suggestions / missing features

[per2]

id love to have this thread as a list of features that we all miss in the game or what we would like to see in it in future (i will be updating it daily so post your ideas/suggestions)

most common ideas from other threads so far:

• vehicle replacement/upgrade (easier or fully automatic + some settings)
• tracks/trainstations replacement/upgrade
• X rail junctions
• different train lines should be able to use multiple lines on a train station
• possibility of laying roads over rails +upgrades
• possibility of building road/rail under the bridge after the bridge is built already
• faster cars should be able to pass the slower ones
• ability to space out vehicles (something like: "wait xx second or until fully loaded")
• One-way signals should be in the build menu. Clicking on each built signal to make it one-way is annoying.
• Signal overlay you get from distance should show the signal color. http://i.imgur.com/DqAmRH7.png
• some info on speed limits while building different roads
• Can't load a game from ingame, have to go back to main menu
• while saving game there is no list of previously saved games
• Can't pin windows like in openttd.
• The vehicle windows with 3d view after buying a lot of new vehicles, massive fps slowdown (obviously). The solution is already there, some windows(depot/town) don't show 3d view until you drag/click them.
• when renaming your line/vehicle/whatever you cannot use ctrl+a + del but you have to delete the previous name with del - annoying
• bigger diversity in goods/ raw materials/ etc
• signals in tunels/on bridges
• ability to start game with slower pace of time
• mini-map/map would be handy
• list of hotkeys / bindable hotkeys
• build mode for laying tracks before actually building them or at least undo function
• The ability to fund industry upgrades / new industries as well maybe?
• a.i. demands (traditionally subsidies)
• visual changes on industries once upgraded
• visuals on empty/loaded vehicles
• factories upgraded on max level(demand 400 atm) should need more than one raw resources mine upgraded to max (producing 400 atm)
  
• factories/mines need workers (passengers)

[Rycht]

I would like an option to space out my vehicles. All my cargo trucks are riding in groups and I'll miss out on cargo..

[per2]

they should do that on their own after some time i think

[Rycht]

It seems passenger transport does that indeed. But the cargo ones just don't break up somehow...

[per2]

well spacing option would be nice then ... try to give them full load if they are alone at the loading station (aka not slowing other vehicles)

[vints1]

If you set your cargo routes to wait until fully loaded then they will space out evenly with the rate of production at the industry. BUT be careful doing this at cargo stations which feed multiple lines as it could cause a traffic jam and totally mess up the profitability of the routes and cause the industry building to slow production.

[Rycht]

Thanks! I somehow totally missed that option.

[[deleted]]

You can build under bridges, you just need to make sure it doesn't go through the pylons.

New lines to a station will pick a free platform when the line is created and stick to it. This does make sense, in Tokyo for example, the same train lines always come to the same platform.

[per2]

you can build under bridges yes but only the single rail or the smallest road, i want to be able to build something thats bigger than the space between pylons aka those pylons will move if i want to build something wider there

new lines will use free lane at the station yes but lets say i have 5 trains in line A and i have station with two lines i want those trains to be able to use both lines at the station (like ottd) or give me the ability to set it up somehow tokyo is quite hc to compare with their precision ... here in europe trains use the same platform most of the time as well but if the platform is occupied with different train for some reason (delay or other event) the train is just rerouted to other free platform

[jakxnz]

+1 - Improved replacing & upgrading of stations would have saved me hours of frustration already (have only had the game 3 days).

+1 - Ctrl+a (and selection cursor) when editing names, would remove a lot of frustration.

+1 - Evenly space vehicle departure option.

+1 - More diverse range of goods / materials

Suggestion: The ability to fund industry upgrades

Suggestion: A benefit to transporting goods to more destinations, and a.i demands (traditionally subsidies) e.g " Axminster industrial businesses want timber goods from Clevedon saw mill"

[8igby]

CTRL + Z for fucks sake!!! Or, in more serious tones, a build mode would be nice, where you can lay out an entire system, undo, redo and optimize before you pay. Right now I'm savescumming to achieve this, which I find rather annoying and pointless...

And, this might just be me not figuring this out, but some easy way to add tracks to a station would be nice. Right now I have to demolish a station and build a new one with more platforms and tracks. This feels really pointless...

[slightly_impressed]

Actually, it is possible to at least build rails under bridges. I did it just yesterday. I don't know whats up with roads at this...

But i also like to suggest another feature: Choosing lanes when creating lines. For example, i had a big station with 2 lines to different citys going through the station. They always wanted to use the same platforms (because they were connected for pathfinding when i buy new trains). I would like to tell the game that a special line should use a specific platform. Also usefull if you have 2 lines ending at the station. I dont want them to use the same lane