How to Use Track Direction Markers - Revision history

Pware at 10:09, 5 September 2026

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	<span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>		<span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>
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	<td>The direction they are pointing is the direction of travel through the track section ~~where they are placed~~</td>		<td>The direction they are pointing is the direction of travel through the track section</td>
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	<td>They only work on AI controlled trains and have '''NO EFFECT''' on manually controlled trains</td>		<td>They only work on AI controlled trains and have '''NO EFFECT''' on manually controlled trains</td>
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			<td>They can be placed in a '''Route''' or in a '''Session'''</td>
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			<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Key Points:-</span></td>
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	<td>They are "One Way" signs that force trains under AI control to travel in a specific direction through the track section where they are placed</td>		<td>They are "One Way" signs that 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>The direction they are pointing is the direction of travel through the track section where they are placed</td>
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Adding a Track Direction Marker (S20)

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	If you are not sure about an asset then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Double Left Click</span> on the name to bring up its image and description.<br>		If you are not sure about an asset then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Double Left Click</span> on the name to bring up its image and description.<br>
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	<td>When you select any asset in the '''Assets Palette''' list it will automatically select the '''Placement Tool''' so the next <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> ~~in your '''Trainz World'''~~ will add that asset to your '''Trainz World'''</td>		<td>When you select any '''Track Object''' asset in the '''Assets Palette''' list it will automatically select the '''Placement Tool''' so the next <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span> on a track will add that asset to your '''Trainz World'''</td>
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What are Track Direction Markers?

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-'''Track Direction Markers''' set a direction for a '''TGL''' (Track Graph Line - the path for an AI train to follow). A '''TGL''' can be made up of many track segments, but they generally start and end at a junction, industry owned track or crossing.<br>
+'''Track Direction Markers''' set a direction for a '''TGL''' (Track Graph Line - the path for an AI train to follow). A '''TGL''' can be made up of many track segments, but they generally start and end as shown below.<br>
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-When an AI driver plans a path it will query if it can enter a '''TGL'''. If the '''TGL''' contains a '''Track Direction Marker''' that is pointing against the planned path then  that path will be rejected.</td>
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