how does the pathfinder logic work?

Airtaxi Pilot · Post by **Airtaxi Pilot** » 01 Jul 2004 11:48

question to the developers.

What is the logic behind the pathfinder. I've noticed that some of my trucks/trains do not take the shortest route and then end up getting lost.

lucaspiller · Post by **lucaspiller** » 01 Jul 2004 14:42

The only thing I know is that trains will only take a route that leads to the destination, it may seem simple but is quite important. It means that if there is a quicker way to get there by not taking a direct route it will not be taken.

TinPau · Post by **TinPau** » 01 Jul 2004 18:06

This is a great reason to use the Checkpoint stations. You can then get the train to tke a shorter or prefered route. Making it avoid busy stations or routes

TinPau

School · Post by **School** » 01 Jul 2004 19:43

TinPau wrote:This is a great reason to use the Checkpoint stations. You can then get the train to tke a shorter or prefered route. Making it avoid busy stations or routes

TinPau

It may be the best way to deal with that, but with depot -- it would always be buggy if you don't add a depot as a checkpoint.

AlienDNA · Post by **AlienDNA** » 01 Jul 2004 23:14

I noticed when using the new pathfinding alogarithm the trains randomly take one of the available routes, while otherwise they just went straight over the fastest route.

This causes the trains to take a little longer on complex-multi-way networks, but also spreads out train-load evenly, ensuring that there are less trafic-jams...

I have it off, though, and just adjust my networks to accomodate heavy trafic...

Villem · Post by **Villem** » 02 Jul 2004 13:50

all i want is that my trains take the fastest route, and the one that leads to their destination shurely..

Korenn · Post by **Korenn** » 02 Jul 2004 16:23

then turn off the new pathfinding...

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