Trainz/Mouse use

Trainz Mice Click!

This page is dedicated to all the new Trainzers, and to those who haven't been around for a while because the software takes a lot of learning. Here we link a page with a brief on how the mouse is used in various Trainz modules. In most cases, the use is quite instinctive, but this page gives us a way to just begin loading data into your learning curves without explaining on everypage what this stuff means.

Mouse use notations

1. LMB - Left Mouse Button, click
   1. In Driver, will attach your external camera to a traincar, even in another consist. Also operates the button controls in Driver, just like Windows clickings, switch junctions using click toggle action, or (when in exernal or free camera mode) toggle/operate button organized controls like couple and decouple this or that hitch between cars.
   2. In Surveyor, attaches (puts down something) using the active selected tool or scenery object adder tool to the world mesh if in add mode; gets asset in the various get (identify or select the same asset) tools, and generally puts things down like scenery objects (buildings, bushes, animals, trees), spline objects (stretchy track, fences, telephone wires) or 'selects' them in some way (move this there, get that same thingy), including tools and tool panel controls.
   3. In Railyard, controls the click driven viewing menu modes.
2. LMBH - Left Mouse Button, Hold
   1. In Driver is used to select control in Cab Mode preparatory to dragging adjustment (e.g. throttles, air brake levers, Horn or steam engine whistle, etc.)
   2. In surveyor is used to select vertexes or assets preparatory to dragging (LMBHd) including changing surface elevations in the terrain up/down tool. [mode and tool dependent]
3. LMBHd - Left Mouse Button, Hold and drag
   1. In surveyor and driver is used to select and move things.
   2. In driver is used to select and move control levers, rotate valves or the DCC mode 'virtual dial control'.
4. RMB - Right Mouse Button, click
5. RMBH - Right Mouse Button, Hold
6. RMBHd - Right Mouse Button, Hold and drag
   1. In CM/CMP accesses a drop down menu, in which case you also need to drag, then release on the selection desired.
   2. In Surveyor and Driver - RMBHd is how we move (slide or fly) around. In Surveyor (and Driver's external camera view, or free camera 4 mode) it causes the camera position and your relative movement to operate as described in the below Tip-box, enabling us to get around in the virtual worlds of Trainz.

