Changing cabs in OR

[davebridges]

My apologies if this has been covered elsewhere, I looked through the forum and couldn't find anything. How can you change the cab in OR? What I'm talking about is that you bring a local or transfer run into a yard, you want to uncouple, run around the train, pick up a new consist, and make a return run to your point of origin. How can you change your cab so that you are facing the correct way after you couple onto your new train? I know this can be done in MSTS with MSTS bin, just wasn't sure if this is possible yet in OR or how it is done if it is. To clarify, I mean that there are 2 or more engines in the consist.
Dave

[dennisat]

Changing ends of a loco can be done with "Shift"+"Ctrl"+"E". Changing to a different loco in the consist can be done with "Ctrl"+"E". It seems to work for me though I've had the odd hang up when I've been ejected from the cab and not been able to get back in! I've not researched the causes properly yet.

Dennis

[nicober]

Hello!

Changing cab locomotives is not a problem in OR, if you have more than one loco with the touchs Crtl + E

But if you want to change the cab in a locomotive with doble-cabine, I thing it's not possible in OR presently.
The touchs Crtl + Shift + F flip your locomotive, but not change the cab like MSTS _ Bin Patch.

Look these screenshots:

Change Cabine in MSTS:


Frontcab view - Look the #1 juste under the number and the side


Backcab view - Look the #1 juste under the number and the we have allways the same side

Change Cabine in OR (Crtl + Shift + F):


Frontcab view - Look the #1 juste under the number and the side


Backcab view - Look the #2 juste under the number and the we have the other side now

MSTS + BinPatch use 2 CVF files (cabine.cvf & cabine_rz.cvf) for the change. I'm not sure but I thing OR use only one CVF file (cabine.cvf). I thing it's not possible to change a cabine in OR for the moment in the same locomotive. We can slip a loco right.
If it's possible to change the cab in doble-cab loco I would like to know how it's possible?

Note: The combine touchs Crtl + Shift + E doesn't work for me. I don't know!

[GoGoran]

Hello!

Changing cab locomotives is not a problem in OR, if you have more than one loco with the touchs Crtl + E

But if you want to change the cab in a locomotive with doble-cabine, I thing it's not possible in OR presently.
The touchs Crtl + Shift + F flip your locomotive, but not change the cab like MSTS _ Bin Patch.

A very accurate observation, nicober !

I just checked it by myself with several different locos: Some without a cab_rv.cvf, some with it.

In all cases, the loco was flipped, no matter whether a rearview cabview was present or not.

While it is a nice feature to be able to "switch" cabviews even without the presence of a properly set up rear cabview, ultimately the incorporation of the cab_rv.cvf into OR is absolutely necesssary - just think about steam locos, American diesel locos or other assymmetrical locomotives and rolling stock.

[twpol]

MSTS + BinPatch use 2 CVF files (cabine.cvf & cabine_rz.cvf) for the change. I'm not sure but I thing OR use only one CVF file (cabine.cvf). I thing it's not possible to change a cabine in OR for the moment in the same locomotive. We can slip a loco right.
If it's possible to change the cab in doble-cab loco I would like to know how it's possible?

You're correct that OR currently does not support MSTSBin's "reverse cabs". Control-Shift-F flips the locomotive, as you observed; this is a "cheat" you can use until we implement the reverse cabs from MSTSBin.

[davebridges]

Thank for all of your help.
Dave

[souvik_rudra]

Thanks for the tips .... But I am still not able to change/shift loco in my activity.

[markyisri]

See the answer to your other thread.

[baldwin]

I do believe that the mods are quite capable of doing their job without any assistance.