Had something interesting happen thanks to the new update: The bus tried to overtake the tram at a red light. Didn't work out as you can see but kinda surprised that this can even happen xD
#Transport Tycoon Games (Open TTD, TpF2, etc...)
gleaming turtle
hollow bloom
@brittle crescent
brittle crescent
Hmmm is this a new mod? or WIP?
hollow bloom
Both
Its released for Patreons only of Modwerkstatt
well it will release lateron this year, tho
gleaming turtle
Would you say that the bus/tram hub is maybe a bit small for the amount of lines? (11 lines with busses or trams every 3-4 minutes xD)
grim garden
It looks like it should have a separate entry and exit imo
gleaming turtle
Yeah but that would mean a different station model and I like that one xD
gleaming turtle
Oh it's not customizable? <:sadCat:1247528938889285664>
yeah 
And also since the lines come from both directions I don't think having seperate entry and exit would change much
gleaming turtle
yeah <:sadCat:1247528938889285664>
Would've long added more terminals if it were xD
brittle crescent
Would you say that the bus/tram hub is maybe a bit small for the amount of lines...
but what mod is that?😅 the bus/ tram station
gleaming turtle
proper shell
digital cairn
Loving the recent attention to the trolleybusses by the chezh community
proper shell
waxen adder
the constant tpf mod redownloads are doing my head in
waxen adder
waxen adder
stone heath
@hollow bloom @livid kettle even if it's a bit late thanks again for contributing to the Desiro ❤️
livid kettle
^^
Always a pleasure to take part on the Work of my favourite train cough dtg when cough
stone heath
Always a pleasure to take part on the Work of my favourite train _cough_ dtg whe...
How long did it take to make the Desiro ?
livid kettle
Uhhh,idk exactly
I just provided references and gave feedback
pure pilot
When I uninstalled TF2, I unsubbed all my mods and now I regret it 
waxen adder
managed to squeeze in a tiny rendition of the prague metro onto my map
considering the map has the whole of the czech republic represented im pretty pleased lmao
stone heath
hollow bloom
Ah, console player
stone heath
stone heath
gleaming turtle
digital cairn
Why isnt branding allowed on console mods?
timid gazelle
UG would be the ones getting in trouble for licensing
blanket ban makes it easier for them
spare pike
spare pike
does anybody know why my cities dont have streets
i built a city and it only has country roads its weird
elfin galleon
In an alternatve universe my two braincells would connect and tell me.. maybe just maybe you could have used ships instead
train spaghet
gleaming turtle
Train spaghet you say? (Old TPF 1 map, probably even posted those pics here already xD)
elfin galleon
Ngl I'd love to see that in action
trains and transport going in all kinds of directions
I haven't played much tpf before but trying to setup goods delivery is so stressful, I basically have a mainline for trains delivering everything it needs
steel and plastic is oof
gleaming turtle
Also feeding way to many tracks into a to small station xD
elfin galleon
Woah thats a lot of towns
Is there anyway to do underground networks?
metro or LU stuff
waxen adder
Woah thats a lot of towns
was suppost to represent regions lmao
was gonna be like one massive city styled after tokyo
but the game didnt like that as expected lol
theres a few underground stations
elfin galleon
ooooh thank you!
misty ember
lol looks like roblox
chilly storm
Lol
proper shell
M301 highballing through the plant at Runnton Suden so it can get out of the way of VIA62 right behind them.
proper shell
pure pilot
the things some people do with this game, holy fuck https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1066780/view/4486241294570487889
wonder what Urban has in mind for TpF3
digital cairn
Old bus line converted to trolleybus
slate bay
wonder what Urban has in mind for TpF3
Hopefully (although doubtfully) shunting (/switching)
pure pilot
distant signalling SHOULD be a must
pure pilot
my biggest hope is better OHLE
proper third rail too
I get we mostly want cosmetic stuff, but how TpF2 still doesn't have distant signalling is beyond me
signals should have more than the absolute bare bones two aspects
timid gazelle
someone managed to make a mod where it functions correctly
pure pilot
distant signals?
timid gazelle
yeah, think they made them do 3 and 4 aspect
pure pilot
I bet it's a German mod right? haha
timid gazelle
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2898457335&searchtext=signal and https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3282052309&searchtext=signal
somehow a UK one
pure pilot
I see
slate bay
proper third rail too
Oh that would be wonderful
Yk what would be brilliant though?
