That is single track. That you have two tracks alongside each other does not make it double track. For single track you can assume that the track direction is the direction you lay it in - there could be exceptions, but that would be unlikely. To check your direction of track place a track direction marker - it will default to the train direction. Buffers do the same thing. Signals and switches can be configured as left- or right-handed, so are less useful for indicating track direction.I am laying double track but as two single tracks laying parallel to each other. The track is TANE Trk Concrete <kuid2:523:19723203:2>.
That will work if the content creator has followed a sensible naming plan. It can't be relied on. You can check double track by laying a scrap section and placing trackmarks on each track to check which way it has been configured.When I get to laying dbl track I assume I should be able to identify its behavior by finding something in its name or config.txt file that states ++ or +-. You mention the way it works had changed for newer multiple track. Can the newer track be determined by Trainz version #?
There is no easy way to determine whether double track follows the new style or not, other than looking in the config file. Anything above 3.5 should be the new style, but I suspect that it wasn't actually enforced until 4.0.
In my experience laying a new section of track will not affect the direction of existing sections, so each incorrect section would need to be re-layed.. There are cases where the direction of existing track does get changed, but they are very specific to the items involved. Track direction markers are not related to track direction in any way at all other than that track direction determines the default direction for a new track direction marker when it is first placed on the track. I don't know what you are referring to about spline points affecting track direction - I made no comment about that.If a section of single track is pointing in the wrong direction then do all sections that are pointing in the wrong direction need to be deleted before correction will hold? I've attempted to delete a section between two spline points and then re-layed the track in the correct direction just to have the track marker indicate it is still pointing in the wrong direction.
That comment was about creating multiple track, not laying it. You lay multiple track in exactly the same way as you lay single track. But because of the way it was created (if it is the new style) the different tracks in a multiple track asset might have different directions. Obviously, that is not relevant for single track.3) You mention the correct way to lay multiple track is to use a dummy invisible spline and attach each track to that spline. Then the config file would determine the direction.