Kuju F7 Ammeter animation no longer working.

[Kali]

They all have CabAmmeter controls, that needs a couple of lines of script to transfer the value to the cab control. I suspect the warbonnet one is missing an "Active" control, which was the archaic way of working out if the engine is driven; these days there's a specific call for that.

If you use this as the basic contents of F7A_Simulation.lua ( the simulation script ) then it might all start working:

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function Setup ()
end
function Initialise()
end

function Update (frame)
   if Call("*:GetIsEngineWithKey") == 1 then
      Amps = math.abs ( Call( "*:GetControlValue", "Ammeter", 0 ) )
      Call( "*:SetControlValue", "CabAmmeter", 0, Amps )
   end
end


[Samwolf]

Thanks Kali. Tried your code but it didn't fix the default f7 Ammeter. I looked at the "working" bin file and the "non-working" bin file and my old eyes can't see any difference other than the ID number.

Working ammeter bin file:
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="76019896">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="00000000007087C0" d:precision="string">-750.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString"></BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString"></DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements/>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="76011704">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">CabAmmeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter </DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever d:id="76014008">
<ElementName d:type="cDeltaString">AmmeterNeedle</ElementName>
<DifficultyType d:type="cDeltaString">StopGo</DifficultyType>
<PickTransformName d:type="cDeltaString"></PickTransformName>
<MovementType d:type="cDeltaString">MoveLeftRight</MovementType>
<AnalogInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</AnalogInputSensitivity>
<DigitalInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DigitalInputSensitivity>
<AnimationName d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailVehicles\Diesel\F7\Default\Cabview\amperes</AnimationName>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever>
</InterfaceElements>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>

Non-Working ammeter bin file:

<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="75837096">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="00000000007087C0" d:precision="string">-750.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString"></BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString"></DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements/>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="75828904">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">CabAmmeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter </DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever d:id="75831208">
<ElementName d:type="cDeltaString">AmmeterNeedle</ElementName>
<DifficultyType d:type="cDeltaString">StopGo</DifficultyType>
<PickTransformName d:type="cDeltaString"></PickTransformName>
<MovementType d:type="cDeltaString">MoveLeftRight</MovementType>
<AnalogInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</AnalogInputSensitivity>
<DigitalInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DigitalInputSensitivity>
<AnimationName d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailVehicles\Diesel\F7\Default\Cabview\amperes</AnimationName>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever>
</InterfaceElements>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>

This one has me baffled.

[Machinist]

I just put all my F7's on the test track and drove each one. The ammeter works on all of them except UPRR, SPRR, DRGW and the War Bonnet in the Kuju/F7/ATSF folder. Very strange. I'm looking now into whether I installed a mod to the default F7 folder, I'll let you know what I find.

OK . looking foward your research....

Jus to let it clear, only the Warbonet is in the \ATSF folder; UPRR, UPRR with lights, SPRR and DRGW are in the \Default folder.

The default RSC installation has only three .lua's (in the subfolders \DRGW, \SPRR and \UPRR; the \ATSF folder has no .lua). With Explorer open \Kuju folder and then search for *.lua, if you have more then those 3 .lua's or one of them are different of the others, that's may be your problem. And also you can search for F7_EngineScript.lua in the whole \railworks folder, may be happen the game is loading a .lua with same name (even from other provider than Kuju) and making unusable those of \Kuju folder.

Doc.

[Kali]

Other than the ids, those are exactly the same, so there has to be something elsewhere. Check the MaxForce setting, all that does for player trains is calibrate the ammeter.

[arizonachris]

I don't drive in cab, so I use the F5 HUD, and it always reads the amps. I wonder if there is some connection with that reading, and the in cab ammeter that is supposed to be reading? Some script is not calling another script somewhere. I'll let y'all figure it out as I enjoy the ride flying around the loco. I use Don's script to hear the AWS, if there is one.

[Samwolf]

I don't drive in cab, so I use the F5 HUD, and it always reads the amps. I wonder if there is some connection with that reading, and the in cab ammeter that is supposed to be reading? Some script is not calling another script somewhere. I'll let y'all figure it out as I enjoy the ride flying around the loco. I use Don's script to hear the AWS, if there is one.

The advantage to riding out of cab. I spend about 90% of the time in cab so this one is bugging me.

