Westvale Red light at Boxford GW First train of the day Help

[tripman]

Hi.
I'm enjoying Westvale all over again.
The activity GW First train of the day has me stuck at a red Home signal just outside Boxford, by the Gas works.
Anyone had this? How do you get this act to completion?
There is a reverse point in front of this signal but as soon as the Engine reaches it it's game over.
CU Eric


Editted to correct title

[douglee]

Hi Eric,
I can not remember a problem with this act. So I rerun it for you. What a pleasure that was.
There is no problem with the act as supplied.
Things to look at:-
Are you tripping all of the reverse points.
Are you waiting for the departure time.
A recent possibility:- What tsection are you using 40 and 41 have posed problems on some routes. tsection 38 seems to suit most routes.

Come back

Good luck
Doug

[tripman]

snip: Things to look at:-
Are you tripping all of the reverse points.
Are you waiting for the departure time.
A recent possibility:- What tsection are you using 40 and 41 have posed problems on some routes. tsection 38 seems to suit most routes.
Good luck
Doug

Hi doug. Thanks for your time and help.
I have made a mistake in this thread title (How do you put that right) it should relate to
GW First train of the day My old eyes left the GW out. sorry.

Was this the one you ran UKTS 17329, or was it the earlier one 15949 First train of the day?
I tripped all the early shunting reverse points OK. Then its a clear run to that red signal. The reverse point there is an instant SPAD. I was a bit early but I have re run with several later arrival times.
My Tsection is 41. I shall try going back to 38 later tonight.
The other Westvale acts are I have are all OK.
Yes this route is a joy to return to.
CU Eric

[douglee]

Hi Eric,
Click 'Edit' at the top of your original post and you should be able to change the title.
Although you did mention GW in the text so maybe I am just as blind.

I belive I did run the BR version.

So I will see if I have the GW act and have another go.

Good luck
Doug

[douglee]

Hi Eric,
Extra. Extra. Read all about it.

Correct activity found. ReadMe read.

Were you actually stoping on the reverse point before the signal at the Gas Works.
Even reversing slightly (The MSTS Shuffle) to trip the reverse Point.

I have set this act up to run (Two AI locos missing from my BR Trainset) and will give it a go.

Come back

Good luck
Doug

[douglee]

Hi Eric,
Two hours and one enjoyable trip later.

To say the stop at the signal is tight would be an understatement. However it does work as intended.
Save before the signal. Slow to a crawl. The moment the reverse point disappears stop dead. The clearence is nonexistant. Whistle as instructed and the signal will change. You just have to be ultra accurate.

There is plenty of time before departure. On my run the speed limit did not change after leaving Boxfield so you will get over speed warnings. This is probably due to the shunt at Boxfield not clearing signals, thats how the Reverse Points are.

See how you get on.

Good luck
Doug

[tripman]

Doug your brilliant.
Thats it. Crawling over the reverse point and stopping dead does it. Good thing that 57xx has decent brakes.
I'ts only after this signal you get to see the A1s come and go. Glad I didn't give up on this one.
I felt something akin to solving the rubic cube when it all went right for me.
Thanks for your time and help.
CU Eric

[douglee]

Hi Eric,

Doug your brilliant.
CU Eric

Nah. You're just sayin' that.

Glad to have helped.

While you are on Westvale do not forget:-

Lord Sneedford's Hunter [115518 bytes] - Lord Sneedford's hunter.zip File ID: 21487 Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 303 Downloads

Shameless plug over.

Good luck
Doug

[tripman]

Hi Doug.
I missed your "Lord Sneedford's Hunter" Activity. It came out last July and went unnoticed by me. because my trainsimming was put away until the clocks went back.
It's become the norm for me to play trains right up to the family holiday and then not touch them until Autumn.
Anyway I have it now and it is a very good activity with plenty to do, have run it three times OK now. Just what I like, well done.
At my first run at it, I managed to trip the "activity complete" message with an evaluation of 6mins and no errors committed?
Thought I'd nodded off again.
Keep up the good work CU Eric

[douglee]

Hi Eric,
Thank you for the kind words.
Amazingly yours is the first comment I have had on the act so I thought it was OK.
Do you think tripping the Activity Complete Message is a fault in the act or was it your actions.
When testing acts one has made oneself, being you know the moves it is possible to miss what others might do.

That act was to have had a follow up. Where the mainline train arrived and attatched the horse box to the front and continued but it had very little interest so I left it.

Good luck
Doug

[tripman]

Doug I suspect it was me rushing in without thinking about it first. Most likely I left a reverse point untripped somewhere. My loco ended up on the siding beside the brake van. I haven't been able to repeat that error again.
This route has not been outdated by our newer branches, its still enjoyable and very scenic. I like to drive sitting on the front buffer beam, looking left and right every so often (view shift+1) it's so real you could almost be there.
I see you had 128 downloads for it so there must be a lot of contented players out there. No news is good news sometimes.
Having said that "GW First train of the day has 314 downloads yet theres not a lot of players complaining about that Gnat whisker positioning problem that makes it almost unplayable.

You could get some mainline action in with the horse box going home and some shunting around in the yard. That Gas works must need something.
Cu Eric

[douglee]

Hi Eric,
Yes, fair comments. Not triping RPs causes all sorts of probs.
Although the download count for Westvale File 1 is over 1700 but having said that some people would not run a freight act if you paid them.
The route is out of the public eye now that affects downloads when the next big thing comes along. Mind you this thread might get people to try it anew.

It is a great route only spoilt by the lack of signaling, so enforcing one engine in steam operation. This does suit the branch though.
Given some spare time without a paint brush in my hand, it's a relief when the email bings with a reply . I might try something along the lines of the returning horse.

I always drive from the cab or head out for realism and from the buffer beam when shunting.

Do you know Shift+1 pressed together hides the cab front panel, 1 brings it back.

If you have Burton Derby v2 try.

Cooperage at Burton on Trent [775983 bytes] - Cooperage at Burton on Trent.zip File ID: 19486 Date: 19 Aug 2008 - 525 Downloads

Another plug. Now where's that brush.

Good luck
Doug