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Hi all,

After a long time I decided to reinstall Lomo with all mods i remembered. And i was still able to install everything with the help of this forum! Amazing it still exists!!
I also installed the brilliant Engine flipper mod. The problem is that im not able to turn around the engines, which should be possible if im correct with the history in my mind (could be messed up).
The flipper sounds do work and i have tried different setups, as stated in the flipper release post. Somehow the engines keep pointing in one direction.
F = front of engine
B = back of engine
W = Wagon.

What i have now with flippers (no matter the flipper setup) = FB-W-W-W-FB.
What i would like to have = FB-W-W-W-BF.
Im trying to avoid terminal stations but sometimes i cant get around them. Particular in that situation i would like to see the FB-W-W-W-BF setup. Is it possible to point engines a different way during train setup?

Greetings from Holland.

Hi Polar:

What engine type(s) are you using? That may make a difference.

I don't use electrics, and I haven't used any European engines in a long time, so I'm not sure what their defaults may be.

By default, U.S. steam engines always run facing forward, no matter where they are in a train. The steam flipper can change this so the second engine runs "backward." Make the steam flipper the second vehicle in the train.

By default, the first U.S. diesel runs forward, all subsequent diesels in a train run "backwards." The diesel flipper can change this so all engines run "forward." Make the diesel flipper the second vehicle in the train.

I've haven't tried the track sound flipper.

You may just really have to experiment to get things the way you want them.

Actually, the steam engines are completely unaffected by the flippers. If you want one of them to be backwards, build just the engine, place it on the track, and reverse its direction. Build the rest of the train as desired and the engine will remain flipped. Other than that, there is no way to reverse steamers.

Zakos wrote:Actually, the steam engines are completely unaffected by the flippers. If you want one of them to be backwards, build just the engine, place it on the track, and reverse its direction. Build the rest of the train as desired and the engine will remain flipped. Other than that, there is no way to reverse steamers.

Beautiful!! See, i knew there was a solution and my brains told me the flippers would do the trick...also called: tunnel vision
Thanks Zakos!

Greetz B.