Advanced displays - MisterJulsen/Create-Train-Navigator GitHub Wiki

The Advanced Displays are an advanced version of Create's display boards. Unlike the display boards, which are simply designed to display text, CRN's Advanced Displays are specialized for trains and platforms. You can edit the display settings by clicking on it with a wrench.

There are several categories of the displays that can be used. Basically, there are displays for trains and displays for stations. Please note that the displays only work where they are intended for. A display designed for a train will therefore not show anything on a train station. Depending on the category, different variants can be selected. Each variant presents the information differently, so choose the one you like best.

Displays of the same type and with the same settings (category, type, ...) automatically connect horizontally as soon as they are placed or as soon as the settings of two adjacent blocks are identical. However, not all displays connect vertically, even if they have the same properties. This depends on the type selected, as some variants only display the content in one line, for example, and a higher display cannot be used. So don't be surprised if your displays do not connect vertically.

To display data on the displays, you first have to connect the display to a train station using a display link (as in Create). In the display link, you then have to select Advanced Display as the source, where you can also adjust a few settings too. For displays on trains, you don't need to use a display link or anything like that. As soon as the train is assembled and the correct display settings are used, the information is displayed automatically. If you have just assembled the train or updated the schedule, it will take one cycle (the complete schedule once and approx. 1 or 2 more stations) until the displays provide correct information. This is because during this phase CRN measures the route and stores the data.

You can also write custom text on the displays. To do this, select the Static text variant or set the text with a Nametag or Clipboard. Displays with custom text do not need a display link and work on trains and in the world. Depending on the variant, you can add up to 50 text components on a display and change numerous settings for each component (position, size, color, etc.).

Texts can be written as plain text or in the JSON Text Component Format. Placeholders are also supported and are written in the format %<placeholder>% (e.g.The current time is: %time%)

Placeholder	Result
time	Inserts the current time formatted according to the client config.