Left Path Support still broken

I've disregarded the bug template as it's a known issue by everyone using Left-Path maps and happens irrespective of configs.

So basically there's a growing number of left-path maps and buses available now. However every single one is plagued by a single issue: How the passenger gets on the bus.

In OMSI 1 they used to cross over the bus about 3 times before actually boarding, which was incredibly annoying.

In OMSI 2 it isn't as bad (they just get on the bus now), but there is a tradeoff between how you place the bus stop cubes.

You either place the cube next to the kerb like you would in a normal right path map and the AI buses drive onto the pavement (and use the wrong indicators), or you place the cube in the middle of the lane and AI behaves itself, but passengers step into the road.

Neither of these solutions are acceptable in the slightest.

There is no current workaround for this.

I'd like to see this fixed, and I'm sure many others would as well. It would certainly do good.

I'm opting to include a post I made on AussieX about this issue as well as it has more thoughts that I had:

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This is something that always bugs me with OMSI when attempting to develop maps, and that is when you are developing for left path (UK-style) the bugs with the bus stop cubes.

What I mean by this is the fact you have to compromise between the passengers stepping onto the road but the AI behaves itself (apart from using the wrong indicators) or the passengers staying on the pavement and the AI buses driving onto the pavement. Neither are acceptable to me, which is what has always stopped me from getting very far with developing a map. Obviously it isn't as bad as it was in OMSI 1 when the passengers used to walk over your bus, but still is far too irritating.

I've created a topic on the official forum and am awaiting any sort of reply or response.

Other issues regarding using left path over right path are the buses available. There is an abundance of European buses to suit all needs, from artics to double deckers to high floor dual purpose buses to full on coaches, but we're a bit limited with what's available for left path maps. We are pretty much limited to HK double deckers, HK spec Enviro200s, the B9TL Wright Gemini 2 and a reasonable amount of MM2 converts which vary from the just about functional enough to drive through the 'wouldn't even touch it when it was in MM2'.

Then there's the issues of splines and crossings. Short of developing our own, we have iomex's splines which require combination with road-hogs road markings, and while there aren't any quality issues, using all these splines equates to a massive problem with FPS, hence why we are yet to see a lightweight left path map that's good quality. Simply flipping paths isn't enough as a lot of european crossings are adapted to their intended purpose, meaning they make no sense when the lanes are swapped. Again this can only be solved with custom developed crossings.

This leaves people like me who want to develop a UK left-path map in a difficult position. Do we compromise with a limited choice of buses and suicidal passengers/AI drivers, or do we go right-path and compromise that way? Obviously the established fictional UK maps such as Bowdenham and Keedlestone are both right-path due to the fact that when they were initially developed there wasn't really anything at all in the way of left-path buses and splines and that really bad passenger bug, and in the case of Bowdenham later attempts to convert them to left path including my own have met with little success due to the aforementioned problems of splines and crossings and bugs.

Most of this can be solved by content development from the community, except for the bus stop bug. I was rather hoping that since some very high quality (if not large) left path maps were released that there might be more notice taken of the issues from the developer's end, but that doesn't seem to be. As for the LOTUS-Simulator, who knows what's going to be happening. I am not holding up hope of any more updates of OMSI 2 due to the development of LOTUS and the fact that it is just two of them developing it, so in the end it's a compromise between looking realistic or playability.

I want to know people's thoughts on this. Also try and 'thank' or 'like' or whatever it is on the official forum, the topic that I have posted so it gains more attention.

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I can't imagine Aerosoft doing anything, they are only the publisher and have no direct involvement with development. That is up to Marcel who doesn't seem like he is going to do any more meaningful development on OMSI 2. We can only hope that LOTUS-Simulator will have proper left-path support.

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Would be really great seeing Aerosoft doing anything for the first time

Looking forward to it;)

Now we have your attention, do you know if there are any plans to fix this?

What with Add-on London coming out fairly soon, it might be nice if our wishes were finally fulfilled.