Spawning GLR automata?

[Oliwerko 0]

Hi there,

I've tried playing with various setups of GLR stations and automata, but I still don't get how can I spawn them on GLR tracks.

I mean, I would like to have some trams from VDK GLR tram mod to spawn on GLR tracks, using stations I choose.

Does the stations have to be created to spawn certain automata? In UDI, the tram I've installed randomly spawns on ELRail or GLR tracks. But none of them spawn at random in-game.

Can anyone help me? I still don't get it. How does the spawning work? How can I spawn the VDK tram on GLR tracks?

Many thanks, guys.

[Andreas Roth 607]

There are two types of automata: One that is automatically spawned by the game due to the usage of the tracks, and another type that is directly spawned by the stations. One example for the latter is the BSC SFBT GLR Tram Mod. The downside for the latter is that you can only spawn single-unit automata. Swamper77 created some "train generator" lots, which seem to spawn complete trains (engine and cars), but I don't know if one is available for el-rail/GLR. If so, you only need to install one of the VDK el-rail automata skins and plop the train generator lot in order to see more GLR automata.

[trism 0]

The VDK GLR Tram mod replaces the default El-Rail train automata. If I'm not mistaken, the spawning of those automata are simply based on the number of passengers on the line. Are there a significant number of passengers on the line? (I'm not sure what the minimum would be to see the automata.)

Alternatively, have you installed the SFBT Tram Mod? (If you haven't you can skip the rest of this.) If you have, then it includes a file that stops the default El-Rail automata from spawning (and thus the VDK GLR Trams too). This is because they introduce a completely custom automata that is only a single tram car. The custom automata are spawned from the stations included in that mod. If you have installed this mod, you'll have to at least remove the file BSC_SFBT_glr_light_rail_no_el-train_automata.dat, but then you'll get the SFBT Trams spawning from any of their stations along with the regular El-Rail automata (with the VDK Tram textures) on the same tracks. I would suggest only using one of the two mods.

[Oliwerko 0]

Thanks for replies,

As I think of it now, I may just confuse two things.

I have tried out the SFBT tram mod, and I noticed the colored tram automata spawning immediately after I did so.

However, with other stations, nothing spawned when I placed a station, even with the VDK tram installed.

If it is based on the usage of the GLR network, that might be the problem, it is very very light.

 And the train generators function only for rail, I checked that before.