Starting Night Services

Starting with my new wishlist

When you start a service from in the cab when the sun has set why are the cab lights not activated? Multiple times I start a service on a route I have not driven in a while and need to adjust to the different controls of the cab. Most of the time I can't even locate the cab light switch so I have to get out of the seat to use my flashlight.

Something to look at maybe?

 

There is a flashlight for such occasions.

 

Or if you are on PC press L to enable the cab light

 

No keyboard here. Sounds like a console ease of use improvement. (I know we can use keyboards)

 

I've just imagened you searching in the dark every plane of the cab

 

You imagined it well. It's really a ridiculous sight with a lot of swearing sometimes. Until I remember the flashlight.

 

I think L is also the key for the flashlight, but you have to be standing. Especially useful in a cold start. Don't ask me how you do it on a console though.

 

Just an suggestion till the future maybe do an (Console/Platform) so we can atleast know

 

Here’s what I do … this is Xbox controller

1- stand up
2- use left arrow on the pad hold it down to turn on my flashlight
3- find the cab light switch and turn it on
4- sit down and finish the setup

when I started playing tsw2 the darkness would frustrate me until I found that flashlight

 

There is a lights menu that is only available using classic controller. It has never had a keyboard control & surprisingly still exists in TSW3 despite being mostly unused in TSW2 onward. I don't think many even know it exists.

https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/headlight-preset-menu.65768/

 

Once I realise I have a flashlight I have already shouted 5 times "why are the cab lights never activated?"

 

I found in when I first started doing bakerloo because you’d start black in the tunnel and I couldn’t find anything. I think I heard the hallelujah chorus when I turned on the flashlight

 

I think this would actually be a good thing for DTG to look at.

 

Do PC users not experience this in the first months they start out with TSW?

 

Good Question that i can't respond

 

Seems like some routes already have this.

I just did a scenario on Glasgow and I noticed something was off. It was dark outside and the light in the cab was on without me having to turn a switch. Hallelujah!

 

Some night services start with the cab light on

 

Winter core update maybe?

 

For all trains when you are on the keyboard on PC or with console I key desk lamps L key Cab lights