Suggestion for future enhancements

[Roddles]

Hi - I have purchased trainz from 2006 through to 2010 and have a suggestion for some future enhancements.

Would it be possible to allow the surveyor functionality in trainz to be incorporated into driver - or a limited driver incorporated into surveyor.

I remember when I was a kid building model layouts, half the fun was having the trains operating while you were building the layout.

I find that just building the world for hours on end - and then having to stop and run driver can get a bit tedious - especially when you have pre-programmed runs the engines will follow. It may take up to 30 minutes to get to the section you are testing only to find you stuffed something up - so you need to go back to surveyor and fix, then run throught he whole process again. If you could ber building other parts of the world while you were waiting for these things to execute, an even stop the particular train programmed path execution, make the change to fix your stuffup and then processed from there - Could make it a nicer building and testing experience.

I know this is actually a very difficlut thing to acheive having the world changing while it is operating - however - i just thought I'd post the suggestion and see what others think.

Cheers

Rod.

 

[Euphod]

This one must have fallen off the "Suggestion Boxcar". Some one should check the doors on that car, they may have been vandalized!
Regarding your suggestion; I know it's an accepted practice to run consists on an unfinished layout, but with Trainz I don't think merging Surveyor with Driver to such an extent is possible, let alone preferable. The division between the two has always served to allow for the intense concentration Surveyor requires, I don't know if most route builders would fancy the distraction.

That's just my opinion though, others may feel differently.