, thank you very much @RWag64 for your suggestion of a mod. i've installed it and it runs perfectly with my raildriver. That changes all the gameplay, more immersiv and more easy to control the train ! great ! great ! great !

[Twelvefield]

Man, I wonder if this works with other controllers, or just the RailDriver. I don't have time to experiment right now, though.

[Lone Wolf]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

Man, I wonder if this works with other controllers, or just the RailDriver. I don't have time to experiment right now, though.

It may sound dumb, but I have a lot of QoL buttons set to my G-29. Engine throttle/brake I have set to the directional button. Train brakes to paddles. Regulator to L2/L3 and so on. It's kind of handy since it's right in front of me.

[Twelvefield]

That's not dumb at all, it's very smart. I've been trying to set up my flight sim controllers in much the same way, but the game resists any control that needs repeated or extended presses, like the brakes and the throttle. Those controls need dimensional axes anyways, not just button presses.

[TK40]

I don't have Raildriver, but would like to use my flight sim throttle quadrants to control the locomotives.