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I've been doing some sandboxing with the new PBS and I've hit upon a bit of a dilemma; What if I want trains to go through a waypoint (say at a junction, so they don't get lost), but I also want to give them a choice of which track to take?

Would it be possible to 'join' waypoints the same way stations are joined, so that a train passing through one way point has effectively passed through any/all of them?
Or, alternatively, could it be possible to give a conditional order 'Goto Waypoint #1 (OR) Waypoint #2'?

I realise that if used incorrectly it could cause trains some serious confusion, but with PBS allowing more than one train to occupy a junction, why force them onto a single track to make them pass through a Waypoint?


Perhaps the picture below will help clarify my case:
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Just build a station and use a "go via" order.

That's a good idea. I never thought of that.

However don't you lose ratings if a station doesn't have a train stop at it reasonably frequently? Or is that only if there is cargo waiting to be picked up?

Only if there is cargo waiting, so that is no problem

Aali wrote:

mak_elblotto wrote:Would it be possible to 'join' waypoints the same way stations are joined [...]

Just build a station and use a "go via" order.

OTTD´s "waypoiint concept" is outdated since there´s support of the newstations feature (which includes "waypoints" as stations).

regards
Michael

Boy, do I feel stupid now! I just never thought of that either.

This will actually work better than waypoints, since trains AFAIK will try to avoid stations for which they don't have orders.

Now I can put a "waypoint" station on an LL-RR main and the train will take either side!

michael blunck wrote:

Aali wrote:

mak_elblotto wrote:Would it be possible to 'join' waypoints the same way stations are joined [...]

Just build a station and use a "go via" order.

OTTD´s "waypoiint concept" is outdated since there´s support of the newstations feature (which includes "waypoints" as stations).

regards
Michael