[0.0.9-RC6] The train rail colors are unlocked without unlocking the train colors

[tame minnow]

In the images, there are 5 trains going to the same route when 2 should be going to one route and 3 to another.

Markings:

Red: the trains;
Green: the train bases;
Blue: the crossroads;
Yellow dots: the paint pick-up stations;
White dots: the paint pick-up stations;

At this point in the game, I still haven't bought all the train colors and I still only have the red one.

The last one is a saved game that I just opened in 0.0.9-RC6

[shadow turret]

Just to confirm: The trains only follow their respective color.
Red train follows the red rail line.
If you only have Red Trains, and you place green rails, the red train will not follow the green line specifically.

[quasi geyser]

I can't say I've had problems with trains going to the wrong stations or not following configurations, but if the only train color you have is Red, you might need to separate the train lines to prevent this.

(Also if you only have red trains, there should not be any way to place green rail configurators, as it would be a locked building.)

[tame minnow]

I can configure the rail colors even if I haven't purchased different colors

[quasi geyser]

That's new then; I remember in RC5, the configurators were locked behind their corresponding unlocks.

[shadow turret]

I think there is the "issue" it is badly communicated.
We could see if we want them locked until trains are unlocked (I do not remember if this was even the case in past version)
We make a report for it, I think that should be looked at.

[tame minnow]

I confirm that I know this. But the behavior of the trains is to always return to their origin, where they were omted (when they do not fall into the void) and that is not what is happening.

[shadow turret]

Yeah the bug is that you can place the color rails without unlocking the colored trains first. Thanks for clarificaton.

[blazing remnant]

🚑 Your bug report has been verified and is now in the triage phase. We're working to reproduce and fix it.

[shadow turret]

[0.0.9-RC6] The train rail colors are unlocked without unlocking the train colors

[tame minnow]

I made a video showing how the train takes a different route.

I don't know what its current behavior is, believe me it tries to take the shortest path. But it's something that doesn't make sense to me because in a situation where I have several mines of a certain shape and I take them all to a station in each mine I have a base for the train (where it was manufactured) the train should return to its base to start the route again this way I can have several trains leading to a single place. If not I will have to have 1 train for each figure and a maximum of 4 mines on the track otherwise the train wouldn't pass the mine it has to pass.

In the 42nd second of the video it would have to make the curve and not go straight

[shadow turret]

Sorry I forgot to answer.
The bug with the rail colors unlocked is a new Bug.
The "bug" where the train is not returning to its origin (same colored splitter) is a known issue, however we consider it not-a-bug for the moment.
https://discord.com/channels/1000343719314198548/1274668219726036992

The train will always use the shortest route on the same colored rail.
If you want to split them, you can use different train colors.
Many players had the same problem and a different expectation.
So you are absolutely right, it is not communicated well at the moment.
Trains are still being worked on during the early access phase and we had some players demand more colors for trains to help routing.
I hope this will solve the issue in the future.

To sum up, trains are sticking to the color path, if the path splits, it may not follow back to its Train Deployer Platform and instead follow a different same-colored path.

[tame minnow]

Thank you for the clarification and sorry for my insistence.

I hadn't understood this (or maybe I didn't read the manual properly) about the behavior of the items, I'll take this into consideration when I plan my routes.