Placeholders

On Advanced Displays with static text you can use various placeholders to display all kinds of data. Placeholders are always enclosed in %, e.g. %time%.

Notes

• With the exception of time are all placeholders here only available in Beta-0.9.0 and newer!
• n is the index of the entry, starting with 0. 0 = the first entry (e.g. the next train), 4 = the 5th entry (e.g. the 5th next train) and so on.

Generic placeholders

These placeholders always work.

• time - the current in-game time of day
• day - the current in-game day

On-board placeholders

These placeholders only work on assembled trains. For some of them, the train must also be in service.

• title - the schedule title, if set, otherwise the destination
• via - a comma separated list of all stopovers
• via:<delimiter> - a list of all stopovers with a custom delimiter (separator)
• line - the train name or, if defined, the line name
• carriages - the amount of carriages this train has
• origin.<option> - see Stopover options for options
• destination.<option> - see Stopover options for options
• next.<option> - see Stopover options for options
• stopN.<option> - see Stopover options for options

Station placeholders

These placeholders only work on displays in the world. For some of them, the train must also be in service.

• trainN.<option>, available options are as follows:
  • any option under Stopover options
  • via - a comma separated list of all stopovers
  • via:<delimiter> - a list of all stopovers with a custom delimiter (separator)
  • line - the train name or, if defined, the line name
  • origin - where the train started its journey
  • destination - where the train will end its journey
  • carriages - the amount of carriages a train has
  • stopN - the following stops, where N=0 is the next stop
  • delay_reason - the reason for the delay

Stopover options

• station_name - the arrival station
• platform - the arrival platform number
• arrival - arrival time in in-game hh:mm format
• departure - departure time in in-game hh:mm format
• arrival_eta - arrival time as an eta
• departure_eta - departure time as an eta
• delay_time - the train delay as formatted text

Elevator placeholders

These placeholders only work on elevators.

• elevator.<option>, available options are as follows:
  • current.short - short name of the current floor eg. 0
  • current.long - long name of the current floor eg. Main Lobby
  • destination.short - short name of the floor the elevator is heading to, eg. 21
  • destination.long - long name of the floor the elevator is heading, eg. Gym
  • sign - arrows indicating if the elevator is moving up or down
  • sign.triangle - the same thing as above but using a different pair of characters.

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Create Railways Navigator

Blocks	Advanced Displays • Train Station Clock
Features	Blacklists • Global Settings • Permissions • Schedule Section • Station Tag • Train Category • Train Lines
Items	Navigator
Other topics	Navigation warning • Placeholders • Scheduled Time and Real Time • Train Initialization • Train validation • Wildcards & Glob Patterns
Schedule entries	Dynamic Delay • Prioritized Destination Instruction • Schedule Section • Train separation

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Categories: Create Railways Navigator