Dynamic Brake Control

[PeterB]

Running an activity under Open Rails 1.6 and for the MRL Mullans Pass route. Activity is Z Train Reroute.

Driving a consist with lead locomotive BNSF 5228 (C44-9W).

This locomotive has control desk controls, so the 5228 *.eng file has combined throttle and dynamic brake control ( Combined_Control( 0 1 0.5 0.5 throttle dynamic ) statement to mimic control desk controls).

The combined control seems to work OK as expected, with dynamic braking being applied when throttling back from power and going into dynamic braking mode using the keyboard A key. Dynamic braking increasing and decreasing works as expected using the keyboard A and D keys.

But I found that dynamic braking is also controllable by using the < and > keys on the keyboard for this locomotive. But by using < and > keys, this is normal dynamic braking control for locomotives that use the standard control stand (only) and not for locomotives that use combined controls as dynamic braking is (supposed to be) controlled by A and D keys only.

In summary, locomotive 5228 (C44-9W) has control desk with combined controls, so dynamic braking control should be by using A and D keys only(?)

Similarly, for locomotives with control stands, dynamic braking control is by using < and > keys only(?)

So, is this some sort of bug in Open Rails that allows use of < and > keys for dynamic braking for control desk locomotives, instead of only allowing control using A and D keys?

[superheatedsteam]

This has been the behaviour in each version of Open Rails since v1.3 at least.

I view it as a quality of life feature not a bug.

Cheers,

Marek.

[PeterB]

Noted, thank you!