KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
I personally couldn't care less about the AI, but it would be nice to have a moon in the night sky........ (runs away and ducks for cover).
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I agree. To a cavemen rocket seemed impossible. We are the cavemen of XXI century, yet we dare to judge what cannot be done.One thing that I have learned in my career in IT is "never say never"
You have gotten AI … You will just have to live with it's inadequacies … They have bigger fish to fryI would think we just have to use AI judicially and understand it's strengths and weaknesses till something better comes along.......?
For the most, you are very right. Now consider:Great AI discussion in here,
Some thoughts for consideration.......AI is still a Baby in development and probably will be for the foreseeable future.
Now think back when the first simple computers were made, huge tape drives, punch card programing, ones and zeros was all the machine understood? Fast forward to today, do you believe what your computer can do now, Graphics, Cortina and the amazing Graphical Games we have.......Take all this in perspective......How did we get here? A heck of lot people around the world developing hardware,,, Software and all the glitzy gadgets,, such as your awesome Game Mouse........
Now think about AI's humble beginnings,
I would think the simple Transistor was the start of major change with Electronics in it's time, now look at what we can do with Electronics. For example a lot of Ham Operators can literately do their "QSL" via Software and a Computer, even a Smartphone.......Small and portable and amazingly powerful more powerful than the computer that took our astronauts to the Moon!
Now think about how much research and dollars were spent and how many failures were made in the process of developing what we have now........Probably much more than anyone might think........
While I think about, if I recall correctly our Jetliners land themselves at airports, and Pilot is there to monitor the Ride, and take control if needed,,I don't know about you, but that is nothing short of amazing for AI control and performance.
And were back to AI,,,,,,,,How much money does NV3 have to spend on that part of the program, and still maintain a market lead against other competing Software Companies. I'm sure we could belabor the point back and forth to infinity, you can't please all the people all the time, it is simply impossible.........I would think we just have to use AI judicially and understand it's strengths and weaknesses till something better comes along.......?
Also think about the fact, there are a ton of programmers in the world, making every kind of software program imaginable, fancy the fact that maybe a software addon for Trainz could be made, to handle the AI events we need for handling a proper Rail events and tasking. Think about PWare's amazing Path Control Objects he has made for us............And what you can do now for automatic path switching etc.......Nothing short of amazing talent there........
TRC or Boats Crossing control systems we use..........
Take ASSET-X program and the amazing problems it handles in the Trainz world........
And I have been frustrated to the max with AI, but have learned that sometimes there are points of no return, so like a Child, you would never leave them alone running the Railroad, until they grow up and mature to the point we deem responsible for it.s actions. I'll continue fooling around with AI, but I surely won't depend on it a 100% the same way I do with any software program, I learned that the hard way thru 20 yr's of IT work and computer software management and implementation.......
For me, patience is virtue and time will tell.........I pray for the best outcome............And I wouldn't trade Trainz for anything, it still is the best Rail Simulator around for what you can do, and what it will do for you if take the time to look under the hood so to speak..............
I learned quickly that the AI driver will go "backwards" if it's a shorter path to the destination. Thus, yes, extra trackmarks are helpful to keep the AI train going right!
The only way I found to stop AI controlled passenger trains from short cutting through the colliery on one of my layouts was to always keep the yard shunter parked in the way. Nothing else I tried ever worked.
Brian's right. Eventually you can get the AI to heel, but they can be like training dumb dogs that still insist on peeing on the carpet.
I prefer to place Pee Pee Training pads all over creation … and only buy small dogs like Chihuahua'sBrian's right. Eventually you can get the AI to heel, but they can be like training dumb dogs that still insist on peeing on the carpet.