Yeah, It probably is. I put in a mechanism to prevent it in my merger.
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i forgot to ask were there any signal problems in the design i posted here 2-3 days ago?hansjoachim wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:51 pmYeah, It probably is. I put in a mechanism to prevent it in my merger.
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It doesnt support turning left from the outer lane, and the throughput is very low. Why did you choose this design?immortal_sniper1 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:56 pmi forgot to ask were there any signal problems in the design i posted here 2-3 days ago?hansjoachim wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:51 pmYeah, It probably is. I put in a mechanism to prevent it in my merger.
The signals looks correct
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it was a RHD conversion of a good LHD designhansjoachim wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 9:25 pmIt doesnt support turning left from the outer lane, and the throughput is very low. Why did you choose this design?immortal_sniper1 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:56 pmi forgot to ask were there any signal problems in the design i posted here 2-3 days ago?hansjoachim wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:51 pmYeah, It probably is. I put in a mechanism to prevent it in my merger.
The signals looks correct
as i said i wasnt sure about the signals tehere is probably one that is on the wrong side deadlocking everything it did 71 so surely there is a signal problem ill look into it
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How are you going to address the lack of left turns for the outer lane? Heavy use of lane switchers?immortal_sniper1 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:34 pm
it was a RHD conversion of a good LHD design
as i said i wasnt sure about the signals tehere is probably one that is on the wrong side deadlocking everything it did 71 so surely there is a signal problem ill look into it
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You could easily get much higher throughput with 2 lanes if the alternativ is using this design.
I think the singal problem might be because of the right turns from the inner lane. There should be more chain signals there.
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i reexamined the design concept from this forum and the inner lane cant go right and the outer one cant go lefthansjoachim wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:46 pmHow are you going to address the lack of left turns for the outer lane? Heavy use of lane switchers?immortal_sniper1 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:34 pm
it was a RHD conversion of a good LHD design
as i said i wasnt sure about the signals tehere is probably one that is on the wrong side deadlocking everything it did 71 so surely there is a signal problem ill look into it
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You could easily get much higher throughput with 2 lanes if the alternative is using this design.
I think the singal problem might be because of the right turns from the inner lane. There should be more chain signals there.
ill fix it with some lane switches and a setup that "arranges the trains before the junction "
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https://pastebin.com/178Qe8VZ this is an intersection I built, its meant for 3 car trains
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Really cool looking intersection, I like the amount of solarpanel/accumulators you have put in it.mobieh22 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:47 pm https://pastebin.com/178Qe8VZ this is an intersection I built, its meant for 3 car trains
For throughput, left turns are big problem. As if you have to take left turn you have to take a full round and block all other paths.
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No, it isn't great, but it's not especially below average for left turns. Of course, I'm not sure if this is necessarily the shortest case (and if it isn't, then it will have fairly bad throughput.hansjoachim wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:07 amReally cool looking intersection, I like the amount of solarpanel/accumulators you have put in it.mobieh22 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:47 pm https://pastebin.com/178Qe8VZ this is an intersection I built, its meant for 3 car trains
For throughput, left turns are big problem. As if you have to take left turn you have to take a full round and block all other paths.
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It also deadlocks very easily. I had it running for 30 sec before it completely deadlocked. You have to add some chain signals to prevent that from happening.mobieh22 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:47 pm https://pastebin.com/178Qe8VZ this is an intersection I built, its meant for 3 car trains
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There also seem to be a few connections that can never be taken by a train. I mean the connection of the two loops. The two tracks go in opposite directions with neither train able to enter the connection. Why aren't the signals blinking there?hansjoachim wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:39 amIt also deadlocks very easily. I had it running for 30 sec before it completely deadlocked. You have to add some chain signals to prevent that from happening.mobieh22 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:47 pm https://pastebin.com/178Qe8VZ this is an intersection I built, its meant for 3 car trains
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Hi fellows 
This is my setup that I made without checking in here before. I find pretty good, but there's some problems.
My trains drive on the right side, not left.
