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| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 01:06 #119835 | |
DaveHarries
1287 posts |
Greetings all, Just a suggestion if I may. Whilst the Exeter sim is one of my favourite layouts on SimSig I have often found that, when creating timetables for it, you get quite a few trains entering Bridgwater which either call there and/or have pathing and / or engineering timing allowances attached to them at that point. However if you use Bridgwater as an entry point you can't have a train call there (although I suppose the entry time for the train could be the same as the departure time from Bridgwater) and you can't easily include pathing / engineering timing allowances either. Also if you try and include a Bridgwater stop on a train entering there the timetable doesn't validate without an error message. Could I therefore suggest that there be two entry time options for Bridgwater as follows: - "Bridgwater (non-stop)": This one would be useable for CrossCountry expresses and anything else not calling at Bridgwater. No entry would be required for Bridgwater on the timetable if this option was being used. - "Bridgwater (stopping)": Entry time on this one would be the same as the train's arrival time at Bridgwater: the first entry on the timetable would simply need to give the departure time from Bridgwater. As a side thought I do also sometimes find that the train ID doesn't appear at the entry time for Bridgwater: you get a message in the message window saying that the train has entered but it can be at least 30-60 seconds (I think) before the TD appears at the Bridgwater entry point. Any thoughts? Dave Last edited: 04/08/2019 at 01:10 by DaveHarries Reason: None given Log in to reply |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 09:49 #119838 | |
Sacro
1171 posts |
Easier still is to have a non-stop entry with trains coming in at line speed, and a stopping entry with trains coming in at 5mph. Then you can use the departure/passing time at the station without needing to timetable a stop
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| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 09:53 #119839 | |
kaiwhara
587 posts |
The difference is negligible. I don't see the point, especially being a virtually unsupported sim now.
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| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 09:59 #119840 | |
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Sacro
1171 posts |
kaiwhara in post 119839 said:The difference is negligible. I don't see the point, especially being a virtually unsupported sim now.Between 5mph accelerating and 125 flat out? Be a minute or two surely? Log in to reply |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 10:32 #119841 | |
jc92
3701 posts |
Agreed this would be worthwhile but I don't understand how this affects pathing/engineering allowance? If a train has 2 mins eng allowance at Bridgewater it will/should pass cogload 2 mins early?
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| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 10:47 #119842 | |
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kaiwhara
587 posts |
For a start, it's not 125mph. For a second point, there are far more important things to be doing with our develolpment time that making a fairly solid change to an unsupported sim, and then having to update every single timetable in existance. I have more important things to be worrying about. Sorry guys, I am in the business of making people wait! Log in to reply |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 10:50 #119843 | |
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y10g9
895 posts |
kaiwhara in post 119839 said:*Snip* especially being a virtually unsupported sim now.Exeter is a loader sim, I doubt that it is virtually unsupported as all developers who have been involved with the sim are still with Simsig, and a quick look at the version history shows that there have been 5 updates released for the sim this year Sacro in post 119840 said:
There is no 125mph track south of Bristol, the line speed here is 100mph, but most services that are stopping at Bridgwater have a max speed of 75, or possibly 90 if it’s a 165/166. I think it would be negligible in the end. Allowances, either have the train enter after the allowance, or move them up to cogload jn would be my thought on it Log in to reply |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 10:52 #119844 | |
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kaiwhara
587 posts |
y10g9 in post 119843 said:kaiwhara in post 119839 said:Let me assure you that I speak with authority, that Exeter indeed is virtually unsupported now.*Snip* especially being a virtually unsupported sim now.Exeter is a loader sim, I doubt that it is virtually unsupported as all developers who have been involved with the sim are still with Simsig, and a quick look at the version history shows that there have been 5 updates released for the sim this year Sorry guys, I am in the business of making people wait! Log in to reply |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 11:46 #119845 | |
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Sacro
1171 posts |
kaiwhara in post 119842 said:For a start, it's not 125mph.It's one extra entry location, and one path (entry to cogload) It would require no changes to previous timetables whatsoever. Log in to reply |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 11:52 #119847 | |
postal
5269 posts |
kaiwhara in post 119844 said:Let me assure you that I speak with authority, that Exeter indeed is virtually unsupported now.Perhaps it should be up to the person who has recently been updating the sim to tell us that. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply The following user said thank you: andyb0607 |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 12:01 #119848 | |
Peter Bennet
5419 posts |
kaiwhara in post 119844 said:y10g9 in post 119843 said:As the person who supports it, I suspect I can speak not only with authority but definitively and can say it is supported. That's not to say every bright idea is implemented immediately or implemented at all, but that's a separate point.kaiwhara in post 119839 said:Let me assure you that I speak with authority, that Exeter indeed is virtually unsupported now.*Snip* especially being a virtually unsupported sim now.Exeter is a loader sim, I doubt that it is virtually unsupported as all developers who have been involved with the sim are still with Simsig, and a quick look at the version history shows that there have been 5 updates released for the sim this year Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply The following users said thank you: Sacro, postal, TimTamToe, SamTDS, y10g9, KymriskaDraken, jc92, VInce, BarryM, Hap, DriverCurran, as1981, JWNoctis |
| Bridgwater Entry 04/08/2019 at 13:20 #119856 | |
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jc92
3701 posts |
Mantis 26445 as a feature request.
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