Seasons
Like, proper implementation
Would be tough to do? Definitely
But with a game that is, to be fair, mostly about running a railway, seasons are a must. They play a huge role in reality after all
Stuff like autumn requiring you to run RHTTs, otherwise rails become covered in leaf and therefore slippery, resulting in slower acceleration and bigger braking distances. And of course, winter requires snow clearing, otherwise all the trains will get stuck
Other than trains or generic features, one other thing is really needed. Better, modular airports. Come on now. The plane logic in this game is wonderful, but the airports? Or dare I say, the airport. Cause the only choice we have is dirt or pavement pretty much.
proper shell
TpF2 really just needs better pathing and rail signals...
proper shell
hollow bloom
248 goes zoom
glossy nebula
hot tide
TIL someone created a whole bunch of German signals in TpF 2
hollow bloom
Yes, Modwerkstatt
zealous thicket
@delicate gust here
I really like the Yorkshire map on open TTD , ifiak there's north of Goole near north/south cave a collection of coal stations and a power station. If you connect them all up using your starter loan it's basically infinite money
delicate gust
I’ll have to check it out, I generally stick to fictional maps since I don’t always like the way real world maps can be scaled in game
mental pendant
For what it’s worth, whenever 15.0 is released (probably April) there will be a new tool for creating real-world maps. 🙂
What’s the deal with hating on Slough? I’ve never been but it seems fine in TSW haha
delicate gust
It’s pretty much a national pass time
Used to be a rather grim industrial town with notable crime rates
These days it’s not so bad, but it’s still just bland and unattractive
Especially when compared to nearby places like Windsor
zealous thicket
For what it’s worth, whenever 15.0 is released (probably April) there will be a ...
It's still being updated?
Wow!
delicate gust
Yeah, still gets regular updates and has a very active community
mental pendant
Yeah, the latest release (version 14) was one of the largest feature releases ever: https://www.openttd.org/news/2024/04/13/openttd-14-0
delicate gust
Would highly recommend trying the JGR pack for OTTD. Adds many new quality of life features to the core game
zealous thicket
Shame they don't release on console, I'd prefer playing on bigger screen and with a controller
If I could develop I'd help port it to Xbox
hard wyvern
Would highly recommend trying the JGR pack for OTTD. Adds many new quality of li...
Yeah I'm really enjoying jgr
I only use it for the timetables and nicer looking zoomed out map though 😂
delicate gust
Having the departure boards is nice for troubleshooting
Also love the auto spacing and extra building options like underwater tunnels
Love the coop rail sharing too
Makes multiplayer much better
mental pendant
Shame they don't release on console, I'd prefer playing on bigger screen and wit...
The UI is not really suited to a controller 🙂
You could always plug in a TV to your desktop/laptop and use mouse and keyboard on the big screen though
zealous thicket
The UI is not really suited to a controller 🙂
You could do what Football manager does and use the controller as a mouse stick
mental pendant
Indeed. If you ever want to get involved with development, we love to see new people get involved! (I am one of the developers/maintainers 🙂 )
zealous thicket
Indeed. If you ever want to get involved with development, we love to see new pe...
Much love for your work. I'll get a PC soon enough in the future and learning coding or modeling has always been up my alley (im training to be an architect and have intrest in modding in ARMA)
mental pendant
NewGRF code is a bit silly sometimes, but not too bad
nocturne cedar
Little bit of something coming along 👀
@round geyser might interest you
@mental pendant we are invading it seems
mental pendant
Oh howdy, stranger
gleaming turtle
stone heath
hollow bloom
Having locos ingame that ive driven is love
hollow bloom
stone heath
brittle crescent
hollow bloom
brittle crescent
Here is my little village of Ballenstedt😅
slate bay
Nicely done!
hollow bloom
looks awsome!
