Starting location of activity. Options

[Old Geaser]

I have been making a few activities using Activity Generator for my own use. Have been doing pretty well. I have printed the manual and have studied it. There is one thing I cannot figure out. I like switching and do not really care to Travel great distances.

I am trying to make act's that start in a city and have the pu and so in the same area. I do not mind traveling a short distance. I just made a 3 page act that all pu and so are in Zanesville and Zan Sub. It did great. It has 22 so and pu. Problem is it starts in Marietta interchange yard. A long way from Zan.

I made another for McConelsville area. The starting place is Byesville.

Where am I going wrong? As I remember in the Source Tracks, I checked Zans. and Zan sub. What do I check to Start somewhere in Zans and do the work in Zans and Zan Sub? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Bert

[dgionet]

Hi Bert,

I is encouraging to find out that people of any age can enjoy AG. I also share your concern and like Peter, as template designers, we believe also short paths are part of any template. His route is ideal for short acts and has lots of switching in short distances. Among the templates that are built, I try to add shorter paths for those who want short activities. Myself enjoy short acts in AG. I don't want them too long. So if there is a long path among any route during path making, I always try to have one or a few which start whether at the middle or close to the end of the route for those like you, Bert (and me)

Glad to have this topic mentioned and will keep working making shorter template paths with those like you in mind.

Cheers

Denis

[Old Geaser]

Thanks Denis,

I know there is all types of people who enjoy this train stuff. Personally, I like to start in the same town as the work is, do a lot of switching, then maybe run to a couple other close cities to do moor switching.. I am not a over the road engineer, or Passenger train buff. Thanks

Bert

Hi Bert,

I is encouraging to find out that people of any age can enjoy AG. I also share your concern and like Peter, as template designers, we believe also short paths are part of any template. His route is ideal for short acts and has lots of switching in short distances. Among the templates that are built, I try to add shorter paths for those who want short activities. Myself enjoy short acts in AG. I don't want them too long. So if there is a long path among any route during path making, I always try to have one or a few which start whether at the middle or close to the end of the route for those like you, Bert (and me)

Glad to have this topic mentioned and will keep working making shorter template paths with those like you in mind.

Cheers

Denis

[Ralph@Train-Puzz...]

Hey Bert!

I'm not sure you ever got an answer to your question.

Typically, the path name begins with the name of the city where the path starts out. So, for example, the "Marietta NB" path (that you were most likely using for your Zanesville activity) begins in Marietta and goes NorthBound.

If you wanted to do switching in Zanesville, you could choose a path that begins with "Zanesville" (like "Zanesville NB" or "Zanesville Sub"), then choose Zanesville tracks in the Source Tracks and Work Tracks sections of the AG screen.

I've found that the quickest way to do this is to first check the appropriate box in the Work Tracks section ("Zanesville", in this example), which will check all of the yard and industry tracks in that Region. Then go up in Source Tracks section, click on the "+" symbol to expand the Zanesville list, and check some Yard tracks to use as the source of your work (Checking Yard track boxes here will automatically uncheck the same boxes in the Work Tracks section).

You'll then have cars to pick up on the Yard tracks that you selected in the Source Tracks section, and pickups and deliveries to make on the tracks that you selected in the Work Tracks section -- and they'll all be in the Zanesville area, where the path begins.

Good luck!

[Old Geaser]

Thanks Ralph

I will give that a try. Thanks

Bert

Hey Bert!

I'm not sure you ever got an answer to your question.

Typically, the path name begins with the name of the city where the path starts out. So, for example, the "Marietta NB" path (that you were most likely using for your Zanesville activity) begins in Marietta and goes NorthBound.

If you wanted to do switching in Zanesville, you could choose a path that begins with "Zanesville" (like "Zanesville NB" or "Zanesville Sub"), then choose Zanesville tracks in the Source Tracks and Work Tracks sections of the AG screen.

I've found that the quickest way to do this is to first check the appropriate box in the Work Tracks section ("Zanesville", in this example), which will check all of the yard and industry tracks in that Region. Then go up in Source Tracks section, click on the "+" symbol to expand the Zanesville list, and check some Yard tracks to use as the source of your work (Checking Yard track boxes here will automatically uncheck the same boxes in the Work Tracks section).

You'll then have cars to pick up on the Yard tracks that you selected in the Source Tracks section, and pickups and deliveries to make on the tracks that you selected in the Work Tracks section -- and they'll all be in the Zanesville area, where the path begins.

Good luck!