TrainController Gold and Silver - Freiwald Software

• The size of the train window can be continuously adjusted. This is possible on the
fly, like any other window, by dragging the borders of the train window with the
mouse.
• It is also possible to define an ideal size for train windows. The ideal size of each
train window can be restored at any time with a single mouse click.
• The symbol or the name of the currently selected train can be displayed.
• The sizes of the particular groups of instruments can be individually adjusted.
TrainController is able to switch dynamically between a small and large display
mode according to the available space. It is furthermore possible to hide individual
and not needed groups of instruments in order to save space on the computer screen.
• The number of steps for operation of the throttle and brake control with the computer
keyboard can be individually set. A specific setting allows the throttle to follow
the number of physical speed steps of the controlled decoder.
• The throttle can be arranged with the zero position in the middle or on the left.
• The throttle can be set to operate train oriented or layout oriented. A train
oriented throttle causes the train always to move forward, when the direction control
is pointing to the right, and to move backward, when the direction control is
pointing to the left. A layout oriented throttle causes the operated train to move to
the left on the layout, when the direction control is pointing to the left, and to move
to the right on the layout, when the direction control is pointing to the right.
This
setting is only effective for trains currently assigned to a block (see section 5.2,
“Blocks and Routes”). If the block is aligned vertically on the computer screen, then
the train will move to the top or bottom, when the direction control is pointing to the
top or bottom, respectively. This setting emulates the characteristics of a former
throttle for analogue DC railroads.
• The throttle can be set to operate the speed of the train (less realistic, but more convenient)
or the power of the train (more realistic, but less convenient).
If the throttle controls the speed, then the train is always accelerated with the maximum
engine power. Dragging the throttle to a certain position causes the same effect,
as if the throttle were first dragged to the maximum position and then reduced
to this position, when the train reaches the corresponding speed. If the throttle controls
the power, then the train is always accelerated with the power, that corresponds
to the slider position. This provides more realistic train control, because many throttles
of real railroads actually control the effective power rather than the speed of the
train. In such cases the speed indirectly “follows” the effective power. This option,
however, also requires more complex user intervention for train control and is less
convenient than direct speed control. It is also possible to set individual throttles to
operate trains without any momentum.
• The colors and layout of the speedometer and odometer can be individually customized
with a wide variety of options.
• All the above settings can be reset to factory defaults at any time, if desired.
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