Although id advise you to remove that Excavator, as its a Performance bomb
brittle crescent
Aha thanks. Yeah i kinda noticed that but wasn’t sure what it was.
Do you perhaps know any other excavator mod?
brittle crescent
Oh that’s nice. Thanks for that
fallen sable
when do you think we can expect some new mods to come for Xbox, there has been like 1 in the last month...
stone heath
Yes, I wonder that too... it started well
hollow bloom
Tbf most people cant be bothered converting mods because due to console limitations
pure pilot
when you have lightrail but you reeeeeally don't want to spend a dime on the stock https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3065928633
at least it has boguies so... better than a pacer 
stone heath
Tbf most people cant be bothered converting mods because due to console limitati...
What is the biggest problem? Apart from the limitations on the console
proper shell
hollow bloom
proper shell
train meet.
proper shell
more trains.
dusk plinth
digital cairn
New area being built
zealous thicket
I'm getting a PC hopefully at some point so I can play OTTD game among others again (phone is wayy too small for OTTD)
mental pendant
Make sure you get a high enough spec PC 😛
hard wyvern
Never heard of that type of processor
proper shell
zealous thicket
Make sure you get a high enough spec PC 😛
Oh ill easily clear that by selling my Xbox alone and buying
keen halo
Appleby Interchange, Light Rail Line A, and Bus Routes 4, 22, 207 and 317 serve the Interchange
gleaming turtle
hollow bloom
You need some Replacement-Trains? 😄
hollow bloom
That HSL Loco is also running a Wheat train on my map xDD
brittle crescent
Could you perhaps lend me the link for the VTG grain wagons? Please?
nocturne cedar
What the fuck
branding
compact finch
gleaming turtle
hollow bloom
righttt
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
hehe
brittle crescent
Eventually there will be some scenery
brittle crescent
hollow bloom
brittle crescent
small sequoia
She still drives ?
hollow bloom
Every now and then
waxen adder
compact finch
waxen adder
who needs space
stone heath
timid gazelle
not really a transport tycoon but that's £30 right there
stone heath
not really a transport tycoon but that's £30 right there
game is game
digital cairn
💀
I am fine with the game having gamepasses tbh
I just feel like its overpriced
I dont pla the game either wayy
stone heath
I just feel like its overpriced
it is....
stone heath
might play when the add metro
This will be epic
waxen adder
say u have a train that uses the default sounds, and u have all the sound scripts ready and placed in the correct folder inside the trains directory, how do u tell that train to use the custom sound set and not the default sounds?
to anyone who knows a bit about that sorta stuff
(transport fever 2)
gleaming turtle
compact finch
what a wierd little thing
waxen adder
pure pilot
I see you don't mind the fact those trains weren't made with narrow gauge boguies 
wonder why the author keeps doing that when track has existed for a while now
my OCD would never let me use trains on the wrong gauge 🫠
waxen adder
Lmao
I would rather use those trains cuz of the custom sounds regardless
And also it’s either use a unrealistic train on realistic gauge or unrealistic both
I also had to mod in custom sounds for the train on the right lmao
But I got it working in the end hence why I asked the question above lol
hollow bloom
hehe
gleaming turtle
Just a "small" bridge xD
timid gazelle
forgot how fun transport fever can be when it isnt crashing every 3 miliseconds
proper shell
brittle crescent
Austro-Swed in Deutschland
timid gazelle
area needs a bit more detail but this is probably the save im happiest with
proper shell
foam fest happening at Slateport.
mental pendant
Very nice, interesting to see bidirectional tracks with slot operations 🙂
pure pilot
Would anyone suggest Sweet Transit?
proper shell
proper shell
Very nice, interesting to see bidirectional tracks with slot operations 🙂
i like the more dynamic flow that it can give 🤷♀️ unfortuately my testing on 100% bi-directional tracks doesnt work completely, fornow im reverting to a semi-bi system.
