Store Page
SimRail - The Railway Simulator
All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews

SimRail - The Railway Simulator

Store Page
View Stats:
Global Achievements
Wingnut Mar 28, 2023 @ 10:47am
Server language
Was wondering if server language is enforced? eg if the server title is shown as German do you have to be able to speak German to play without having problems?
A developer of this app has marked a post as the answer to the topic above.
Click here to jump to that post.
Originally posted by meatballs_21:
If the dispatchers are proactively using voice to communicate with each other and drivers, you might have an issue knowing what the plan is, but you can just drive to the signals and you’ll be okay.

If you’re a dispatcher, there are the preset text options you can use to talk to adjacent signal boxes, and if someone keeps trying to talk directly, just look up how to say “ich spreche kein Deutsch” (for example) so they understand why you’re not responding.
< >
Showing 1-8 of 8 comments
Cyber_Chupacabra Mar 28, 2023 @ 10:50am 
I dont think there is an official "rule" but from my expiriance ppl tend to stick to their native language servers.
#1
A developer of this app has indicated that this post answers the original topic.
meatballs_21 Mar 28, 2023 @ 12:36pm 
If the dispatchers are proactively using voice to communicate with each other and drivers, you might have an issue knowing what the plan is, but you can just drive to the signals and you’ll be okay.

If you’re a dispatcher, there are the preset text options you can use to talk to adjacent signal boxes, and if someone keeps trying to talk directly, just look up how to say “ich spreche kein Deutsch” (for example) so they understand why you’re not responding.
Last edited by meatballs_21; Mar 28, 2023 @ 12:36pm
#2
Lucy Mar 30, 2023 @ 9:55pm 
On CZ server we mostly speak czech language but when we notice that you have different language we use english.
#3
Wingnut Mar 31, 2023 @ 4:06am 
That's good to know. I would not want to join a server and mess it up because i couldn't understand everybody else was saying. Thanks.
#4
zige May 7, 2023 @ 12:45am 
Thanks for this. Was wondering this too. EN servers seems to be so empty all the time so playing on DE/PL server would be more fun but language barrier could be issue.
#5
Cola_77 May 7, 2023 @ 7:40am 
On polish & german servers you can also speak english. No problem.
#6
Voyager May 7, 2023 @ 8:44am 
Sometimes there are complicated issues between stations, so understanding dispatchers is super important. I can't imagine not understanding dispatcher, or worse - expecting them to threat me like a special snowflake and use different language then default on that server... just for me.
#7
Billy Rex May 17, 2023 @ 6:18am 
I once had a situation where I had two trains coming from either side but only one platform. So I asked the earlier train if he can depart ahead of time (regarding to the schedule he should have entered after the other train, I just wanted to give him the oppurtunity). In broken German he agreed.
A few minutes later I call him why he is still in the station.
1. He drove the train with AI, not himself. The AI waits for the schedule, which was a problem
2. His German wasn''t good. So I explained to him in English how he can drive his train.
Neither of my neighbouring dispatchers spoke English, which I heard on the comms a few minutes later, where they wanted something from him.

So yes, there's no rule, but it helps when you can speak the language.
#8
< >
Showing 1-8 of 8 comments
Per page: 1530 50

SimRail - The Railway Simulator > General Discussions > Topic Details
Date Posted: Mar 28, 2023 @ 10:47am
Posts: 8

Discussions Rules and Guidelines