stations platforms – Train Fever Official Website (archived) Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:28:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 On the subject of non-dynamic platform choice /forums/topic/on-the-subject-of-non-dynamic-platform-choice/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:28:50 +0000 /forums/topic/on-the-subject-of-non-dynamic-platform-choice/ Continue reading →]]> I’ve been thinking about this problem a lot recently, and I’ve realised  that I think a lot of the people who complain about the lack of platform changing are forgetting that Train Fever isn’t exactly TTD or OTTD.  (I think the developer’s shot themselves in the foot a bit in comparing the two, even though there is obvious influence.)

In TTD goods and passengers went to a station.  There was no simulation of them going to their required platform because there was no concept of platforms for them in TTD.  Because there was no simulation of platforms for the passengers or goods trains could go to any piece of track at the station and draw their load from everything at the station.

Train Fever however is a touch more detailed and does have a concept of platforms  Passengers and goods need to know which platform to go to to travel.  That means we can’t really have trains changing platforms at the last minute.  If that system is introduced one of two things are probably going to have to happen:

1. Passengers/goods are going to have to change platform as the train arrives.  This will either increase load time or they will miss their train.
OR
2. We will have to lose the simulation of people going to the correct platform entirely and just have a grand pool of people at the station that gets on whatever train arrives.  Personally I would like the keep the current system of assigned platforms.  I like the detail, and it is closer to reality I think.

What are your thoughts?

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