proper shell
Would anyone suggest Sweet Transit?
last i saw on it, looks like it had potential. but its been a little bit since i took a look at it.
pure pilot
I'm now playing Railgrade
It's an interesting take on a train tycoon game
It has a Factorio vibe to it
timid gazelle
odd track layout here - wanted a new terminating platform, but didnt want to disrupt the avoiding line (2nd from left) too much so came up with this mess
timid gazelle
timid gazelle
yeah, I hope that it's something improved in TpF3 but for now I just try not to look at it
timid gazelle
parallel movements are great, the catenary not so much
pure pilot
I get that TpF2 is mainly a tycoon game
pretty much all of my complaints about it are aesthetic stuff
the game desperately needs distant signaling though
so single track lines could be possible
proper shell
could use dynamic pathing aswell
pure pilot
also, alternative electric infrastructure, so 3rd rail trains don't need to be emulated as DMUs
timid gazelle
gleaming turtle
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
Ah, finally a good loco
hollow bloom
the kind of train @summer abyss likes to drive
vocal orchid
vocal orchid
waxen adder
waxen adder
what u get for not travelling by train 
waxen adder
mental pendant
No weed sprayer trains in TpF2, I see 😛
pure pilot
I hate how vanilla tracks allow grass to be between them like that
You can remove it but it should be automatic
gleaming turtle
Should I implement this very sensible piece of infrastructure somewhere on my map? xD
hollow bloom
Should I implement this *very sensible* piece of infrastructure somewhere on my ...
were you bored by any chance?
pure pilot
three way switches opened a Pandora's box
gleaming turtle
were you bored by any chance?
Maybe 
vocal orchid
waxen adder
adding some diesel lines to the map
waxen adder
pure pilot
oooh what a funky thing https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3420514237
hollow bloom
Joa.
urban cosmos
pure pilot
you really go the extra length to make trains belong to your maps 👍
except that KiHa in the second image though
MSTS memories 
urban cosmos
except that KiHa in the second image though
That was before I reskinned it
Still a good screenie tho
And Ty :3
hollow bloom
crisp violet
pure pilot
Is that freestyle stations mod?
I want curved, underground, and elevated stations to be a vanilla feature of TpF3 damn
crisp violet
Is that freestyle stations mod?
It isn't it's just using assets and clever placement of multiple stations
pure pilot
and do trains stop correctly? lol
crisp violet
if they're going up they'll be put on the top most one if they're going down they'll be put on the bottom most one
I'll find out when I actually start putting stuff down this section of map
crisp violet
crisp violet
pure pilot
I wish landscapes could look like that from vanilla, without having to do a lot of detail work 😩
crisp violet
honestly idm doing the detail work tho it's quite a nice stress relieving thing just focusing on creating the world that's in my mind :))
I just need someone out there to make more platform varieties I'm getting bored of the stations 😭
pure pilot
I wish Enzojz stuff was available for older eras
he only ever does stuff for modern day and it's so boring and stale
crisp violet
pure pilot
stone heath
brittle crescent
hollow bloom
looks great!
compact finch
ooo that forest road is beautiful
brittle crescent
Thanks😄
hollow bloom
brittle crescent
That looks nice too
gleaming turtle
RRX meets bwegt
brittle crescent
Old abandoned factory
hollow bloom
Once again, really nice
hearty sinew
Didn’t know there was a tpf2 channel here
hearty sinew
I tried that once 2y ago. Now that save is f’d due to some mod breaking stuff. I think I made Linz, Innsbruck and Salzburg. Didn’t get to Vienna yet then. Now I make a mountainous generated place. Pick areas where Germany, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands live and then go through the ages ending in EPEC. Got deadlocked a few times but gotta start playing again
stone heath
I tried that once 2y ago. Now that save is f’d due to some mod breaking stuff. I...
