My personal eyecandy focused Japanese style map

[brave stump]

I've got only one through service rn, wdym by terninating along Yamanote?

[trim mango]

Most lines in tokyo either through run onto the subway or terminate along the yamanote line ie ikebukero, shinjuku, meguro etc

[brave stump]

Oh yeah

I'd do more through running if subwas weren't as finnicky

[trim mango]

Mhm

[brave stump]

Most of the current lines pass along the Yananote rather than terminating downtown

Idk how to explain

[trim mango]

I basically did more though running and it's a royal pain but if you set up the correct siding tracks it's not too bad

[brave stump]

Yeah

It's more of an awsthetic thing

[trim mango]

So they interchange with the yamanote line?

[trim mango]

That too

More subways means more station boxes in the city

It's unavoidable

[brave stump]

The hilly terrain also makes it difficult to hide elevation changes

[brave stump]

I've been slowly working on adding new lines, I'm going to rework my Chuo line as to have more realistic frequencies, this includes the chuo local line which will through run into the subway as to spice things up

[brave stump]

I've reworked Chuo

It's simpler rn, only 2 branches each operating at 10tph

They meet for 20 tph but there are no express services rn

It didn't make much sense tbh

One problem I have is that idk how I'm going to fit limited express trains in the incredibly packed schedules

[delicate wing]

IDK if anyone asked before but what gamescript does this game use?

[brave stump]

P&T

[delicate wing]

Do you do industries or just pax?

[brave stump]

For now it's only pax but I plan on adding a shitton of freight later on

[brave stump]

wonder how I should through run the orange line, through the red line to fake shinjuku or through the green line to the downtown

neither the red nor green lines exist yet btw

but I'm not sure how I should manage this

maybe the green one is the best option? there isn't much downtown coverage rn

[viscid imp]

or neither and have a terminus there! or have a terminus there and a small spur just before the terminus that interlines it with the green line, with some trains staying on the orange and some going through to the green

[brave stump]

I like the idea of a small spur, I think I'll do that. Thanks!

spoiler for the first limited express service

Should be a rather nice looking route

[idle escarp]

Activate windows

/s

[brave stump]

No

[viscid imp]

ffs it's one line in your powershell

[brave stump]

I know I already asked this but what do limited express trains do after terminating at a station like Tokyo? Do they continue onto a depot/yard until their next departure or what?

I really can't find anything online about this

maybe I'm not looking in the correct places but I really have no idea

[bleak hamlet]

for regular running ones like the Thunderbird, I believe they just reverse in the station

[brave stump]

Yeah I was thinking of lower frequency services

I might need to add more platforms for reversing trains tho

In some of my stations at least

[brave stump]

I'm renovating fake shinjuku to accomodate limited express trains

I'm afraid that the metro network will be a little blocky

It's just too difficult to incorporate diagonals in anything

a bit like beijing metro lol, I'll see if I can make it look better with the tram as metro lines which are a tad easier to hide

thinking about airports

I think this is a decent plan, the blue line is a Narita express like narrow gauge service while the purple one is a shinkansen shuttle

(Of course Shinkansen service would start at Mokyo)

The yellow airport would be an artificial island served by a shuttle service that connects to the orange line (maybe it could be a monorail?)

[bleak hamlet]

you can try something like the Osaka metro

[trim mango]

For the ones at shinagawa and ueno, they generally have enough platforms for turning around, though they have a few turnaround tracks that terminate aft of the platform

That's why Hitachi and tokiwa terminate at shinagawa instead of tokyo

For the limited express asusa I'm pretty sure the timetable accommodates a longer dwell time at tokyo for the services that terminate there

At shinjuku I'm pretty sure there are some stabling tracks too

[brave stump]

Thanks

Stabling tracks make sense

[brave stump]

what would y'all think of a hyper-urbanized island with a shinkansen connection?

I was thinking one of these two, maybe the green one if i wanted something along the lines of hong kong

I think it could be quite cool and unique

potentially a different state entirely with it's own gauge and trains

[brave stump]

Of course this is a future project but I think it could be very interesting

[idle escarp]

That would look very cool!

How big is the map?

