I agree for sure, also doing some search online no clear solution seems to have surfaced a part from the clock one. And you still need at least 2 deciders for every station, plus a very "manual" list of items that has to be checked to distinguish between solid and liquid. So already the system is ...

quick aside correction: Trains wait at the depot or the provider station until a requester is free, not at the requester for a provider.

You're right, they'd wait at the provider station because all requesters would be full.


You could pretty easily modify it to do what you intend by having a ...

Thank you both for your posts, now I understand better the system you're talking about that was hinted in the fff.

In this system, trains wait at the requesters station for a provider to be free, it's different to what I am trying to do, aka trains are only called when there is the need for a cargo ...

- General system Provider, Requester and Depo stations.

- Station are all called "Item icon R" and "Item icon P"

If your setup in general is:

- each train has the same amount of locomotives and wagons
- each full train carries just a single kind of material, for example just [iron ore ...

Alright, this is very convoluted, and limited, but it's not a clock, so heres an initial (bad) suggestion.

You read at the depot stop the train ID.
You send that train ID onto the global line.
You also send a 1 on another signal onto the global line if there is a train, this counts the trains ...

Hi guys, so these are my findings about a FTL like system (sorry if the topic is outdated) and what I managed to do. I think I miss the last step and would gladly listen to any help.

- General system Provider, Requester and Depo stations.

- Station are all called "Item icon R" and "Item icon P ...

TL;DR
Possibility in the option menu to choose the vehicles driving mode (relative or absolute) for every king of control used.


What ?

The possibility to choose the vehicles driving mode between absolute or relative is present only if a controller is used.
It would be helpful to have it for ...

TL;DR

Having the possibility (turn on and off ) to use the shortcut bar even when using the controller as command mode.

What ?

It would be very helpful if in the options it would be present the possibility to have the shortcut bar appear on screen for all the control kind.

Why ?

While I ...