End of Authority?

[Damascus]

Trying the original MSTS Marias Pass route "Building and Sorting Outbound Cuts" and there is an End of Authority red line on the track monitor. Whether in auto or manual mode, the emergency brakes activate when I pass it, no matter what the speed. If I hit Tab it says there is no signal in my way. How do I get past this spot and start the activity?

[baldwin]

I start in manual mode and run through the end of authority. Once the brakes have set in emergency, I press CTRL M again which allows the brakes to release, then continue in manual mode.

[geepster775]

I never thought I would ever have a reason to unzip the original anything, let alone pilot the BNSF 2081 ever again, BUT after 2 quick minutes, I discovered this appears to be the player path for that activity. The player path never leaves Track 4.

Which means in Open Rails, you need to be in Manual mode and stay there once you enter the act, and you will be spending a lot of time 'off path' while doing the switching. The end of authority issue is because of switches ahead and behind that are lined against you. When in manual mode, you have to hit the G key to change the switches ahead and Shift-G to change switches behind. This is going to be common with most yard switching activities

Please be advised the backwards compatibility of Open Rails really was intended to preserve peoples huge existing investment in payware content. When you ask questions about routes and rolling stock and activities that are simply too ancient, the answers are going to come slower simply because most people remaining do not run them all that often or still have this original stock installed anymore.