Guard or conductor mode? (Just a suggestion.)

[alansation]

Hello Everyone,

I've just discovered the game this morning & I'm going to add it to my wish list in a moment but I wanted to say I like the idea of the game having a dispatcher mode.

Since being able to set the routes for the trains would be an interesting & fun challenge.

I did have one thought as I thought it might be helpful either now or in the future. Would you consider adding in a Train Guard or Conductor mode?


I was thinking it could be an interesting new role for a Rail Simulator if you had the option of taking on the Guard or Conductor's duties to assist the driver to safely operate the train.

I was thinking you could take on duties such as train dispatch & ticket inspections & sales as well as helping your passengers have a safe journey while you handle any situations that might need resolving during the course of the journey.

As an example as a guard you might have to deal with anti-social behaviour or maybe assist a passenger who has taken ill. Plus some passengers might need your help to board or alight the train due to mobility problems so you could help deploy the on board ramp before you or station staff assist the passenger.

Or maybe the train driver has to stop the train due to a fault & you need to assist them in resolving it while also keeping your passengers informed of any delays.

I do hope the suggestions will help as this does look like an excellent game & I'm looking forward to seeing how it progresses & learning more of your plans as you create the game.

I really wish you the very best of luck with your new game & thanks for sharing it here with us.

Best Wishes

Alan Sation.

[Heiko]

+1

[SimRail]

Thank you for your kind words and suggestions, we will take them into account. The plans include an animated train manager and conductors. Let's stay in touch. :-)

[alansation]

Hi SimRail,

Thanks for your kind words too. I really appreciate all you are doing while developing the game & for also being here with us all on the forums too.

I like the ideas you have of an animated train manager & conductors as I think you will make an excellent & enjoyable game.

I did have some other ideas that could let a player take on further guards/conductors duties:

-Lets say you are a guard on a busy commuter service so you might need to allow passengers to sit in First class even if they only hold Standard class tickets as this might ease overcrowding & allow you to walk through the train to check tickets & perform safety duties etc.

-Maybe you are in the rear cab & a passenger knocks on your door to ask for advice & help about a missed connection if your train is currently running late.

-Maybe a passenger stops you as you are checking tickets to ask if they can borrow your phone as they realised their own phone battery is flat so you could let them use your phone.

- You are checking tickets & a passenger says they have a mobile ticket but can't find it on their phone so do you allow them to travel or ask them to leave at the next station. or maybe just issue a penalty fare.

-You could be walking through your train & find a passenger with their feet on the seats so you have the discretion to ask them to move their feet to the floor to keep the seats clean.

-You could be a guard on a train transporting sports fans so you have a few tricks to keep things calm such as if the fans have been drinking you can put the heating on so they fall asleep till the final station.

-During busy times you could ask your passengers to remove bags from the seats next to them to free up seats for other passengers.

- As a guard you might need to take over a train from a colleague & also talk to other railway staff during your shift such as Drivers, Station staff, Cleaners, Transport Police etc. Or you might need to call Control for advise or assistance regarding situations on your train.

I do hope these ideas will be helpful for you & thanks again for creating your new game.

I'm enjoying hearing how things are going. So thanks for the recent DevLog Too.

Best Wishes

Alan Sation.

[jw89]

I think it would be nice if you could possibly take another player as a train guard that would make it much more fun

[topmixer123]

original poster GROW UP

[Wexak]

When I inquired on their official forum and discord I was answered accurately "If we had to do train conductors, we would have to do bistro car workers, cleaners,... It's just not a straight railroad profession." It's interesting how the perspective has suddenly changed.

[Voyager]

Like a year ago they've talked about passenger mode. That would be the closest thing to what you are sugesting. No idea what happend with that, but some elemenets are in place. We can enter passenger sections already, open doors and some windows etc. So it wouldn't be big deal to implement it.

But I can't imagine how it would work with drivers, I mean they would have to: A) give to train drivers option to kick the passenger player if needed. B) not allow any form of communication as passenger, no chat and no voice.

It would have to be like a mini game completely disconected from the dispatcher / driver part of the game. So no matter what, it would be a gimmick for " roleplayers " that few of us would occasionaly do and thats about it.

I wouldn't be surprised if devs dropped the idea of passenger mode.