Feature Free Roam: Enhancements To Set A Path

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by RobertSchulz, Jan 25, 2025.

  1. RobertSchulz

    RobertSchulz Well-Known Member

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    Sometimes I open up the Live Map, but forgot to set a path for my loco by accident. After quite some time I found the location I want to go to (since station labels are not shown at the unzoomed state of the Live Map and it needs some route knowledge to know where a certain location is) but just figured out that I missed to select "Set Path" on my loco before, just making me think "Dammit!". Is this just me?

    Therefore I would like to suggest two ways to improve the way to set a path, enhancing the ease of use of this feature.

    1.) The game/map automatically detects the loco in which driver's seat the player has placed (my current loco), then the player can click anywhere on the 2D map and select "Set destination" (maybe followed by a security prompt: "Are you sure to abandon your current path and set the destination to here? Yes/No")

    Then the behavior is equal to the current behavior after selecting a location and the path is either granted or denied (the location being unreachable).

    For reference, current set path feature only works by left-clicking on the desired train first, and then find and select the location on the map to go to.
    SetPathTSW.PNG

    2.) Often I want to go to certain locations. However, if I know the name of the location already, couldn't a menu like the Fast Travel menu (Shift+F) with maybe another subcategory of the available platforms be implemented, avoiding to go to the Live Map, do click on the desired train and pinpoint the location to go to (saving some big time for these)?

    This would also help players, who have not that big amount of route knowledge to know the route as well to find a certain location on the 2D map.

    For reference, the Fast Travel menu (Shift+F)
    FastTravelTSW.PNG

    Thanks for reading.
     
    Last edited: Jan 25, 2025
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  2. oakleymoss#1362

    oakleymoss#1362 Well-Known Member

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    tbh, all I would like to see in Free Roam is the ability for the player to control all points (manual or not) and for the player's train to SPAD without consequence (free roam mode only, doesn't apply when spawning in your train/loco during timetable mode)
     

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