Using Portals

[PhilipE]

Hi!

I'm running a scenario using the West Coast Main Line route, and using no less than 23 portals controlled by sforget's marvellous central portal control rule.

The problem I have is that after saving a scenario, the portals re-emit immediately, even though, for example, at the time of saving, they might have, say, another hour before a train is due from them. As you can imagine, this can cause the most undesirable congestion, and more often than not causes me to abandon the whole thing, starting again from scratch (i.e. 6am!). As I'm not allowed to run it for more than 2 hours maximum (washing up etc. to do), I haven't been able to run any sort of lengthy simulation.

Does anyone have any idea as to how I might prevent the portals' emitting trains immediately, after saving? Only about half of them are set to issue trains, and most of those are set to immediately issue trains on opening the scenario from the beginning. I'm running Trainz2006.

Any suggestions will be welcomed.

PhilipE

 

[fran1]

do a search for portals, I remember an issue with one type not working correctly, the short one I think, that could be your answer.

 

[Dermmy]

Hi!

...and most of those are set to immediately issue trains on opening the scenario from the beginning. I'm running Trainz2006.

Any suggestions will be welcomed.

PhilipE

Philip when you save and re-start a session the portal clocks are reset to 'zero' - they do not stay with the game clock, so if they are set to issue trains at commencement they will do so every time you re-start a session.

Suggest that instead of issuing 'start-up' trains from the portals, you place them physically on the route near the portals, then let the portals issue on-going traffic.

Andy

 

[PhilipE]

Hello Andy

What a good idea! I'll give it a try immediately!

PhilipE

 

[Mr_D]

uncheck the box that says start immediately.