[edwardk]

Currently, the refueling process only refuels the player locomotive, not the additional locomotives that are also part of the player train. I am happy to say that I have been working on this and this will change. What I have in place currently and testing is the immediate refueling process which will include all locomotives and finally the ability to refuel each locomotive in the consist at the pump. I am currently testing and so far what I have is looking good. I still have to submit the blue print for this.

Edward K.

[James Ross]

edwardk, on 26 May 2016 - 01:50 PM, said:

Currently, the refueling process only refuels the player locomotive, not the additional locomotives that are also part of the player train. I am happy to say that I have been working on this and this will change. What I have in place currently and testing is the immediate refueling process which will include all locomotives and finally the ability to refuel each locomotive in the consist at the pump. I am currently testing and so far what I have is looking good. I still have to submit the blue print for this.

Just to be clear, the non-player locomotives in the train are only refuelled when they are lined up with the water tower/fuel pump, right? Obviously immediate refuel doesn't care.

[edwardk]

James Ross, on 28 May 2016 - 10:21 AM, said:

Just to be clear, the non-player locomotives in the train are only refuelled when they are lined up with the water tower/fuel pump, right? Obviously immediate refuel doesn't care.

Exactly James. I had a brief challenge in understanding the use of steam locomotives with the tenders, but I finally solved this part. So now, individual locomotives, both steam(with tender) and diesel that are part of the player's train can be individually refueled when lined up with the refueling object and immediate refueling will automatically refuel all locomotives that are part of the player's train.

I still have some minor details to work out yet, but the main process is completed.


Edward K.

[cjakeman]

edwardk, on 28 May 2016 - 11:42 AM, said:

I still have some minor details to work out yet, but the main process is completed.

Great to see this developing from the minimum that would be useful into a fully grown feature.

Thanks, Edward.

[edwardk]

Would a tender always follow the steam locomotive? I am asking because I am wondering if there would be a locomotive model that would require the tender to be in the front.

Edward K.

[dforrest]

edwardk, on 28 May 2016 - 11:42 AM, said:

steam(with tender)

To state the obvious, all steam locos do not have tenders.

[edwardk]

If this is the case, then that particular model would also contain the intake information. Correct?

Edit: I would not assume that all steam locomotives would use tenders. It just so happens that I specified the tender above because under OR, the tender is just a wagon to test for that uses the intake point, but the steam locomotive has the controller information that is needed for the refueling process.

Edward K.

[dforrest]

edwardk, on 28 May 2016 - 12:44 PM, said:

If this is the case, then that particular model would also contain the intake information. Correct?

Edit: I would not assume that all steam locomotives would use tenders. It just so happens that I specified the tender above because under OR, the tender is just a wagon to test for that uses the intake point, but the steam locomotive has the controller information that is needed for the refueling process.

Edward K.

The "IntakePoint" information for water and coal are stated in the tender (*.wag) file.

[edwardk]

dforrest, on 28 May 2016 - 01:34 PM, said:

The "IntakePoint" information for water and coal are stated in the tender (*.wag) file.

That is correct, but the primary information needed for the fueling process is included with the steam locomotive. At the moment, the tender without the steam locomotive can't be refueled.

Edward K.

[edwardk]

I did notice that OR is not using this line from the engine file, IsTenderRequired( 1 ). Its defined under TokenID.cs, but that is it.

Edward K.