Path Control

[Mick_Berg]

I've been playing with Brumfondel's Path Control rule lately, and I wonder how many other people are using it, and if anyone can answer a couple of questions.

Firstly, the rule finds its own paths, which is really neat. But how can you make a path end sooner? Example, you start a path and it automatically finds a path through junctions 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 and includes those junctions in the path. But how do you make the path end at junction 4?

Second, I'm constantly getting an error message when I add path commands in Driver. It doesn't actually do any harm, it seems, but it's a pain. Does anyone know of a cause for this, eg a conflicting command?

If you zoom in on your browser you can read the error.

And, a warning, don't delete a path in the Path Rule when you still have it referenced by a Path Set command in your Driver commands! You won't be able to remove it because an error window will pop up and cover it! I had to delete the driver completely and re-enter all his commands.

I'd like to hear other people's comments about the PathControl rule generally.

Thanks,
Mick Berg.

 

[segy]

Hi Mick

I used path control for the first session of my Crewe route. Whilst it is a great rule I found that it was necessary to have dummy junctions between signals - you couldn't set it up just to go from one signal to the next without an intervening junction.

The other issue I found was that if a train reached a portal under path control Trainz invariably crashed. I can't say that this was due to using Path Control particularly although the problem did go away when I switched to using Path Rule - which is admittedly not as comprehensive and has it's own limitations.

Segy

 

[Mick_Berg]

Hi Mick

I used path control for the first session of my Crewe route. Whilst it is a great rule I found that it was necessary to have dummy junctions between signals - you couldn't set it up just to go from one signal to the next without an intervening junction.

The other issue I found was that if a train reached a portal under path control Trainz invariably crashed. I can't say that this was due to using Path Control particularly although the problem did go away when I switched to using Path Rule - which is admittedly not as comprehensive and has it's own limitations.

Segy

Thanks, all info much apppreciated. I've been using portals and Path Control together and haven't had any crashes. Just those pesky error messages.
Mick Berg.