NEED TRAIN HELP

[whole loom]

how do i get the trains not hit each other

ive seen chain in and train stops out type shi, but i still dont understand

[hazy raptor]

Signals break the rail into blocks. If one block is occupied another train will not enter until the block is empty

That's it

[kind tangle]

when holding a rail signal, it will mark the blocks with lines of differing colours, then use the above info to try and split the rail up logically.
generally, something along the lines of having one signal before an intersection, and one after it will work

base on your diagram, it looks like trains go both ways (bidirectional)
this means whenever you place a rail signal, you need another signal on the opposite side of the track in the same spot, the location will be marked when you go to place another one

[whole loom]

Can you pull up a drawing or image

I still dont understand

[native trellis]

try placing a pair of chain signals at both ends of your train stop parking areas

4 chains per train stop

[whole loom]

what? Then my trains would meet and they'll hit each

Or im reading this wrong

I would appreciate a image

[native trellis]

no, they will not
it's a signalled system
trains will not enter another block that is occupied or reserved by another train

if they can't do that, they can't collide

[whole loom]

I have 2 trains on 1 track, how will they move if the train infront of them cant move either

[native trellis]

is your main line going through your station?

[hazy raptor]

Send the print you sent there but while holding a signal and without annotations please

[native trellis]

if your stations are on your main lines, put them on sidings instead
if they arn't, then you should already be fine
pathing trains through stations that arn't for them is generally a really bad idea

[whole loom]

can you help me

ive been messing with rail and chain signals for hours now

the outcome i get is the train would alert me that it can't find its destination

[whole loom]

yeah ive made loops so they wouldnt go to the stations arent for them

[kind tangle]

so you've got these two coloured trains, do both of them stop at this train stop or only one of them?

[whole loom]

each train has their own unloading stop but only ONE loading stop

so ive built them on 1 track so that they can be loaded with my ONE loading stop

[kind tangle]

So both of them stop at this stop thats in the middle, just double checking?

[whole loom]

i cant figure out the rail and chain signals so they wouldnt crash into each other

[whole loom]

the one with a bunch of assembling arms containing coal yea

they load up in coal there

[kind tangle]

its hard for me to visualise this without being able to actually edit things myself so bear with me

On this left hand loop, start by placing one rail signal on each side of the track, directly opposite each other, on the straight part just on the left of the loop

[whole loom]

red arrow has a train going in that direction to UNLOAD
blue arrow has a train going in that direction to also UNLOAD

[kind tangle]

And then on this side, place a rail signal again on both sides of the track in the same spot, just on the left of the big power pole.

[whole loom]

fuck they just crashed right now

[native trellis]

show the updated rail with the station bypasses

[native trellis]

this is why you use signals 🦆

a pair of chains before and after the parking spot at each station

[whole loom]

the what

[native trellis]

the updated rails that you mentioned

where they don't go through the stations not assigned to them

[whole loom]

no

the station theyre assigned to works fine

the rail and chain are the ones i cant figure out

[native trellis]

yeah, it's fine if trains go to their own station

[whole loom]

once i actually put down rails and chains signals, the train would start alerting me that they cant find their destination path

[native trellis]

but show the updated rails that allow the trains to get to their destination without going through a station that doesn't belong to them

[kind tangle]

they havent updated their rails, this station in the picture is accessed by both trains

[native trellis]

chain pairs before and after the parking spots at each station will not cause that

[native trellis]

the rails here need updating

[whole loom]

how can i update my trains?

[native trellis]

so you didn't actually do this
go do it now

[native trellis]

not the trains, the rails

[whole loom]

what? i got loops there in the picture

[native trellis]

this is like pulling teeth

this is a station

does a train not belonging to that station path through that station

[whole loom]

ive got 2 trains go to that station so they could load up in coal

and then unload to their own seperate unloading station

[native trellis]

that's fine

are there any other trains?

[whole loom]

now how can i get them not hit each other

[native trellis]

one that doesn't belong to that station?

[whole loom]

only 2

[native trellis]

place the bloody chain pairs already

you do that and you're done

[whole loom]

how do i do that

do i also do those in the loops i made

[native trellis]

craft 12 chain signals

select them from your inventory

click in the world to place them next to a rail

[whole loom]

[native trellis]

there are so many little green boxes that show up, it's child friendly

once you've placed one, a white box shows up
put one there too

like you've somehow managed to place rails, turrets, walls, trains, belts, ...
signals are the same, craft and place them

it's nothing new

[native trellis]

no

you did not follow instructions

[whole loom]

im sorry bro im dum

[native trellis]

follow the instructions

[native trellis]

that's before the station, inside the parking spot

that will not work

you will need to move the diagonal rail to a better location

or move the station itself

[whole loom]

want me to make the diagonal rail into a straight line?

[native trellis]

if you want?

just put the chains in

[native trellis]

the east side is still incorrect

remember, white box

[whole loom]

what white box

[native trellis]

the one being hidden by the diagonal rail that i told you to move

[whole loom]

holy crap i see it

[native trellis]

try picking it up

[whole loom]

i did i t

[native trellis]

we're now playing peekaboo

[whole loom]

i saw a white box then put one there

[native trellis]

...

well, good luck

it won't work in current state

follow instructions and it will work

[whole loom]

bro im too dumb for this

[kind tangle]

you can make your rail a lot simpler by doing something like this

[whole loom]

ive been following instructions

[native trellis]

not yet

[whole loom]

oh crap hold up im gonna do this

[native trellis]

move the diagonal, put in the proper 4 chain signals, move on to the next station

[whole loom]

yo i did it

where do i put rail signals

[native trellis]

don't

that should work as is

[whole loom]

nothing to put here?

[native trellis]

you could even remove the 2 eastern chains if you wanted to, leaving it as just the 4 in the west

no

[whole loom]

@native trellis @kind tangle HOLY SHIT IT WORKS BRO

[whole loom]

thank you so much for the help and for bearing with me bro

[whole loom]

thank you so much for this visual image you drew up bro, made my whole rail system much simpler and easier