cant drive engine

[joefromrandolph]

thanks for reading my post. In surveyor, I put an engine down on track, I then hit save, then save without creating a session. When I exit it asks if I want to create a session.. I click no. But when I try and go to driver, the engine has no controls. Older engines that I have placed work fine

 

[gary6204]

I'm surprised that works for you... for me if I hit don't create a session it wont load driver... try saving it as the default session and that should fix your problem....

 

[amrail2000]

Click yes that you do want to create a session.

 

[danny5]

It sound like you have a session! Your engine dose it have a driver? If not you must take one from another engine and place it into the new engine, then you should get the controls. If not give the driver a command to drive anywhere then stop it as soon as it starts then you will get the controls.

 

[joefromrandolph]

thanks.. I had issues before with track laying issues and the response I got to fix it was never build while in a session.. only build while in a route and not to create a session until i am done building the route. If I create a session.. won't that mess up my track laying issues?

 

[danny5]

I may be wrong but when you start working on a route and exit it will ask you to create a new route and session.
Now when you go back and work on your route(not session)and go to exit, it will ask you if you want to create a new route & session or overwrite your route, create a new session, or do not save the session.
Now when I work on my routes and exit I overwrite the route and check the button that ask do not save session. (we already have a session and don't want to change it at this time)
Track, building, landscaping, and INDs can be done it the route.(naming the INDs too) setting up the INDs should be done in the session along with adding rules, drivers, drivers commands,
and adding rolling stock.

Now I only wish there was a list of drivers commands and what they mean along with rules and what they mean and how to use them.

 

[gary6204]

No, It soundslike what were trying to do was enter by a session and use that to build, never do that. however, the inverse is fine. you can place rolling stock in the route layer and it will be fine, from there you can create a session if you want to drive on what you have already built. If you choose to exit back to driver to make a change, it will always go back to the layer you were last working with, as your still editing the route and the session, not just the session the session.
@ danny5,
Most of the drivers commands are pretty solid as to what they mean... STW drive for example, is just a command that makes the AI drive until you tell them something else. They follow signals but will not change switches. Most of them you just need to kinda try out though