How to use the Track Editor

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  • markyisri
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2016
    • 182

    #1

    How to use the Track Editor

    When trying to make a path, this happens:

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    How do I avoid that?
  • baldwin
    6000 Post Veteran


    • Nov 1999
    • 6358
    • Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.
    • ORTS

    #2
    Not knowing what keys you pressed to get into that situation, I can only suggest reading the trackviewer manual that is found in the Documentation folder of the 1.2 version of Open rails.
    Beer is not a matter of life or death, it is much more serious than that.

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    • markyisri
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2016
      • 182

      #3
      Originally posted by baldwin
      Not knowing what keys you pressed to get into that situation, I can only suggest reading the trackviewer manual that is found in the Documentation folder of the 1.2 version of Open rails.
      I did not press any keys nor change any settings. It happens after I "Create Start Point".

      This happens on any route.

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      • eolesen
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        • Dec 2002
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        #4
        Yep, that's how it works. Once you define a start point, and it will extend to the first track node it finds. If you want the path to go in the other direction, right click and change the path's direction.

        Other commands require the keyboard:

        • c shift the view window such that the last drawn-node is centered. You can keep this button down while drawing more or less of the path using the next keys.
        • PgUp Draw an extra node of the path (unless at the end-of-path)
        • PgDn Draw one node less of the path (this does not change the path itself!)
        • Shift-PgUp Draw all of the path.
        • Shift-PgDn Draw only the start node of the path.

        Read the manual in the documentation folder of your Open Rails install.
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        • markyisri
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2016
          • 182

          #5
          Originally posted by eric
          Yep, that's how it works. Once you define a start point, and it will extend to the first track node it finds. If you want the path to go in the other direction, right click and change the path's direction.

          Other commands require the keyboard:

          • c shift the view window such that the last drawn-node is centered. You can keep this button down while drawing more or less of the path using the next keys.
          • PgUp Draw an extra node of the path (unless at the end-of-path)
          • PgDn Draw one node less of the path (this does not change the path itself!)
          • Shift-PgUp Draw all of the path.
          • Shift-PgDn Draw only the start node of the path.

          Read the manual in the documentation folder of your Open Rails install.
          That helped.

          Hitting PgUp repeatedly works, but Shift-PgUp does nothing.

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          • baldwin
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            • Nov 1999
            • 6358
            • Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK.
            • ORTS

            #6
            The TrackViewer manual has a list of all usable keys and what they do.
            Beer is not a matter of life or death, it is much more serious than that.

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