Autopilot Control

[R. Steele]

Also on a side note guys, you think Auto Pilot can ever be done WITHOUT an activity?

It's my understanding that autopilot was implemented to debug activities. Using the time acceleration, free roam camera, and other OR features you can run an activity to check for proper functioning. Some of the developers are working or thinking about implementing something like you describe, but it will probably be after V1.0.
This is just from what I've read and does not represent what the OR Dev Team may or may not be doing.

[R. Steele]

Otto -- I was watching your video and noticed that you turned on " Autopilot " with the DASH-9 locomotive. Which key command you use to turn on " Autopilot " in DASH-9 locomotive.

John

John it is the Alt+A combination for Autopilot, works only for activities, not explore, and the cab controls will not show prototypical behavior.

(apologies to Otto for butting in. Soon as I get my connection back up to speed, I'll watch the video - ATT line trouble!!)

[cn bala]

Thanks Gerry for this information and I already ran one of my activity with " Autopilot " on the route of my favourite route, MLT CNBALA2. I love it and so cool to see that the player train is running within the speed limit.

John

[OTTODAD]

John it is the Alt+A combination for Autopilot, works only for activities, not explore, and the cab controls will not show prototypical behavior.

Providing that the ORTS Experimental Autopilot option has been ticked !

[dcarleton]

... cab controls will not show prototypical behavior.

The Auto-Pilot makes pulsating brake applications to keep the speed of the train under control. What you hear in the cab view in Auto-Pilot is the sound triggers for all of those brake handle adjustments. The sound system takes all of those sound triggers literally and plays the brake apply and release .wav files ad-nauseam. Perhaps the brake apply and release sound triggers should be disregarded when running in the Auto-Pilot mode?

[OTTODAD]

A bit too much to do for the Autopilot fledgling, waiting at the Baltimore station for clearance to move to were the carriages are the loco is supposed to couple on to ?

[R. Steele]

Providing that the ORTS Experimental Autopilot option has been ticked !

BIG OOOPs on my part, --- what Otto said, tick the box.