Opening doors at trackark?

[phadis]

To build my stations I use AJS invisble stations for the graphics, and i use a trackmark for reference to the train driver. But whatever I do the doors will not open at the platform. I've tried the unload and load queries, but they will not work, The train is just standing at the platform waiting for jesus or something.. What should I do to force the stop?

 

[schweitzerdude]

You don't need trackmarks for this. Give the invisible station a name, then in the driver instructions, use "navigate to station name/platform" and "load" and it should work.

 

[dnevans8]

While Drive to or Navigate to are the simplest ways to get passenger trains to stop/load/unload at stations there are occasions when they do not seem to work, eg, some combinations of coaches and locomotives fail to stop at some stations.
Also you might want a local train to stop at a different position to an often much longer mainline passenger service. In this instance driving to a trackmark is more versatile. To get trains to open their doors and to load/unload passengers there are commands available.

The simplest is the StopTrain commands:

kuid:131986:1020 and kuid 131986:150150

Issue these after the drive to trackmark command and the train will come to a stop and open doors and load/unload passengers as if you had manually driven to the station and stopped.

Another useful one is:

Load passengers, kuid2:192081:5:2

which issued after the drive to trackmark command will stop the train and open the doors on either the left or right side of the train, your choice, then close the doors and continue with your list of commands. Unfortunately, it does not always load/unload passengers but this can be useful if you have a number of services using the platform and it could look wrong if all the passengers were to board a single train and leave the platform empty.

 

[Bill69]

Hi phadis,

I have somtimes had trouble with trainz not loading properly at AJS stations in TS2010. As a workaround I place a catch point just past the station and use either an 04 signal or a dwarf signal to protect the catch point. This means the train will arrive at the station with a red signal showing just a bit farther along the track. After the train stops and loads the driver will then be looking for his next trackmark, the catch point and signal will then change to clear him on his way.

Cheers,
Bill69

 

[Scottbe8]

Interesting idea. There are plenty of invisible signals out there that you could use instead.

The problem, by the way, persists in TS12. I believe the AJS stations were designed specifically for use with TRS 2004/2006.