Car setout Options

[Old Geaser]

Hello,

I love freight train switching. Never in my life ever thought I would be making my own activities. I just have started using Activity Generator and have made about 5 . All 5 have only car pickups, no set outs. I have left the max. cars to set out at 5. Is there something I am missing to get car set outs? Maybe I missed something in the manual. Maybe it is my age. 83 Thanks

Bert

[nbeveridge]

Hello,

I love freight train switching. Never in my life ever thought I would be making my own activities. I just have started using Activity Generator and have made about 5 . All 5 have only car pickups, no set outs. I have left the max. cars to set out at 5. Is there something I am missing to get car set outs? Maybe I missed something in the manual. Maybe it is my age. 83 Thanks

Bert

First, which template are you using?

Second, although AG has a randomizer for each pick up and set out location, and thus it is possible to have no set outs, it is highly unlikely to occur in an activity, and even less likely to happen in five! Consequently, I would like to know what the other parameters have been set to? What is the beginning train length? What tracks did you choose for work? Did you select work outside the first region? Are the other functions working, like world car fill?

Third, could you please generate another activity, and this time select the diagnostic report button at the lower left. This will generate a report which will allow Steve to quickly diagnose what is happening. Find the report, and then post it here for our review. The file is called SLGDiag.txt and will be in the main AG folder.

Please bear with us as we work with you to help solve this. Steve has created a wonderful tool in AG, and it works well. We have many users who are just as fascinated by switching activities as you are (I am a fanatic!), and I am certain that you will really like this software once we get past this little hitch.