Traffic Architect Traffic-Light Timing & Phase Resets

Record what changed before changing it again

1. Identify whether you are running the Demo or full game, and record the displayed version.
2. Inspect the affected junction’s traffic-light panel. Distinguish its green durations, custom phases, phase order and demand-responsive limits.
3. Record the state before the triggering action: road upgrade, turn-lane edit, receiving-lane addition, new-road connection or save reload.
4. Compare that same junction after the action. A different phase order is not the same symptom as an unchanged phase with a different duration.

This gives you a reproducible case and avoids reconstructing an entire signal plan merely because an older discussion said every edit resets it.

Use the version and trigger together

The hotfixes were originally announced on Discord, but their relevant changes are reprinted in the official 1.0.8 post. We read that official recap, not the Discord announcements. It does not identify an exact installed build for your save.

If it still happens on your current installation

1. Let Steam finish the available update, then confirm which product and version you launched. The full game’s 1.1.0 release does not by itself prove the Demo changed to that version.
2. Keep the original save and record the affected junction’s green times, phase definitions and order before editing.
3. Repeat the smallest single trigger once and compare the same fields. For a reload issue, record the demand-responsive limits before and after the reload instead.
4. If the mismatch remains, report the version, Demo/full distinction, operating system, save, before/after screenshots and exact trigger to the developer.

Do not describe your new report as already fixed merely because a patch promised a related change. Equally, do not keep telling updated players that losing every custom phase is expected behavior.

Changing a signal is different from banning a turn

A green duration controls when a permitted movement can run; a turn ban decides whether that movement is allowed. Adding a physical turn lane changes road geometry again. Use the turn-control distinction before rebuilding a timing plan to address a forbidden route.

The 1.0.7 notes say new lights receive a green duration suited to the road, and dedicated turn phases display left/right arrows. They do not supply one optimum duration for every junction. The earlier patch also says routing considers signal red time, so timing changes can alter traffic’s route choice.

What about synchronizing several traffic lights?

The November 2 developer response to the chained-lights request says it is on the list; the original thread was freshly reread November 3. The full 1.1.0 announcement does not establish a released linking procedure. These sources support a single-junction version check; they do not support instructions for a coordinated green wave.

You have resolved the diagnosis when you can identify the exact field, trigger and version involved, then either confirm the stated preservation or provide a small current reproduction. This page does not certify a city-wide timing plan or promise that a single update resolves every signal problem.