Switch list, what is it?

[-- scippie --]

So I see we have a switch list. I have been playing single player for about 40 hours now and never used it. But I see it pop up from time to time in the forum here.

I don't remember it being mentioned in the tutorial. What does the switchlist do and how does it improve your railroad work? And... how do you actually use it?

[[NcK]MasterShake|CM]

You can put cars on the list and they get crossed off as they are delivered where they need to go. The lists can be made by crew, if memory serves and are therefore a bit more useful in multiplayer sessions. Open up the info on any car and tick the box to add it to switch list... or open a station, hit the freight tab and add them from there. The more spread out you get the more useful it is as it becomes easier to forget things. Either that or I'm getting old.
...
or both.

[-- scippie --]

Hehe... Getting old and gaming... I know the feeling...
I'll try it out, thanks!

[-- scippie --]

Ah-a, you need to create a crew, never did that before, now the checkbox becomes available and I can put it on the switchlist.

Strange, with the name switchlist, I thought it was to change switches from a distance :-)

[misterofftopic]

Originally posted by -- scippie --:

Ah-a, you need to create a crew, never did that before, now the checkbox becomes available and I can put it on the switchlist.

Strange, with the name switchlist, I thought it was to change switches from a distance :-)

you can do this with the map, just zoom in

[Duurti]

Originally posted by -- scippie --:

So I see we have a switch list. I have been playing single player for about 40 hours now and never used it. But I see it pop up from time to time in the forum here.

I don't remember it being mentioned in the tutorial. What does the switchlist do and how does it improve your railroad work? And... how do you actually use it?

I've just recently started using the switch list as a solo player. I do find it handy, not so much right at the start of a new game but once you have cars all over the place. It's just a reminder of what is where and where it needs to go. It saves a lot of teleporting to every car to see if it's ready to be moved to an exchange and comes in quite handy, as I said, once you have a lot of cars spread over the map loading and unloading.

Unless of course you forget to add the damn car to the list....ask me how I know...

[sonicthe]

Am I the only one that the list sorts by car number instead of by location? Seems like this would be a reported bug if not...

Sort by Destination works fine, though.

[Duurti]

Originally posted by sonicthe:

Am I the only one that the list sorts by car number instead of by location? Seems like this would be a reported bug if not...

Sort by Destination works fine, though.

I'm not sure if you're serious here but.... hit the gear top right of the list and you can chose how it sorts. Default might be car number but unless you had an eidetic memory that's kind of useless. Or you had a clipboard in front of you with all the cars I suppose?

Personally I prefer sort by destination.

[sonicthe]

Originally posted by Duurti:

Originally posted by sonicthe:

Am I the only one that the list sorts by car number instead of by location? Seems like this would be a reported bug if not...

Sort by Destination works fine, though.

I'm not sure if you're serious here but.... hit the gear top right of the list and you can chose how it sorts. Default might be car number but unless you had an dietetic memory that's kind of useless. Or you had a clipboard in front of you with all the cars I suppose?

Personally I prefer sort by destination.

Yes, I was serious. When I select "Sort by Location" it sorts by Car Number instead. If I select "Sort by Destination" it sorts by destination appropriately; I don't recall what the secondary sort criteria is.

By Destination is generally more useful, until you're out in the middle of the map trying to be sure you don't need to go further to get everything going back to the interchange. And then you miss one... :)