Random Events

[leomide]

I would really love random events in the game. Like, a malfunctioning signal or a broken switch or workers on the tracks, trees on the track, etc, which would make the game, especially for the dispatchers, much more interesting

Edited May 1, 2023 by leomide

[Gazz292]

the simulator will be getting random effects, after it is out of early access stage. 

Right now the devs want things to be repeatable so they can find and fix the bugs. 

We do get one random effect right now, a 1% chance of an Ai dispatcher giving us an Sz signal, which i have experienced quite a few times now. 

[TobiasM0815]

 

Spontaneous events are always such a special thing. A signal disruption is something that can of course happen unforeseen and of course also has an impact on train traffic. (Happened to me irl yesterday again, driving for 2 hours with Sz signal). However, such situations require a lot of attention from the dispatcher and mistakes that can lead to very bad situations are likely to happen very often in SimRail, especially for new players.

Topic workers on the tracks:
In reality, we usually work in such a way that train traffic is not affected. If a worker requests a spontaneous track closure because he wants to work there, we check whether we can bypass the blocked track. If this is not possible, we will reject the requested track closure.

Planned construction work is a little different: Here in Germany there are written instructions for work on the tracks (called "Betriebs- und Bauanweisung"). This contains all the important instructions and information for dispatchers, track workers, train drivers (construction trains) and construction supervisors. If this document is not available to the dispatcher or if it contains errors, we will refuse the work. In addition, there is usually a timetable instruction (called "Fahrplananordnung"), which regulates the changed timetable and any trains that may have to be diverted. Otherwise the routes would suffocate due to the limited track availability.

As far as I know, there are comparable regulations in Poland.

All in all, you can see that such situations are usually (more or less well) planned and rarely happen spontaneously. I suspect that the SimRail team will have to make an important decision for this in the future, whether to treat this topic more casually or more professionally.

Another possibility, which I think is very good (but also see it later in the development), is a central event team from SimRail, which plans such work, if necessary create briefings for the dispatchers ..and maybe also realistic documents on this.

 

Edited May 1, 2023 by TobiasM0815