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| routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 10:46 #31512 | |
pudwink
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hi all I have just started running the trent simulator and for the life of me i can not work out how to route a train out of a sidings for example eastcroft tmd into platform 6. i am sure it is something simple but any help please Log in to reply |
| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 10:47 #31513 | |
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guidomcc
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In the F3 menu, make sure 'display all shunt signals' is ticked. HTH Log in to reply |
| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 10:54 #31514 | |
jc92
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for trains exiting eastcroft TMD, only the left hand shunt signal (261) needs to be cleared
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| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 11:00 #31515 | |
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pudwink
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thanks now i can start playing
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| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 13:45 #31521 | |
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Josie
310 posts |
This is one of the questions that comes up again and again with new players - and lots of sims/timetables are unplayable without using shunt signals because of things like sidings. Has anyone ever mooted having that box ticked by default, with an option to turn it off if you know what the implication is?
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| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 14:00 #31523 | |
Gwasanaethau
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" said:This is one of the questions that comes up again and again with new players - and lots of sims/timetables are unplayable without using shunt signals because of things like sidings. Has anyone ever mooted having that box ticked by default, with an option to turn it off if you know what the implication is? When I started reading this post, I thought exactly the same thing. Log in to reply |
| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 14:21 #31525 | |
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jc92
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" said:This is one of the questions that comes up again and again with new players - and lots of sims/timetables are unplayable without using shunt signals because of things like sidings. Has anyone ever mooted having that box ticked by default, with an option to turn it off if you know what the implication is?i dont actually understand why that option exists as i cant understand anyone needing, or wanting to turn it off, however im quite open to anyone explaining the advantages joe "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply |
| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 14:40 #31527 | |
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guidomcc
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When I first started playing SimSig, I started on Southampton and for many months whenever I had to shunt a train i would just PSAD each signal that was invisible to me - I was too scared to ask on the forum 
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| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 14:58 #31530 | |
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Jan
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I think this stems from Simsig's origin as an IECC simulator. Real IECCs have both overview and detail views. I guess that in order to simplify things a bit (and probably because the overview layout takes up less screen space as well), Simsig's screen layout is based on that of the overview screens of the real thing. As a compromise, you can then choose to show some of the features of the detail view, like point positions, track circuit breaks, and of course the shunt signals via the Settings dialogue. Having said that, having the shunt signals to be shown by default does seem a sensible idea. Two million people attempt to use Birmingham's magnificent rail network every year, with just over a million of them managing to get further than Smethwick. Last edited: 12/04/2012 at 15:04 by Jan Log in to reply The following users said thank you: guidomcc, Gwasanaethau |
| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 16:59 #31544 | |
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Lardybiker
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I will put in a Feature request
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| Re: routing trains out of sidings 12/04/2012 at 17:25 #31545 | |
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Lardybiker
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Feature request made....
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