#Shimons trains
livid pond
@sudden locust It seems you are posting the same over and over without reading or thinking much about the comments...
Does the concept of a "block" make sense to you?
languid ledge
Yes you're right that's not a chain signal. You have a rail signal there.
livid pond
I want to focus a bit on basics first, let's ignore signal types for now
sudden locust
<@!808603687178076190> It seems you are posting the same over and over without r...
.. no
livid pond
No bad intentions there, just sharing my point of view
sudden locust
that?
livid pond
That is a tiny block you have there, yes
If you hold a signal you will see colored lines on the track, indicating what is part of which block
The signal on the right is leading into it, and is green, since this tiny block is empty
languid ledge
livid pond
The signal on the left leads into the next block, and is red as there is a train anywhere inside that block
Blocks can be as big as you let them be, and are not limited to a specific track. Two crossing tracks will be in the same block
livid pond
Ignore the chain signals for now
sudden locust
ok'
livid pond
Will get to those
languid ledge
This kind of shows you how blocks can be shared
In your case the yellow section in the middle.
livid pond
So in the case of your intersection here, you have a signal above it and to the right. To the left and bottom there is nothing to end the block, so it continues to wherever the next signal is in that direction.
And again, as soon as there is a train anywhere inside that enormous block, another cannot enter
languid ledge
even if the train is 30km ahead
sudden locust
bruh
livid pond
The solution is to split that block into multiple smaller ones. Right now a train somewhere downwards will block trains simply crossing from right to left.
Signals can do that.
sudden locust
livid pond
Exactly
languid ledge
Yep closer.
sudden locust
yeeey
livid pond
Next up: trains can only pass a signal if it's on their right hand side. That means that your signals specify a driving direction for the track they're on
livid pond
In this case, trains can go through left to right, and top to bottom
sudden locust
wtf
languid ledge
(Train stations count for this rule of 'on the right side' only, too.)
livid pond
Now trains can drive through right to left
sudden locust
Why not top down (what's the difference)
livid pond
On the vertical track trains can drive top to bottom still
sudden locust
okey
livid pond
sudden locust
emm
livid pond
One thing: make loops of track. That makes learning how trains work a lot easier than with 2-way rails.
livid pond
A corpse?
sudden locust
no
livid pond
The fact you can only place signals on one side of the track?
livid pond
Then the signal should go on the opposite side of the track
livid pond
If a train needs to go through a signal, that signal always has to be on the right side of the train.
That's one of the hard rules
sudden locust
hmm
livid pond
sudden locust
yes
livid pond
So these are your driving directions