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NW1776

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Better stacking options
« on: July 18, 2020, 10:33:32 AM »
I'd like to see the stacking options be adjusted to include the ability to throw a switch back to normal from a reversed state without having to manually do it or line a route up. I've noticed in a few scenarios I wanted to pre-plan using a switch but not line a route as a "precautionary" move [like if train A is in this area before train B gets here] I can line a route up without needing to manually focus on the area.

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Re: Better stacking options
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2020, 11:28:27 AM »
This seems to be not something the stacking feature can address, since stacking is about routing (store them until they can be executed). Even if a route is stacked, it does not necessarily determine which switches are being used and how, especially if there are two or more paths a route can be laid from the given start point to the destination block.

There is also the question when to throw a switch back to normal. If a stacked route is executed, it is no longer present in the stacking table after that - there is no purpose keeping it around. So to throw a switch back (after the train has passed I assume) cannot be tied to the route which presumingly throws that switch to begin with and expect the stacking feature to act upon. [If anything, it could be a route feature or a switch feature, as discussed elsewhere in this forum.]

This would than call for to add some kind of pseudo routes, for the sole purpose to throw a switch back to normal. It would be treated like a route (coordinated etc), but it is not a train would use it, so it would need to be cancelled immediately (automatic, via dispatcher command?)

It depends, of course, if I understand this suggestion correctly. Sometimes I may just not see it clearly, so please my apologies for my ignorance ....