Open originalfoo opened 5 years ago
Some notes on the mods this would deprecate:
Also, Klyte's mods are still having problems with the Campus patch last I checked. So there's very little in the way of solid PT & Service management mods available at the moment.
From discord
@kianzarrin is there any mod that allows us to upgrade buildings like in SimCity? That would be so cool! lets say for your recycling center you have the option of adding several trucks (in which case you can build garages), AND/OR add add more processing factories. For police station you can add more police cars, helicopter pad, detention cells, and other stuff. In CS i think there is much more potential: add more tracks to the train station, cargo train station, or subway. add more entrances to the subway, ... Its basically very customizable way of upgrading service buildings without the need to destroy and replace the building. see https://youtu.be/sdeDi-mmY10?t=320 at 5:20 .
Destroying a building will destroy all attached customization upgrades. moving service buildings would be more challenging (SimCIty does not allow it anyway) I think we can move the main building somewhere else and then allow the user to add the upgrades for smaller price. there could be even some mechanism to automatically go into placement mode.
There are sub-building features in CSL so if it were possible to dynamically add 'extension buildings' as sub-buildings to main building then they'd be auto-destroyed (or could be) when main building is destroyed. Would be great to extend out warehouses, or add extra depots, or add a new hospital wing, etc.
I would love a mod that integrates with (or just compliments) Real Time to allow me to customise services & PT. It would be spiritual successor to IPT2 and SVS2, and possibly even a bit of DSL3. The goal is to make PT and services a whole lot more realistic without going full TLM (too complex).
Shifts
These would work in same sort of way as RT shifts - sliders to set the times:
Traffic will start prior to and after an RT shift, so player would need to use slightly different times (offset by an hour or two on the day shift, etc) to get best match for their city.
It would be freaking cool if there was a way to set different shifts for weekends or during events, but that might get confusing?
Routes (public transport)
Currently, routes can be toggled by day or night, but that's about it. I can't easily tailor them to work shifts, I can't change the vehicle per shift. For example, during main part of day, I might want several big busses, but at night I might only want only a couple of transit vans. Or I might want to stop ferries after evening shift.
For each shift, I choose vehicle model (or depot, if applicable - see later) and how many.
Services
Service vehicle buildings get treated like a depot (see later) so player chooses vehicles to buy for that building. The building has shifts, defining which vehicles to use per shift, and maybe some other options depending on service type. It would be great if I could limit a building by district(s) (like DSL3 mod) or range?
Some examples...
Road maintenance:
Park maintenance:
Garbage:
Medical:
Cemetery:
Vehicle select UI
Vehicle costs
I don't think vehicle assets have purchase costs, and I'm not sure if they have running costs.
Defaults could be used (maybe based on vehicle capacity?)
It would be nice to edit those things in AVO (maybe new fork of the mod, or work with dev of the Industries version of AVO?) for consistent and centralised vehicle editing UI = better end user experience.
Vehicle lifespan
This is probably overkill, but just in case...
Depots
Currently, depots just magically spawn any vehicle of the applicable category. I find this both strange, and, from gameplay perspective, boring.
I'd like depot buildings to start empty, and then purchase vehicles - creating a custom fleet of vehicles per depot.
Features:
Non-vanilla depots:
Outside connections
Stations/ports that allow outside connections get a vehicle grid allowing me to choose (not purchase) which types of vehicle will visit the station/port. Note that there could potentially be lots of vehicle assets, especially for airports.
It would be great if I could say when station is closed; for example trains are less likely at night.