What are Portals?

[tallboy22]

When you build a layout, what is a portal?

 

[JIb228]

It depends, an iPortal lets you send trains to other users via the internet. While the other portal lets you send trains to other parts of the route.

Example: I set portal1 at the est end of my route, I then set portal2 10 miles tot he west. I can the run a train from the east portal through to the west portal with out using the track in between. Or with an iPortal, I can name it Jib123 and tell it to send to user tallboy22 portal boytall. Then I can send a coal train to your route and unload coal. And visa versa.


I am working on a route that uses to linked portals that Ii will soon be putting on the DLS, so keep an eye out for it and you can see what I mean.

 

[jadebullet]

Portals also allow you to send a train into it, have it load itself, turn around and return to your route. It also spawns trains onto your route.

 

[JIb228]

Yes, but you can set it to not do that. I set mine to send trains to the next portal and thats it.

 

[jadebullet]

yep, portals are really nice. i normaly set my branch lines that leave the map with the transporting ability while i set my mainline on spawning.