Thanks to our friend Tomas, we have added some new hotkeys in addition to the old ones. Tomas said:
“Hi, I use a Mac computer so you could set the BOW thrust to (Q=left) and (W=right). Then STERN thrust could be (A=left) and (S=right).
I also found a very nice shareware program called “USB-overdrive” for Mac. With that I can set any key on my joystick to correspond to any keyboard key as desired. Might be of interest for other Mac users playing around with your sim.
Thanks for listening to me. Most appreciated that you help us out as you do.”
Our response:
“We have kept all the old keys the same because I don’t want to confuse existing users, but we have added the following keys:
BOW thruster to (Q=left) and (W=right). (Hold down to activate.)
STERN thruster could be (A=left) and (S=right). (Hold down to activate.)
Left Shifter (Separate shifter/throttle) or Left Throttle/Shifter (Integrated shifter/throttle) (E = increase RPM) and (D = decrease RPM)
Return left shifter to neutral and RPM to 600 (Key C)
Right Shifter (Separate shifter/throttle) or Right Throttle/Shifter (Integrated shifter/throttle) (R = increase RPM) and (F = decrease RPM)
Return right shifter to neutral and RPM to 600 (Key V)
Right Throttle or (Throttle/Shifter combination) (T = increase RPM) and (G = decrease RPM)
Left Throttle (Separate shifter/throttle) (T=increase RPM) and (G = decrease RPM)
Right Throttle (Separate shifter/throttle) (Y=increase RPM) and (H = decrease RPM)
Rudder (U = CCW) and (I = CW)”
TheBoatDocker Group
Love the simulator. My buddy just bought a twin screw trawler and loves the theoretical practice before he does it with the real boat. The separate wind and current controls are very helpful to simulate real world docking!
I am attempting to build a small set of controls that simulates a typical Dual quadrant boat control with an arduino setup.
Nice Work and thanks for building this!
-ds
Good luck with that. Let me know if you have success and we can post the results.