better UX for temporary train stations

quinor · Post by **quinor** » Sun Jun 02, 2019 7:58 am

A very simple one.

TL;DR

Allow to make temporary train stop from the main map (hotkey "m")

What ?

In .17 one can open train's gui and on the map ctrl-click on a piece of rail to make the train go to a temporary stop. It would be nice to have the same option from the "main" map. It would work only if the player is currently riding a train and would be equivalent to doing the same action in the train's gui.

Why ?

Player often looks up the map under the handy hotkey "m". It's annoying to open *another* map (and one without a hotkey too) to "fast-travel" while in a personal train.

EDIT:
Updated to the template.

cid0rz · Post by **cid0rz** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:06 pm

yes plz

TheUnknown007 · Post by **TheUnknown007** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:50 am

I'd really like this, it would greatly improve on my current workflow:
1. Enter train.
2. Open map with M (I need a map to choose my destination, so I press M to open the map)
3. Navigate to destination on map
4. ctrl + click
5. [Nothing happens]
6. Realise I need to do this in train GUI
7. Press M / Q to close map
8. Click train to open GUI.
9. Navigate to destination on map in train GUI
10. ctrl + click

I seriously doubt that I have done this right the first time even once, the "press M to open map" is really strong.
Now that I am thinking about it, ctrl + click while in a spidertron would also be nice.

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