jared2982, on 25 January 2020 - 02:20 PM, said:
I might be missing something but are we talking about OR adding a coupler FA to cars that already have couplers built into The model itself? Which every model to date does. It would seem that the logical approach would be the addition of an animated coupler to new models, or upgrade existing ones if the modeler chooses, with appropriate naming conventions. I guess I’m just not understanding how OR is supposed to handle the FA aspect when there are no models that are absent of couplers, and so many variations and sizes of couplers out there.
I would envisage two scenarios:
i)
New models - can be built without couplers, and a separate FA style coupler added. This coupler can be any shape that the modeler wishes to use. This would be the only way to cater for many different varieties of couplers.
ii)
Existing models - the user can choose to overlay the existing coupler with a new FA style coupler, or not.
Depending upon the slack allowed in the train, it may not be necessary for this type of coupler to be configured. In closely coupled cars, or rigid couplers there probably won't be a need.
It is probably best to wait for a first beta release to see what this concept might look like in practice.