Turning Trains Around

[hippyboy]

Help Again! Please!!

i have built a railway with two line; one per direction, with a criss-cross effect (an X in the the track) for the trains to turn around. This 'junction' controlled by signals just ahead of the junction, however my trains refuse to turn around to head in the right direction. They head for the wrong station in order to head in the right direction. How do I get my rolling stock to use my junction, or whta type of junction should I construct?

Ta very much.

[SquireJames]

A screenshot would be handy. At the moment, just guessing here but it sounds as if you might be trying to use 90 degree corners, which by default in OTTD are 'impassible'

[hippyboy]

Okay. How do I post a screenshot?

[kamnet]

Upload it as an attachment.

[hippyboy]

Sussed it!

Here it is, I think.

Thanks.

[kamnet]

Try it as a PNG (preferrable), JPEG or GIF. Those will display here by default. Not everybody has a program that can view PCX.

[hippyboy]

Okay, but now I'm being really stupid! Using OpenTTD's screen shot facility saves it as a 'PCX' file, as does doing a printscreen from the PC. Is there another way?

Sorry to be a pain...!

[hippyboy]

Am downloading / installing a converter. D'oh!!!

[hippyboy]

Okay.

Owzat?

[ChillCore]

Help Again! Please!!

i have built a railway with two line; one per direction, with a criss-cross effect (an X in the the track) for the trains to turn around. This 'junction' controlled by signals just ahead of the junction, however my trains refuse to turn around to head in the right direction. They head for the wrong station in order to head in the right direction. How do I get my rolling stock to use my junction, or whta type of junction should I construct?

For trains to be able to turn around at an X the setting in the first screenshot must be disabled. If that does not fix it a savegame might be easier to see what happens.
For running games you must change the setting ingame.

A screenshot would be handy. At the moment, just guessing here but it sounds as if you might be trying to use 90 degree corners, which by default in OTTD are 'impassible'

By default the setting is disabled, meaning trains can make 90 degree turns.

Using OpenTTD's screen shot facility saves it as a 'PCX' file, as does doing a printscreen from the PC. Is there another way?

Am downloading / installing a converter. D'oh!!!

You do not need a convertor. See second attachment.

[hippyboy]

ChillCore, you're a genius.

Thank you so very much!

[SquireJames]

As I said, can't use 90 degree corners (ordinarily)