New Train Condition - by wagons

wahming · Post by **wahming** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:14 pm

TL;DR

A modifier to the train wait conditions, to apply them to one, multiple, or all wagons.

What ?

e.g. Instead of saying 'Cargo is empty', or 'Cargo is full', we can specify 'one wagon is empty', etc. Obviously not all existing conditions would work with per-wagon basis.

Why ?

Increases flexibility of train routing, at minimal effort.

Haven't seen this one in suggestions search - apologies if it's been suggested previously!

Tekky · Post by **Tekky** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:32 pm

I am against this suggestion. In my opinion, it would be better if the following suggestion were implemented:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51387 Rail car/locomotive scanners

That way, it would be possible to read the contents of individual wagons/locomotives using the circuit network. At the station, you could then set a wait condition based on a circuit network condition. This solution would be a lot more flexible than what you suggest.

wahming · Post by **wahming** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:40 pm

Tekky wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:32 pm I am against this suggestion. In my opinion, it would be better if the following suggestion were implemented:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=51387 Rail car/locomotive scanners

That way, it would be possible to read the contents of individual wagons/locomotives using the circuit network. At the station, you could then set a wait condition based on a circuit network condition. This solution would be a lot more flexible than what you suggest.

The underlying logic is similar for both, if they implement it it could easily be done for both suggestions.

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