Functional Whistle boards

[wellover-50]

Whistle boards that trigger horns/whistles as they are passed .. now that must be a feature that could be implemented.
Unless I'm mistaken, there are none on the workshop... unless you know better.

[Jimbo_1977]

Great idea!

[CunkFeatures]

+1 Especially with modded sound effects. Screamer whistle.

[genemead]

Wouldn't all the trains would have the same whistle? There's over 600 modded engines in the Workshop. Wouldn't that mean 600+ whistle boards (I didn't count the in-game engines)?

Then there's all the different meanings of all the different whistles (crossings, arriving at station, leaving station, etc.) Between all the different engines, situations, there's literally thousands of Whistle Board combos. If you want realism YOU are gonna have to set each whistle board so it blows the correct whistle. Sounds like micro-management hell to me.

[wellover-50]

I obviously don't know much about how the game files work but i thought all trains sound whistles when leaving a depot when newly purchased.
I'm sure it's not beyond the wit of man to use the same trigger system but apply it to a generic board with a " W " sign on it .
That was my reasoning.

[lozacenz]

Originally posted by wellover-50:

I obviously don't know much about how the game files work but i thought all trains sound whistles when leaving a depot when newly purchased.
I'm sure it's not beyond the wit of man to use the same trigger system but apply it to a generic board with a " W " sign on it .
That was my reasoning.

Don't think I've ever heard them do that? Might have just not been paying attention.
Anyway, if it's a function of the depot, that tells the train 'hey, play your whistle sound!', that's comparatively easy, sure.
If it's a function of the Train going 'hey, I'm leaving a depot, better whistle!' then... you'd have to alter every single locomotive in the game, and every modded one as well, to make it work.

[General Tso]

Originally posted by wellover-50:

I obviously don't know much about how the game files work but i thought all trains sound whistles when leaving a depot when newly purchased.
I'm sure it's not beyond the wit of man to use the same trigger system but apply it to a generic board with a " W " sign on it .
That was my reasoning.

I agree. A whistle board should be relatively easy to create for the developers. The real question is where does it fit in the list of things to do.

[gGeorg]

I have been asking for manual. user activated horn. In the vehicle window, there is a space between bttons "Stop vehicle" and "Turn around" so place the user activated horn button there. Then make custom defined key to activate it. Also allow use this key in the first person view, in the vehicle. So you can ride from dirver eyes and press the horn key then TUuuuUUU happens.

Thanks for supporting my idea of manual whistle.
I also support whistle board.

[RadicalSolution]

The whistle sound is already in the game. Its perfect. The turkey in town. Or maybe not.

[genemead]

The manual whistle is a great solution. You wouldn't need any "whistle boards" at all, but:
* How is it decided which whistle to play?
* Why do I picture "Camptown Races" being played at every crossing?

[wellover-50]

The Mod "Whistles at Stations " already exists, so the trigger must be in the code some where. All i'm saying is I'd rather here train whistles (not manual) in the background than birds twittering .
It dosn't have to be complicated, a simple short burst.(1 sec. or even less)
All the vanilla trains whistle, most modded trains have whistles the board just has to be a trigger.
As for the boards, there could be two types, active ones for those who like "Camptown Races" and inactive for those who don't.
Too many would be overwhelming, I agree, but common sense in placement would enable a balance.

[RadicalSolution]

I'm sure a creative modder could make a manual one. For use when camera is set to follow perhaps. Or as you say it could be triggered upon entry too. Its an interesting concept.

[gGeorg]

Originally posted by genemead:

The manual whistle is a great solution.
* How is it decided which whistle to play?

I thought every loco model has his own particular wistle linked. Or not?

Wistle board could be interesting for ships also. Imagine the drawing bridge mod, and ship with wistle board (buoy) giving signal passing by.

Anyway, manual wistle is must have for (still hope) multiplayer. Imagine two players, each on his train meet on track. What are they going to do ? :=)