jayzhead

This is a core engine issue - so I didn't know whether to stick it here on in multiplayer, as it applies to both. I ended up sticking it here, even though it's pretty quiet here compared to the multiplayer section. (As an aside, I think maybe this section should be renamed to "General Sim", rather then single player, as SP is very limited for the time being and no one seems to be playing it 🙂) But in any case... Cab sway physics and head movement... it is... to put it mildly... unsatisfactory. The EP07/08 and variants seem to have a scripted sway that just rocks the cab from side to side mechanically with no regard to the track - neither bends nor speed seem to have any effect. Switches trigger a similarly mechanical up and down motion that never varies. The newer trains - the Pendolino and the Elf - cab sway is nonexistant, even the primitive script kind that is in the EP07s, and switches only trigger sound. IMO, this is the one big gripe I have with this sim as it stands. Everything else I'm really enjoying. The gameplay (multiplayer!), the route, the look, the overall train physics and sounds are all great. But this train-glued-to-track feeling is very distracting and takes me out of the realism often, especially with the ED250. Flying 200kph down the track feels exactly the same as going 20, and it is just boring this way. The other thing that bothers me, the lack of raildriver support, I'm not even worried about - as it is clearly coming soon, being on the todo list that was released a while ago. Cab sway and head movement physics are nowhere to be found on that list and that worries me. Cab sway is the one thing that still makes me even consider firing up that other sim (that shall not be named), occasionally 😉 Is there any info on the subject from the devs that I might not be aware of? Is this something that is even being worked on? I'd love to know.

Yes, that is very much the way to do it. Especially if one likes do drive the complete route. I've spent a lot of time staring at Katowice or Warsaw stations waiting for an AI train to appear so I can nab it in time... It would be nice to have departure timetables for in game stations, and maybe also the ability to "reserve" a train that's soon to appear on the map in the multiplayer train selection screen. Don't know how well that would work when the server gets busy though, we might never be able to grab a train 😉

Right now there seems to be no unified set of guidelines for communications in the English server. Some dispatchers like to talk with every train that passes and some never talk to anyone and just set the signals. Sometimes it is a bit confusing trying to decide what to communicate as a driver, because the attitudes of different controllers are so varied. I suppose over time a more unified approach will emerge as people gain experience. I've recently had one controller get annoyed with me for reporting that I have a ten minute wait at a station when I came in to the platform, and then when I didn't say anything on my next run I had another controller who asked me why I was still standing at the platform, even though my schedule had another 8 minutes wait. Also, if the single player scenarios with their automated controller chatter is anything to go by, drivers IRL are required to communicate with the controller every time they are ready to depart from a station, before they get their signal. But it doesn't seem like anyone on the server likes that, and controllers almost always just set up my path without me saying anything 🙂 I think mostly being courteous and forgiving with players who are finding their way around is paramount at the moment.

It's not on the devlog as of now, only the Tunel - Kraków section. It makes sense, as it enables the relevant Pendolino services out of Warsaw to gain their destination. Very much looking forward to it 😁

Not once did I have a dispatcher honor the pt stop at Olzamoviche when I was running an EC 😜 It causes interesting issues down the line, last time I drove the guy in Pilichovice put me on the opposite track to let the pendolino overtake me.

I also just had a session when it disconnected me with an "unknown reason" at every stop. After another failed attempt each time it would let me back in to the same train I got disconnected from