That looks really good
hearty sinew
Covid free time and google earth helped me lol. now I make stuff loosely instead of existing. been a while though
current map has a big river. about 5 forests at one spot and a mountain range splitting everything across the river. thus I have a big U shape railroad with lots of things. the hills make triple head steam freight common in the early days.
just got planes up there because of the big connection issues
they are, well planes so eh
I have the extra industries or industries expanded modpack with livestock, mail and lubricants too. For EPEC I have an amazing issue I’ll show if I remember cuz I need help to figure out how to detail or even make that work without massive terrain deformation
stone heath
hearty sinew
I have the extra industries or industries expanded modpack with livestock, mail ...
To get back to that
Yeahh. Going to be fun
brittle crescent
Once again, really nice
Thank you
hollow bloom
use 103? 😄
stone heath
use 103? 😄
too old
hollow bloom
o.0
hollow bloom
well yes
however
my Ausbildung has more Proirity right now so im not activly working on mods for any game - my Zb is on Tuesday for example so the hot phase is incoming
stone heath
my Ausbildung has more Proirity right now so im not activly working on mods for ...
Ausbildung always takes priority
stone heath
hearty sinew
@half yoke some of the questionable layouts I am creating
half yoke
<@266274220881739776> some of the questionable layouts I am creating
i would love to do some more scaled down and focused map (probably berlin and surroundings) next that would allow me to build so large stations.
currently i am playing on rather large map roughly representing whole of germany traffic direction wise, and running the whole century from 1930 onwards, with the division and breaking of all original traffic connections and redirection of corridors to completely different directions.
hearty sinew
because of the "large" map setting due to industry mod inbalance I have some freedom in that. especially freight going mad
hearty sinew
currently i am playing on rather large map roughly representing whole of germany...
I started this save from 1870 or so onwards. pretty funny for a bit until you need triple headed steam
I now have 5 forests in one corner of the map which will become interesting
half yoke
i'm currently somewhere in 1959 with awkwardly split rural railways ending up in weird places completely unfit for turning of steam engines. west is slowly getting uerdingers to serve those, but east is still bit struggling.
gleaming turtle
i should fire that map up again... 😂
I can't quite tell which operator is serving that station, I think you should make the logo bigger
hollow bloom
you think?
hearty sinew
i'm currently somewhere in 1959 with awkwardly split rural railways ending up in...
I'm in 42. with the mountains really hoping on some good trucks and electric power but I am leaving some lines non electrified on purpose
hollow bloom
tbf that map has had some problems
half yoke
works well to slow people down before the junction i guess
hollow bloom
But also some nice images were made
and some annoyance was caused
(Esig Meerbusch Osterfeld from Krefeld coming is similar)
i like doing dumb shit
gleaming turtle
and some annoyance was caused
(Esig Meerbusch Osterfeld from Krefeld coming is s...
I should do the same for these signals I have on my map xD
hollow bloom
how
gleaming turtle
With the 8m visual signal offset mod xD
gleaming turtle
That reminds me that I have a map with a full on cloverleaf interchange... for trains xD
hollow bloom
hm yeah
gleaming turtle
yeah
half yoke
I'm in 42. with the mountains really hoping on some good trucks and electric pow...
not yet too many interesting constructions in this save. still more about dismantling infrastructure, breaking things and previously working lines..
commies getting all important corridors reduced to single track diesels by soviet reparations is causing a lot of mayhem that suddenly requires extremely crowded dosto units from görlitz to transport everyone where previously you get nicely layered passenger and fast trains with reasonable comfort
i should get rid of all the remnants of the past fast before people start to notice that not everything is going well according to the five year plan 🧐
hearty sinew
I have one cursed 4km long super tall bridge in my save cuz there is no better solution. it's at capacity though and 4 tracks wide will look weird
half yoke
i play on very hilly map (as that forces you to make corridors rather than connect cities directly) and i can't wait for 80s to build a super expensive SFS across the whole map only for the direction being completely irrelevant after the reunification
compact finch
this is probably the worst I've gotten 😔
hearty sinew
i play on very hilly map (as that forces you to make corridors rather than conne...
