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Great solution, now why didn't I think of that!!!!!! Perhaps because at this moment in time I'm not sure just how to implement that but a little experimenting will soon find the answer. Many thanks for your advice. Once revised I'll post an amended version. It really is Murphy's law that you had the bus stopped on the crossing with the barrier down. I thought I had adjusted the timings on the lights to take this into account. Just goes to show, the closer you are to something the less you see. Cheers Pete

And I think that is really the difference between us and a computer program. We are taught not to enter any obstacles unless you have a clear exit. In the case of the demo I could perhaps move the counter and close tc's further back up the track to ensure the barriers close sooner and link the flashing barrier lights to the tc too.

True it's not ideal but it does happen more than one might think. There are such crossings within a 9 mile radius of my home. Clearly human beings are somewhat better at coping than a computer program. Anyway many thanks for your view on this. I could have made the layout more sterile I suppose. Cheers Pete

Hi to all my fellow members I realise there was a post in January regarding programming level crossings suitable answered by Goetz. However, I would now like to take this to another level. It would seem that both level crossings and road junction control can present issues for many members, myself included. Several years ago both Goetz and Roter Brummer helped me to resolve these issues, in particular with regard to multiple tracks. Since then I have tried to fine tune both of these elements in order to provide as much realism as possible. Whilst the basic principle remains fairly straightforward, in reality there are several components that come into play when fine tuning, not least of all time and location of each element. Over the years I have been privileged to benefit from both the expertise of other members as well as the extraordinary skill of our model makers and I now think it time to try to give just a little bit back. Model building with Blender is definitely not a possibility. The skill to produce anything within that media is totally beyond me. However, I am a bit of an artist. I enjoy creating large model layouts and finding solutions to operational issues. With that in mind I have prepared a demo layout which incorporates both level crossing and traffic light control. It may not be perfect, it may not be the most sophisticated but it does seem to work OK . One final point I should mention falls into the category of either operator inadequacy, program limitations or simply road rage. I refer of course to the occasional incidents where a vehicle tries to either jump the queue or push through another vehicle that is negotiating a turn. Either way if anyone can provide a solution then I would be most grateful. Everything else included in the layout is just a distraction to fill the space. I have also prepared a short instruction sheet which I hope will help. Have fun. I hope it all works as well for you as it has been for me. Cheers Pete Level crossing and traffic light controlled road junctions demo_1.mbp Level crossing and traffic light controlled junctions.pdf

Hi Sualokink Once again many thanks for taking the trouble to produce the right hand drive versions of your wonderful models, your efforts are greatly appreciated. Best regards Pete

Hi Sualokink It must just be me and something that I had not noticed with other models. It was simply that when viewed from the front a vehicle with it's headlights on shows quite predominant illumination from the area of the lights. However this is not an issue. As for the busses. We have three predominate types of bus. One is similar to IDBCDDB550-3178-4277-ACB6-3B042716F22E, one is similar to IDDF1F3F28-0230-4378-ADD9-261C9A7C69F7 and the final one is similar to ID2A0E0FAF-8506-454E-853B-98426B82C929. Single decker busses have doors that open at the front nearside and double decker's have 2 opening doors as shown. I know the pictures aren't great but I hope they help. Best regards Pete

Hi Sualokink It is absolutely brilliant. I am very grateful for you taking the time to accommodate my request, I think you are perhaps the only model maker that has taken the trouble to produce right hand drive versions of some of your wonderful models. This adds a greater dimension to MBS than might be first realised. You ask if there is anything that I might consider an improvement. My initial thought relates simply to the headlight. In night mode the headlight is on and the effect perfect apart from when the car is viewed from the front the visual effect is not quite realistic enough, or am I being just a tad picky!!! However as we found with Nikolaus II and the Renault Magnum trucks detail is what helps to make your models stand out from many others. My latest layout, a U.K. one has many of your model vehicles included and I think I get away with these being left hand drive through careful placement but for those of real prominence right hand drive is essential, hence my request regarding the busses. I have also asked Neo if he would consider adding right hand drive options to two of his 45 degree road junctions. Whilst the ones in the catalogue still work for right hand drive movements the signage is wrong so by simply removing it I feel it would give greater flexibility. I have begun to construct these junctions separately but they are much messier than the originals. Best regards Pete

@Neo I wonder if it would be at all possible for you to produce a copy of the road junctions 1B124B33-B18D-4D4C-9060-1CF549F4D5F4 and 0C79C746-ED2D-4942-84A5-66FD41F3B83A for vehicles driving on the left, ie right hand drive vehicles. It is not necessary to include the stop signs etc. Most other junctions I think it possible to overcome this issue but these two are causing me some problems in producing a manual version. Kind regards Pete

Hi Sualokink I concur with Thomas_103, your models are absolutely brilliant. Once again you have surpassed yourself. Being a picky Yorkshireman, is there any chance of right hand drive. Pete

That would be brilliant and very much appreciated. Thank you. Pete

Hi Sualokink Well that is a real shame. Any chance you can add a single decker and double decker bus to your every expanding list of models to consider? Otherwise my U.K. layout will have to be transported over to Europe like all the rest. Pete

Hi to all our wonderful model makers Since I became a member of MBS in 2019 I have accepted the simple fact that despite there being both a German and English version this is basically a German produced program and that many of the model makers are also German so one accepts that the models created are based upon German designs with left hand drive for all vehicles. Until now this has not been an issue as all of my layouts have taken these factors into account. However I am currently working on a layout that is a scene set in the U.K. and whilst this does not present a problem, as such, with locomotives it does with road vehicles, especially busses. In the past I have used, quite extensively some of the wonderful models created by fmkberlin but alas these only have left hand drive with the passenger doors on the right. Clearly here in the U.K. this would be an absolute disaster with carnage everywhere. Which brings me to my request. To @fmkberlinwould it be possible to produce a right hand drive version of your busses and to all other model makers might it now be possible to also include right hand drive in other road vehicles. SualokinK very kindly provided both left and right hand drive options in some of his latest models for which I am most grateful. Many thanks for your consideration to this request. Pete

Hi Klaus Well that is certainly somewhat of a contrast to Nikolaus II and all of your other models but once again you've come up with a winner. Adding such great models to a less than oversubscribed section of the catalogue is brilliant. Many thanks. Pete

Thanks Goetz, yep I do quite a lot of mistyping. I try to do it all just too fast sometimes. I think my fingers go just a little too fast for brain to keep up, we'll that's my excuse anyway. Pete