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| Printable Service Timetable 29/09/2024 at 12:52 #158702 | |
Monostori
22 posts |
Hello, Not entirely new to Simsig but far from being a pro, I want to suggest a feature that does not exist in Simsig as of today as far as I am aware. I certainly do know about the so-called "Timetable" that can be called in with the F4 key and I am familiar with it. To me, it's mostly an editor, not a read-only timetable. Sure, you can filter and search for services but this timetable is multifunctional: more of an editor than a simple timetable. Can you please implement a simple, straightforward service timetable that can be toggled on and off; one that lists all trains applicable for the given simulation scenario from 00:00 to 24:00 in their order of entry and without anything that can be edited on it? A simple static timetable that can be saved as a PDF, printed out, resized, and moved onto a second screen. Something that can be referred to without all the clutter, buttons and functions of the current timetable (editor). A list of all trains that will enter the area, with their time and point of entry, via (route) and time/point of exit, so that the dispatcher can plan their day, but without having to keep an actual editor (F4) open on the screen which is a distraction with all the menus and buttons. I'd say, the F4 timetable is more for the creator than for the user. Of course, should the user, during a session, make any changes through the F4 editor, the simple timetable should also update accordingly. For example, if the user deletes a service, it should reflect those changes. Train Entry Time Entry Point Via Exit Time Exit Point 1X23 05:24 Village A City A 06:03 Village B 4Y56 05:26 Village B City B 05:53 City C 7Z89 06:00 Village A City A 06:51 Village D Something like that. Just the basics. No clutter, just info. Sure, the current F4 timetable knows all of this but the amount of clutter, buttons, menus are distracting. For example, if I open the F4 timetable and then want to find out what a given train will do, I need to click on that train and then "Edit". That is exactly what I want to avoid. So Simsig already has everything I am after, it's just the way and environment of how the info is presented that I would love to see enhanced, by adding a simple, view-only service timetable. I hope that something like this service overview/timetable can be implemented. Log in to reply |
| Printable Service Timetable 29/09/2024 at 16:07 #158704 | |
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clive
2781 posts |
Are you aware of the Simplifier, which allows you to check trains at a particular location? Or that the Tools tabs within the F4 timetable let you dump various information into files that you can process as you like? I can't see how your proposed timetable would be useful. Yes, it would let you know what's due to enter yet and where it ends up. But you seem to be implying that all trains enter the simulation and exit it, rather than changing identity or splitting or joining. Some simulations have no entries or exits at all during the day (at least one has no entry or exit points at all). And some simulations don't have a single convenient "via" point in the middle but a whole range of alternatives that would need to be tracked. And, of course, in a multi-user game you're interested in the trains on your section of the simulation, not the whole thing. You don't care where they enter; you care where they enter your patch. Log in to reply |
| Printable Service Timetable 21/10/2024 at 22:52 #158935 | |
DonRiver
164 posts |
I use a CSS theme on the pop-up timetable that makes it look a bit more like it's emerged from a 1980s terminal: https://www.SimSig.co.uk/Forum/PostView/137541 The downsides is the train needs to be on the board already, or you follow the N:1A23 links from a previous timetable, or you insert the headcode somewhere to click on it. And for trains which are on the board, you don't see the timing points the train has already passed.(Nor timing points that are outwith the sim boundary!) I'd quite like to have a tool that takes a .WTT file and gives a document that looks like the real-world published WTTs but it'd require a bit of configuration - you'd need to specify the layout of the timing points for example. (named for the one in Tasmania, not in Russia) Log in to reply |