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| Other Sims 08/07/2011 at 10:10 #3366 | |
kbarber
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I don't know whether this is the right part of the forum, but I'm not sure it fits well anywhere else. There's been a discussion on the Blower http://www.signalbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3243 initiated by a member who's thinking of trying to write a sim for manual signalling. Unlike every other manual sim out there, he's thinking of incorporating what we already take for granted in SimSig - multiplayer working over t'interwebthingy. I've stuck my oar in (well I would, wouldn't I?  ) seconding a suggestion that SimSig would be a good place to look for inspiration. I've also suggested the possibility of writing his sim in such a way that, where appropriate, he might also simulate a fringe box to a SimSig area, with the possibility of chaining & multiplay across the two systems. Wouldn't that be fun, if it could be managed?From comments in response to some of my wilder flights of fancy, I've picked up that just-about anything is technically possible. What I'm not sure about is how much active co-operation would be needed - and of course, given Geoff's position, possible - to make it happen. Nor indeed whether such a link would be seen as desirable. Any thoughts? Log in to reply |
| Other Sims 08/07/2011 at 10:10 #17371 | |
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kbarber
1712 posts |
I don't know whether this is the right part of the forum, but I'm not sure it fits well anywhere else. There's been a discussion on the Blower http://www.signalbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3243 initiated by a member who's thinking of trying to write a sim for manual signalling. Unlike every other manual sim out there, he's thinking of incorporating what we already take for granted in SimSig - multiplayer working over t'interwebthingy. I've stuck my oar in (well I would, wouldn't I? ) seconding a suggestion that SimSig would be a good place to look for inspiration. I've also suggested the possibility of writing his sim in such a way that, where appropriate, he might also simulate a fringe box to a SimSig area, with the possibility of chaining & multiplay across the two systems. Wouldn't that be fun, if it could be managed?From comments in response to some of my wilder flights of fancy, I've picked up that just-about anything is technically possible. What I'm not sure about is how much active co-operation would be needed - and of course, given Geoff's position, possible - to make it happen. Nor indeed whether such a link would be seen as desirable. Any thoughts? Log in to reply |
| Re: Other Sims 24/07/2011 at 08:02 #18248 | |
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clive
2738 posts |
Geoff has agreed that I can create the necessary documentation for this. It will appear on the wiki when I get the time. Note that each chain has to be explicitly written into the SimSig simulation. As a brief example, the information in the documentation I will write will not allow you to chain a Littleport simulation to Cambridge unless I actually change Cambridge to allow it. Log in to reply |
| Re: Other Sims 10/08/2011 at 14:54 #19309 | |
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kbarber
1712 posts |
Thanks Clive. Blower discussion has gone off in the direction of simulation attached to signalbox hardware, so I may have got the worng end of the stick - or maybe that's just because there's several people there busy building boxes for themselves. So we just have to wait & see, but I'm not sure there's a lot of urgency.
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| Re: Other Sims 10/08/2011 at 15:57 #19310 | |
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Sacro
1171 posts |
I'm still interested in whatever data you have available Clive, I'm quite a fan of implementing your specifications!
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