My map is also very hilly with such a crazy wide river it looks wrong to bridge
gleaming turtle
Of course game. That's exactly what I want you to do xD
stone heath
soon in TSW❤️
mental pendant
This thread needs more OpenTTD.
mental pendant
stone heath
dude he literally said it
I thought of that too
I'm so stupid 
hollow bloom
Yes
gleaming turtle
I always love it when the game thinks this is more logical than simply running the track below the bridge xD
slate bay
This is the most efficient way, clearly
stone heath
gleaming turtle
My favorite error xD
mental pendant
My favorite error, when I accidentally drew a locomotive in the animated palette colors used by the Toyland cola wells. 😛
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKq0XPhWhl4
brittle crescent
brittle crescent
and NS vectron cuz yeah
hollow bloom
waxen adder
not the yucky coaches 
keen halo
full 80's mode
keen halo
there was one for TPF 1, but surprised no one has made one for TPF 2
keen halo
vegetation has quickly took over the remains of Bradford South
the station just before closure
urban cosmos
Going back and updating my reskins, Here's the ICMm with updated textures, Lights, PIS and interior
timid gazelle
stone heath
hollow bloom
@stone heath good news for you, im working on a 218 repaint
stone heath
<@800348419172335627> good news for you, im working on a 218 repaint
this is heaven
hollow bloom
<:wot2:681868128401096708> this is heaven
c:
(more detail to come)
stone heath
@hollow bloom ❤️
hollow bloom
Ah, it has been aprooved, nice!
You may take a guess which EVU this livery is inspired by 😂
stone heath
Press
stone heath
but im really happy with how it turned out 😄
Would you do more than just liverys in the future?
stone heath
waxen adder
stone heath
<:horror:1143845927392649217>
pure pilot
was that meant to be a real thing? or someone's imagination? lol
I know cw_315 made a mod out of a projected high speed train that never went past planning
gleaming turtle
Bit close xD
hollow bloom
i just wanna see images of the Sides 😭
I know that i made these repaitns ffs
stone heath
nova grove
compact finch
that looks incredibly good 
waxen adder
@hollow bloom congrats 👍
pure pilot
I wish it was easier to build things like this smh
pure pilot
gold in vehicles is this Spanish beast https://mod.io/g/transportfever2/m/renfe-242f-2000-confederation#description
grim garden
Neat
hollow bloom
<@265524593555406850> congrats 👍
Thank u c:
❤️
stone heath
gleaming turtle
hollow bloom
Same
gleaming turtle
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
stone heath
I only recognized the ICE later
past furnace
I got TPF2
hollow bloom
ok
digital cairn
I got TPF2
get ready to spend 1000s of hours on it
hollow bloom
Ye
digital cairn
past furnace
get ready to spend 1000s of hours on it
I will whenever I build the motivation up
keen halo
gleaming turtle
gleaming turtle
half yoke
hollow bloom
half yoke
it looks naked without number
hollow bloom
ye
hearty sinew
F dinnertrain from train charter
past furnace
eats it
kindred pumice
covert minnow
slate bay
time to make some people upsetti about me using a 112 for Freight
112 is good for any use
gleaming turtle
Smol
compact finch
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
digital cairn
Holy fuck transport fever 3 looks cool as hell
(A cinematic trailer just dropped)
maiden wadi
Oh damn they're doing a third one
delicate gust
I guess that's cool, but I'm struggling to think of what they could be adding
compact finch
looks like helicopters, industries on water, more roads and industries with integrated stops (?)
