Changing Switches From Manual To Automatic

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  1. fsclips

    fsclips New Member

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    Hi all
    I have just finished building a rather large station with lot's of switches and realised that I have had the tick at "manual junctions" on by mistake :(

    Since I have spent many hours building this and placing all the overhead wires I was wondering if there is a way of changing the switches to automatic somewhere without ripping everything apart and re-building it again.
    Is there some code somewhere is the tracks.bin I can change?

    Many thanks!

    stefan
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    I have looked thru the bin file of a small route I have and I noticed two entries for points

    One is this
    <Network-cTurnoutPattern d:id="760712192">
    <RenderDescriptor>
    <d:nil/>
    </RenderDescriptor>
    <Manual d:type="bool">1</Manual>
    <REntity>

    And the other is
    <Network-cTurnoutPattern d:id="760712576">
    <RenderDescriptor>
    <d:nil/>
    </RenderDescriptor>
    <Manual d:type="bool">0</Manual>
    <REntity>

    I did not know if 0 or 1 defined the point being Manual or Automatic.

    Peter
     
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    fsclips New Member

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    Hi there

    Many thanks for the reply.
    I found the solution. You simply cut the track where the switch meets the next piece of track and weld it together again (this time with the manual switch function un-ticked) and it will change it for you.

    Maybe this will help others in the future.

    Stefan
     
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    749006 Well-Known Member

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    I asked a Route Builder and he said the same - I did not know how big your station was so I looked in the Routes.bin file

    Peter
     
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    I think that is what Stefan said he did
     
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    Reef Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I was just posting the vid as it shows it being done, helpful for anyone else that needs the info.
     
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