Overview I.) preface II.) credits III.) installation IV.) naming conventions V.) examples I.) preface Y-Tracks are an extension to the existing tracks of Microsoft Trainsimulator. To develop routes with them detailed knowledge of using the Route Editor is required. Y-Tracks are based on geometry and sleeper/tie layout of the so called "Reichsbahneinheitsweichen" of Pre WWII German State Railway, they are designed to show Rails of Epoch II and III with supported Equi-Joints. For compatibility to dynamic track and Okrasa's X-Tracks they are not exactly build to scale. Y-Tracks have their own allocated space in the global T-Section.dat maintained by David Beach. The used textures are based on the Textures for Europe1. But opposing to usual practice YTracks use a different texture-name: YCleantrack1 and 2. This was done to make sure that the genuine texture is used. This is due to advanced texture clipping which won't work on repainted textures. The benfit of this approach is that you can use concrete sleeper/ties in the same layout as the Y-tracks. This will reflect german prototype to some extent as DB and DR used Points/Switches on wooden sleepers/ties up to the mid 80s. If you insist in using your own texture make sure to rename it to yCleantrack1.s and yCleantrack2.s II.) credits Y-Tracks are developed with help of numerous persons -Okrasa Ghia his xtracks had proven that such a project is makeable -the team behind 3D Canvas for my 3D modeling-tool -Roman Rachvoll for the blueprints of the prototype points/switches, -Paul Gausden alias Decapod for Shapefilemanager and his contributions to 3D-Canvas, -Martin Wright TGATool2 used for editing ACE-textures -David Beach for coordinating all track contributions for global TSection.dat -Otto Wipfel alias Ottodad for intense testing and documentation -numerous topics to Trainsim and 3D forums, -my family for allowing me to do that. Microsoft and Kuju, without them there would be neither possiblity nor any need to develop additional or substitutional parts. III.) installation setup copies all track to Global\Shapes a modified version of global Tsection.Dat V22 including Ytracks Global the textures YCleantrack1 und YCleantrack2 Utils\Y-Tracks\Textures and Textures\snow a documentation for laying track "Laying-Track.html" Utils\Y-Tracks\docs Licence-File Utils\Y-Tracks\lic this readme-en.txt Utils\Y-tracks IV.) naming conventions for Y-Tracks this will give you an overview on Y-Tracks and how their naming is for example Y1t190-1-9_21mStrt 1.) All tracks are prefixed with Y to identify them fast. 2.) the Number following Y in general represents the number of tracks, 1 for single-track, 2 for double-track. 3.) t is for track as most other trackpieces do 4.) the rest is the name of the track-Piece Pnt Point/Switch Ypnt Y-Point/Switch ( future release ) 3Pnt 3-way Point ( future release ) Xover Xover SglSlip Single Slip DblSlip Double Slip Hz Frog piece of a point/switch V connecting piece following the frog piece ( future release ) Sc single and double scissors EndPnt End-Point of a point/switch Fit fitting piece Number describes radius of curved tracks, or in conjunction with angle describes the angle of the belonging point/switch. 5.) separated by an underscore the approximated lenght and a short description for preferred usage in straight (Strt) or diverging (Div) path. In the example a 21m Straight track piece out of the family of pieces for the Points with 190m Radius and Angle 1:9 Following pieces are available y1tPnt190LftMnl EW190 Base piece for Points/Switches 190 1:9, manual y1tPnt190RgtMnl EW190 same as above, but right ( future release additional 190 1:7,5 und 1:6,6 ) Y1tHz190-1-9Lft Frog-piece for Point/Switch 190 1:9 left Y1tHz190-1-9Rgt dto right Y1t190-1-9_21mStrt Straight piece, compares to the straight path of switch with 190m Radius Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Straight piece, compares to the straight path plus the frog Y1t190-1-9_12mStrt Straight piece, compares to the straight path in the frog Y1t190-1-9_12Div Straight piece, compares to the diverging path in the frog-pieces Y1tHz190-1-9xy y1tEndpnt190-1-9 curved piece, compares to the diverging piece in Switch, Single and Double-Switch 190 1:9 Y1tEndPnt190-1-9lng curved long piece, used