SAR Scenario Session Time Change

Revision as of 20:01, 13 November 2022

When in Driver mode, the session clock will be shown at the top right corner of the screen. The SAR Peterborough Base Session always starts with the clock showing 08:00. The time shown has no effect on the running of any of the scenarios in the SAR Peterborough Base Session as none of them have any rules or commands that refer to the clock.

However, you may prefer to have the session clock match the timetable for a selected run in one of the scenarios. For example, a timetabled train starting at a particular location at 12:30.

This page provides the instructions for changing the session clock time to display the time value you prefer.

Using TRS19 Platinium Edition, Trainz Plus and TRS22

These Trainz versions come with the UDS (Universal Driver Surveyor) feature that allows you to quickly switch between Driver and Surveyor modes and back again. This makes it very easy to change session parameters such as the clock time.

Step Switch from Driver to Surveyor

In Driver open the Tools Menu and select Edit in Surveyor. Note: If you have TRS22 with the annual Gold Class subscription or if you have Trainz Plus then you will see two Edit in Surveyor options - one for Surveyor Classic (the original Surveyor) and the other for Surveyor 2.0 (the new Surveyor). It does not matter which one you select.

Trainz will immediately switch from Driver to Surveyor.

Step Open the Session Editor

In Surveyor open the Edit Menu and select Edit Session.. This will open the Session Editor

The Session Editor contains all the Rules that control how a session operates. There is only one rule that we will be editing, the Time and Rate rule. Click on the Time and Rate rule and then click on the Edit button at the bottom left of the Session Editor window.

Step Edit the Session Start Time

The Time and Rate has just two simple controls - the session start time (in hours:minutes) and the speed at which time passes (the x value). To Change the Hour Click on the 8 This will open a dialogue window where you can enter the hour value, for example 12. Hours are in 24 hour format from 00 to 23. Click the Tick button on the Time Hour: dialogue window.

To Change the Minutes

Click on the 00

This will open a dialogue window where you can enter the minute value, for example 30. Minutes are from 00 to 59.

Click the Tick button on the Time Minute: dialogue window.

The new session start time will now be displayed in the Time and Rate Rule.

Click the Tick button on the bottom right of the Time and Rate Rule window.

The change will be confirmed by showing the time 12:30 in the Time and Rate Rule object in the Session Editor.

Step Commit the Time Change

At the bottom left of the Session Editor window are four buttons.

	Click the last button, Restart All Rules. This will restart any rules that have already started operating in the session.
	When the Restart task has been completed, the buttons will appear as shown on the left.
	Click the Tick button at the bottom right of the Session Editor screen. This will return you to the main Surveyor screen.

Step Switch Back To Driver

In Surveyor open the Edit Menu again and select Drive Session.. You will be switched back to Driver exactly where you were when you last left it to enter Surveyor. However, there will be one difference. The clock at the top right corner of the screen will now show the updated session start time.

Saving

Saving Your Modified Session

From Surveyor you can save your modified session like any other session. Press  Ctrl S  or select Save from the Main Menu. From the Save Session dialogue box, select the option Create a new session to avoid overwriting the original session.

Enter a meaningful name for the session, for example "Base Session 1230".

From Driver you can also save the new session in the same way you would save a game. Because you have made a change to a Session Setting (i.e. the Session Start Time) the first time you use the  Ctrl S  or select Save from the Main Menu, Trainz will save the session, as shown above, not just the current state of play (i.e. the "game").

Saving Your Current Game

Once you have saved a session, as described above, you are then able to save the current game play. Press  Ctrl S  or select Save from the Main Menu.

The default name will show the name of the session, in this case Base Session 1230, with the current date/time and play duration. You can change this if you wish.

This page was created by Trainz user pware in October 2022 and was last updated as shown below.