Priority Signs

Applicators

Select a Junction to customize. You'll see a spot over each road entering the junction:

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If the icons don't appear, try moving/zooming the camera closer to selected junction

Icon	Purpose
	Placeholder for a priority sign. Click to cycle through the signs (Priority > Yield > Stop > back to Priority...)
	Priority - traffic on this route has right of way when entering the junction.
	Yield / Give Way - traffic must slow down and only enter the junction if there are no priority vehicles waiting to enter.
	Stop - similar to Yield, but traffic must always come to a complete stop even if the junction is clear.
(todo: icon)	Reset - clears all the priority signs at the junction.

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ProTip: Start by setting aside road to Yield; all empty spots will get Priority signs

Shortcuts

The following shortcuts are applicable when the Priority Signs tool is active...

Selection:

• Click a junction - select the junction

  • Any previously selected junction will be deselected

  • You can now apply basic applicators

• Esc or Right mouse click - exit Priority Signs tool

  • This returns focus to the Toolbar and enables its Adjust Roads mode.

Applicators:

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These apply to a selected or previously customized junction.

• Click a priority sign icon - cycle through priority signs (Priority > Yield > Stop > back to Priority...)

Overlays:

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Note: If you click with Shift and/or Control pressed, bulk applicators (see next section) will be applied.

• Shift - highlight route the mouse is over

  • It will try going "straight ahead" at junctions

  • On one-way roads, it will try and find roundabouts / semi-roundabouts

  • If no suitable ongoing route is found, the route will terminate at that junction

• Control - show persistent summary overlays for Junction Restrictions and Speed Limits

Bulk applicators:

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These apply customizations along the highlighted route, which is shown as soon as you press Shift key (so you can check the route before clicking).

• Shift+Click a segment - apply priority signs to junctions along the route

  • Repeat the shortcut to cycle through various configurations of priority signs

• Ctrl+Click a junction - apply High Priority Roads policies to that junction

  • Use the shortcut a second time to remove the customizations

• Ctrl+Shift+Click a segment - depends on the route:

  • If route is a roundabout (loop of one-way roads) or semi-roundabout:

    • Applies Roundabout Policies

  • If not a roundabout:

    • Applies High Priority Roads policies

    • If a junction on roundabout is encountered, that junction will have Roundabout Policies applied

  • Use the shortcut a second time to remove the customizations

Camera:

• Mouse wheel - zoom in or out

  • If you zoom out too far, icons may disappear

• PageDown - underground view

• PageUp - overground view

Overlays

While the tool is active, summary overlays show which junctions have been customized:

To see customizations for more distant roads and tracks, move the camera towards them. Depending on camera position, you might need to zoom in a little. You can set the Overlay Transparency in General Settings in Settings.

When the tool is deactivated, overlays will be removed. You can enable a persistent summary overlay, which is visible whenever the Toolbar is visible, in Overlays in Settings.

Icon Themes

Depending on your language settings (see General Settings in Settings), TM:PE can show localized signs.

Currently available localisations:

• American (en/us) - these signs are shown by default should localize signs not be available

• Chinese (zh)

• English (gb) - pending Issue #1251

• Welsh (cy) - pending Issue #1251

Refresh

When you make changes, only vehicles spawned after that point will be aware of them.

To make existing vehicles aware of changes, enable Customizations come in to effect immediately in General Settings in Settings. This may add some momentary lag on old potato computers or on big cities.

Alternatively, use the Clear Traffic tool to delete all existing vehicles; it puts less strain on CPU, so it's faster than the option above if you have old computer or big city.

Does this affect frame rate or cause lag?

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Yes, especially on large cities or old computers. Managing traffic at junctions is computationally expensive.

I Control + Clicked but nothing happened

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If the tool can't determine which is the main road vs. side roads, it won't do anything.

What happens if Yield or Stop traffic waits too long?

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If traffic on a Yield or Stop road is sat waiting too long, they'll eventually get annoyed and just drive in to the junction. If you notice this happening a lot, first try reconfiguring your priority signs to see if that heals. If it's still not working, it's time to invest in some Traffic Lights!

I altered my roads but customizations didn't update

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If you make changes to your roads, it's difficult for TM:PE to determine what to do, so it does nothing. It's why we highlight junctions and routes when using the tools - you're actually deciding what to do and the highlights are just visual encouragement for you to do that work ;)

Some vehicles seem to ignore the rules!

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• Reckless Drivers ignore priority rules

• Emergency vehicles, while responding to emergencies, can ignore the rules

• Evacuation buses can ignore priority signs if Evacuation buses may ignore traffic rules is enabled in Policies Settings in Settings

• Traffic lights cause priority signs to be ignored unless Vehicles follow priority rules at junctions with timed traffic lights is enabled in Policies Settings in Settings

• If a road or rail segment entering the junction is too short, there isn't enough room for vehicles to slow down properly, and they will drive in to the junction before AI has time to stop them