Trigger Radius

stouthm

Get over it
On a different thread I stated that some of my switches are changing directions before the entire consist goes past which results in derailments. Would lessening the trigger radius prevent that? Right now they are set at 20 whatever and I'm thinking if I change it to 10 or 5 it should stop them from changing before the consist passes. Right or wrong? Thanks.
 
In TS12 the switch should stay locked (if I remember correctly; can't check right now), no matter what the trigger wants. Have you patched your game to at least build 49922?

Changing the radius is not going to solve anything.
 
I'm at build 61388 and I watched the consist pass the switch last night and on some of the switches it changed directions with 1-3 cars still to pass the switch causing derailments. It is a long consist, about a mile long, but that shouldn't effect the switches. I will change the directions of the offending switches and see what happens. Unfortunately it's a long process since I'm running the Mojave Sub. Stay tuned.
 
I think that is the problem, when a long consist pass's over a second switch further down the like, that triggers the first trailing switch to revert to its normal state direction
 
This is a long time issue that has been around since long time ago. I encourage you to do this: Take a look at the place the points are in relation to the turnout spline. Normally it is at the center. If so, most likely, sooner or later, a last car may derail. I have 100% success moving the points to near the border of the circle of the spline away from the turnout. Why? I am still waiting for somebody that is able to explain why. But so far, people that has done what I suggested, have stop complaining. If it works for me and others, it should do for you.
 
Not to create an untrue urban legend, but a switch lever can be laid on either the R or L rail ... zoom in when laying levers, and from directly overhead of the normal rail, click exactly on that normal rail, and not the diverging rail. This goes for signals and many other trackside assets. And the direction of which the rail is laid may cause inconsistencies in operations.
 
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