BVE: Getting train to start

[timetraveller]

Trying BVE4...not exactly new to train sims (have used MSTS and Trainz).

Can't get most Japanese trains to start. Have searched this forum with no results. Getting the message "Before doors closed, do not start train". Message then goes away.

Ok, so the doors are closed. F6 is for developer mode, I gather, can't use that to close doors. I have reverser in "forward", speed to P1 or more. All brakes are off. Nothing. Can't start train.

I know it's something simple. What am I doing wrong? Am I not waiting long enough for doors to close or is it something else?

TIA,

TT

[smace]

RE: Getting train to start

Amoung other things, make sure the controller is set to keyboard, not joy stick. I have sat for 10 min punding the keyboard with no effect, only to discover that I left it in joy stick mode Also make sure you are using the key setup correct for each locomotive, some are single control with power and brake on same controls, others have seperate controls and you must release the brake before it will move.

[hongjian]

RE: Getting train to start

To anyone stuck with ATS setup on Japanese Trains in BVE 4.

At the beginning of duty, for example at Shibuya for the Dentama Line, leave the reversal at "N and power control at "EMG", press "7" immediately. This will activate the ATS, just like the trams and U-Bahn programmed by Martin Finken in his German projects.

The chime sounds, indicating ATS activated. Please cancel the chime with spacebar.

Hope that helps.