Throttle Control

[TheMole]

I have two flight throttle quadrants which I use for TSC.
The are immense improvement and joy to use.

Any chance to use them in this game?

[thebear05]

I cannot see the devs programming flight controllers. The game requires both double key strokes and mouse button combinations with keys. I doubt that flight controllers can mimic these. I have both Thrustmaster and Logitech controllers and only use them for flight sims. I do however use multi button mice.

[TheMole]

Thanks for your reply!

As I said, I use two Saitek Flight Throttle Quadrants for TRAIN SIMULATOR CLASSIC and they work perfectly fine and make train controls so much more immersive.
The only reason I don't play TRAIN SIM WORLD much more is the sad fact that there is no 3rd party software to make the throttle work.

Those shifting levers are perfect simulations of real train control levers, so I'd definitely buy this game if it allowed to just key-bind the throttle to them.

[avgwarhawk]

I believe the game is immersive as it will get. This game leans towards building a RR company and not so much having every aspect to run an engine in game. Just the basics with a cool feature here and there.

[TheMole]

Originally posted by avgwarhawk:

I believe the game is immersive as it will get. This game leans towards building a RR company and not so much having every aspect to run an engine in game. Just the basics with a cool feature here and there.

Thanks for clarifying.
Some discussions here make it seem like the simulation aspect of running the train is pretty high. But perhaps I'm reading too much into it.

[thebear05]

The game is more so a logistical and management sim, with the ability to drive your own train. As I said there is more reliance on the keyboard and mouse to give commands in the game. The locomotives only have four controls these can be operated by either your keyboard or mouse. These four controls are the same as the real ones in steam and diesel locomotives. The only difference is the steam locomotive reverser. The ones I dealt with a long time ago had a large wheel instead of the lever modelled in the game.

[TheMole]

Originally posted by thebear05:

The game is more so a logistical and management sim, with the ability to drive your own train. As I said there is more reliance on the keyboard and mouse to give commands in the game. The locomotives only have four controls these can be operated by either your keyboard or mouse. These four controls are the same as the real ones in steam and diesel locomotives. The only difference is the steam locomotive reverser. The ones I dealt with a long time ago had a large wheel instead of the lever modelled in the game.

Yep, old trains have very few actual controls, which makes levers all the more fun to use.
But I got it now that this game is less of a train driving simulator and more of a complete train traffic and management game.

Thanks for the explanation!