Auto re-build plane after crash

[Nucleo_Mind]

Hi,

Can there be an option when a plane crash that this plane get auto re-build so you don't have to do it yourself, this way you do not have to build every month a new plane when you have 300+ planes or so.
Maybe on the same limit like the auto replace function when you need at least 200k to replace a vehicle.

i hope someone will take this ID serious.

[mrMann]

I think this would be a reasonable idea.

[DaleStan]

i hope someone will take this ID

That all depends on whether it's a government-issued ID, or just one that your work gave you.

[mrMann]

jees, that better be a joke, DaleStan... He means idea.

[Nucleo_Mind]

jees, that better be a joke, DaleStan... He means idea.

idd(Indeed)

[DaleStan]

jees, that better be a joke, DaleStan... He means idea.

If that's what it meant, then why didn't it say that? "ID" takes at least three keypresses. "idea" takes four. One keypress difference is not enough to justify using a completely unrelated word.

"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant."

[mrMann]

bad English, my good man

[Maedhros]

If crashed planes got rebuilt automatically, what would be the point of the game making it crash in the first place?

[jaybud4]

Uh, to cost money to replace them? Lost time because of the dead shell of a plane on the runway?

[sc79]

Its a balancing factor. Even having to manually replace them, they're massively overpowered compared to other transport types. Money isn't a drawback (until the economy is rebalanced anyway), and a blocked runway can be a bit of a pain, but requires no user intervention (and when the new airport specs are done, new airport designs will probably reduce this further by using dual-purpose runways).

[athanasios]

If crashed planes got rebuilt automatically, what would be the point of the game making it crash in the first place?

...and original game didn't allow for so many vehicles in game.

[jaybud4]

Its a balancing factor. Even having to manually replace them, they're massively overpowered compared to other transport types. Money isn't a drawback (until the economy is rebalanced anyway), and a blocked runway can be a bit of a pain, but requires no user intervention (and when the new airport specs are done, new airport designs will probably reduce this further by using dual-purpose runways).

Well, considering this functionality isn't already available, I'm counting on the probability that it won't be available until after the economy's been rebalanced, thusly money WILL be a factor.

[richk67]

Dual purpose runways were discussed in another thread a few days ago. Bottom line with them, is they are already designable, but would need someone to design them if you wanted one ingame now. I dont have any interest in designing an airport to reduce the impact of aircrashes. Managing an airline should take some user intervention, not just set up route and press go.

The likelihood is that NewGRF_ports will be in trunk well before any rebalancing.

[Qu@rks]

Its a balancing factor. Even having to manually replace them, they're massively overpowered compared to other transport types. Money isn't a drawback (until the economy is rebalanced anyway), and a blocked runway can be a bit of a pain, but requires no user intervention (and when the new airport specs are done, new airport designs will probably reduce this further by using dual-purpose runways).

They are overpowered. But still, crashes happen way to often. Most of the big airlines in the world (American, Lufthansa, Air France, British, KLM, Delta etc.) have far more than 200 planes and as far as I know they have all had only very few crashes in their entire history where the whole plane exploded and all passengers were dead...

So whatever changes are made to the whole aircraft system, don't forget to lower the probability of plane "explosions". Maybe by adding alternatives like a non-functional landing gear that only costs maybe 1/4 of the original cost and the plane can be reused afterwards. Or maybe a non-functional engine which would only in some cases cause the whole plane to immediately crash. And so on.

[mrMann]

There are some nice new disasters in the game at the moment (ranking this as an accident), yesterday (with no newindustries), I had a couple of coal subsidences and the good/bad old UFO hit RV no.1, a Routemaster.

[Nucleo_Mind]

back to the original post, is it possible for an auto re-build option?

[richk67]

Of course it is possible. If... someone writes it. The fact that we are talking about other things is an indicator that this is incredibly unlikely.

Also, the likelihood of such a feature appearing in trunk is next to zero. Everybody on the dev team feels aircraft are far too powerful anyway, and the crashes (including their "unrealistic" frequency) are an excellent balance factor.

Of course, when the whole aircraft system is revisited as part of the game balance rework (no ETA), then the need for aircrashes may diminish.

[nexsis]

how can i rebiuld a helocopper?

[Alberth]

how can i rebiuld a helocopper?

Go to the crash site, open a window of a hangar/depot, click 'clone airplane', click crashed helicopter.

Done

[nexsis]

Will i lose money in the helochopper was transporting passangers or mail?