There are a number of features that aren't currently explained in the game because I didn't want to plaster text all over the game and haven't gotten around to a tutorial yet. So here are some features that aren't obvious:
- Pulling the trigger while not grabbing anything will make you point which is used for interacting with objects in a few different ways.
- To ride an engine or car, point at it and click the toughpad. It's a little tricky to get out of some of the cars right now, point at the floor and wildly click the touchpad.
- When driving an engine, the dial beneath the throttle lever determines which direction the engine will go when it reaches a switching track. Straight up means the engine will go in the switches current direction.
- While holding a table, you can toggle it snapping by clicking the touchpad. This is useful for aligning multiple tables to make a larger building area.
- You can delete a piece (or table) by grabbing it and then holding the grip button for 0.5 seconds.
- When not holding anything, you can hold the grip button and move your controller to drag the playspace around. This is useful if you have a small play area or are playing while seated.
- You can summon the toolbox to your controller by pressing/holding the menu button.
Inside the toolbox are a number of...tools. You can open the toolbox by pulling the lever on the righthand side.
- The save manager allows you to load saved layouts. The demo ships with a few example layouts that I created. You can load a layout by grabbing the desired picture and touching it to the box at the bottom of the manager.
- The save camera allows you to take a picture of your current layout by clicking the touchpad while holding it. This picture will be added to the save manager so that you can reload it later. Currently you can have 20 thumbnails after which old saves are removed and archived. Support for more saves will come later. You can share your saved layouts with others by sending them the relevant png from the saves directory located in the Locomancer install directory.
- The remote control allows you to control engines while still in the overview mode. While holding the remote, point it at an engine (there is a laser dot to show you where it's pointing) and click the touchpad. You should now be able to adjust the speed, brake, and switch direction with the relevant controls. You can push the buttons on the remove by poking them while pointing.
- You can adjust the brightness of the overhead light by grabbing and turning the light dimming dial.
- You can toggle the tooltips by pointing and poking the toggle button.
Eventually there will be a tutorial that guides you through all of these.