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Reserved Words in RailWorks

When you're putting a blueprint together you've probably come to a mysterious blank text-entry box and wonder what you're supposed to put there. Unfortunately, the Blueprint Editor is not programmed to restrict your choices to the correct word entries.You know enough to comb through the RailWorks documentation and you've opened up some of the bin files to see what someone else has done. During this process you might have discovered that there are certain case-sensitive reserved words that RailWorks uses which must be precisely entered in the blueprints. And if you don't enter them correctly your model won't operate as you had expected. Or it won't load at all.

What follows is a list of most of the reserved words used in RailWorks. There are probably a few more we haven't found out about yet.

Control Names

First let's look at control names. Control names are used to identify the individual operating controls in the Control values section of a locomotive blueprint. They're also used in the Modifier chain section of audio control files.

SimpleThrottle
SimpleChangeDirection
Reverser
Regulator
FireboxDoor
LiveInjectorSteamOnOff
LiveInjectorWater
ExhaustInjectorSteamOnOff
ExhaustInjectorWater
Damper
Blower
Stoking
CylinderCock
EmergencyBrake
Horn
Bell
Sander
TrainBrakeControl (notch names follow)
   Direct
   MaxQuickRelease
   SelfLapped
   Hold
   HoldLapped
   NeutralHandleOff
   Minimalreduction
   FullService
   Suppression
   Emergency
   GraduatedQuickRelease
   Release
   ReleaseLapped
   EPApply
   EPHold
   Running
   GraduatedSelfLap
   Apply
   ContinuousService
   GraduatedSelfLapLimited
   GraduatedSelfLapLimitedHolding
   GraduatedSelfLapLimitedKeepPressure
EngineBrakeControl (notch names follow)
   Direct
   Release
SmallCompressorOnOff
SpeedometerMPH
VacuumBrakePipePressureINCHES
BoilerPressureGaugePSI
SteamChestPressureGaugePSI
SteamHeatingPressureGaugePSI
MainReservoirPressurePSI
EqReservoirPressurePSI
AirBrakePipePressurePSI
TrainBrakeCylinderPressurePSI
WaterGauge
Startup
Handbrake
WaterScoopRaiseLower
GlarePanels
Headlights
DoorsOpenClose
SafetyValve1
SafetyValve2
AbsoluteSpeed
BrakeAmount

Control Name Usage

The types of locomotive controls that are available in the simulation depends on the experience category the user has selected. The following lists are arranged by category and are defined in the default InputMappers files (path: Assets/Kuju/RailSimulatorCore/InputMappers). You can also define your own custom InputMapper files.

Simple

SimpleThrottle
SimpleChangeDirection
Wipers
Horn
EmergencyBrake
Headlights
ThrottleAndBrake

Intermediate

Reverser
CombinedThrottleBrake
Regulator
TrainBrakeControl
EngineBrakeControl
Horn
Startup
Wipers
Headlights
EmergencyBrake
ThrottleAndBrake

Expert

Headlights
GlarePanels
Wipers
EmergencyBrake
Reverser
Regulator
TrainBrakeControl
EngineBrakeControl
Handbrake
AWSReset
EngineStart
EngineStop
Sander
Horn
DynamicBrake
WarningSystemReset
StartShutdown
FireboxDoor
ExhaustInjectorSteamOnOff
ExhaustInjectorWater
SmallCompressorOnOff
LiveInjectorSteamOnOff
LiveInjectorWater
Damper
Blower
Stoking
CylinderCock
WaterScoopRaiseLower
Startup
PantographControl
IncreaseControlStart
IncreaseControlStop
GearLever
CombinedThrottleBrake
ThrottleAndBrake

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