Here's a tutorial for those new to the Trainz Surveyor module. It deals with many aspects of getting your new route off to a good start. It covers such things as:
Working with track and switches
Making your turnouts look nice
Controlling train speed through a switch
An introduction to signalling
Working with signals
Installing bridges
An introduction to portals
Case studies in AI train operations
Trackside Industries
Using the ruler tool to keep your tracks straight
Sometimes 35 is faster than 60
Installing trackside cameras
Signalling crossovers and double track junctions
Installing a turntable and operating it under AI control.
***Update: August 2009. A new tutorial has been added, "Creating a Milepost System for your Route."
: A quick, easy method of placing your milesposts accurately.
: Placing mileposts, signals and speed limit signs in a tunnel.
*** Update: September 1st, 2009. A new tutorial section been added, "Bells, Horns and Fooling the AI", a number of mini-tutorials for improving your traffic flow.
: Using dummy junctions to improve train movement
: Adding automatic bells and horns at your passenger stations
: Using the Invisible Speed Signal selectively slow trains at a station
: Using a trackmark at a portal to improve train speed
: Improving signal operations at a divergence
We'll go into considerable detail on these issues, and the tutorials are now available as downloadable .pdf files you can print out at home. You can find the tutorial here: http://trains.0catch.com/tutorial.html
In addition, the main site has links to my own routes, Midwest Central and Erie Northern, plus two pieces of short railroad-related fiction. Find out more at http://trains.0catch.com
When new parts of the tutorial are released, they will be announced here--in this post; no need to go digging through the whole thread.
Chuck
Working with track and switches
Making your turnouts look nice
Controlling train speed through a switch
An introduction to signalling
Working with signals
Installing bridges
An introduction to portals
Case studies in AI train operations
Trackside Industries
Using the ruler tool to keep your tracks straight
Sometimes 35 is faster than 60
Installing trackside cameras
Signalling crossovers and double track junctions
Installing a turntable and operating it under AI control.
***Update: August 2009. A new tutorial has been added, "Creating a Milepost System for your Route."
: A quick, easy method of placing your milesposts accurately.
: Placing mileposts, signals and speed limit signs in a tunnel.
*** Update: September 1st, 2009. A new tutorial section been added, "Bells, Horns and Fooling the AI", a number of mini-tutorials for improving your traffic flow.
: Using dummy junctions to improve train movement
: Adding automatic bells and horns at your passenger stations
: Using the Invisible Speed Signal selectively slow trains at a station
: Using a trackmark at a portal to improve train speed
: Improving signal operations at a divergence
We'll go into considerable detail on these issues, and the tutorials are now available as downloadable .pdf files you can print out at home. You can find the tutorial here: http://trains.0catch.com/tutorial.html
In addition, the main site has links to my own routes, Midwest Central and Erie Northern, plus two pieces of short railroad-related fiction. Find out more at http://trains.0catch.com
When new parts of the tutorial are released, they will be announced here--in this post; no need to go digging through the whole thread.
Chuck
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