Keyboards

Driver

driver
TRAIN CAMERA FORWARD	+
TRAIN CAMERA BACKWARD	-
TRAIN DCC DOWN	X, , (comma)
TRAIN DCC UP	W, .
TRAIN DCC STOP	S, /,
TRAIN DCC HANDBRAKE	A, ' (apostrophe)
TRAIN CABIN BRAKE RELEASE	Q, KP9, KPPgUp
TRAIN CABIN BRAKE LAP	Z, KP6, KPRight
TRAIN CABIN BRAKE APPLICATION	A, KP3, KPPgDn
TRAIN CABIN BRAKE EMERGENCY	PAUSE
TRAIN CABIN INDBRAKE TOGGLE	E, KP4, KPLeft
TRAIN CABIN INDBRAKE BAIL	D, KP0, KPIns
TRAIN CABIN THROTTLE UP	W, KP8, KPUp
TRAIN CABIN THROTTLE DOWN	X, KP2, KPDn
TRAIN CABIN THROTTLE 0	S, KP5, KPClear
TRAIN CABIN REV FORWARD	F, KPstar
TRAIN CABIN REV BACKWARD	R, KPslash
TRAIN CABIN DYN TOGGLE	C, KP7, KP HOME
TRAIN CABIN SHOVEL COAL	Space
TRAIN CABIN COALMAN WAVE	SHFT+Space
TRAIN CABIN FANS	SHFT+F
TRAIN CABIN FIREBOX DOOR TOGGLE	KP1, KPEnd, END,
TRAIN CABIN REGULATOR UP	W, ., KP8, KPUp
TRAIN CABIN REGULATOR DOWN	S, /,KP2, KPDn
TRAIN CABIN REVERSER UP	F, KPstar
TRAIN CABIN REVERSER DOWN	R, KPslash
TRAIN CABIN INJECTOR UP	I
TRAIN CABIN INJECTOR DOWN	O
TRAIN CABIN INJECTOR2 UP	SHFT+I
TRAIN CABIN INJECTOR2 DOWN	SHFT+O
TRAIN CABIN BLOWER UP	N
TRAIN CABIN BLOWER DOWN	SHFT+N
TRAIN CABIN RESET TRIPMETER	T
TRAIN CABIN TOGGLE DRAINCOCKS	ALT+D
TRAIN CABIN AWS RESET	ALT+Space, INS
TRAIN CABIN AWS ISOLATE	ALT+1
TRAIN CABIN AWS ACTIVATE	ALT+2
TRAIN CABIN TPWS RESET	ALT+3
TRAIN CABIN TPWS ISOLATE	ALT+4
TRAIN CABIN TPWS ACTIVATE	ALT+5
TRAIN CABIN TPWS OVERRIDE	ALT+6
TRAIN CABIN DRA ON	ALT+7
TRAIN CABIN DRA OFF	ALT+8
TRAIN CABIN EMERGENCY STOP	ALT+9
TRAIN CABIN MASTER SWITCH ON	ALT+0
TRAIN CABIN MASTER SWITCH OFF	ALT+0
TRAIN CABIN ENGINE ON	ALT;[
TRAIN CABIN ENGINE OFF	ALT;]
TRAIN CABIN PANEL LAMP TEST	ALT+\
TRAIN CABIN VIGILANCE FOOT PEDAL	ALT+~ (tilde)
TRAIN CABIN WIPERS ON	ALT* comma
TRAIN CABIN WIPERS OFF	ALT . (period)
TRAIN CABIN HARDWARE 0	ALT
TRAIN CABIN HARDWARE 1	ALT+'
TRAIN HEADLIGHT TOGGLE	L
TRAIN HIGHBEAM TOGGLE	SHFT+L
TRAIN DITCHFLASH TOGGLE	;
TRAIN PANTOGRAPH TOGGLE	KP1, KPEnd, END,
TRAIN HORN	H, KP, +
TRAIN SAND	V, KP, -
TRAIN BELL	B
CAMERA UP	↑
CAMERA DOWN	↓
CAMERA LEFT	&lar;
CAMERA RIGHT	&rar;
CAMERA ZOOM IN	PgUp
CAMERA ZOOM OUT	PgDwn
CAMERA MOD CONTROL	L-CRTL, R-CRTL
camera mod SHFT	L-SHFTkey, R-SHFTkey
HUD HELP TOGGLE	CTRL+H
CAMERA INTERNAL	1
CAMERA EXTERNAL	2
CAMERA TRACKING	3
CAMERA ROAMING	4
CAMERA CAR	SHFT+ALT+CTRL+C, SHFT+ALT+CTRL+A, SHFT+ALT+CTRL+R, SHFT+ALT+CTRL+Z
CAMERA PREV	[
CAMERA NEXT	]
CAMERA PREV FAST	CTRL+[
CAMERA NEXT FAST	CTRL+]
CMD METRIC TOGGLE	G
MODE DECOUPLE TOGGLE	CTRL+D
CMD CLOSE	ESC
CMD WIREFRAME TOGGLE	CTRL+W
CMD TRUEWIREFRAME TOGGLE	ALT+W
CMD FINDOBJECT	CTRL+F
MODE MAP TOGGLE	M, CTRL+M
CMD PAUSE	P
CMD HELP	F1
HUD INTERFACE TOGGLE	F5
HUD DRIVERBAR TOGGLE	F6
HUD BUTTONBAR TOGGLE	F7
HUD CUSTOMHUD TOGGLE	F8
HUD CONTROLS TOGGLE	F9
CMD SAVE	CTRL+S
CMD LOAD	CTRL+L
HUD OBJECTIVE TOGGLE	↵ Enter
CMD TUNING	CTRL+T
DEBUG LOG CAMERA ANGLE	CTRL+F7
DEBUG SHOW AUTOPILOT SIGNAL	ALT+HOME
TRAIN REVERSE HEADING	ALT+C
CMD SCRIPT OBJECTIVES	K
TOGGLE NEXT JUNCTION	J
TOGGLE PREV JUNCTION	CTRL+J
DRIVER 1	CTRL+1
DRIVER 2	CTRL+2
DRIVER 3	CTRL+3
DRIVER 4	CTRL+4
DRIVER 5	CTRL+5
DRIVER 6	CTRL+6
DRIVER 7	CTRL+7
DRIVER UP	CTRL
DRIVER DOWN	CTRL+-
CMD TOGGLE HEADTRACKER	ALT+H

