How to use the Motorman in Real Train Mod

    Well, hi there! Obviously, this is my first blog post, but I'm not going to introduce myself, since you either already know, or, uhh, can read it on the About Me page. Back in the days of Minecraft 1.7.10 I had been playing it with RealTrainMod, and there had been no tutorials on how to use many items from it in any of the languages I know. The one that had gotten me interested particularly had been the Motorman. It's an NPC that lets you automate your trains. Let me mention what I'm using in this post:

• Minecraft 1.12.2
• RealTrainMod 2.4.24
• NGTLib 2.4.21
• fixRTM 2.0.28

    When you have set up your railway, you should place down a train at the starting point of your route, mount it and use the command /trec to start recording the route. Whenever you move "the handle" (press W/S) or open/close the doors (and perhaps play announcements, but I haven't checked it), it's being recorded to a macro file. In order to finish recording, run /trec again.

    Now return to the starting point, spawn a new train, and then put a motorman in the front driver's seat by right-clicking on the bogey as you would usually mount it. Right-clicking the motorman will open a menu with all your recorded macros. Double-click to set one. The NPC driver will then proceed with your route.

    Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to rename and delete macros in Minecraft itself. Although, you can go to .minecraft/mods/rtm/macros directory and examine them here — macros are basically text files with instructions in them. It also seems like there's no way to make the motorman loop (repeat the route).

    A rather important note: on Minecraft 1.12.2 the motorman doesn't work without fixRTM. Also, since RTM is somewhat "abandoned", or well, outdated, and you want to build an automated railway/tramway/subway or even other kinds of public transportation, it may be worth to check out Minecraft Transit Railway mod.