This would be an awesome new user experience:
Load MPS route,
switch to driver,
look around and see a train on the move that has a human driver!!!!
open a chat and say hello,
easily find a train,
drive train around,
encounter others
Here are the barriers to that new user experience:
1. There are very few MPS users
2. The few MPS users are dispersed across many routes
3. The few MPS users are dispersed across many time zones
Not much we can do about #1 until we can solve #2 and #3.
Suggestion:
Make a specific MPS Kickstarter County 2 route, and direct all new users to try that route first. Make sure there are plenty of trains readily available to jump on and drive around. Create events at specific times to attract people at the same time. One event might be a crash derby. Offer a prize to the community for something like x hours of continuous operation.
These are ideas that I'll probably try to implement with TransportSims MPS routes
Load MPS route,
switch to driver,
look around and see a train on the move that has a human driver!!!!
open a chat and say hello,
easily find a train,
drive train around,
encounter others
Here are the barriers to that new user experience:
1. There are very few MPS users
2. The few MPS users are dispersed across many routes
3. The few MPS users are dispersed across many time zones
Not much we can do about #1 until we can solve #2 and #3.
Suggestion:
Make a specific MPS Kickstarter County 2 route, and direct all new users to try that route first. Make sure there are plenty of trains readily available to jump on and drive around. Create events at specific times to attract people at the same time. One event might be a crash derby. Offer a prize to the community for something like x hours of continuous operation.
These are ideas that I'll probably try to implement with TransportSims MPS routes