How to Use Track Direction Markers

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<td>'''Track Priority Markers are purple coloured track markers that are invisible in ''Driver Mode'' but visible in ''Surveyor Mode''.''' They are used to direct specific trains under '''AI''' control '''through''' the track section where they are placed</td>
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<td>'''Track Direction Markers are yellow coloured track markers that are invisible in ''Driver Mode'' but visible in ''Surveyor Mode''.''' They are used as "One Way" signs to force trains under AI control to travel in a specific direction through the track section where they are placed</td>
 
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<td>'''Track Priority Markers only work on AI controlled trains.''' They have no effect on manually controlled trains</td>
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<td>'''Track Direction Markers only work on AI controlled trains.''' They have no effect on manually controlled trains</td>
 
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<td>Track Priority Markers are '''NOT''' a substitute for '''Driver Commands''' or '''Interlocking Towers'''</td>
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<td>Track direction markers are '''NOT''' a substitute for '''Driver Commands''' or '''Interlocking Towers'''</td>
 
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='''Adding a Track Priority Marker'''=
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='''Adding a Track Direction Marker'''=
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
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A Track Direction Marker has no properties other than the direction it is pointing. This is the direction that all AI controlled trains will be forced to take.</td>
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# Open the '''Track Tool'''
 
# Open the '''Track Tool'''
 
# Select the '''Trackmark button'''
 
# Select the '''Trackmark button'''
# Select the '''Track Priority Marker'''
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# Select the '''Track Direction Marker'''
 
# Select the '''+''' (add) button - it may already be selected
 
# Select the '''+''' (add) button - it may already be selected
 
# Click on the track location where the priority marker is to be placed
 
# Click on the track location where the priority marker is to be placed
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# If it is not facing the correct direction, rotate the marker to point in the opposite direction
 
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This will place the Track Priority Marker on the track and open its properties window.<br>
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[[file:PriorityMarker2.png|link=]]<br>
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Click the label <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Priority 2</span> to select one of level <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">2</span> (the default selection), or <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">3</span>.</td>
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<td>Priority levels have no set meanings but can be assigned to specific AI trains to force them through selected sections of track (the track sections are defined as between consecutive junction sets)</td>
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='''Assigning Priority Levels to Trains'''=
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='''Direction Marker Operation'''=
 
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
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Every locomotive (and its consist) '''must have a Priority Level''' of <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">2</span> or <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">3</span>. The '''default priority level''' of every locomotive is '''2'''. You cannot assign '''NO''' Priority to a locomotive</td>
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<td>If you do not want some AI controlled trains to be affected by Track Priority Markers then assign those trains one of the three levels and do not use Track Priority Markers set to that level</td>
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<td>'''A higher priority level does not mean that one consist is more important than another'''.  A priority <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span> consist will not be given first access to a junction, for example, or be the first one to depart. The priority levels have no set meaning beyond what you decide they will mean.</td>
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For example you could assign priority <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span> to '''express trains''' and <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">3</span> to '''slow general "all stops" freight trains'''. These values will not alter the speed or importance of these trains but will only decide which paths they should take.<br>
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:'''</span><br>
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# Open the properties window of a locomotive
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# Click the '''Train Priority''' value - each click will cycle through the values <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">2</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">3</span>
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# Click the '''OK''' (tick) to accept the change
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[[file:PriorityTrain.png|link=]]<br>
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='''Priority Marker Operation'''=
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<td>'''Track Priority Markers only work on AI controlled trains.''' They have no effect on manually controlled trains</td>
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<td>'''Track Direction Markers only work on AI controlled trains.''' They have no effect on manually controlled trains</td>
 
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<td>Track Priority Markers fool an AI train that has the same priority level into thinking that the path containing the marker is the shortest possible path, even when it is not</td>
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<td>If the set path is blocked, then the AI will '''NOT''' attempt to find another path</td>
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<td>If the priority level of the AI train does not match the priority level of the Track Priority Marker, then the AI will '''ignore''' the marker and select its own path which ''may be'' the same one that contains the priority marker</td>
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<td>If the specified path is blocked, then the AI will '''ignore''' the Track Priority Marker and find another path</td>
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<td>The direction that the Track Priority Marker is pointing has '''NO effect''' on its operation</td>
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Consider the situation represented in the diagrams below. Three trains - Red, Green, Yellow - have been given priority levels of <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">2</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">3</span> as shown. Each is given the driver command '''Drive to Trackmark''' or '''Navigate to Trackmark'''. The destination trackmark is shown on the right.<br>
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Consider the situation represented in the diagrams below. An AI controlled train is moving left to right towards a junction and a loop line. A '''Track Direction Marker''' (yellow triangle) has been set on the main line which only allows AI trains traveling right-to-left to pass along that section of track.<br>
  
In '''Figure 1''' below, no Track Priority Markers have been set. All three trains will take the shortest path assuming there are no blockages.<br>
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In '''Figure 1''' below, The train approaches the junction at the start of the one way section.<br>
  
[[file:PriorityMap_P0.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority NULL]]<br>
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[[file:DirectionMap1.png|link=|alt=Direction Map - approach]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 1</span><br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 1</span><br>
 
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In '''Figure 2''' below, a Track Priority Marker has been placed on the top loop line and has been given a priority level of <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">1</span>. The red train will now take the Priority 1 path while the green and yellow trains are unaffected.<br>
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In '''Figure 2''' below, the train has been forced to take the loop line to avoid the section controlled by the direction marker.<br>
  
