Train's CTRL-click Temporary Stop behavior [passed -> inactive]

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Train's CTRL-click Temporary Stop behavior [passed -> inactive]

Post by Geigeabc »

TL;DR
When CTRL-Clicking a train to a temporary station, the default setting is "5s passed" please change it to "5s of inactivity" (or even 10s)
What?
When you send a train to a position with CTRL-Click (creating a temporary train stop) the default waiting condition at that stop makes the train drive away after 5 seconds, even if there is activity (loading, unloading, shooting). If the train is doing an activity, it should wait there, till the activity is done. Having to change the condition every time you make a temporary train stop is annoying.

Current default condition of temporary train stops (created by CTRL-clicking on map, while train selected):
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What i think would be better:
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Why?
When i send my Artillery-Train around with temporary stations, i have to edit the waiting condition for every temporary stop, or it will shoot a single time and drive away again. As an avid destruction enjoyer, this sucks. I think many factorio players are destruction enjoyers, so it would improve factorio for all those people.
As far as i can see, there are no use cases, where i want my train to drive away, even if there is activity at my temporary stop, so i dont see any disatvantage of this change.

left over biters, cause my train drove away :-(
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Re: Train's CTRL-click Temporary Stop behavior [passed -> inactive]

Post by leoric »

I second this!
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Re: Train's CTRL-click Temporary Stop behavior [passed -> inactive]

Post by Koub »

Closely related :
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=67778 (switch to manual mode when Ctrl-Clicking a temporary train stop)
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=80164 (more generic "give us the choice of what happens when Ctrl-Clicking a temporary train stop").
Koub - Please consider English is not my native language.
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