Connect all the cities by rail and make it look pretty with all the object sets

[brave stump]

4k x 4k but a good chunk of it is water

[brave stump]

I'm placing the cities myself so it's all up to me rn

[idle escarp]

Yes you can place all infrastructure as you wish

[brave stump]

I sure can

[viscid imp]

maybe something like jeju? (large island with big cities and enormous tourism, also seoul to jeju is the busiest flight pair in the world with metro like frequencies if you want to do planes)

and lots of greenhouses on the southern half of the island

[brave stump]

Could be something like that, could be something like Okinawa

But I'm not sure If I want to put the focus on tourism

I'd like some industrial importance though the lack of railway freight would be discouraging to say the least

[viscid imp]

well, again most of jeju's land is used for some quite intensive agriculture

[brave stump]

Fair

Though agriculture doesn't usually have a good relation with urban areas

[viscid imp]

the southern half of the island as I say has city sized patches of enormous greenhouses

[viscid imp]

...well those islands are pretty big though

but that's true

[brave stump]

Yeah I've looked around in google maps for a bit, cool stuff

[viscid imp]

there is actually a long discussed plan for a jeju train tunnel with just how much traffic it has

[brave stump]

Long ass tunnel

[viscid imp]

still, my thought is that you do already have one big enormous industrialised mega city you're building out, so it might make sense for another one to be more touristy, with agriculture on the side (japanese suburbs especially tend to mix quite a bit with agricultural uses) maybe some international conferences as well (jeju hosts quite a few of those for some reason)

[brave stump]

Fair, I do have a tourism oriented island already tho

But I think your point is quite fair

[brave stump]

Everything's nice and awesome until you have to add local services :/

I'm mostly done with a new line + a single track branch with a limited express service

I think I need to learn a bit more about single-track scheduling tbh

[brave stump]

I've been cooking up a Tobu inspired line and it's probably going to be the most complex one to date, it has trains terminating at a major junction station (shinjukuish) and through runnign into the metro as well as a 4-track section and at least 2 limited express services, one serving a mountain resort at the end of a single track line

also it splits it has one main line and a little branch where I plan to terminate most through running services

I have to bake a cake but I'll share some pics and diagrams soon

[brave stump]

Hi!!!

I forgot to send the pics

cake was nice tho

Not sure which kind of services I'll do, rn I have a rapid/express service running from the northernmost yellow terminus to fake shinjuku and a limited express from a resort at the end of the red line to fake shinjuku. I also have a local service in the red line

I think the shorter branch of the mainline should have an express, a local (or maybe semi-express) to fake shinjuku and a through running local service

[brave stump]

I'm very close to making the express part of the tobu line run smoothly

If what I'm doing now works the level of smoothness will be unmatched

For context: there is a semi-express service every 20 minutes, an express one every 10, a limited express one every hour and another limited express one every 2 hours

each service has a different stopping pattern which makes timetabling more complicated

[brave stump]

Started work on the airport while I wait for night

the area with signs is supposed to be a freight terminal and that weird building is the train station, served by a narrow gauge line that runs through and a shinkansen line

[brave stump]

more work on the airport

It's so fucking big idk what I'm going to fill all the space with lmao

Probably a shitton of parking

I'm sure that it'll look really cool once it's done tho

The scale really helps to make it look good imo

[brave stump]

I think I should shift the highway one tile down, I don't like the current setup with the road underneath, makes it feel a tad cramped

[trim mango]

Hangers, plane infrastructure maybe a cargo warehouse or 2

Daum though the runway is gigantic

Makes the planes seen too small

[prisma ice]

could add a cross runway as well

can be a bit shorter but something to use when the wind changes

i guess it depends though on where the airport is in relation to the land around it

near the ocean might not need one

[idle escarp]

That’s a huge airport

I always underestimate the land use required and then wonder how I’m going to use all the airport objects

Impressive

[viscid imp]

are there not going to be any taxiways between the two parts of the airport? that seems a little strange

[brave stump]

Yes I just reaized that

Was about to comment about it

It's an easy fix tho, just bury the highway

[viscid imp]

yeah basically thinking the same thing

was going to say though, now that's a proper airport

[brave stump]

I like my airports big and stinky

[brave stump]

Thinking about all the parkin lots I'll have in the airport

Parking lots and airports go hand in hand

All of this is to avoid doing real work with the trains of course

[brave stump]

made some progress on the airport

This is probably my most insane eyecandy project to date

[brave stump]

finished

I still want to add some fencuing and farmland around but the airport itself is done

[trim mango]

That's fantastic, I was about to get started on my version of narita on my game too haha

Really well done

[brave stump]

Thanks! I still need to add train service and beautify the area

[idle escarp]

How long is the runway?

