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"Afoklala" wrote:

>> [automatic livery change depending on cargo]

>> [...] IMO it´s unrealistic to have those engines changing livery
>> *automatically* when de-coupling wagons type A and attaching
>> wagons type B in a depot.

> Of course it isn't 'real life', but the alternative is that you
> have to sell the engine and then buy a new one, with the same end result,
> only more hassle.

Well, it´ll depend on how you´re organizing your fleet. I know some people who
*never* sell stock which is pretty realistic, especially when there´s need to
transfer vehicles between different depots.

> I'ld rather have the automatic method, or else you're left with a
> long list of identical engines, which is kinda unpractical.

Yeah, this would be *more* than impractical.

> Also, how often are you going to change the service of a train?
> That's rather rare, I think.

Well, it depends ...

> On the other side, I wonder how do engine behave when they have
> different kinds of wagons attached to them?

Frankly, I´d still have to test this out. According to the documentation you may
check for *all* of the cargo and *most* of the cargo ("most common cargo" -
whichever this means :), i.e. when checking for *all* cargo you´ll test a bit
field which represents all cargo available. In this way you could test the
availability of a specific cargo.

For testing of the "most common cargo type", Josef set up groups of cargo, i.e.
"town cargo" (goods, food, ..) or "bulk freight" (coal, grain, ore, fruit, ...)
or "piece goods" (...), or ...

In consequence, it should be possible to get a fair livery change by
implementing a well-chosen "cargo type" checker.

OTOH, for german railways this is a rather uncommon feature. Instead, dozens of
private railways w. own liveries are transporting cargo besides the DB, which -
BTW - is the case in most countries. Alas, you couldn´t change the name (action
4) when cargo, resp. livery has been changed, ...

.. it´s not such an easy decision, anyway.

Let´s see how Ronnie is going to handle this. :o)

regards
Michael