"Direction Signal Free" and "Route Signal Priority"

[hymie]

Greetings.

I'm playing Simutrans 124.2.2r11400 on Linux with the Pak 128.German

There are three railroad signals that I cannot find any help info for, and searching for them has been difficult.

Can somebody please explain:

- "Direction Signal Free"
- "Direction Signal Stop"
- "Route Signal Priority"

Thanks.

[makie]

- "Direction Signal Free"
- "Direction Signal Stop"

This is a one-way sign, it corresponds to the street sign.

"Route Signal Priority"

This is a little bit tricky. Have you read the Text, if you click with the magnifying glass on the signal?
The signal is used to create overtaking routes.
Ok, may be your program version don´t display this.


https://forum.simutrans.com/index.php/topic,18400.msg174686.html#msg174686

@Prissi

Here, only the default name appears from the program. It would be nicer if the name of the signal came with its explanatory text, like it does with railway signals.

Line 164 in roadsign.cc
void roadsign_t::info(cbuffer_t & buf) const
{
   if(  !desc->is_private_way()  ) {
      buf.append(translator::translate("Roadsign"));
      buf.append("\n");
      if(desc->is_single_way()) {
         buf.append(translator::translate("\nsingle way"));

[hymie]

It honestly never occurred to me to build the signal and click on it like that.  Duh.

Thank you.  I think I understand.  Can you tell me if this sounds right?

Let's say I have two tracks going left to right; one track has a station (with a train stopped) and the other track skips the station.

------- Priority Signal --- Priority Signal --- Priority Signal ==============  Signal 
    \------ Signal -------- Occupied Station ------ Signal ========/

A train that doesn't need to stop at the Occupied Station can use the Priority Signal track to not only bypass the station, but the reserve the farthest block (with equal signs) so the train at the Occupied Station has to wait for it to pass.

Thank you.  I think that makes sense.

[makie]

Can you tell me if this sounds right?

Yes