Train Length counter (Odometer)

[seagoon]

I would like to offer a suggestion to the development team in respect of the location and operation of this little feature:

Rather than tuck it into the F4 display, would it be possible to have it pop-up in it's own little display, similar to the horizontal black bar which gives us other information, for example?

Reason for asking is that I - and, I'm sure, many others - prefer to operate when possible without reference to the F4 signal and speed information.
Could it be arranged so that we click Ctrl+Z when passing a speed-post (or switch or crossing or whatever), have the odometer appear in a bar and then click again when the length of the train has passed that point so as to terminate the count?

Also, rather than continually count to infinity, could the odometer reset to zero and hold that state until the counter is initiated again?

Just a suggestion, NOT a demand!

Cheers!

[markus1996]

A similar proposal has already surfaced some time (a week? not sure) on ET, but not much has (yet) become of it.

The idea was, you reset the odometer at whichever point you like, then nothing happens (visually) until the train has cleared the sport. Then, you get a notification similar to the one you receive when the EOT clears a speed post indicating a speed limit increase.

I will give that thread a bump.

Cheers, Markus

[dredick]

Don't locomotives use hours meters, instead of odometers, if anything at all?

[Don6218]

This is something small, but I for one find it annoying in that display. It just counts to infinity, so it would be better if it was a "selected display" as suggested, for switching and such, where it would be of some real use when you want/need it.

[seagoon]

Don't locomotives use hours meters, instead of odometers, if anything at all?

We aren't referring to monitoring/recording the overall distance travelled by the train or loco, but to the length of the train and determining when it has passed any given spot.....such as a speed-post or switch.

The Run 8 sim presents this feature very nicely.....and realistically

[seagoon]

A similar proposal has already surfaced some time (a week? not sure) on ET.
I will give that thread a bump.

Thanks, Markus.

I don't visit Elva's Tower so wouldn't have know that it had already been suggested.

[gpz]

The Run 8 sim presents this feature very nicely.....and realistically

Can you attach a screenshot please?

[seagoon]

Can you attach a screenshot please?

I'll try, Peter.....

The first three show the readout in the Dash 9 panel - at OFF, then with the meter zeroed and finally with the meter displaying the count.
The last one shows the dual readouts in the SD-40 cab (one on the left, on the top of the control stand, and the other in front) with the count in progress....720 feet.

R8_distance-meter_a.jpgR8_distance-meter_b.jpgR8_distance-meter_c.jpgR8_distance-meter_d.jpg

[johnpalm]

In the Cabview how can I get the odometer to display in a different position apart from Shift Z which puts it in the middle. I see in your attached Cabviews you have it on the Speedo Panel