Track map displays and desks
The track diagram does not have to live in a window. Three blocks put it into the world, styled after German signal boxes: a light grey tiled panel with black track lines. All three show the same picture as the Map tab and open the Line Management window with a right click.
| Block | Where | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Track Map Display | upright on a wall | blocks side by side and on top of each other form one display, up to 32 × 32 blocks |
| Track Diagram Desk | lying on the floor, as a full block | blocks side by side form one control table |
| Track Diagram Console | flat, only 3 pixels high, on any table | panels side by side form one panel of any size |
Track Map Display
Build a rectangle
Place the displays on a wall as a rectangle, all facing the same way.
Done
They join into one large map of the network. The display shows the dimension it stands in.
Track Diagram Desk
The desk is the display lying down: several blocks as a rectangle on the floor form one control table whose top shows the track diagram. North is up, so the diagram lies in front of you like a model of the line.
Track Diagram Console
The flat variant after the push-button panels of real signal boxes: a tiled panel only 3 pixels high that you lay on any table. Laid side by side, the panels form one panel of any size. The dark frame only runs around the outside, a row of coloured buttons sits along the top edge and a keypad in the front right corner. Like the desk it shows the diagram with north up.
Push buttons on the panel
You do not need to open the window for the everyday work:
- Right-click exactly on a train on a display, desk or console: the train is held, or released again.
- Right-click exactly on a signal: the signal is locked at stop, or released.
- Right-click next to them opens the window as usual.
Control area of a panel
Sneak + right-click with an empty hand assigns the panel a control area. For a display or desk this applies to the whole joined surface. A panel with a control area shows only that part of the network and only operates what lies inside.
Track map
What the live track diagram shows - occupancy, signals, trains, delays, level crossings, kilometre stones and signal telephones - and what a click on it does.
Signal locks and holding trains
Lock signals at stop from the signal box, hold trains at their next stop, and let one train past a locked signal with the substitute signal (Zs 1, Zs 7, Zs 8).