Railroader On The STEAM DECK. How does it run? How playable is it? U.S railway sim
6Today we're playing Railroader on the Steam Deck.
The game's set on a map heavily based on a real life Southern Railway's Murphy Branch in western North Carolina USA. It's set around the 1940's-1950's in a transitional period between steam and diesel.
The game has 2 modes campaign and sandbox. In sandbox you can spawn in locos and consists and enjoy driving about. In campaign you run the railroad doing everything from business to driving the trains.
In campaign mode the game starts out with a tutorial on how to play showing you the basics and will slowly give you the reigns to carry on by yourself.
In the video we are playing on the SteamDeck using my controller profile. I've (hopefully) shared this and you should be able to download it.
To find and use the controller profile on the game page where the play button is click on the joypad button to the right. At the top it will say what profile you're using. It'll likely be mouse + keyboard. Click on this either using touch or your dpad and a button.
Now go to community layouts. If all is well you'll see mine there however if not head to the search button and search for "bluewizard" and hopefully it'll show. Now press the X button to apply the layout.
I have made as many notes as I can on the control profile itself but in-case you need them here is the layout.
Default Action Set - Use this outside the train.
Use Y button to toggle action sets.
Right joystick - left, right, up and down - When in 3rd person let go every once in a while to reset the mouse
Left joystick - move
Click in either joystick to jump.
Right trackpad -
- move mouse,
- Short click to left click with shift held down.@shift The shift doesn't affect most things but will allow you to connect and disconnect the hose with auto switching the valve on and off.
- Long hold to place flares - Aim at the track and long hold.
- Multiple clicks in a row to jump to a location
A button - Open dialogues up such as train and wagon menus. Use trackpad and short click to traverse menus.
B button - ESC. Essentially a back button
X button - Re-rail
Y button - Toggle action sets.
Left & Right dPad - Camera in and out.
Up & Down - If train is selected, sets outside camera front and back
HOLD up - If train is selected will place character in the driving seat of loco
Left Trigger - Speed up. Use whilst moving to move faster.
Right Trigger - Open dialogues up such as train and wagon menus. Use trackpad and short click to traverse menus.
Left Bumper - Toggle Signs on top of trains and wagons.
Right Bumper - Speed up. Use whilst moving to move faster.
REAR buttons L4 & R4 - 1st person and 3rd person cameras
Start - ESC - Back or main menu.
Select Button - Map
Use the track pad to move the map around and then multiple click (click click click etc..) to move to the location on the map.
Train Action Set - Use this when driving.
Use Y button to toggle action sets.
Where possible the buttons will work as the default set with these differences.
dPad Left & Right - Reverser
Left & Right trigger - Throttle up and down
Left and Right Bumper - Independent brake up and down
If the profile doesn't show for you let me know and I will try to share it again. If I've missed anything on the profile also do let me know.
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