Dispatcher Intrelligence!

[kensternation]

I suppose this goes along the lines of CIM intelligence...

The dispatchers need to do a better job of dispatching vehicles. I have a long route around my city, a bus generally gets back to the start at about the time of the next run. If a vehicle is going to break down before it can do another lap, the dispatcher should return it to the depot and send a different vehicle!

 

[kellergeist79]

Yes, and often he doesn't, even if there are enough vehicles available at the depot. Also the oppisite happens: Vehicles which could do another lap easily are sent back to the depot, even if the timetable does not demand a change of e.g. vehicle size.

 

[slornie]

On a related note: I often have difficulty with waterbus lines, which by their nature commonly loop back to the first stop, where the depot doesn't think it appropriate to send another vehicle - even though there's no chance that the already running vehicle(s) can keep up with the departure schedule. I don't know if it's just the vehicle should be able to make the departure on time and is just late.

 

[Screech1992]

Another issue with the dispatch: The game does not seem to take into account scheduled vehicle size when deciding whether the vehicle should stay on duty or return to depot and have a new vehicle dispatched. I often try to run smaller vehicles in the night, but those sometimes stay on the line well into the afternoon until it needs maintainance. The opposite is true for larger rush hour vehicles that tend to stay on duty during the night. This really breaks the maintainance system, as ideally you'd have the daytime vehicles maintained during the night and the small night vehicles maintained during the daytime.