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Unofficial Driver Guide

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This guide will cover the basic steps to setting up your trolleybus and driving in TRP, along with some helpful tips.

This guide only covers how to set up and drive the ZIU-682

Pre-Setup

Step 1 - Get your toolbox

Click on the brown table and select “Toolbox” when the UI pops up.

Step 2 - Find your vehicle

Locate your vehicle by looking at your toolbox and matching the vehicle number with it.

Step 3 - Place the toolbox

Enter your bus (your doors are currently unpressurized, left click on them to open them), then hold V and click to place it on an empty floor area.

(You can access the contents of the toolbox by left-clicking it)

Step 4 - Repeat this for the destination board container

Head back and grab your destination board container,

Then place it inside your bus

(You can access the contents of the destination board container by left-clicking it)

This step is not required for ZIU-682 service

Pole setup

Step 1 - Replace pole heads

Checklist:

  1. Grab 2 “Pole head insert”s from “Toolbox”
  2. Grab “Pole head wrench” from “Toolbox”
  3. Climb the ladder
  4. Left-click on the hatch to open it
  5. Right click on both pole head inserts while holding the pole head wrench to remove them
  6. Hold V while holding the pole head inserts you received from your toolbox to place new ones in their place

You can now put all your tools away

Step 2 - Wiring the poles

Left-click on the two black dots on the back of the bus, Then use the Q and E keys to change the height of the poles.

You can control the poles and guide them to the nearest overhead wires by walking around

Powering on the bus

Step 1 - Turn on the circuit breakers

Checklist:

  1. Turn on main power breaker (lever to the right)
  2. Turn on fan and generator motor breaker
  3. Turn on compressor breaker
  4. Turn on backup fan ang generator motor breaker

In the winter:

  1. Turn on front heater breaker

Steps required for ZIU-10 and ZIU-682 EMU to function are not mentioned here

Step 2 - Turn on the large switches

Checklist:

  1. Turn on Power steering
  2. Turn on Battery

Step 3 - Turn on the small switches

Checklist:

  1. Control circuit
  2. Compressor
  3. Buzzer

At night*:

  1. Passenger interior light group 1
  2. Passenger interior light group 2
  3. Drivers cab light
  4. Parking lights
  5. Doorway lighting

During the winter season*:

  1. Passenger interior heater
  2. Passenger interior heater fan

*Drivers cab heater and lighting-related switches are optional.

Preparing to drive the bus

Step 1 - Reverser wrench

Hold V to place the reverser wrench behind and below the driver seat

Step 2 - Position the wrench

You can left-click around the wrench to move the wrench into the forward position, This wrench controls the direction the bus will go when you press W. Right-click around the wrench twice to move it to the neutral and then backward position.

Steps required for ZIU-10 to function are not mentioned here

Driving the bus - Switching

Splitters

This switch splits a single line into 2 lines, these are crucial for navigation.

To go left: apply throttle while driving over it (hold w)

To go right: Press E to disable control circuit while passing over the switch (make sure you turn it back on after passing the switch)

Speed limit: 15 km/h

Combiners

This switch combines 2 lines into a single line, these are crucial for navigation.

Speed limit: 15 km/h

Crossings

This is a crossing, it allows multiple lines to cross paths

Speed limit: 15 km/h