Run 8 Train Simulator 2012 - 2013

Run 8 Train Simulator 2012 - 2013 - Excellence in Railsimming

Run 8 Train Simulator's CTC Dispatching Mode

So you want to be a dispatcher eh? Well in Run 8 Train Simulator's CTC Dispatcher mode you can do just that!

WIP Run 8 Train Simulator CTC Dispatching Screen

And it all starts by pressing F3 which brings up our CTC Dispatching screen! The image above shows you what the dispatcher screen looks like if you are the designated dispatcher. If you are not the designated dispatcher you can still pull up this screen, however you will not see the signal, switch, and train indications. But we wanted you to be able to pull up this screen regardless so that you can take advantage of a really cool feature in Run 8 Train Simulator and that feature is the ability to "transport" to any control point on the route. And all you have to do to use this feature is put your cursor over one of the switch indicators (the little "N" or "R") and press down on your mouse wheel and you will instantly transport to that switch location! We told you it was cool!

As a dispatcher using this screen you can change signal displays, and reverse and normalise switches which is done by left clicking on them with your mouse. You can also unlock any of the ctc switches by putting your cursor over it and holding down the right mouse button for five seconds until the indication turns blue. This feature comes in handy if you have a local working out at a siding and they need to make several moves over a control point.

Another feature we incorporated into Run8 CTC Dispatching is the screen's night mode which turns a little darker with a reddish hue for those late night session's you want to run.

As some of you know there is allot involved in being a good dispatcher and we will provide some useful guidelines to help you with that in the program. We will also provide you with some work sheets that you can print out as well to help you track trains in a session which we think you will find useful as well.

And there is one more screen that can be brought up by pressing Shift-F3 which brings up a signal indication chart, and a timetable for the route which shows stations, speed limits, detector locations, and siding lengths all of which we think you will find useful too.

Okay, that sums up the Run 8 CTC Dispatching for now, if we can think of anything else we will update this page. To go back to our Home page Click Here