[brave stump]

Around 70 tiles

[idle escarp]

Ah

Probably need it to be that long to make it realistic

I keep making the runways only 12-15 tiles long

[brave stump]

planning a looooong route

it's been a while since I posted here lol

I decided to cut one shinkansen platform at mokyo as to handle limited express trains gracefully

I could've shoved them in the commuter platforms but it wouldn't be realistic for 2 door trains to stay for so little time

[brave stump]

I'm getting back to this today lol

I've been gifted derail valley and that has kept me quite busy for the weekend

[hexed gust]

Bowomp

[brave stump]

having a blast of course

[wild zinc]

what grf are you use ?

[brave stump]

I use a lot of newgrf

idk if I can list them all

[wild zinc]

that fine im working on getting the jp+ grf working but i have not got clue what is needed and what is not

[rustic flower]

Any chance you have finished this? Can only imagine it will look gorgeous when completed

[brave stump]

Sorry, I've been very busy these weeks. Hopefully I'll get some free time to finish it soon

[rustic flower]

Don't be sorry, I just keep checking the thread at work so I thought I'd ask 😂 ❤️

[brave stump]

I've satarted work on a city near Mokyo while I regain mental fortitude to tackle more suburban lines tho

I'm quite happy with how this downtown is turning out

[old pine]

I really like that station building, might steal it at some point 👀

[brave stump]

That's such good news! Station buildings are not my strong suit and I was worried that it wasn't good.

[old pine]

It has a nice renovated 70s building feeling

[novel ocean]

yh its giving Okayama vibes with the double wide road which is cool

[novel ocean]

ye the HSS stairs and canopy combo is coolio

[old pine]

I wish we had those little sheds' backview too, would be be very useful for symmetry

I'll maybe suggest those to Flogeza someday

[brave stump]

That's sweet!

Btw if you are wondering where is the Shinkansen it's a bit farther north to keep the alignment good

I revently rediscoverd Zyliety's plant set which has these AMAZING cherry trees

So you'll be seeing a lot more pink from now on

This downtown is quickly becoming one of my favourite projects and I'm yet to make the beach and port

Maybe a canal or water feature of some sorts could look good too?

Though I'd like to finish the boulevard and beautify some other stuff first

Also chuffing stations is a godsend

[novel ocean]

ye the trees and animal set from Zyliety are both cool. The tiled sakura tree is quite nice and the Animals set has some great empty fences

[brave stump]

Yep, amazing stuff for little details here and there

I appreciate the different floor varieties too

What should I add to this city? In case you are wonderinh I already have a big park further south

[novel ocean]

Maybe some industry stuff near the coast?

like a small port/warehouse area

also a sports stadium (probs baseball or football) could fit the vibes if you feel like it

[brave stump]

This one's already on my to-do list for this city, also a nice and big intermodal yard.

[brave stump]

This one's good, thanks!

[unkempt plover]

Not the city exactly but maybe a racing track at the edge of the greater city area/countryside

[brave stump]

That would be cool too ngl

Maybe you could see it from the shinkansen?

[brave stump]

hard at work with this small city, mostly getting the grid in now before I start adding more features

also I need to learn how race tracks work lol

I plan to add some beaches and a port area with rail connections

but for now the grid has all of my attention

I also need to perfect that transition between urban and rural right

Japanese urbanization is weird with that, there are like pockets of housing surrounded by fields

[brave stump]

Freight terminals are so weird

I try to read the diagrams and I just don't get how the operations work

I'd like to make a nice and big container terminal for this city so I'm open to suggestions for replicas

[bright heath]

I like to make dedicated arrival/departure (yard) tracks and then branch out to specific freight terminals.

basically don't share a common station/hub with multiple industries or cargo pickup/drop points directly.

a basic layout is something like this

go wild with your designs !!!!

also you can categorize the cargoes in certain groups and make dedicated yards for them to look cool

ex.

Ahh i forgot about this, built in S3.
Upper 2 black stations Ammonia plant & Chlor-akali plant.
Lower SW black station is a Bulk Terminal and SE black station is just a normal liquid pickup/drop point.
Considerable amount of shunting operations.

tbh S3 has lot of examples that other players have built.

[hexed gust]

Linux player?

[brave stump]

Thanks a lot! I'll see how to fit something like this in my area but I really like the concept.

[brave stump]

I'm too lazy to fill this area with streets, what should I put here?

[stark briar]

Park

[light needle]

beer

[unkempt plover]

Or one of the cats from that cat object grf

[brave stump]

Beer???

[light needle]

yes

1 million of it

[viscid imp]

is this what you normally order from the bartender?

[brave stump]

The roads for this small city are mostly done

It's a satellite city of Mokyo, sprawl will continue to the east but as a part of another town

[light needle]

what happened vrp

[brave stump]

I got invited to a server and played on that for a while :p

I did finish kodaira