Imagine this: you are shunting on a big shunting yard and then need someone to direct your train as you are pushing the cars backwards to couple with another set of cars.
Or: you are driving a seven car long distance train and want to be sure that the train is all clear for departure (e.g. door closed, platform is clear etc.)
Perhaps you end up being a bit lonely in the server and want to have someone around you at the time.
That is what I would like to see in Multiplayer: a conductor who you can invite to play with. Either as another player or even as an AI. This is the exact feature I was missing dearly on Train Sim World especially on the Sand Patch Grade - a means to operate the train as a team. Simrail already exceeds Train
Sim World in its immersion, despite it being in PlayTests, despite its bugs and fallacies. We can already have a Multiplayer where the Dispatcher literally sees the results of his work while the driver knows that a real person is just guiding his way through this great map.
Of course the feature I request is bound to not be a task too easy but this would really be something that could add an entire new dynamic to it and especially use the great opportunities that are given by this game.
With kind regards,
J-C
Starting with AI controlling your train was a very good design choice as you get to prepare yourself to take over as you see it fit. Yet sometimes real life is a bit unpredictable. Suddenly you have to go for a few minutes and therefore as of now you would have to close the simulation and get on again later without the guarantee of actually being able to return to your train. So I would like to see some option to let the ai take over the train at least for a while so the player has more confidence in being able to get through with it without the need of missing out whatever happens in real life. It's already nice that unlike other games you can freely use your other screen to read something or browse the internet while the game remains active. So I think this would make the multiplayer something that really adapts to you (which is not so common in the gaming industry so thanks a bunch for that 🙂 )
