Train horn - warn the user about bumping

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Train horn - warn the user about bumping

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I suggest that a train horn could be introduced, that could be activated either manually or automatically when a train is about to hit the user. It should be more or less cheap to implement, but it will save lots of user "lives" when they crossing railroads!
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Just turn on the horn when the user is standing on the tracks (or next to them?) and an approaching train can run over him in 3-5 seconds.
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Make it possible to control the horn in the train manual mode just for fun or to signal to another player.

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Xterminator will like this :D

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Did you try Honk?
Only thing missing is a warning horn.

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This one doesn't make sounds, apparently, but it says it shows warning lights where a train is about to show up.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/theTrolleyProblem

There's also this one, that lets you set train speed limits:

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/TrainSpeedLimit_018_Port

Oh, and finally, here's one that'll honk after the train kills you :D :

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Better-TrainHorn

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Optera wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:18 am
Did you try Honk?
Only thing missing is a warning horn.
Kyralessa wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:07 am
This one doesn't make sounds, apparently, but it says it shows warning lights where a train is about to show up.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/theTrolleyProblem
There's also this one, that lets you set train speed limits:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/TrainSpeedLimit_018_Port
Oh, and finally, here's one that'll honk after the train kills you :D :
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Better-TrainHorn
Thanks for the links! But these mods don't implement the suggested idea. theTrolleyProblem is more or less close to this, but the solution is not authentic. And what I understood is that the problem is an actual one!

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It would be awesome if you could wire up a real air horn to the game so that when a train is about to kill you in game a 160 decibel air horn sounds behind your head and you stroke out irl.

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There are more mods:

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/nice-try-train Makes player invincible

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/MoreHonks More honk sounds, 0.18 only


I also used for some time a debug-mode-option, to show the breaking-point of a train. So I knew, when I saw that breaking point incoming: RUN!

Think it was that: show-train-braking-distance - The distance a train will take to stop at its current speed
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ssilk wrote:
Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:58 am
There are more mods: ...
Thanks! The think is that Factorio intruduced a trains that copy behaviour of trains in the real world: thay have stations and schedules, they follow traffic signals and so on. But the most famous property of any train, the horn, is completely ignored. It is not good.

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Train horns when they start up, stop, or hit a rail crossing or gate could be a real nice immersion add. Safety feature, too! I've been slapdashing it by rigging a speaker to the signals inside intersections or player crossings, but it's just not the same as a good horn.

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Another mod that teleports players out of the way before they get splattered: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/splatter_guard

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coderpatsy wrote:
Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:53 am
Another mod that teleports players out of the way before they get splattered: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/splatter_guard
Reminds me of the classic Get off the tracks mod. That one seems to be deprecated now but was more immersive than "teleporting" away.
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Trains should whistle

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Trains should whistle a second before the're about to hit a player. So s/he can react.

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Merged with same subject

Found also a related thread

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=60690 Personal Wireless Rail Signal

PS: Me and many other players here play most times without sound. ;)
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not gonna be free to implement. it's going to be expensive, CPU-wise.

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Exactly. It’s more or less like the calculations for gate opening/closing, but the gate is very fast and very wide. ;)

See also the arguments above. In narrow areas, with many trains this will get soon very annoying.

I think I can say: this will never come in the suggested way. What I can think are some of the features of the mods above. So I will not move it to won’t implement yet.
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