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| Shrewsbury and Hereford mechanical signals Yesterday at 09:51 #159850 | |
Michajil
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Why Shrewsbury and Hereford do not have mechanical symbols on some signals as IRL? For example at NE Scotland sim are. I just saw cabview from Shrewsbury to Cardif (2022) and here are a lot of mechanical signals. I am just suprised that in sims are light signals.
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| Shrewsbury and Hereford mechanical signals Yesterday at 10:15 #159851 | |
Steamer
4006 posts |
It was an early decision by the developer of those sims to draw them as colour lights. However, those representing semaphores do behave the same as the mechanical signalling (i.e. red/green only for stop signals)
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| Shrewsbury and Hereford mechanical signals Yesterday at 10:46 #159853 | |
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Michajil
16 posts |
Thank you for reply. I understand that it is only graphic. Working stay same. Is it possible change/update it to mechanical? It would be nice see where are mechanical signals and where are light signals. Log in to reply |
| Shrewsbury and Hereford mechanical signals Yesterday at 11:31 #159854 | |
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clive
2802 posts |
Michajil in post 159853 said:It's certainly possible but, at present, it's a significant piece of work. It's up to the sim author whether to make the effort. I'll put making this easier for developers on my task list. Log in to reply |
| Shrewsbury and Hereford mechanical signals Yesterday at 13:45 #159856 | |
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bill_gensheet
1441 posts |
Steamer in post 159851 said:It was an early decision by the developer of those sims to draw them as colour lights. However, those representing semaphores do behave the same as the mechanical signalling (i.e. red/green only for stop signals)From discussions at the time, the main issue was screen design for Shrewsbury station, and compare with say Larbert and Stirling on CSCOT rather than the smaller boxes on NESCOT. Fitting all the arms present at Shrewsbury, and the newer AB controls, would be difficult and potentially quite messy within screen height. Showing one arm instead of one lamp, when there's really 2 or 3 arms, would have been a significant compromise in itself. Having chosen 'all as lamps' for Shrewsbury, showing the simpler boxes arms as lamps maintained consistency in-sim. Log in to reply |