twilit musk
Not a whole lot to go on, and no clear mention of any huge features
I guess I hope this time around they actually finish updating the 3D models of the USA vehicles, as there’s definitely reuse of existing vehicles in the marketing material
brittle crescent
https://youtu.be/HcI60a6PbdI?si=_nojkKVqksBdSXE3
There goes my wallet
twilit musk
And hopefully all this talk of difficulty and tycoon gameplay means the balance is logical and electric locomotives aren’t exactly the same maintenance cost as steam locomotives
delicate gust
I suppose we will have to wait and see, but so far none of the new stuff mentioned really seems to justify a new game
waxen adder
can they add BIGGER MAPS PLEASE
maiden wadi
Graphics updates and better traffic i hope
TF2 is solid enough, the music is imprinted into my subconscious by now
slate bay
I hope for one thing: more airport customisation
twilit musk
What’s the chance I get into beta this time? (I was in the Train Fever beta and I’m the only person I know from the Train Fever beta who applied but did not get into either Transport Fever beta, I’m salty)
twilit musk
Aha, master hellish got the press kit with more info that is hard to get to because the website is dead
- 3 game modes; campaign, tycoon (free play?), sandbox (now as a dedicated game mode instead of a built in mod?)
- day and night cycle confirmed
- offshore industries (obvious from trailer)
- player reputation mechanic affected by service quality, with consequences for transport delays
- more changes over time, disincentivizing abandoning old lines (maybe cargo chains change over time?)
- helicopters (obvious from trailer)
- cargo trams
- contracts game mechanic (most games totally fail at this, curious to see what UG does)
- warehouses (? Maybe there’ll be more to think about when storing cargo at hub station)
- some sort of progression system
- buildable real-world landmarks
maiden wadi
Helicopters is exciting. Shouldn't really be a profitable way to run a business but should provide interesting fast capability.
I just hope they make maps big enough for airliners to make sense.
slate bay
Yeah
Hopefully
And with that, better airports
First of all, 2 runways isn’t enough
slate bay
I just hope they make maps big enough for airliners to make sense.
Also at least we’ll have offshore industries which will probably give planes some fair use
twilit musk
I have some thoughts on contracts specifically. Most games make contracts something that just randomly (and rarely) pops up and gives you more money than usual if you do a certain one-time objective, but costs money if you fail. This implementation is boring as contacts have to be rare to be balanced (don’t want the player getting bonus cash for every delivery) but have a habit of asking you to do something you can’t actually do (“Deliver 100 microchips to Steve” means nothing when Steve is on the other side of the map and I’m not making any microchips right now, especially if the payment is so low to not justify the investment in a microchips production chain) so the best option is to just ignore them. Also real contracts aren’t really one-off things, so it doesn’t even make sense to call this mechanic a contracts mechanic…
I think a better contract game mechanic is one where every repeated transaction is a contract, as this can give the player interesting restrictions (this steel mill needs iron, but they will only give you the contract to do iron deliveries if a specific iron ore mine is used) at every step of the process. The terms are agreed upon beforehand and you have to make sure you don’t over or under build the transportation network for the contracts you have. This can also slow you down, delaying the infinite company value spiral as contracts take time to ramp up as you prove yourself capable. And you can’t just abandon a transport line without breaching the contract, so you are committed for at least a little while.
Contracts as a core mechanic governing repeated transactions is way more interesting than contracts as a random one off side quest generator, basically.
hollow bloom
https://youtu.be/HcI60a6PbdI?si=_nojkKVqksBdSXE3
hollow bloom
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3493540/Transport_Fever_3/#game_area_purchase
@high turret maybe...? 😄
(or have i just missed it?)
high turret
hum?
north field
Contracts as a core mechanic governing repeated transactions is way more interes...
this in the steam page concerns me
twilit musk
Hmmm yeah, if contracts are "tricky" that does imply they are side quest generators rather than a mundane part of business...
Hopefully Rise of Industry 2 (which makes every interaction with other companies [in this case, importing resources and exporting products] a contract) gives other tycoon devs some better inspiration...
high turret
Hmmmm we really make it about Simulators, less other types like tycoons and stuff
hollow bloom
hearty sinew
Those are some nice wagons
past furnace
Very nice
small sequoia
keen halo
stone wraith
What’s the chance I get into beta this time? (I was in the Train Fever beta and ...
