Toggle "Destination full" messages

willsha · Post by **willsha** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:21 am

TL;DR

Let the player turn off "Destination full" messages if they don't want to see them.

What ?

Add an option somewhere to disable "Destination full" messages from trains trying to path to a stop name with only full stops. This might be able to be done locally at a train stop (so trains waiting at a stop will/will not print the message), or globally in the interface settings menu.

Why ?

I'm controlling the train limit on all of my stops with the circuit network. A train may end up waiting with a full load at a mine if the smelter's ore import stations are full of ore, and this is to be expected in the normal operation of the system. However, they still spam "destination full" every few seconds in colored text, as if it's an error which requires attention. It's annoying, particularly when it's happening at a factory that has multiple export stops, that's all.

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:27 am

it should really only show in debug info like the Repath indicator.

Post by **ssilk** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:33 am

This suggestion sounds for me similar to the need to have less blinking warning signs on entities (power failure).

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=67531 Option to Remove Blinking Icons for Missing Power Source or Low Power

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Mon Dec 14, 2020 6:42 am

ssilk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 5:33 am This suggestion sounds for me similar to the need to have less blinking warning signs on entities (power failure).

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=67531 Option to Remove Blinking Icons for Missing Power Source or Low Power

it's pretty different, please don't lump them together.

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:51 am

the message could be simply fixed here:

: Screenshot_20201214_185021.png (11.63 KiB) Viewed 2423 times

and then the whole flying text could be removed.

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:20 am

double headed trains might not print it at the right end.

also, i'd rather this text just not be here at all. can we disable it? the flyingtext entities can be an unnecessary burden.

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:22 am

Post by **Klonan** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:58 am

Moving to ideas

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:20 pm

....really? it's a bug.

ickputzdirwech · Post by **ickputzdirwech** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:05 pm

[ick] Merged with older thread around the same problem.

In regards to the double headed trains: I think the issue here is that the game probably doesn't really know where the front end of the train is, since it can't find a destination and therefore doesn't know in which direction the train should continue.

ptx0 · Post by **ptx0** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:48 pm

ickputzdirwech wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:05 pm [ick] Merged with older thread around the same problem.

In regards to the double headed trains: I think the issue here is that the game probably doesn't really know where the front end of the train is, since it can't find a destination and therefore doesn't know in which direction the train should continue.

just use the same direction it entered. then it will be consistent per station. also, it does find a dest.. it's just full.

for what it's worth, in my example, there is only one direction the trains can ever travel.

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