You can simply mess around with the line
mdlTool.transfMove(model, {distX,0,0} )
in the mod.lua by changing Y coordinate.
But I am not sure if that is a good idea to shift all signals. If it affects only specific signals they should be adjusted in their mdl file.

Would it be possible to add an option to change distance of signal from track as currently signals are placed very close to tracks.

Is it possible to have an option for fine-tuning between 0.05 and 0.5 while playing the game?

It can simply be edited in the mod.lua, just change the 8 to your number

Can this be edited to increase the distance or could we get a mod that does 16m?

If anyone has a good screenshot I can add it

While looking at this mod and tring to understand what exactly it does I thought it might be nice if you added a screenshot of what it looks like from a birds-eye-perspective when placing signals. So we can see what the relationships between
1) where you click down the signal,
2) where the arrows are shown, and
3) where the physical signal model is displayed.
Perhaps showing an intersection with some existing signals while adding another one.
Anyways, thanks for this mod!

Yes, all signals regardless of origin (UG or mod) are affected.

This may be an already answered question but does this mod works with non-vanilla signs?

What a great little mod. Nice one.

it's a few lines of code... the actual mod is 3kb, the rest is pics

It always irritated me that I couldn't see the signal when I'm stopped. Solved with a neat little mod that uses less than 1MB ... genius!

Leider nicht modbar, wäre ein tieferer Eingriff in das Signalsystem

Moin, es wäre prima, wenn es die Möglichkeit gäbe, zwischen dem in Fahrtstellung kommen eines Signales und der Abfahrt des Zuges an diesem Signal, eine Verzögerung einstellen zu können (vllt. zw. 5 und 10 Sekunden). Zur Zeit ist es so, dass der Zug zeitgleich mit dem Grünwerden des Signales losfährt. Dieses ist nicht nur etwas unrealistisch, sondern gibt auch den Bahnübergängen die unmittelbar hinter den Signalen liegen, keine Zeit, sich zu schließen.
Oder gibt es hierzu irgendwo eine Möglichkeit?

Thank's

It would be nice if the default game would make trains wait a bit behind signals instead of directly at them!

This works nicely. I spoken to my father who worked for Network rail. He went over alot on Signals with me.

Thanks for this mod. A great small improvement!

Does not work for me! Even on the Standart Signals

Danke!

really helpful

ein MUUSS! Danke!!

So muss das sein, danke für den Mod.

Read the description. It tells you that @ briansyston!

This one moves all your signals. I have them over level crossings.

Yes always want this.
Thanks!

Klingt interessant... nur wäre halt nervig, dass man den bei jedem Zug hinzufügen muss

Wie wäre es denn mit einem unsichtbaren Wagen mit einer Länge von ein paar Metern, den man vor der Lok platziert? Müsste dann der unsichtbare Wagen nicht auch vor dem Signal halten - für den Betrachter sähe es aber so aus, als würde die Lok ein paar Meter vorher stehenbleiben... Es gibt ja schließlich auch unsichtbare Fake-Wagen für zusätzliche Beladungen...

good job man... agree shouldve been an option from the get go...thanks :)

Is there a mod, or setting i'm missing to have the US based signals to have the Flashing Yellow two blocks out from a Red Signal, Steady Yellow one block out from the Red Signal ??
Love the mod of the train sitting back a bit from the Red Signal.

@Enzojz I don't know what you can see from the picture.
All signals are red and all vehicles are stopped because the next block is used. That's for demonstrating purposes, a green signal wouldn't be useful to explain this mod.
Just try it ingame.

social distancing

The signal is red either because it is a placed asset engine/unit or the line ahead is blocked.

The signal in this game goes red only when the whole unit has gone past the signal. 8m is too small for any unit so I don't see your problem.

@mongolteiko yes the light should changed in red only after the cab has passed it, that's what I mean. I am signaling engineer. but this mod is doing the opposite...(as I can see from the picture the signals gets red BEFORE the driver)

Of course, it would be better if the developers include a function that the trains stop is before the signal (and the signal block).
But this the only way I know to achieve this as a mod. As already said: the result is the same.
In the game, the drivers view don't see a green-red transition.

I agree that the train should move back instead of the signal, but the end result is the same.
It does not matter to the driver why the signal changes, he/she obeys the aspect regardless. They don't get confused at all. If you mean the signal changes from green to red in front of the driver, then yes that is an issue in real life. But the signal changes to red after the whole unit has passed, so 8 m should not affect it, as the cab has already passed the signal [unless you are in a really small loco on it's own]..

I'm was a train driver and know how it is in the UK

@mongolteiko No, I didn't got it wrong. I mean in real life the signals are meters before the track circuit joint, to avoid confusing about light change: the driver should not see the green-red transition. In this game, this distance is 0m, and this mod is doing the dispalcement in the wrong direction.

In France this distance is 18m for classic lines and 25m for HSL.

Bonjour merci beaucoup

Bonjour et merci beaucoup pour ce mods. et continuer a nous faire des mods qui améliore ce logiciel pour la réalisation de réseaux .

In the mdl of the signal:
metadata = {
...
signal = {
type = ... ,
dontmove = true,
},
you can't find it because I defined "dontmove"

@VacuumTube I'm sorry to disturb you, could you please specify where I have to put this script "metadata.signal.dontmove = true" becouse I don't finde the cript with "false" wher I can change it

when I first saw this I saw it was some kind of social distancing mod.

@Enzojz I think you have got the intention of this mod mixed up. This mod moves the signal [already placed if in a saved game] back 8m. The actual function of the signal has not changed just the position. What you are on about re the overlap is beyond the signal]. So moving it 8m won't affect the overlap as the overlap is a greater distance than that and the 'block' is track circuited for colour light signals]. The driver obeys the signal aspect [unless the signaller authorises him/her to pass the signal at danger].

In real life, it's inversed, signal get an overun distance before changing the state. If it's not like so, the driver can not figure if a green-red transition is caused by the occipation of his train, or by other factors.

Das löschen von Signalen ist damit aber nur schwer möglich.

Yes, it depends on how the signals are placed in a savegame. In those cases, close to junctions, maybe it needs to be rebuilt.

As this moves the signal, not the stopping place, I would not recommend adding this mod to an existing save game. (As I place signal as close to junctions as possible, the signal sometimes lands on the track at turnouts requiring a re-positioning of many signals.)
Will use this mod on new games!

Perfect, Makes this an instant "must have"