I've been having a problem, which just gets weirder.
I bought the SP GP9 for my layout, which is mostly automated. Now I have a group of commands, it loads it's coal wagons under the mine chute, it pulls upto a trackmark, decouples from it's wagons and is supposed to go forward to another trackmark.
Once decoupled Trainz complains "Awaiting for Track Clearance", the signal ahead is green!
You're thinking, but this is Trainz's dodgy AI right? No, the signal is green! I've replaced the signal, the track, the trackmark. Same result.
Why are you posting about this JR loco? I hear you cry...
Well this is what is frustrating me... I changed the loco to another GP9 by someone else, same schedule. This time it's fine, the loco moves forward and completes it's schedule.
To test it, I put the JR GP9 back... It decouples, and just sits there complaining about track clearance.
Now the next level...
I change the engine spec on the GP9 to a random enginespec in the list... result, it decouples and moves forward!
Next test... remove the decouple command. So it stops where it usually decouples, but just moves onto the next command. Result, it moves forward and completes the schedule!
And the final test, which confuses me even more. I remove the load command from the coal mine, so it just travels through the mine. Result, it decouples and moves forward fine.
I know nothing about enginespecs but for some reason once the GP9 is decoupled it can't move (But only after loading at the coal mine!?) , but Trainz complains about 'Track Clearance' when it doesn't if it's a different loco, enginespec or it doesn't decouple.
Can JR look into this? Try to replicate it? I am a little frustrated as I bought this loco to serve this purpose.
I bought the SP GP9 for my layout, which is mostly automated. Now I have a group of commands, it loads it's coal wagons under the mine chute, it pulls upto a trackmark, decouples from it's wagons and is supposed to go forward to another trackmark.
Once decoupled Trainz complains "Awaiting for Track Clearance", the signal ahead is green!
You're thinking, but this is Trainz's dodgy AI right? No, the signal is green! I've replaced the signal, the track, the trackmark. Same result.
Why are you posting about this JR loco? I hear you cry...
Well this is what is frustrating me... I changed the loco to another GP9 by someone else, same schedule. This time it's fine, the loco moves forward and completes it's schedule.
To test it, I put the JR GP9 back... It decouples, and just sits there complaining about track clearance.
Now the next level...
I change the engine spec on the GP9 to a random enginespec in the list... result, it decouples and moves forward!
Next test... remove the decouple command. So it stops where it usually decouples, but just moves onto the next command. Result, it moves forward and completes the schedule!
And the final test, which confuses me even more. I remove the load command from the coal mine, so it just travels through the mine. Result, it decouples and moves forward fine.
I know nothing about enginespecs but for some reason once the GP9 is decoupled it can't move (But only after loading at the coal mine!?) , but Trainz complains about 'Track Clearance' when it doesn't if it's a different loco, enginespec or it doesn't decouple.
Can JR look into this? Try to replicate it? I am a little frustrated as I bought this loco to serve this purpose.