Car length default Options

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The present default length for cars to determine track capacity in the AG4 program is 28 meters or approx. 81 feet. This figure is to accomodate the longest of cars which would be the present day car transports which are around 80 feet. This is perfect for the modern day activities that can use these cars. I, however, am building activities for the Shuswap route that is in the 1960's era and the longest car at that time was a 53 foot flat car that was used to transport the road trailers of the day which were a mere 12 meters or 40 feet in length. With my short 40 and 50 foot cars, the yard is only 50% of its' total capacity due to the default limitations. One track in question had a capacity of 29 cars. If I change the little box saying car length to 16 and run an activty, nothing changes, it stays at 28 meters or 29 cars instead of a new 51 car limit. I would like to see the program altered so that a player can change that default number to what he or she would like as a default thereby using the yard tracks to better use especially when long auto cars are a thing of the future.


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