AFB??

[perrybucsdad]

I recently discovered Trainz, and I am trying to learn to drive the ICE 177 train. I see something called AFB in the cockpit. What is this and how is it used. It looks to be a lever, but when I slide up or down, none of the gauges seem to change, so I'm not sure what it is actually doing.

Also, is there a wiki someplace that tells you more about all the controls? I know the red high speed train (sorry, I forget the name of it, but looks similar to the ICE but red) has one, but I have yet to find one for the ICE.

Thanks

 

[Forester1]

From what I can gather, AFB is basically "cruise control". Here is a link, but it is to a different simulator, so the controls may not work exactly the same, but it gives the concept. I don't have the icon bar above to paste the link, so I am going to try to just paste it here in the post: https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/thinking-of-learning-how-to-use-afb.40733/

 

[perrybucsdad]

Yes, I've figured as much about it being cruise control, but it just doesn't seem to do anything. I know in the Italian train, you have to enable something first before it does anything. I've tried toggling all kinds of things and nothing seems to make it turn on. This is when it would be really nice to have an owners manual for each train and what each switch, etc does. It seems like on the ICE, you need to tap something on the left video screen in the cockpit to turn on AFB, but unless I'm mistaken, on the ICE, that screen doesn't have any buttons that you can actually push. Bummer.

 

[Forester1]

I would have hoped that the authors would have included it in the description, or in a readme file, but I checked ICE trains by different authors and none of them had either. Maybe the only way would be to pm the authors of the ones you are using and hope for some instruction.