computeraddict wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 10, 2024 9:28 am

My point was that even just finding that value is not trivial.

That code already exists. It's part of the train pathing algorithm.

But with the proposal, it will lead to LCCCCCCC train ALWAYS reserving both junctions. Even when it is not stricly necessary. Although in such case it is for safety, in other case i think the throughput will be (forcibly) reduced compared to what it is now (without safe exit). Er, no, it'll only re...

If you do not use "safe exit block", then the current system is not fool-proof, but the current system allow train to follow each other closely in a junction if you signal for it, whereas with the proposition it will no longer be possible and all train will have an increased distance betw...

The one thing about this idea that I'm unsure on, if you have a long train trying to pass through multiple busy intersections of smaller trains that don't have enough room between them for the larger one, you could end up with the larger train being deadlocked unable to proceed. In contrast, with s...

[*]The biggest unanswered question of the proposal is how the chain signal should indicate when it is blocked because of a lack of room on the other side [*]This suggestion isn't about 'eliminating gameplay' or 'enabling bad track design'. It's about taking something tedious and manual - checking e...

Illiander42 wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 08, 2024 9:28 am

This would create an optimal design of "fit as many non-chain-signals into your straights as possible."

That is already optimal everywhere except the block immediately after a chain signal.

Given all the improvements to trains in 2.0 - including, if I understood some of the FFF blog post correctly, some major internal cleanups to make the system more amenable to future upgrades - it seems like a good time to revisit this idea. To summarize things so far and address some of the predicta...

As discussed in FFF-388, this has been implemented in 2.0. This thread should be moved to the appropriate subforum.

TL;DR When copying settings from one building to another, you can Shift-Right-click on a building to copy its settings, then hold Shift-Left-click and drag your mouse over multiple buildings to update them all. But when you're setting item slot filters (e.g. in a cargo wagon), you have to Shift-Lef...

I have one suggestion: the FFF shows an offshore pump being bluprinted in on landfill, and the landfill being removed to create a water body of the appropriate size. It would be better if, in this case, the pump were simply placed without removing the landfill, producing a well-water pump. The disti...

We're getting a way to bulk-rename train stations. Will we also be able to bulk-change their colours?

One thing I'm wondering - will there be an option, when using 'Set filters from signal', to control how many filters are used? I recall a couple years ago when working with a complex, heavily circuit-conditioned train unloader, the fact that a Stack Filter inserter only took a single filter conditio...

AmericanPatriot wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:16 am

KeepGridButton wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:59 am

Many containers like chests are opened/accessed with left button

I don’t think so. I’m not at my computer so maybe my memory is failing, but left mouse button would mine the chest.

No, mining is right-click.

+1 on copy/paste within a schedule. I use automated deliver-on-need trains for my outpost supplies, which means I have a lot of trains which have a schedule consisting of one loading station and then many identical copies of the drop-off station, and it's tedious setting the same set of departure co...

Wiring manually: I cannot speak for other player, but I think that this is a process, that can get very tedious soon. In my eyes wiring power should be done only in special cases, especially when connecting the power switch. Almost everything else should wire up automatically. I agree. Special case...

- I see problems if you want to expand an area by duplication. Poles won’t connect. Need to unlock first. Source of possible player frustration. Actually, no, you don't need to unlock them. As I specified, you can still connect to a locked pole by running a wire manually. If you've already got a co...

TL;DR Let the player set the colour a lamp glows in the lamp GUI without needing to specify it via a signal What ? The lamp GUI would have an option that lets the player select a colour from the existing colour list. If a colour is selected, the lamp glows that colour at all times; if no colour is ...

There are cases where overwriting colors is useful, but are there any that also use one of the colors as the condition on the lamp? I can't think of any instances where flexibility would be lost with the proposed implementation, because it would have to be a situation where ① the lamp is exposed to...

I thought that suggestion was already discussed and there where too much issues with it. That is the exact opposite of true: Honestly previous topic about chain signals taking into account the train length was easier in terms of possible implementation. This however could have more possible use cas...

This is a long way without fuel supply. Do not even enter without X GJ fuel. And then what happens? The train has to stop somewhere to pick up more fuel. If the next stop in the schedule is too far away to make it, what is is supposed to do? If the filter signal is an absolute barrier, then the tra...