Mullens Pass adding helpers problem

[richpeo]

Hello,

I was on the Mullens Pass activity LAUMIS West. After building your train you head to Helena Junction where the 4 helper locomotives wait.

I followed the PDF instructions by splitting the train between car 0-12 and 0-13, pulled the front of the train forwards and stopped the front portion with brakes at suppression and reverser neutral. I then jumped to the helpers to cut them in but as I pulled the out the front portion was off on its own. I stopped the helpers and jumped back to the player locomotive and it seems AI takes over and it will just leave the scene. I tried again tying the handbrakes and engaging emergency but still the player portion will just take off on it's own.

What am I missing?

Thanks.

[CSRX]

Which version of ORTS are you using?
this problem didn't occur on the previous install with the Mullan Pass occured.

Just move the first portion ahead of the dirt crossing on the other side of the bridge. Reverser in neutral, brakes applied full, not suppression mode, not entirely sure why anyone does this.. I've seen new engineers do this in real life and it makes absolutely no sense to me.. anyways.
Be sure to go into manual mode too, before swapping over.

I haven't tested these helper activities in ORTS 1.5.1, but I did run them all when they first came out and didn't have any issues like this.

[geepster775]

Sounds like you were not in manual mode, as would be confirmed on the track monitor, before jumping over to the helpers.

[richpeo]

Hello all, found the issue, seems I had the testing version of OR downloaded, reverted to the stable version and run the activity fresh.

All is now working as intended, Thanks all!

[R. Steele]

You should carefully document this and present it as a bug...appears something may be broken in the Testing version that worked in the stable.
You did not mention if you are using the most recent stable version 1.5?

[richpeo]

Hello, I was using the current testing build, I am now on V1.5.1 which is the current stable version. On the testing version, as described the front portion was parked as instructed just past the crossing. As soon as I jumped into the helpers the front portion seemed to get an AI driver and took off toward the pass. I jumped back into the player train and it was going uphill at about 35 mph. I wish I'd kept the log but I didn't think it might be an unknown bug. Sorry about that.

[R. Steele]

No worries, more than likely what happened is what geepster described. Following Shawn's instructions and making sure you are in manual mode should insure everything works as it should.

[CSRX]

No need to apologize. This is how we find things that get oddly changed in ORTS and try to keep the good things going.

[geepster775]

I just ran this activity up to inserting the helper using the latest testing version and I was able to jump from the player to the helper without the head-end of the train taking off. So there is no squirrely code factor here. I fall back on my original assumption that the OP did not have the player train properly in manual mode prior to jumping off. As any player train erroneously left in auto mode will become a moving AI once the user jumps to any other train consist.