

The simple answer is, because they always were there.

One question would then be, if path signals are better, why are block signals then in the game? The reason for hiding the block signals by default is to make it easier to choose a signal.įor almost all players, path signals are the easier choice, that will cause fewer issues in your network.

This is the one change in version 12 that has by far caused the most questions everywhere, so let’s talk a bit more about it, and show some examples of simple signal setups for path signals. It was implemented in pull request #8688, for those who want to see the development history. In OpenTTD version 12, we changed rail signals building UI only shows the Path Signal types by default.
