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Titan

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Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« on: September 25, 2012, 12:35:19 am »
I think it would be nice to have multiple carts per track, and either semaphores, or conditions that emulate them (no moving the cart until the next moves, etc), so we could have something like Railroad Tycoon.
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Re: Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2012, 08:24:17 am »
Like a traffic light? Could be good. Probably beyond my engineering skills.
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Re: Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2012, 08:48:37 am »
Can't you use a gear to invert the signal from a pressure plate on the tracks, and have that plate control whether a powered roller track section is powered or not based on whether the cart ahead of that position is on the plate currently?

    >>===R===>>===P===>>

>> direction of travel
R rollers
P pressure plate
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Re: Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2012, 09:19:58 am »
I can see it now....



On topic: seems like a good idea :P
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Urist McSpike

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Re: Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2012, 09:23:47 am »
I think you could manage something by doing this kind of thing:

=.<</>>.==
....^.<<
........^..

=  -EW track
^ -N/E corner track
>> -powered roller sending cart to the right
<< -powered roller sending cart to the left

Carts enter from the bottom.  If you want them sent to the left, have power to the left roller.  Otherwise, they skip over it & are sent right.  I suppose you could use some configuration of pressure plates & weights to switch the rollers on or off, or just do it manually.

Also:  Ding.  Ding ding! Dingdingdingdingding!
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Re: Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2012, 10:25:25 am »
Quote from: krenshala on September 25, 2012, 08:48:37 am
Can't you use a gear to invert the signal from a pressure plate on the tracks, and have that plate control whether a powered roller track section is powered or not based on whether the cart ahead of that position is on the plate currently?

    >>===R===>>===P===>>

>> direction of travel
R rollers
P pressure plate
This is actually quite similar (at least in concept) to how real-world railways are operated. You might need a 2x2 coupling of plates/rollers though, to provide both entrance and exit notifications for sections.
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Re: Tracks semaphores & multiple carts
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2012, 12:11:04 pm »
Quote from: Urist McSpike on September 25, 2012, 09:23:47 am
I think you could manage something by doing this kind of thing:

=.<</>>.==
....^.<<
........^..

=  -EW track
^ -N/E corner track
>> -powered roller sending cart to the right
<< -powered roller sending cart to the left

Carts enter from the bottom.  If you want them sent to the left, have power to the left roller.  Otherwise, they skip over it & are sent right.  I suppose you could use some configuration of pressure plates & weights to switch the rollers on or off, or just do it manually.

Also:  Ding.  Ding ding! Dingdingdingdingding!
Is it bad that I recognized that as a slurry of emotes before I saw the diagram?
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