stopping trains at rail crossings

Merry Xmas everyone!

I was reading a post before the forum crash on stopping ai trains at crossings.

I seen several replies of clue less answers which a few suggested writing trigger scripts....

Which I was wanting to know myself..

I found in DLS a script rule called " trigger multiple signals"

This rule is a charm but it has a few tricks to it as I have found how to manage to get it to work on my "Trainz of Chicago" railroad...(south of downtown all lines )over 100 tiles so far... about 80% complete...

The script is also multi use "renaming" the rule for each crossing scenario..

I will add notes of what i found as the do s and dont s!

1. You can use and name several triggers in the block also name the signals.. (I tried several different signals (usa) which all work fine.

2. Must place the trigger after the signal on that track then i set the trigger at max 20m distance on straight path (advance settings of trigger )

dont place trigger s at frog point of int tracks with signal at next jct named you end up stoppin your own train at that signal...

Thats basically the simplicity of it....

Dave

mtldrm38 said:

This rule is a charm but it has a few tricks to it as I have found how to manage to get it to work on my "Trainz of Chicago" railroad...(south of downtown all lines )over 100 tiles so far... about 80% complete...

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what lines you doing? I've been working on doing downtown, including Metra, AMTK, EL, freight.

peter

Quite a few!

shortlines --

*Chicago River and Indiana (Chicago Junction) includes stockyards
Ive painted a couple sw1200 s (8884 and 8814 )so far for these lookin for sw-1 s...

*Chicago and Illinois Western (ICRR) -painted sw7 (101)

*Illinois Northern- painted 2 s-4 s (28 and 30)

*Chicago and Western Indiana paints in works on rs-1 s

*Chicago West Pullman and Southern painted sw9-(48)

*Belt Ry of Chicago

*Indiana Harbor Belt

CGW-(CNW-UP)(WOOD ST YARD) pre intermodal era
B&OCTRR (CSX)(12 ST YARD) to barr yd also a line runnin west to SOO LINE.
CB&Q (BN)(OGDEN YARD) pre intermodal era., line runnin east and west of...
PRR (PC-CR)
NYC (PC-CR)
EL (CR)
GM&O PAINTED 2 VERSIONS OF F-7 A-B lookin for f-3 s
ICRR (ICG-CN)
WAB-(NW) landers(intermodal) and calumet yards
CRIP-both lines (cwps)east west to blue island (IAIS)
C&EI (MP-UP) canal st intermodal to Yard center (portal)
GTW - TO CORWITH (INRR)
ATSF - TO CORWITH (INRR)

Im tryin to keep it as a 50s-through modern theme since so much great
work out theyre swapping eras pan out nicely...

I favor a 70 s theme mainly which a good mix of trains dont look outta place....
It wont be a perfectly scaled layout but basically all the lines follow the real thing with a lotta modifications to fit.....

Dave