Br 182 Train Length Button

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  1. DaveDewhurst

    DaveDewhurst New Member

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    Does it have one?
    I've looked round the cab and the manual doesn't mention one but some things aren't mentioned in the manuals.
    IIRC the TS19 one did.

    Dave
     
  2. xD 2Bad4You

    xD 2Bad4You Well-Known Member

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    Double tap "A" for the "roadrunner" i believe
     
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  3. DaveDewhurst

    DaveDewhurst New Member

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    Thank you, for the point in the right direction
    Just checked, it seems to be double tap Ctrl + A.
     
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  4. Pensfanvw

    Pensfanvw Member

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    I never knew this feature existed. Is it available in any other locomotives?
     
  5. xD 2Bad4You

    xD 2Bad4You Well-Known Member

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    The Class 66 has it aswell as far as i know
     
  6. Anthony Pecoraro

    Anthony Pecoraro Well-Known Member

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    Just A.
     
  7. DaveDewhurst

    DaveDewhurst New Member

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    weird, I tried A by itself but of course that just increases the throttle
    pressing Ctrl + A shows "Throttle Pressed" on a HUD message

    I'll try it again later
     
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    xD 2Bad4You Well-Known Member

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    It works with doubletap "A" for me in the 182.
     
  9. Pensfanvw

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    I tried double-tapping A and it moved the throttle. Control-A seemed to work.
     
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  10. Anthony Pecoraro

    Anthony Pecoraro Well-Known Member

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    Hmm
     
  11. DaveDewhurst

    DaveDewhurst New Member

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    I've just tried again and both work, but as noted Ctrl + A doesn't move the throttle.

    Dave
     
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    raildan Well-Known Member

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    Double-tapping A moves the throttle AND triggers the train length feature for me here. Dunno about CTRL+A, haven't tried it.
     
  13. DTG Matt

    DTG Matt Executive Producer Staff Member

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    In reality it's done by double-pressing the throttle control inwards, so if you use a mouse and just double click on the throttle that'll do it. Pressing A twice will also do it but as you note, will move the throttle.
     
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  14. Pensfanvw

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    Just found out about this feature yesterday. Very useful!
     
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    matthewbguilford Well-Known Member

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    Is this feature on consoles? If so how would I go about activating it? Thank you!
     
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    I would like to know this as well.
     
  17. DTG Matt

    DTG Matt Executive Producer Staff Member

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    Either put the cursor over it and double tap the "X" or A" buttons - or simply double tap the throttle trigger.
     
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    Great! Thanks for the info!
     
  19. christofer.o

    christofer.o New Member

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    I recently got into driving some freight with the 185 on RRO but I can't get the train lenght counter to work. I'm playing on Xbox and have tried all methods: Pointing at the throttle and double tapping the A button on the controller, double tapping the throttle up trigger and even double clicking A on the keyboard. Am I missing something?

    Edit: Just noticed that the thread concerns the 182 and not the 185. Does the 185 have the same feature?
     
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  20. Mattty May

    Mattty May Guest

    I can’t seem to get it to work on PS5
     

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