Are there problems with Train Stations / Signal / Route Finding procedures in OTTD 0.3.1 or am I just doing something wrong?
Example:
If I have a multi platform Train Station with signals at either end, Trains that enter from the east with orders to return to the east, leave the station to the west (in the direction that they were heading originally). They continue on in that direction until they find a U Turn (or a Depot) and then return via a different platform!
Shouldn't the trains be about facing on the spot and waiting at the signals? Is there something I should be doing with Pre-Signals to avoid this time waster?
If that made any sense does anyone have any ideas?
There's no problem there, I've got at the end of lines and at stations set. Sometimes they reverse at stations other times they don't.
Here'a Screenshot of what I'm talking about. The train performing a U turn should have just reversed in the platform that it came from and waited at the signals.
dJP wrote:There's no problem there, I've got at the end of lines and at stations set. Sometimes they reverse at stations other times they don't.
Here'a Screenshot of what I'm talking about. The train performing a U turn should have just reversed in the platform that it came from and waited at the signals.
it is not reversing at the end of line ... nor at the station .... if you want to force train going straight ... just put waypoint after the station
dJP wrote:There's no problem there, I've got at the end of lines and at stations set. Sometimes they reverse at stations other times they don't.
Here'a Screenshot of what I'm talking about. The train performing a U turn should have just reversed in the platform that it came from and waited at the signals.
it is not reversing at the end of line ... nor at the station .... if you want to force train going straight ... just put waypoint after the station
I don't mind work arounds but in the situation of the screenshot I posted earlier I'd have to have checkpoints on every platform and allocate platforms to trains. The problem there is that I have more trains than platforms and I'd end up with train confusion if two trains which were assigned the same checkpoint arrived at the station at the same time.
I guess it's just a pathfinding issue that I'll have to deal with
dominik81 wrote:I think the train leaves to that side, because the signal is red on the other side.
You're probably right. It must see the Green Signal and U Turn behind it as an alternative route to it's destination since it's not really too far out of it's way. I guess the problem is that the pathfinding algo doesn't scan for signals further down the line or something. hmm... I wonder if the problem would exist if the lines were split earlier rather than just before the station...
