Hey all.
In my alpha testing of my route, I've been struggling to figure out the signalling system. I know about signalling for switches, as I browsed a tutorial about that. However, the tutorials don't cover signalling for multiple trains occupying the same track.
I'm trying to have like 4 or 5 trolleys operate in one direction (outbound to the suburbs), and another 4 - 5 trolleys operate in the opposite direction on the adjacent track. As it stands, all the signals turn red if just one trolley is occupying the entire track, therefore making automated AI operation of the trolleys impossible.
Here's what I want to do...
Create a signal system in which signal blocks are like 100 meters apart. If a trolley is occupying a 100 meter "zone", the signal after the zone is green, but the signal before the zone is red. Then the signal just before the red signalled zone is yellow. Therefore making a "cruise, slow, stop, wait for trolley ahead of me to move on, then proceed further down the track" system.
Switches are only located at the endpoints of my route for the trolley to loop around to the other track, and also to create branch lines. There's no switches at all in the middle of the route, so no trolleys can jump over to the other track unexpectedly, like some AI's are prone to doing. Thus, switches are NOT the primary focus of my signalling stuff.
Any ideas or suggestions for this? Is there a script or particular signal I need to download? I need a signal preferably similiar to a traffic light- three lights in a signal box, vertical. Also, the signal needs to be like 4 - 5 feet off the ground, not 10 feet or so like most signals.
In my alpha testing of my route, I've been struggling to figure out the signalling system. I know about signalling for switches, as I browsed a tutorial about that. However, the tutorials don't cover signalling for multiple trains occupying the same track.
I'm trying to have like 4 or 5 trolleys operate in one direction (outbound to the suburbs), and another 4 - 5 trolleys operate in the opposite direction on the adjacent track. As it stands, all the signals turn red if just one trolley is occupying the entire track, therefore making automated AI operation of the trolleys impossible.
Here's what I want to do...
Create a signal system in which signal blocks are like 100 meters apart. If a trolley is occupying a 100 meter "zone", the signal after the zone is green, but the signal before the zone is red. Then the signal just before the red signalled zone is yellow. Therefore making a "cruise, slow, stop, wait for trolley ahead of me to move on, then proceed further down the track" system.
Switches are only located at the endpoints of my route for the trolley to loop around to the other track, and also to create branch lines. There's no switches at all in the middle of the route, so no trolleys can jump over to the other track unexpectedly, like some AI's are prone to doing. Thus, switches are NOT the primary focus of my signalling stuff.
Any ideas or suggestions for this? Is there a script or particular signal I need to download? I need a signal preferably similiar to a traffic light- three lights in a signal box, vertical. Also, the signal needs to be like 4 - 5 feet off the ground, not 10 feet or so like most signals.