Pro :
+ No deadlock, impossible
+ Simultaneous 2*2 way train on long lanes is possible
+ Very compact
+ Modular
+ Use rounds to place factories or storage
+ Made for 2 wagons trains (perfect on that)
+ Extensible to 3 wagons
Cons :
- No loop
- Slows down trains a bit in very stretched areas
- Quite annoying if you have to shift the lanes
Here it is :
2*2 lanes *4 ways :
2*2 lanes *3 ways :
Turn :
Buffer of train before entering or for stations : (juste repeat)
Just a small precision : when you enter a crossing, you need to enter with chained signal. If you put the previous BP just before making a crossing, you'll have normal signals, which is bad. Exiting a crossing isn't. So remember to either replace the signal (which bots can't do).
I've made a special BP for entering :
If you have long distance and don't want to slow down your trains, you can just remove switching between lanes, so they be affected if a train is nearby (because of the chained signal).
Another thing Inoticed during my "train"ing on this subject, is that making turnovers in a 4 way setup, will end up most of the time in traffic jam. It's safer I think to let them take 5 more seconds to go around other turns.
It's also not the most compact but it let you use tracks to put stations without shifting right in the middle of nowhere.
Hope it will help or give a better idea to someone !
This is my setup that I made without checking in here before. I find pretty good, but there's some problems.
My trains drive on the right side, not left.
Pro :
+ No deadlock, impossible
+ Simultaneous 2*2 way train on long lanes is possible
+ Very compact
+ Modular
+ Use rounds to place factories or storage
+ Made for 2 wagons trains (perfect on that)
+ Extensible to 3 wagons
Cons :
- No loop
- Slows down trains a bit in very stretched areas
- Quite annoying if you have to shift the lanes
Here it is :
2*2 lanes *4 ways :
2*2 lanes *3 ways :
Turn :
Buffer of train before entering or for stations : (juste repeat)
Just a small precision : when you enter a crossing, you need to enter with chained signal. If you put the previous BP just before making a crossing, you'll have normal signals, which is bad. Exiting a crossing isn't. So remember to either replace the signal (which bots can't do).
I've made a special BP for entering :
If you have long distance and don't want to slow down your trains, you can just remove switching between lanes, so they be affected if a train is nearby (because of the chained signal).
Another thing Inoticed during my "train"ing on this subject, is that making turnovers in a 4 way setup, will end up most of the time in traffic jam. It's safer I think to let them take 5 more seconds to go around other turns.
It's also not the most compact but it let you use tracks to put stations without shifting right in the middle of nowhere.
Hope it will help or give a better idea to someone !
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Classic design 4 way 3 spacing 2 lane 1 picture:
Blueprint: https://factorioprints.com/view/-LWx8p9ga_BOerpE6Q1b
Throughput can reach around 50/m (with 2-4 trains) but my test map is different so it might not be precise. It's also deadlock free.
(I know it's very basic but haven't seen a 3 spacing, right hand drive version here)
Blueprint: https://factorioprints.com/view/-LWx8p9ga_BOerpE6Q1b
Throughput can reach around 50/m (with 2-4 trains) but my test map is different so it might not be precise. It's also deadlock free.
(I know it's very basic but haven't seen a 3 spacing, right hand drive version here)
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signals are only blinking when a block isn´t entirely "enclosed" by signals on all ends, they dont tell what you found.mrvn wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:13 pmThere also seem to be a few connections that can never be taken by a train. I mean the connection of the two loops. The two tracks go in opposite directions with neither train able to enter the connection. Why aren't the signals blinking there?hansjoachim wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:39 amIt also deadlocks very easily. I had it running for 30 sec before it completely deadlocked. You have to add some chain signals to prevent that from happening.mobieh22 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:47 pm https://pastebin.com/178Qe8VZ this is an intersection I built, its meant for 3 car trains
interesting thing to dig into tonight, i like the looks of it
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In Set 1 it got 30 trains/minAlexAegis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:02 am Classic design 4 way 3 spacing 2 lane 1 picture:
Blueprint: https://factorioprints.com/view/-LWx8p9ga_BOerpE6Q1b
Throughput can reach around 50/m (with 2-4 trains) but my test map is different so it might not be precise. It's also deadlock free.
(I know it's very basic but haven't seen a 3 spacing, right hand drive version here)
It is also not correctly signaled. If one lane is blocked the entire intersection is blocked, as it lacks chain signals. It won't hard deadlock, though pretty close, it gets very congested.
