The route I have drawed in the previous post is a example of the movement of the poles, the bus turn left before the switch because the pathfinder in this case, believe that is the better path, not by the switch force it (this type of switch is really very old, even here in são paulo that the system is old as hell the switch control is another: consumption, the driver throttle the bus and a consum meter in the switch assumes the side the driver want to go, is ridiculous but we still use that)smallfly wrote:As far as I know, you are referring to an outdated type of trolley switches, where the vehicle has to turn in order to "activate" the switch. If trolleys find its way into P1SIM, only modern switches will be used. I talk about those, which can be triggered using infrared technology or something similiar. Thus the complicated route of your vehicle will not be needed. The trolleys will always drive below the catenary - or if they want/need to - on a neighbored lane.ClaudeS wrote:I imagine something like this.smallfly wrote:Please provide some explaining pictures that clearly show how the trolleybuses should move relative to wires and roads.
It also serve to old trams, that needs Trolleypoles, new trams use pantograph, probably the alghoritm will be different.
Also, I always understand that "trolley" is a streetcar, and "trolleybus" is a electric bus...
When you said trolley you is talking about trolleybus, right?
I figured that because this stretch:
Trolleys (trams) don't change lanes, so I suppose that you was talking about trolleybus. Anyway, I dont know if in english culture, trolley is a synonim to trolleybus too. Seems to be.The trolleys will always drive below the catenary - or if they want/need to - on a neighbored lane.
Whatever... until now i was confused. living and learning.
What I had suggested is something dedicated to trolleybuses, something that can change lanes of road, in the radius of one lane around the wire.
In OpenTTD, play with a Trolleybus with "Trolleybus Set" and play with some random tram don't have any difference, the alghoritm is the same... If the vehicle in the front of the trolleybus have broken. the trolleybus simply stop, in real life, it overtakes. Is about it I was talking about.