[[file:PriorityMap_P1.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority 1]]<br>
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[[file:DirectionMap2.png|link=|alt=Direction Map - bypass]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 2</span><br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 2</span><br>
 
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In '''Figure 3''' below, a Track Priority Marker has been placed on the lower loop line and has been given a priority level of <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">3</span>. The yellow train will now take the Priority 3 path while the red and green trains are unaffected.<br>
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In '''Figure 3''' below, the loop line has been blocked by another train. The moving train will attempt to use the loop line but it will be halted and will not attempt to find another path.<br>
  
[[file:PriorityMap_P3.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority 3]]<br>
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[[file:DirectionMap3.png|link=|alt=Direction Map - blocked]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 3</span><br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 3</span><br>
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In '''Figure 4''' below, Track Priority Markers have been placed on the upper and lower loop lines and set as shown. The red and yellow trains will take their respective loop paths while the green train is unaffected.<br>
 
 
[[file:PriorityMap_P13.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority 1&3]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 4</span><br>
 
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In '''Figure 5''' below, two Track Priority Markers have been placed on the lower loop line and set as shown. The green and yellow trains will take the lower loop path while the red train is unaffected. Remember that the '''Default Priority Level''' of every train is <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">2</span>.<br>
 
 
[[file:PriorityMap_P23.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority 2&3]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 5</span><br>
 
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In '''Figure 6''' below, Track Priority Markers have been placed on both loop lines and set as shown. The result will be that '''no AI controlled trains''' will take the centre loop path.<br>
 
 
[[file:PriorityMap_P123.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority 1, 2&3]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 6</span><br>
 
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The exception, shown in '''Figure 7''' below, will occur when one or more of the Track Priority Marker paths have been blocked, for example by a consist under AI or manual control. In the figure the lower loop path has been blocked. The red train will take its assigned path while the green and yellow trains will take the next available free path.<br>
 
 
[[file:PriorityMap_P123Blocked.png|link=|alt=Priority Map - Priority 2&3 blocked]]<br>
 
<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;">Figure 7</span><br>
 
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='''Modifying Train Priority Levels'''=
 
 
You can alter the Priority Level of a train during the running of a driver session.
 
 
[[file:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]] <span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Manually in Driver Mode</span><br>
 
 
This can be done "on the fly" using the mouse.
 
 
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:'''</span><br>
 
# Hold down the '''CTRL''' key and right mouse click on the locomotive or on any of the wagons in the consist
 
# Select '''View Details''' from the popup menu
 
# Click the current priority setting to cycle through the values to the one you want
 
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[[file:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]] <span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Using a Driver Command</span><br>
 
 
This can be done in '''Surveyor''' in the session [[file:PageLink.PNG|link=]]'''[[Session_Rule_List_with_Parameters#Driver_Setup_Rule|Driver Setup Rule]]''' or by adding a driver command to the command bar in '''Driver'''.<br>
 
 
* Insert the driver command [[file:PageLink2.PNG|link=]] '''[[Driver_Commands_List#Priorityz|Priorityz]]''' into the driver command bar and set it to the new level<br>
 
 
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<td>Information on adding driver commands can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at:-<br>
 
* '''[[How_to_Use_Driver_Setup_Rule|How to Use the Driver Setup Rule]]'''
 
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* '''[[How to Use Track Direction Markers]]'''
 
 
* '''[[How to Use Track Markers]]'''
 
* '''[[How to Use Track Markers]]'''
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* '''[[How to Use Track Priority Markers]]'''
 
* '''[[How to Use Track Triggers]]'''
 
* '''[[How to Use Track Triggers]]'''
 
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The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19 and Trainz Plus.

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What are Track Direction Markers?

In Summary:
DotPoint.JPG Track Direction Markers are yellow coloured track markers that are invisible in Driver Mode but visible in Surveyor Mode. They are used as "One Way" signs to force trains under AI control to travel in a specific direction through the track section where they are placed
DotPoint.JPG Track Direction Markers only work on AI controlled trains. They have no effect on manually controlled trains
DotPoint.JPG Track direction markers are NOT a substitute for Driver Commands or Interlocking Towers


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Adding a Track Direction Marker

NotePad.PNG Notes:
A Track Direction Marker has no properties other than the direction it is pointing. This is the direction that all AI controlled trains will be forced to take.
TrackDirectionTools.png

Steps.PNG Steps:
  1. Open the Track Tool
  2. Select the Trackmark button
  3. Select the Track Direction Marker
  4. Select the + (add) button - it may already be selected
  5. Click on the track location where the priority marker is to be placed
  6. If it is not facing the correct direction, rotate the marker to point in the opposite direction


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Direction Marker Operation

Main Points:
DotPoint.JPG Track Direction Markers only work on AI controlled trains. They have no effect on manually controlled trains
DotPoint.JPG If the set path is blocked, then the AI will NOT attempt to find another path

Consider the situation represented in the diagrams below. An AI controlled train is moving left to right towards a junction and a loop line. A Track Direction Marker (yellow triangle) has been set on the main line which only allows AI trains traveling right-to-left to pass along that section of track.

In Figure 1 below, The train approaches the junction at the start of the one way section.

Direction Map - approach
Figure 1


In Figure 2 below, the train has been forced to take the loop line to avoid the section controlled by the direction marker.

Direction Map - bypass
Figure 2


In Figure 3 below, the loop line has been blocked by another train. The moving train will attempt to use the loop line but it will be halted and will not attempt to find another path.

Direction Map - blocked
Figure 3

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