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usage:tools:start [2021-01-19 09:38] blockhead [Trackworker] notte for diamond crossings |
usage:tools:start [2023-12-12 03:03] blockhead [Tools] the rgb screwdrivers |
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These 3 tools are used for special purposes such as laying track, setting up components for atlatc and inspecting locks for the interlocking system. There are no crafting recipes for any of these tools, and you will need the right privileges to use any of them except the trackworker. | These 3 tools are used for special purposes such as laying track, setting up components for atlatc and inspecting locks for the interlocking system. There are no crafting recipes for any of these tools, and you will need the right privileges to use any of them except the trackworker. | ||
+ | Blockhead likes to call them names according to their colours, so: Blue screwdriver, | ||
===== Trackworker ===== | ===== Trackworker ===== | ||
[[usage: | [[usage: | ||
- | The trackworker rotates track and changes its type. To use, look at the rail you want to change and click on it. | + | The trackworker rotates track and changes its type. To use, look at the track you want to change and click on it. |
- | * Left-click to change the rail type between straight, curved, | + | * Left-click to change the track type between straight, curved, |
- | * For diamond crossings, the rail type will change the angles of the intersecting tracks instead. | + | * For diamond crossings, |
- | * Right-click to rotate in 30 degree increments. | + | * Not all nodes have different type options, so left-click will do nothing. |
- | * Holding the "Use" key while right-clicking rotates by 180° | + | * Right-click to rotate in 30 degree increments. You can rotate more than just track with the usual 30° increments, for instance most of the signals are rotatable. In fact, rotation them with the screwdriver will often not work and the signals will revert when the area is left and returned to later. |
- | * You cannot make most rail types into curves or switches | + | * Holding the "Aux1" |
+ | * You cannot make most track types into curves or turnouts | ||
- | While the trackworker is useful for rotating | + | While the trackworker is useful for rotating |
- | The trackworker | + | The trackworker is not useful outside of the Advtrains mod as a general purpose rotation tool like the screwdriver. |
===== Passive Component Naming Tool ===== | ===== Passive Component Naming Tool ===== | ||
[[usage: | [[usage: | ||
- | This tool is used to help set nice names for passive components for the [[usage:nodes:atc_rail|LuaAutomation system]]. To use it, right-click on any passive component, and a box will appear in which you can enter a name for that passive component. Once you have set that name, you can then reference that position from Lua code as a string. | + | This tool is used to help set nice names for passive |
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+ | To use it, right-click on any passive component, and a box will appear in which you can enter a name for that passive component. If the component has its own GUI, then hold sneak while clicking to get the component naming GUI instead. Once you have set the name on a component, you can then reference that position from Lua code as a string. | ||
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- | This tool is used to help inspect and manually place locks for the [[usage: | + | This tool is used to help inspect and manually place locks for the [[usage: |
If there is no lock currently applied, you can manually place one, and it will persist until it is manually removed. If a lock is applied, you can remove it. Removing a lock that was automatically placed is useful in case a route is removed but still set, but in general it is not recommended | If there is no lock currently applied, you can manually place one, and it will persist until it is manually removed. If a lock is applied, you can remove it. Removing a lock that was automatically placed is useful in case a route is removed but still set, but in general it is not recommended | ||
- | This tool can help in situations where you do not know why you cannot move a switch, or where you want to place a manual lock to prevent | + | This tool can help in situations where you do not know why you cannot move a turnout, or where you want to place a manual lock to prevent |
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