Option for automatic switches

[RedneckRanger27]

i keep having the switches switch on me when going over them and it throws my train. i use a mod to get switches from a map so i don't really need them to switch automatically and it would be nice if there was option in the game settings to disable it so people that want it can have it still.

[terrellj22]

Problem never happens for me

[Schlappspaten]

If switches throw under your moving train it may have one of the following reasons:

- something is parked to close to the joint of switch and adjacent track of the other branch (something passing over the joint is the trigger to throw switches automatically)

- someone is trolling you (maybe unknowingly). By using a mod (I think it is RROX? you should've told) it maybe possible, that someone's aligning switches for his planned moves without respect to other moves (you also didn't mention if you do single- or multiplayer)

- you're running excessive speed and your train is simply derailing (doesn't throw the switch except some part of your train passes over the track joint as mentioned above)

I never have had any problems with switches throwing unintentionally except for the above mentioned reasons. And unreasonable "guests" on the map who purposefully have thrown switches while a train passes over to derail it (guess they thought of it as fun, using password ever since)

[emblancher]

Stop bugging for new items when Bug fixes are more important

[RedneckRanger27]

Originally posted by Schlappspaten:

If switches throw under your moving train it may have one of the following reasons:

- something is parked to close to the joint of switch and adjacent track of the other branch (something passing over the joint is the trigger to throw switches automatically)

- someone is trolling you (maybe unknowingly). By using a mod (I think it is RROX? you should've told) it maybe possible, that someone's aligning switches for his planned moves without respect to other moves (you also didn't mention if you do single- or multiplayer)

- you're running excessive speed and your train is simply derailing (doesn't throw the switch except some part of your train passes over the track joint as mentioned above)

I never have had any problems with switches throwing unintentionally except for the above mentioned reasons. And unreasonable "guests" on the map who purposefully have thrown switches while a train passes over to derail it (guess they thought of it as fun, using password ever since)

I'm using RROX with the player limit on 1 so I'm alone and the only parked cars were on the track i was backing into when it flipped and Betsy was at a different industry suddenly.

[Luna]

Try removing the mod, without any ive never had this issue either.

[Kitsune Dawn]

Originally posted by Luna:

Try removing the mod, without any ive never had this issue either.

I've heard of people with RROx having this happen from time to time, but it's rare. I agree that removing the mod should clear it up.

[CMDR Sweeper]

There is a bug that happens over time where the switch can throw itself under the train.
It is an old bug that often happened with the old track system and I often observed it toggle from a distance.
It has also been caught on camera when kAn and Hyce played, so it can currently randomly strike, but it does seem to be more like the more run time you have on the game.

[Kitsune Dawn]

Originally posted by CMDR Sweeper:

There is a bug that happens over time where the switch can throw itself under the train.
It is an old bug that often happened with the old track system and I often observed it toggle from a distance.
It has also been caught on camera when kAn and Hyce played, so it can currently randomly strike, but it does seem to be more like the more run time you have on the game.

It doesn't always happen, which is part of the issue when tracking (no pun) down what's causing it. From a bug stamping point of view, rare random bugs like that, are much harder to fix than constant ones that are easy to replicate.

[RedneckRanger27]

Originally posted by CMDR Sweeper:

There is a bug that happens over time where the switch can throw itself under the train.
It is an old bug that often happened with the old track system and I often observed it toggle from a distance.
It has also been caught on camera when kAn and Hyce played, so it can currently randomly strike, but it does seem to be more like the more run time you have on the game.

yeah i removed RROX and then had betsy fly away while sitting on a straight piece of track after i played the game for a few hours building track