I sort of tracked the problem down to the enginescript.lua file I'm using. The really strange part is that the F7A_UPRR_with_lights.bin works but the UPRR.bin doesn't work. They use the same enginescript.lua so this one is driving me batty. I see some differences between the 2 bin files but I'm not sure which difference is causing one not to work. I'm no where near knowing how lua or xml code work, I know just enough to get myself in trouble.

[Samwolf]

Found what was causing the problem with the ammeter animation and my script.

The UPRR with lights that worked has this code for the ammeter:

<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="40557304">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter </DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever d:id="40557944">
<ElementName d:type="cDeltaString">AmmeterNeedle</ElementName>
<DifficultyType d:type="cDeltaString">StopGo</DifficultyType>
<PickTransformName d:type="cDeltaString"></PickTransformName>
<MovementType d:type="cDeltaString">MoveLeftRight</MovementType>
<AnalogInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</AnalogInputSensitivity>
<DigitalInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DigitalInputSensitivity>
<AnimationName d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailVehicles\Diesel\F7\Default\Cabview\amperes</AnimationName>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever>
</InterfaceElements>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>

The UPRR and other engines that didn't work had this code for the ammeter:

<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="75837096">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="00000000007087C0" d:precision="string">-750.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString"></BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString"></DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements/>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue d:id="75828904">
<ControlName d:type="cDeltaString">CabAmmeter</ControlName>
<DefaultValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DefaultValue>
<MinimumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</MinimumValue>
<MaximumValue d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000709740" d:precision="string">1500.0000</MaximumValue>
<BriefDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter</BriefDescription>
<DetailedDescription d:type="cDeltaString">Ammeter </DetailedDescription>
<ApplyToConsist d:type="cDeltaString">eFalse</ApplyToConsist>
<InterfaceElements>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever d:id="75831208">
<ElementName d:type="cDeltaString">AmmeterNeedle</ElementName>
<DifficultyType d:type="cDeltaString">StopGo</DifficultyType>
<PickTransformName d:type="cDeltaString"></PickTransformName>
<MovementType d:type="cDeltaString">MoveLeftRight</MovementType>
<AnalogInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</AnalogInputSensitivity>
<DigitalInputSensitivity d:type="sFloat32" d:alt_encoding="0000000000000000" d:precision="string">0.0000</DigitalInputSensitivity>
<AnimationName d:type="cDeltaString">Kuju\RailSimulatorUS\RailVehicles\Diesel\F7\Default\Cabview\amperes</AnimationName>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorLever>
</InterfaceElements>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cControlValue>

I don't know why there is a difference, but my enginescript.lua didn't like the "CabAmmeter" entry.

Thanks for all the tips and hints in helping me track this one down.

[Machinist]

Nice one I feel a great pleasure when I overcome a new challenge or get to fix something that is wrong.

[Samwolf]

Nice one I feel a great pleasure when I overcome a new challenge or get to fix something that is wrong.

Yep! It makes the headache from all the head banging you do while working it out go away.

[Kali]

Well done then :) does your ammeter show dynamic braking effort?

Now fix RW's apparent inability to divide...

[Samwolf]

Well done then :) does your ammeter show dynamic braking effort?

Now fix RW's apparent inability to divide...

I don't think so. AFAIK, there's no negative numbers on the ammeter.

[Kali]

That's what the default script does - converts the signed ammeter reading to an absolute value, so it works the same with dynamics.

[Samwolf]

That's what the default script does - converts the signed ammeter reading to an absolute value, so it works the same with dynamics.

Thanks, I'm assuming that the " if Call("*:GetIsEngineWithKey") == 1 then" line replaces the old
"if ( Call( "GetIsPlayer" ) == 1 ) then

if ( Call( "*:GetControlValue", "Active", 0 ) == 1 ) then" lines of code that told whether you had a player controlled engine?

[Kali]

Thanks, I'm assuming that the " if Call("*:GetIsEngineWithKey") == 1 then" line replaces the old
"if ( Call( "GetIsPlayer" ) == 1 ) then

if ( Call( "*:GetControlValue", "Active", 0 ) == 1 ) then" lines of code that told whether you had a player controlled engine?

Mine was a replacement sim script - it's a complete replacement for the default.

Using the Active control was an old hack from before the GetIsEngineWithKey call; you set it in the sim script because the sim script only ran on player engines. These days the sim script runs on everything anyway ( or at least everything in your train ), I think, so it's useless.

GetIsEngineWithKey : 1 if the player is driving the engine
GetIsPlayer: 1 if the player is driving the consist, not necessarily that particular engine.

[Machinist]

Kali, very intersting indeed.