Possible bug: Signal closing and yellow signal
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:14 pm
Short version: Closing a train signal by circuit has no effect if the signal is yellow.
Another possible bug, possible working-as-intended pertaining signals. Consider the following situation:
Trains exit a stacker to a waypoint station. There is a circuit controlled signal that closes if the unloading stations behind the waypoint station are all occupied, meant to block the train before it can get to the waypoint. (To prevent trains from trying to get to a station that is not able to receive its cargo).
I've noticed unexpected behaviour with the signal closing. If a train exiting the stacker reserves the block leading to the waypoint station (the circuit controlled signal turning yellow), closing the signal by circuit does -not- turn it red and stop the train. It will turn and stay red only when the train passes it.
I've worked around this by placing a second not controlled signal right in front of it, which makes the system works as intended. The uncontrolled signal takes the yellow, allowing the signal behind it to be circuit controlled.
Another possible bug, possible working-as-intended pertaining signals. Consider the following situation:
Trains exit a stacker to a waypoint station. There is a circuit controlled signal that closes if the unloading stations behind the waypoint station are all occupied, meant to block the train before it can get to the waypoint. (To prevent trains from trying to get to a station that is not able to receive its cargo).
I've noticed unexpected behaviour with the signal closing. If a train exiting the stacker reserves the block leading to the waypoint station (the circuit controlled signal turning yellow), closing the signal by circuit does -not- turn it red and stop the train. It will turn and stay red only when the train passes it.
I've worked around this by placing a second not controlled signal right in front of it, which makes the system works as intended. The uncontrolled signal takes the yellow, allowing the signal behind it to be circuit controlled.