If you fix the signals the throughput would increase
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The intersections are lacking a lot of signals. Trains that doesn't intersect has to wait for each other.nafira wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:30 pm Hi fellows
This is my setup that I made without checking in here before. I find pretty good, but there's some problems.
My trains drive on the right side, not left.
Pro :
+ No deadlock, impossible
+ Simultaneous 2*2 way train on long lanes is possible
+ Very compact
+ Modular
+ Use rounds to place factories or storage
+ Made for 2 wagons trains (perfect on that)
+ Extensible to 3 wagons
Cons :
- No loop
- Slows down trains a bit in very stretched areas
- Quite annoying if you have to shift the lanes
Hope it will help or give a better idea to someone !
The switcher prevents two trains to go the same direction at the same time, you need signals to seperate them.
The red block shouldn't include both lanes.
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That's about the worst setup you can make other than deadlocking. There can only ever be one train on the crossing and all other have to wait. Same for the lane changer. Which makes your 2 tracks identical to a single track. There can never be 2 trains in parallel. It just costs you nearly 3 times as much resources.nafira wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:30 pm Hi fellows
This is my setup that I made without checking in here before. I find pretty good, but there's some problems.
My trains drive on the right side, not left.
Pro :
+ No deadlock, impossible
+ Simultaneous 2*2 way train on long lanes is possible
+ Very compact
+ Modular
+ Use rounds to place factories or storage
+ Made for 2 wagons trains (perfect on that)
+ Extensible to 3 wagons
Cons :
- No loop
- Slows down trains a bit in very stretched areas
- Quite annoying if you have to shift the lanes
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Sadly I don't know how can I improve this furtherhansjoachim wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:52 amIn Set 1 it got 30 trains/minAlexAegis wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:02 am Classic design 4 way 3 spacing 2 lane 1 picture:
Blueprint: https://factorioprints.com/view/-LWx8p9ga_BOerpE6Q1b
Throughput can reach around 50/m (with 2-4 trains) but my test map is different so it might not be precise. It's also deadlock free.
(I know it's very basic but haven't seen a 3 spacing, right hand drive version here)
It is also not correctly signaled. If one lane is blocked the entire intersection is blocked, as it lacks chain signals. It won't hard deadlock, though pretty close, it gets very congested.
If you fix the signals the throughput would increase
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They wait indeed (I told so), but they don't deadlock, you can't say that ==>meaning manual interventionmrvn wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:20 pmThat's about the worst setup you can make other than deadlocking. There can only ever be one train on the crossing and all other have to wait. Same for the lane changer. Which makes your 2 tracks identical to a single track. There can never be 2 trains in parallel. It just costs you nearly 3 times as much resources.nafira wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:30 pm Hi fellows
This is my setup that I made without checking in here before. I find pretty good, but there's some problems.
My trains drive on the right side, not left.
Pro :
+ No deadlock, impossible
+ Simultaneous 2*2 way train on long lanes is possible
+ Very compact
+ Modular
+ Use rounds to place factories or storage
+ Made for 2 wagons trains (perfect on that)
+ Extensible to 3 wagons
Cons :
- No loop
- Slows down trains a bit in very stretched areas
- Quite annoying if you have to shift the lanes
The only way to deadlock this system is to have a train on every single track between the whole train infrastructure. It's almost 500 trains we talk about on my small map.
And, no, as joachim said, there's a problem if two trains want to make a race at the same time, but either way, once the train passed the small switch (which is nearly 0.1 sec), the way for the other train is free and it can predict and change its way during the run.
@hansjoachim : yes, it's quite annoying, because they will slow down, before entering the switch, so you just need to remove one switcher at each, not very costly. I said it too, that in long distance you should remove switches and keep signals (for crash purpose :p)
If you have an idea, I'll take it !
The whole point of the design is that the train thinks it can get very far, even if he has to stop, and then, the track becomes available because trains don't stop behind one another, and he reach its destination. This is made to create a network across all map, not point to point liaisons.
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So I improved it with correct signals.
I also made a better version with extra right turns.
Original: 30 trains/min set 1
Correct signaled: 41 trains/min set 1
With extra right turns: 48 trains/min set 1
btw: those test are with rocket fuel. With Nuclear fuel the numbers would be higher
Blueprint book with both of the new version
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