Industries interactive with NG2 , NG3, and STD guage track

[jjanmarine3]

Hi guys,

Are there industries available where NG2, NG3 and STD guage rolling stock can be loaded and unloaded to and fro from their respective gauges.
or can one combine existing industries or create such industries.

Jan

 

[GP30Fan]

My take... I don't work with NG2 or NG3, just standard gauge... but...

I don't think the industries care what the track gauge happens to be.
They will do the same thing and carry out the same activities reguardless
of what the track gauge happens to be.

What does matter is all in the config file. This is where the attached track
kuid resides. You can specify whatever track you might want and the industry
will continue to do its thing.

Pick your prefered track and specify that track as the attached track in the
industry config file and it should work just fine.

-AL

 

[jjanmarine3]

My take... I don't work with NG2 or NG3, just standard gauge... but...

I don't think the industries care what the track gauge happens to be.
They will do the same thing and carry out the same activities reguardless
of what the track gauge happens to be.

What does matter is all in the config file. This is where the attached track
kuid resides. You can specify whatever track you might want and the industry
will continue to do its thing.

Pick your prefered track and specify that track as the attached track in the
industry config file and it should work just fine.

-AL

Thanks for the info, but can one get the industries to offload say from NG2 rolling stock that arrives and load that same product over onto waiting or arriving NG3 and SG r/stock in the same industry , in other words a triple purpose industry with three different guage tracks running through it. I know that industries accept and adjust different guage tracks as required in surveyor, I am looking for an industry that can do this or be modified to do this.

 

[RPearson]

Normally the "attached-track" used by an industry changes automatically to the track that you connect to it.

If it doesn't it's because the content creator decided he didn't want that behavior for some reason and added a "useadjoiningtracktype 0" tag to the "track x" container(s) within the attached-track container in the industry's config file. You can change the 0 to 1 and make the industry use your connecting track and see what happens. Ususlly it's for some visual effect the content creator wants to keep like a special kind of track or with a special ballast or no ballast.

Conversely if you want to use some special type of track - different from the track you're connecting to the indusry then you have to follow AL's advice and change the track kuid in the track container and also add the "useadjoiningtracktype 0" tag in the track container.

Like AL said the trains run on any track regardless of gauge or appearance.


What the industries can do is handled by the script they use. Usually if there are separate resources in and products out tracks you can use different gauges for the tracks. The track really doesn't matter.

If you're just looking for "transfer industries" that transfer the commodities from cars on one gauge track to cars on another gauge there are a few out there that work with 2 gauges. I think there's a pro lars industry that can be set up like this. I don't know of any that support more than 2 guages. Again the script the industry uses controls what happens. There's nothing in Trainz that prevents it but I don't think ones been written to support this kind of an industry.

Bob Pearson

 

[Shortline2]

Hi,

Speaking about Transfer scripts for Trainz. Have anybody seen a transfer industry where one don't have to store the goods coming from one rail side before entering with the second train to pick it up?

In other words, all transfers I seen till this day - OK, I am not much in Trainz anymore... - works only if I unload then remove my unload train, then enters with my other train to pick up the load.

I tries years back to have one where I could transfer from a car (looking like a horse wagon) into a rail car and was never able to make it work, neither on a ore dumping thing, had to store and enter with my train after the ore had been dumped in order to get it out again.

Hence, this thread caught my interest, big time, as my weakest point is the industry stuff and maybe, maybe I could learn something in here to strengthen that side.

Linda

 

[jjanmarine3]

Normally the "attached-track" used by an industry changes automatically to the track that you connect to it.

Bob Pearson

Thanks for these pointers too Bob. ( I deleted the rest of your answer hope you don't mind but we have them above )
I will chew on the answers and see if I can work things out thanks guys.
If you are wondering why I ask this question my reason is that one of my favourite routes is Northbay County & the Gossen Ore Run.There is so much scope to change things to your hearts content , plenty water for a harbour , many cool industries , NG2 & 3 tracks and rolling stock, and standard guage rolling stock available. I would like to try and incorporate such an industry/ies that I can set up for different products and have all three guages running close together .I like to modify rather than create at this stage till I know more about it.
Cheers
Jan

 

[RPearson]

Linda, good to see you posting from time to time. Trust all is well.

Jan, interesting that you mention Northbay County. 2 of the 3 responses you got were from people who worked on it for TRS2006. Both Linda and I are members of Trainz Narrowgaugers group that made it happen. She made most of the industries for that route. My part was a lot smaller - I just tried to make the industry scripts work the way she wanted them to. 8-(

As you say it has lots of possibilities to be developed and explored and was just recently upgraded to run in TS12.

Glad you enjoy it.

Bob Pearson

 

[jjanmarine3]

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Bob,
NG is tops and thanks for your hard work guys and gals
I want to run it in T12 but that is another story about errors questions and answers I still have to get to.(from my side off course )
I have a lot of fun joining the NG2 and 3 tracks into each other with spline joints , importing other cool NG assets and running both types of assets from Gossen to anywhere on the map and back. Remind me of the old days in South Africa where the NG ran inside the standard guage. I just pretend not to see that the axles don't fit :hehe:

Linda mentions and I quote " I tried years back to have one where I could transfer from a car (looking like a horse wagon) into a rail car and was never able to make it work, neither on a ore dumping thing, had to store and enter with my train after the ore had been dumped in order to get it out again." - unquote - I have often wondered about assets like army vehicles for example where one could drive them off ramps yourself and onto waiting rolling stock. Have not seen any that work like that though, big work for creators I guess.

Jan