Moving in Trainz

Surveyor Options menu, allows two map mode or movement controls to be modified to the users preferences. The default mode when the game first boots to operate many find confusing because the mouse controls camera position sliding, altitude, and rotation all in one, when and if panning. We recommend this combination initially for the best easiest operations: (New users have enough to get used to without the disorientation the default controls can give.) Camera behavior - Rotation not Panning (default) Compass Movement - Mouse or Keyboard These options are accessible in the Main Menu > Surveyor Options and affect behavior in both Driver and Surveyor operations. Movement around in Trainz will then become instinctive and intuitive, use the ← and → arrow keys to rotate, the ↑ and ↓ keys to tilt the view, roll the thumbwheel to zoom in or out. The camera is offset from the screen center at all times by the combination of the ↑ and ↓ setting and zoom, focused away from the center aiming circle. Tilting the camera angle down, causes the camera viewpoint to rise above its location, allowing look down viewing at most any angle. When moving tilted down, some of us call it flying the route, for it's free as a bird with the similar viewpoint. Rotate relative to North-South as noted above, thereafter RMBH and move the mouse away from the center aiming point will cause the camera viewpoint to slide proportional to the distance the mouse tip deviates from center. It will move rapidly if you press the button farther away, so can cover ground quickly, slower if you keep it held down closer to on target. You'll also quickly learn (to the point it becomes unconscious and instinctive) to position the mouse tip near center screed before clicking the LMB when in rhe free camera modes. That is the only mode inside Surveyor. Driver has four camera modes: In Cab, external on the consist (attached to any one car), fixed or Tracking cameras (if and when some are pre-placed by route builders), and free camera mode (you can fly or walk the ground). With the wrong choice of angle and in some terrain you can teleport a mile or so in one click, so don't click on far away hills unless you want to go there! A single click RMB off center will jump the locus to the new point off to the side in the current (panorama) view). Rotation relative to the cartesian world (N-S) axis is fixed unless you use the arrow keys to change it. This jump mode is similar in the minimap as well, on which sliding does not work. That is accessed pressing CTRL+M (or just M in Driver, where CTRL+M also works. Click on a locus away from the aiming target/center and hop around the map in the same orientation North=to=South. Roll the mouse wheel in the minimap to zoom in or expand your view outwards (so the map shows more terrain, but less detail.) It'll take only a few minutes and only a few trys to master.

Menu's Hotkeys

menu
MAIN DRIVER	D
MAIN SURVEYOR	S
MAIN RAILYARD	R
MAIN SCENARIOS	E
MAIN EXCHANGE	X
MAIN CREDITS	C
MAIN QUIT	ESC, Q
SVYR MAINMENU	ESC, M
SVYR NEW	N
SVYR DELETE	D
SVYR ACCEPT	↵ Enter
SVYR TRAINZMAP	T
DRVR MAINMENU	ESC, M
DRVR PANEL	Tab ↹
DRVR DELETE	D
DRVR INFO	I
DRVR ACCEPT	↵ Enter
SCEN BACK	ESC, M
SCEN ACCEPT	↵ Enter
YARD MAINMENU	ESC, M
YARD FAVORITES	F
YARD INFO	Tab ↹
YARD HORN	H
YARD LIGHTS	L
YARD PANTS	P
YARD LOW BEAM	SHFT+L
YARD DITCH
YARD INTERFACE TOGGLE	CTRL+Space
YARD CLOSE	CTRL W, CTRL+Q

Minimap hotkeys

minimap
MINIMAP BG	ALT+B
MINIMAP GRADIENTS	ALT+G
MINIMAP JUNCTIONS	ALT+J
MINIMAP SIGNALS	ALT+S
MINIMAP TRIGGERS	ALT+T
MINIMAP TRACKMARKS	ALT+M
MINIMAP INDUSTRIES	ALT+I
MINIMAP NAMEDOBJECTS	ALT+N
MINIMAP OBJECTS	ALT+O
MINIMAP CONSISTS	ALT+C
MINIMAP TS LABELS	ALT+L