Ideas for Open Rails

[261Steam]

Here are some ideas for Open Rails that I came up with! I'm not sure if any of these would be possible but would make the game alot more fun to run!



For Steam Locomotives

Steam for air pumps, Dyno and other stuff like that

When on excursions with steam locomotives make it so when Low on Water and fuel be able to pull up to a fire hydrant, bucket loader full of coal or oil truck and refuel from that.

When running long distances with steam locomotives make it so you have to service them every 100 to 150 miles or so and have a little percentage box where you know how long you have until they need servicing (Greasing the rods and other mechanical things) And if you don't things end up breaking or over heating on you and get hotboxes and other mechanical failures.

(This Could also be done with diesels, freight and passenger cars) making sure all of your locomotives and cars are in working order.

Make it so when you crack the throttle open on steamers the chuffing sound gets louder and when you close the throttle the sound gets softer! I have that for MSTS but its not working yet for Open Rails!


Diesels

See if you can make it so Diesels can have Loading issues.


All Trains

Make it possible so you can turn locomotives on or off in a consist or set them to a specific notch like real train crews can do or for passenger excursions have them set to HEP Mode.

Make it so you can have hot boxes, broken couplers, air hoses, and other issues with locomotives and cars (this can also include issues with Diesels).

have it so when your at a manual switch you have to stop and throw it if its not lined correctly

Make it so you can refuel from fuel trucks for diesels, and Steamers can refuel from Fire Hydrants, fuel truck and coal buckets with coal piles like today's steamers do!




Just a few ideas I came up with let me know if you guys think any of them or good and feel free to add any more ideas if you have any!

Brandon

[261Steam]

Here are a few more ideas!

Steam

Make it so the Steam works with the chuffing of the locomotive instead of just poring out of the stack and cylinders

When at a stop you have to turn the blower on

Accurate Cylinder cock smoke that works with the wheels

Able to perform blowdowns when needed

needing to clean the ash pan out on Coal burners

Game Play

this one might be a LITTLE TOO FAR OUT OF THE BOX!! But make a list of how much revenue your making from excursions/freight business and using the money to do repairs on locomotives and cars just like the real world

Have writen instructions on what you need to do and have the dispatcher guide you threw as well.

Brandon

[enrico95]

add multiplayer option...and free unlimited multiplayer option

[longiron]

add multiplayer option...and free unlimited multiplayer option

Gee, the Open Rails team would have never thought about multi-player capabilities.

[OTTODAD]

Gee, the Open Rails team would have never thought about multi-player capabilities.

Not that they are of much use, there not being many who can set up an ORTS Multiplayer Server, organize and control an On-line ORTS multiplayer session for capable Train Simulator train drivers.

Train Simulators are not "Shoot-them-up" games !

O t t o

[antuanfs]

Congratulations to the team for the final version is much better than before. My small contribution to the thread:

1. Tilting the cab view as the radii of the curves with the purpose of representing banked, at least from the cockpit view.

2. Less detailed shadow maps that run on less powerful machines.

3. Realistic reflections on water.

[jovet]

How about we we all wait make wish-list suggestions for Open Rails until once it's properly duplicating MSTS's functionality? Because that needs to happen first, and it's still a work in progress. Then the fun begins!

[GoGoran]

How about we we all wait make wish-list suggestions for Open Rails until once it's properly duplicating MSTS's functionality? Because that needs to happen first, and it's still a work in progress. Then the fun begins!

Exactly my thoughts. First get all MSTS features to work, then think about modifications or additional functionality.

[muskokaandtahoe]

How about we we all wait make wish-list suggestions for Open Rails until once it's properly duplicating MSTS's functionality?

What's top's on your list of missing MSTS features?

[csantucci]

How about we we all wait make wish-list suggestions for Open Rails until once it's properly duplicating MSTS's functionality? Because that needs to happen first, and it's still a work in progress. Then the fun begins!

That's a wise suggestion.

Carlo

[261Steam]

yeah I have to agree with you guys as well!! I kind of got ahead of myself when I started this post but first thing is first to get Open Rails to function properly!! Then the fun begins with other options! One Major thing that needs work are steam locomotives in the game! Just my opinion!! I know its a work in progress and alot of work still needs to be done but it would be nice to have steam locomotives work properly in the game!!

Brandon

[Komachi]

Yet one also should consider the fact that we should already get a pre-existing list done, that way, once the OR Team says "Hey guys! It's at 100%, watcha want?" They don't have to wait ages for a list to crop up.

What I'd like honestly is being able to freely move in the passenger view, like how one can get up out of their seat and walk about, and when you move past your car, into the next, it should switch to that car's passenger view file so you can say, be in an Amtrak train consisting of 1 business class car, 1 cafe, and 4 coaches, and you're in the 2nd coach, so you can walk up the different coaches, into the cafe or somethin'.

[OTTODAD]

What also needs to be considered is whether what is on such a wish list can be bolted on to ORTS code after the essential basics have been taken care of or should it be considered during W.I.P. coding ?

O t t o

[261Steam]

That's a good point Otto! I mean we cant have Every thing the real world offers but I think Open Rails will offer a more realistic experience with Railroading as its meant to be or as best as what they can come up with! We have to remember that it is only a game and it does still have limitations even though it will bring MSTS to a whole new level of realism!

Brandon