Transit enabled

[James Kevin 21]

How do you transport enable a building? (Ex. skyscraper with subway station, train station with rails, etc.)

[jakehh 52]

I believe this thread should be in the Modding forum.

There are Stickies you can read there for more information about modding (There should be tutorials for Transit Enabling)

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Agreed. However, the SC4Tool is what you need.

[wof2500 25]

I have a question about the transit enabler. I'm making train station lots with platforms (Both freight and passenger) and I'm having trouble with freight trains originating or terminating at passenger stations and passenger trains originating or terminating at freight stations. I want only freight trains to start at freight stations only and only passenger trains to start or end at passenger stations only, but I still want the other type of train to go through the opposite type of station without it ending there. I know I need to set certain transit switch points to do this but I don't know which ones to use or how many of each one. Can someone tell me what to do to accomplish this? I want to fix this issue with the lots before I upload them to the STEX. I would greatly appreciate the help.

[wof2500 25]

I have a question about the transit enabler. I'm making train station lots with platforms (Both freight and passenger) and I'm having trouble with freight trains originating or terminating at passenger stations and passenger trains originating or terminating at freight stations. I want only freight trains to start at freight stations only and only passenger trains to start or end at passenger stations only, but I still want the other type of train to go through the opposite type of station without it ending there. I know I need to set certain transit switch points to do this but I don't know which ones to use or how many of each one. Can someone tell me what to do to accomplish this? I want to fix this issue with the lots before I upload them to the STEX. I would greatly appreciate the help.

[z1 566]

This can be done by setting up the transit switches properly in the transit enabling editor of SC4Tool. The through trains would have switches for both north and south (or east and west), while the terminating trains would have switches for only one of these directions.

This would work fine if it weren't for a directional bug in SC4. Unfortunately, when you have an asymmetric transit switch point, with the north switches different from the south ones, or the east ones different from the west ones, the transit switch point tends to work only when the station is oriented in one direction - typically north-south. To make it work east-west as well, you have to plop the station in the reverse direction that you would expect. In other words, you have to plop it so that the terminating trains are set up to come from the opposite direction that the transit switches are set up to handle.