Multiplayer Signaling

[Nicholas Ozorak]

I was in a multiplayer session on the NC Piedmont route available on Trainsim.com. Despite what the dispatcher would set, the signals didn't always match between dispatcher and engineer.

[Nicholas Ozorak (etozorak)]

V1691.

[Jijun Tang (jtang-h)]

More information is needed, please.

[Nicholas Ozorak (etozorak)]

What other info do you need? The trains were mixed, and the route is available for download at Trainsim.com.

[Jijun Tang (jtang-h)]

Where is the signal that you are trying to set (i.e. which signal from which station), and what are the differences you noted?

I haven't tried the route yet, but I assume I think it will be difficult to try and find out those with problems.

[Nicholas Ozorak (etozorak)]

Too many signals to list. I also saw this issue in a multiplayer session using the M&M sub (Trainsim). Red signals which should be green was what I noticed most.

[r.roeterdink (r-roeterdink)]

It could also depend on whether you open a dispatcher window at the server or at the client.
At present, each client runs the signalling process independent from the server, with only signal aspects broadcasted by the server. As a result, the actual signal states may differ from the shown aspect, this can lead to all sorts of problems.

[Nicholas Ozorak (etozorak)]

In our sessions, the server is the dispatcher.

[Jijun Tang (jtang-h)]

Each client does not perform a full signal update, but receives signal states (and light states) from the server, thus it should synchronize in theory.

[r.roeterdink (r-roeterdink)]

Just started rewrite of MP signalling.
That should clear this problem as well.
It will however take several months to complete this work.

[Cédric GNIEWEK (sharpeserana)]

Does the problem still happen with version 1.4?

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