Passenger numbers and possible imrpovements

[HierIstKlaus]

I had hoped that the latest update would also improve passengers. Unfortunately it didn't unless I missed something. 

I noticed that passenger numbers are decreasing over time until the next server restart (and the passengers are still to low even after the restart). Thats's because new passengers not spawning fast enough I guess. Also in stations with longer platforms they are distributed over the entire platform which means you have to wait eternities until they reach a door of the train. So my suggestions are:

- increase passenger numbers in general
- increase the rate for spawning of new passengers
- distribute passengers on the platform more central or more to the holding sign

[Blacky]

I can only agree. It is quite immersion breaking when you have no passengers entering a train on the whole journey (which happens quite often in the EIP-trains). Especially when you see some standing on the platform in groups of several people but they are not moving at all.

 

Am 19.5.2023 um 16:59 schrieb HierIstKlaus:

Also in stations with longer platforms they are distributed over the entire platform which means you have to wait eternities until they reach a door of the train. 

I think this isn't really a bad thing in general. I would just wish that they could run or at least move faster to catch their train. Instead, they move with their normal speed no matter how far away the train is. 

 

I'll mention the emptiness of trains at their spawn too. When you jump into a "new" train (e.g these local trains in the Warszawa suburban area) coming from Grodzisk, which have done some stops before, they're all empty. It would be nice to put in a random amount of passengers before, so that you don't have to walk trough that empty train which is, I guess, unrealistic and immersion breaking.

When I first saw that people were entering my train using the actual doors, waiting for them to open and really searching for a seat (with animation) and stay there until they get out eventually, I was really fascinated by that, as any other popular train sim doesn't have this (in TSW, they just warp into your train). But I've slowly been disappointed by the fact that it's quite rare to actually have people entering. 

Oh, and one more thing. When approaching a last stop with passengers (also these green Elf trains in Warszawa Wschodnia), they don't leave. This would be a nice detail too, but not as important as the other things I mentioned in my opinion. 

[HierIstKlaus]

What I've also noticed is that passengers don't take the closest door available to board the train and rather walk hundreds of meters to a random door.

 

[DazT]

Maybe they're getting their daily step count in 🤣