I Created A Mod/software To Directly Control In Game Trains Using A Joystick (no Raildriver)

Yes that's what I tend to do as well because it can be hard to feel without a physical detent; it should be as simple as changing your direct_control/api_control/sync_control input value to have a different minimum value; let's say emergency brake is 0.0 and maximum brake is 0.1 then you can set the following input value constraints:

"input_value": {
"min": 0.1,
"max": 1.0
}

That way it will never drop to emergency

 

you can set the min value if you are using direct control with a joystick to 0.09. that stops it from going into the emergency brake detent

 

perfect! both worked flawlessly, and thank you for making me understand the logic of the steps! this makes it easier for future profiles. last question. is there any way to for the app to automatically detect each train or do i have to to switch profiles everytime?

 

i will ask for your help once more unfortunatly.... I dont know if you are familliar with the br612 diesel locomotive throttle, which has four steps, idle, decrease, hold and increase. unfortunatly on the last step the increase which requires you to hold the throttle there, even if you max out the joystick the throttle jumps momenteraly on the increase step and then it goes back to hold. do you have any idea how to make this work?

 

found it! for anyone wondering, you put max value +0.5 and min value -0.5.

 

Just replying; yes you can enable auto selection by adding the following properties to your profile
```
"auto_select": true,
"rail_class_information": [
{
"class_name": "{CLASSNAME}"
}
```
You can find the actual class name from the cab debugger at the top where it says Currently Driving; you can just copy that value - then you can keep the profile selector on "Auto-Detect" and it will just switch profiles as needed

As for the hold thing you might need multiple conditional assignments to make this fully work;

```
{
"assignments": [
{
"conditions": [{"control": "MyControl", "operator": "lte", "value": 0.9}],
"type": "direct_control",
"controls": "Throttle",
"input_value": {
"min": 0,
"max": 0.9
}
},
{
"conditions": [{"control": "MyControl", "operator": "gt", "value": 0.9}],
"type": "momentary",
"threshold": 0.91,
"action_activate": {
"controls": "Throttle",
"value": 1.0,
"hold": true
},
"action_deactivate": {
"controls": "Throttle",
"value": 0.9
}
}
]
}
```
In the above example we want the normal direct control to apply from 0-0.9 for the throttle; for the second assignment which applies above 0.9 we have a momentary action which holds the direct control value (the hold here means the program will essentially keep sending the value to hold it down) until you deactivate in which case it will re-set back to 0.9 and the normal direct control will take over again. This is getting into some more complex profiles.

 

Hi liam#5302

I have a question for you.

Do you happen to have the TSC-X controller too?
Because if you use it yourself, you could create profiles for, let's say, German locomotives and trains, and then add them to your programme or offer them as separate downloads.

This would make it easier for many users who have the TSC-X controller to use your programme.

 

Sadly; I don't - that's why in the explore tab all the profiles are for the TCA Quadrant because that's the only controller I have; I'm happy to take contributions though!

 

Hi Liam,

Just moved across to your fantastic software after not being able to drive certain trains using my TSC-X using CobraOne's equally fantastic software (certain Locos aren't coded for Rail Driver is seems).

I have been playing all afternoon and have managed to code the Class 802 with the correct notches. Brilliant.

A quick question. I am trying to code the train brakes which use the [ and ] keys, but can't work out what the text for these is. I tried "LeftSquareBracket" and "LeftAngleBracke" but neither seem to work. Do you have a list of the keyboard commands?

 

Glad it works well for you! For normal characters you should just be able to enter the actual character; so `"keys": "]"`

 

Fantastic. That works. Thanks so much for the quick answer. Now I just need to work out how to program the German brakes. I have managed to put all the notches in, but they have a setting where you push forward from "running" which also overpressures the brake reservoir.

 

I seem to have run into a problem. With your mod installed, when I press CTR-R to arm the AFB (cruise control) I get a crash to desktop.

This is the error code:

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00007fffe24c3ac8

UE4SS
UE4SS
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
TrainSimWorld
kernel32
ntdll

I removed the ue4ss_tsw_controller_mod folder and it fixed it.

Is the dwmapi.dll also part of the mod (I didn't remove this and it didn't seem to cause any issues)

Seems I can't use your mod and use AFB

 

Hm ; I've never ran into any issues - which loco is this?

 

I have done some more testing. It is the standard BR101 (not the expert one).

If I turn on/off the AFB using the switch in the cab, it all works fine. It is only when I actually press CTR-R on the keyboard that it crashes???

 

More testing, CTR-R causes a CTD in all trains (not just German ones). If I remove your app it works. If I select the cruise control in cab using the virtual switch it works. How strange

I programmed a button to mimic CTR-R and it also causes a CTD

 

hm alright I will need to check why those shortcuts create problems - I usually turn AFB on from the display so I guess that's why I haven't ran into it.. very odd though

 

It looks like it's because of a UE4SS setting; you can open the ue4ss_tsw_controller_mod/UE4SS-Settings.ini file and set the EnableHotReloadSystem value to 0 instead of 1;

I'll disable it by default in the next release since it's not actually necessary to be shipped with hot reload enabled

 

Thanks for the info. Do you put a post out when you have updated your software?

 

it was already updated - when you open the application you should get a banner saying there is an update

 

Thanks Liam,

Just spotted that. All fixed now. Just one more question (Promise). I am trying to use the hat switch on my T1600 joystick to increase and decrease the cruise control. The hat appears as just one button in the calibration settings and gives values of 1 to 8 depending on which direction it is moved. How do I code this. Is it using the threshold value?

Thanks again,

Neil

 

Hmm I think it's a little clunky right now; you can do it with a momentary threshold of whatever value your hat is and adding 2 conditions where it's like gte 1 and lte 1; so yea very clunky (posted an example below)

I'll have to look at making hats better supported; probably by changing the momentary and toggle actions to allow the threshold to be an exact value as opposed to a greater than or equal to value - i'll keep you posted


Example here:
https://tsw-controller-app.vercel.a...gICBdCiAgICAgICAgfQogICAgICBdCiAgICB9CiAgXQp9

 

I added a new option for momentary and toggle called match which defaults to exceeds but can be set to equals so that the threshold has to be an equal match; this should work with your hat switch because then you can just have 8 different assignments each with an equals matching threshold of 1,2,3,4...8 and a corresponding action

little example:
https://tsw-controller-app.vercel.a...zIgogICAgICAgIH0KICAgICAgXQogICAgfQogIF0KfQ==

 

I just tried and can't seem to get it to work.



The top assignment with a value of 1 works, the bottom with a value of 4 (which is what pulling the hat down in the calibration window shows) does nothing.

 

You need to combine the assignment lists; you can't define the same control twice since it will override each other (reduced example below)

{
"name": "Hat",
"assignments": [
{ "type": "momentary", "threhsold": 1 },
{ "type": "momentary", "threhsold": 4 }
]
}

 

Thanks so much, works perfectly now. Never done any coding in my life, so thanks for all the help and for such an amazing program.

 

No worries at all! There is also the online profile builder you can use (https://tsw-controller-app.vercel.app/profile-builder) [but I find the code easier to reason about personally]

 

Hi Liam, just dropped into the thread to say thanks for the mod.

I have a pretty nice TS Controllers setup, but I don't have a PBC, So I got a Boeing Throttle Quadrant and set up your mod and had everything I needed working within 15 minutes.

Just need to modify the config a bit for a few controls and my setup will be exactly as I want it.

 

That's good to hear!