What Is It?
RDE Rail Simulator © is a new computer program, currently being developed by AHSware. RDE RS is a computer simulation of the operation of a railroad diesel locomotive. The program is a Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Application, and is designed to run under Windows XP/7/10/11.
RDE RS is designed to be fun and "easy to operate" while still providing a realistic diesel locomotive operating experience.
All of the simulator's controls are displayed in dialog boxes for quick reference.
Right clicking the mouse brings up a context menu for access to the locomotive, view, environment, etc., control dialog boxes.
The simulator has forward and reverse cab views, and allows the user to set two forward and one reverse external views. The external views can be adjusted vertically and panned horizontally, and retain their most recent positions when switched.
The user can adjust time of day/set fog effects with the environmental controls.
The simulator's heads-up display makes it easy to operate the locos while in external view mode.
A popup map view displays the current route and issues instructions enroute as to speed limits, freight to pickup/dropoff, etc.
A violations dialog box displays accumulated speed and operating violations.
Work is under way on developing interfaces for 3rd party creation of routes.
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