stop signs

[RealAmerican1776]

Hello, in my Pak256.America, I would like to add a stop sign. Is there a way to have it function (I'm thinking like a signal) or should it be cosmetic?

[freddyhayward]

You could have one that sets a maximum local speed (e.g. 20mph) to loosely emulate the effect on traffic (though it won't actually make vehicles stop), but it should otherwise be cosmetic.

[RealAmerican1776]

Thank you. What about having it act like a stop light? I know vehicles will stop for lights so if do something with that I could adjust the time for the change to say a second. Would that work?

[freddyhayward]

Thank you. What about having it act like a stop light? I know vehicles will stop for lights so if do something with that I could adjust the time for the change to say a second. Would that work?

I don't think these are pre-configurable - players would have to set the times themselves, and could change them to whatever they wanted. So I probably wouldn't do it that way.

[RealAmerican1776]

Alright. Looks like cosmetic it is. Thank you for your help.

[freddyhayward]

Alright. Looks like cosmetic it is. Thank you for your help.

I believe most cosmetic signs use the maximum speed sign as a base, and set the maximum speed high enough that it doesn't affect gameplay, but I haven't tried this myself so I don't know the exact process.

[Vladki]

There is no MAX speed sign.  Maximum speed is defined by the way (road/track). However there is MIN speed sign. This can be (ab)used to completely block a road by setting insanely high value. Or set 0 and make a sign that does nothing. Also if you want a sign that is purely decorative, you can add it to the road itself - i.e. warning arrows in corners. So you can add a stop (give-way) sign to the road image with T-crossing. But it will confuse players as the vehicles will not obey it.

[jamespetts]

I have moved this thread to the paksets subforum since this is a question about pakset development rather than Simutrans-Extended code development.