Automatic loading

[Mort Gleeham]

With automatic loading, I can now watch the game play with itself. It's a bit boring, but there's not enough time to do anything else.
Is there a way to automatically bring the train forward for loading? Then I can do something else in the meantime. It doesn't matter what, because that is definitely more exciting than watching the game being busy with itself.

[Dat Zorro]

The closest you will get with this is with RROx, which enables remote control of the train. That's what I use to drive the train forward.

[Ghost666]

Originally posted by jemand_aus_bs:

With automatic loading, I can now watch the game play with itself. It's a bit boring, but there's not enough time to do anything else.
Is there a way to automatically bring the train forward for loading? Then I can do something else in the meantime. It doesn't matter what, because that is definitely more exciting than watching the game being busy with itself.

You do know that train crews didn't load their own trains right? honestly, i'd rather not play Mouse Clicker 3000

[CMDR Sweeper]

Well jemand_aus_bs here enjoys playing solo and his loading and driving aspect of the game.
While for me, I rather like the autoloading, I am also the same guy that supported the same solution that an old Counter-Life mod did back in the day.
You programmed in a CVAR (Console VARiable) basically a toggle that let you set the feature you wanted.
You wanted feature X, you changed the variable to true, you didn't want it, you set it to false.

That way the game would fit the player... Exactly the same as other games.
Those who wants the autoload feature, turn it on, those who don't want it? Turn it off, and then of course the host decides the variables as it is their game.

[drager55891]

I would like rules to change it. for low pop let auto loading and fir higher let player choose "perks"

[boris.glevrk]

Originally posted by jemand_aus_bs:

but there's not enough time to do anything else.

Wait until you see box car. 32 units of cargo per car with one crane. That's when you will love autoloaders.

[Shard]

I've only gotten to the point of running trains on average of about 8 cars and even with a friend it was so tedious to get them loaded. I don't get any more joy from having to click a button do the same repetitive action. I welcome the autoloader!

[twil]

why not autoloading, unloading is automatic

[Shnoze Shmon]

You can still have manual loading. Make sure the car is at the edge of the loading area and you will have to click the crane each time.

[SilverCreek]

Get firewood, place a water tower and put water in the tank/tender, fix some track - you can't find anything else to do? I dont get it...at all... I hate Crane Simulator 1895... can't believe there us complaint about auto loading...smdh

[JaredCrue]

Kill trees to open up your lines.
Analyse your yards, see if you can make them better.
Go haul something while you wait. (Especially with tools, they take a long time to load).

I like the new feature. Loading is no longer a chore.

[bluegrasslumberjack]

After playing almost 275 hours solo, the autoload feature is incredibly helpful. I no longer have to go back and forth between the two cranes and I get to spend more time building and enjoying the driving element of the game. I can understand the frustration of those who play multiplayer, and I do believe that it would be nice to have the balance of being able to turn it on or off based on player preferences. But hey, its an update! A lot more progress than the summer of 2022, and it is exciting to see where it going from here.

[cofg509]

Now if we can get the ability to tag any of the freight cars while in third person and follow along with the train with tagged car instead of just the locomotive. it would make lining up the cars at the industries for loading/unloading a lot less stressful.

[Sunwise]

How about: Left Click the crane loads one item. Right Click the crane loads the whole car.

[Avarus_Lux]

Originally posted by Sunwise:

How about: Left Click the crane loads one item. Right Click the crane loads the whole car.

Sounds great, Add to this that (re)clicking an active crane stops it at all times and i think we may have a winner here.

[STRATOCH1EF]

Originally posted by Avarus_Lux:

Originally posted by Sunwise:

How about: Left Click the crane loads one item. Right Click the crane loads the whole car.

Sounds great, Add to this that (re)clicking an active crane stops it at all times and i think we may have a winner here.

+1