as smooth Endpoint for Y1tPnt190xy Y1tFit1-9 Fitting used to build parallel-tracks with angle 1:9 Y1tXover1-9 Xover 1:9, same family as the switches Y1tDblslip190-1-9LftMnl Point/Switch to build a Double-Slip 190 1:9, 2 left and 2 right pices are needed Y1tDblslip190-1-9RgtMnl same as above, but right Y1tDblSlip190-1-9Xover Center-piece of double-slip Y1tSglSlip190-1-9LftMnl Point/Switch to build a SingleSlip 190 1:9, 1 left and 1 right are needed Y1tSglSlip190-1-9RgtMnl right version Y1tSblSlip190-1-9Xover Center-Piece of single-slip Y2tSc190-1-9Lft left Frog piece used in Double-Scissor 190 1:9. Y2tSc190-1-9Rgt dto right Y2tSc1-9Xover Center-piece with Xover used for Double-Scissor 1:9 (future release contains 300 1:9) V.) examples always in direction of driving in all examples Ponts/Switches can be replaced by Xover or SglSlip or DblSlip. ============================= passing type 1 Y1tPnt190RgtMnl or similar for the left side Y1tHz190-1-9Rgt main path (straight) diverging path Y1t190-1-9_12mStrt Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1t190-1-9_21m_Strt Y1tEndPnt190-1-9 or as substitute Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt _____________________________ passing left type 1 but with smooth endpoint Point/Switch same as above main path diverging path Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1tEndPnt190-1-9Lng Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv (yes, in that case Div) ============================= passing left Type2 Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y1tHz190-1-9lft (indeed, in that case use the lft-frog!) ) main path (straight) diverging path Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1tEndPnt190-1-9 _____________________________ passing left type 2 smooth endpoint Points/Switches as above main path (straight) diverging path Y1tEndPnt190-1-9Lng Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv ============================================ single crossover with 2 points/switches right left track right track Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1tPnt190-1-9Lft Y1tHz190-1-9Lft Y1tHz190-1-9Lft Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1tPnt190LftMnl ============================================== double crossover (scissor) with 4 points/switches Type 1 left track right track Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y1tPnt190LftMnl Y2tSc190-1-9Rgt Y2tSc190-1-9Lft Y2tSc1-9Xover Y2tSc190-1-9Lft Y2tSc190-1-9Rgt Y1tPnt190LftMnl Y1tPnt190RgtMnl ============================================== double crossover (scissor) with 4 points/switches Type 2 left track right track Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y2tSc190-1-9Rgt Y2tSc190-1-9Lft Y2tSc1-9Xover Y2tSc190-1-9Lft Y2tSc190-1-9Rgt Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y1tPnt190RgtMnl =============================================== parallel turnout from single-track right main track turnout2(middle) turnout1 (rightmost) Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y1tHz190-1-9Lft (in this case Left frog) Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1tPnt190RgtMnl Y1tHz190-1-9Rgt (yes, the right frog) starting here tracks are parallel _______________________________________________ Endpoints of the two parallel turnout tracks back to main type1 Main track turnout2(middle) turnout1(rightmost) Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1tFit1-9 Y1tEndPnt190-1-9 Y1tEndPnt190-1-9 Y1tFit1-9 starting here all 3 tracks are parallel _______________________________________________ Endpoints of the two parallel turnout tracks back to main type2, smooth endpoints Main track turnout2(middle) turnout1(rightmost) Y1t190-1-9_33mStrt Y1tFit1-9 Y1t190-1-9_12mDiv Y1tEndPnt190-1-9lng Y1tEndPnt190-1-9lng Y1tFit1-9 starting here all 3 tracks are parallel Don't hesitate to give me a note if problems arise with Ytracks, as usual include your operating system and if it is localized and other useful hints which lead to the issue. Software can't be improved without ( constructive) feedback. Native english-speakers please do the same for spelling / phrasal errors. Native speakers of other languages besides german and english are encouraged to contribute a readme and a laying-track file in their language. Contact: ytracks@spreeweb.de