[Feature request] Viewing just one line when managing it.

[SickRamen]

Hi, so far I've been enjoying the improvements, but there is one feature that I'm missing very much from TF1: the ability to view just one line as you're managing them.

In TF1 the line manager would expand in separate windows per line, so you could choose what you have open/displaying, either just 1 line or multiple ones.

In TF2 everything is done in the same window so you can't change the display, it's either all or nothing. The only way to show just one line is by clicking on a vehicle, then clicking on the line, which is convoluted. That is also just a stat window, and doesn't let you manage anything.

The new line manager is pretty slick otherwise, what I would absolutely love is this:
-Add a tick box next to each lines in the line manager
-Ticking or unticking the lines toggle which ones are highlighted or invisible.
-Add a "tick all" option to show everything (can be enabled by default)

[Agent B]

Agree....

[SickRamen]

Originally posted by MysteriAnt:

You can click the little 'eye' icon in the 'line manager' which will then only show lines that are in view.

Thanks but that's a completely separate thing. I want to be able to filter out lines which are already in view.

[Gregorovitch]

You can have just the one line you are interested marked out on the map by:

* Open Line Statistics which displays all route markings
* Click on line of interest which opens line window
* Close Line Statistics which will then remove all route marking except the one you have the line window open for - just one is now displayed

What you can't do, and arguably should be able to, is have a specific sub-set of line route markers showing on the map. You can use the eye thing etc but that's not always that useful and requires you to go to a vertical view to make it work at all really.

[Neverstoned]

Agreed.. bugs the hell out of me that i can't fully manage a single line..

[SoftwareSimian]

If you open a vehicle on the line in question (either by clicking on it in the world, or by clicking on the vehicle icon in the Vehicle Manager), and then in the vehicle window click on the line that it's assigned to, you'll get the single-line popup more similar to TpF1. Yet another broken feature :(

[Martin]

Yep +1 from me. The eye thing is useful for routes in a given area, but it's really annoying trying to manage a single line then you have 6-8 or so running through a depot.

[Katana1959]

+1

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by Neverstoned:

Agreed.. bugs the hell out of me that i can't fully manage a single line..

Originally posted by Martin:

Yep +1 from me. The eye thing is useful for routes in a given area, but it's really annoying trying to manage a single line then you have 6-8 or so running through a depot.

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To repeat the answer:

* Open Line Statistics which displays all route markings
* Click on line of interest which opens line window
* Close Line Statistics which will then remove all route marking except the one you have the line window open for - just one is now displayed

You can do the same thing selecting a train and then clicking on the line button present on the train window, but it can be quicker to use Line Stats as you may not know what trains are allocated to what lines.

F2 opens the Line Stats window. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to close it again as advertised - I guess that is a a bug/oversight.

[RoxiSinister]

You can't manage the line from the line window, however. Stops can only be edited in the line manager window, so it isn't really managing the line in the line window at all. I agree with this request!

[Gregorovitch]

Originally posted by RoxiSinister:

You can't manage the line from the line window, however. Stops can only be edited in the line manager window, so it isn't really managing the line in the line window at all. I agree with this request!

No but you can one-click to Line Manager from the line window. There is no useful functionality in Line Manager that requires the line marker to be isolated. It's just for adding/subtracting stops since Line stats has more useful info on it for monitoring/fixing anything else on a route.

If you want to change a platform for example, open the Line Window, displaying the route line, pin it, open the station window, switch to terminals tab, change platform allocation, observe route marker change on screen.

IIRC you could switch route markers on or off for individual routes in TF1. It was a pain for various reasons. It is much quicker the way it's done now once you get used to it.

[SickRamen]

Originally posted by Gregorovitch:

You can have just the one line you are interested marked out on the map by:

* Open Line Statistics which displays all route markings
* Click on line of interest which opens line window
* Close Line Statistics which will then remove all route marking except the one you have the line window open for - just one is now displayed

What you can't do, and arguably should be able to, is have a specific sub-set of line route markers showing on the map. You can use the eye thing etc but that's not always that useful and requires you to go to a vertical view to make it work at all really.

That "solution" is absolutely besides the point. Not only it's a long and convoluted way to display a line, but as said before you can't manage it, meaning adding or removing stations and changing platforms from that window. Really need the ability to be able to manage one line while viewing it, without unwanted visual spam.

[O3i]

Originally posted by SickRamen:

The new line manager is pretty slick otherwise, what I would absolutely love is this:
-Add a tick box next to each lines in the line manager
-Ticking or unticking the lines toggle which ones are highlighted or invisible.
-Add a "tick all" option to show everything (can be enabled by default)

+1

[Minuit]

+1 : I'd wish a shortcut in line manager like we got in the vehicles manager, where you can reach the line or lines you're working on. I also use the line statistics window, but the access from line manager would be a qol improvement.