Using different signals in one route

[tender]

Hi, I was just wondering how I could use several different signal types on one route. When I try to copy the section of sigcfg.dat for one set of signals and paste it underneath the existing signals used in the route I am working on, it comes up with errors in RE that lines are being misread in the file.

In brief does anyone have an easier way of combining the contents of sigcfg.dat and sigscr.dat files with that already used in the route?

[rickloader]

You can simply tag/paste the new sigscr onto the old, but as you have found this doesn`t work with sigcfg.dat
If you look inside sigcfg you will see entries under a) signal types and b) signal shapes
1) copy/paste just your new signal types to tag onto the bottom of the old signal type entries.
2) find the line that looks something like -
Signal Types (16
Increase the number by however many new signal types you have added
3) Repeat 1) 2) for your new signal shapes
This time increase the number in line Signal Shapes (
(Don`t increase the signal types line this time)
4) Check you have the right number of closing brackets
There is a very clear explanation of this in John Yelland`s signal kits, in the file library
Rick

[vanstek]

Take care with inserting new elements. It is possible, but dont forget to adapt the counters !
In the sigcfg.dat file there is a line
SignalTypes ( number
where the number should match the number of SignalType elements
In the sigcfg.dat file there is a line
SignalShapes ( number
where the number should match the number of SignalShape elements
maybe you have to do the same with
LightTab ( number for the following LightTabEntry elements.

The sigscr.dat signal script file has no problem, it just goes on until
the "// End of File " marker.

Regards, Wim