Could you send me the discord server link?
keen halo
i doubt a Dell PC would run the game well
slate bay
Dell do have gaming laptops though
I used one for a while
Was absolutely fine, though it was some time ago
stone wraith
That wont run
I’m gonna buy a pc then :)
unborn jay
As City Bus Manager has a shit livery design mechanic I would say this livery upgrade was a huge success!
Left is new
Right is old
timid gazelle
there are templates you can download and use in image editing programs which are easier to use
there's a lot in the CBM discord server and sometimes in the mod description
unborn jay
I do know how to, it was just very quick as every bus was getting repainted
keen halo
Howdon depot
gleaming turtle
slate bay
Well the locos should be on consoles mostly
But the tracks look like NEP, which is an external mod, so sadly not
stone wraith
Well the locos should be on consoles mostly
Well that locomotive isn’t sadly.
stone wraith
But the tracks look like NEP, which is an external mod, so sadly not
Sadly.
hollow bloom
all of these trains run on one line... they shouldnt all be at one station 
hearty sinew
Always the same thing
hollow bloom
Yeah some cargo trains clogged the line lol
hearty sinew
you space them out but they start running right behind each other
slate bay
Eww ICE 4 and the whatever that new thing is called
slate bay
ICE L
Yeah that’s right. Btw is it still just a concept or is it actually being made now?
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
Yeah that’s right. Btw is it still just a concept or is it actually being made n...
i mean ive seen one yesterday
so you tell me
slate bay
Oh, fair
stone wraith
Beatiful scenery you made!
hollow bloom
Beatiful scenery you made!
Thank you!
hollow bloom
that's a nice log crane
hearty sinew
like I remember my login to that
hollow bloom
Skill issue
hearty sinew
most definetely
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
Yeah some cargo trains clogged the line lol
that has also now been fixed using a "zwischensignal" (second image)
the Ks1 Showing signal isnt a signal its a Waywpoint so that the Train doesnt clog the Main Line anymore 
hearty sinew
Waypoint signals are the best for the not so smart trains
summer abyss
that has also now been fixed using a "zwischensignal" (second image)
003 my beloved 
stone heath
stone wraith
Fellow console player?
stone heath
Fellow console player?
Yes
stone heath
hollow bloom
Die Zuuuuukunft!
nova grove
Dual mode 👀
twilit musk
That some script that replaces the diesel variant of the locomotive with the electric one in real time? The fact the game lets you replace things at any moment is surprisingly powerful
But it's also weird because you get refunded the value of the 'old' locomotive and then have to pay the cost for the 'new' locomotive. Would be nice if there was a method to do that sort of thing without messing up cash flow.
nova grove
That some script that replaces the diesel variant of the locomotive with the ele...
I have better... Replacing a whole MU
3/4 hours of my life to make this thing working lmao
compact finch
3/4 hours well spent 
gleaming turtle
https://gamingbolt.com/transport-fever-3-interview-new-features-new-industries-new-environments-and-more More information on TPF 3's features
twilit musk
SAM! SAM! SAM! SAM!
Legally required to read the answers in his voice
Hmm ok an actual breakdown system, and it sounds better than TTD breakdowns which always cause vehicles to come to a halt. It could be interesting to cheap out on repairs and have a line that still functions, just at a lower top speed. The lack of maintenance facilities and breakdowns in the old games was a serious miss compared to the competition, hopefully in the endgame it's not trivial to just slap maintenance depots everywhere, and I'm looking forward to the natural extension of the single depot challenge to the single repair shop challenge.
Offshore industries mentioned are fish, sand, and oil. Apparently these industries will demand worker transportation, I hope other industries synergize with worker transport as well since that can give an extra challenge.
Sounds like the delivery time of cargo will actually matter (perhaps an incentive to not spend many in-game years moving something across the whole length of the map...) but also implied warehousing will age cargo slower so cargo transfers aren't completely useless.
Obviously with mention of fish and sand, there are new industry chains, and industry chains will actually be unique per environment style like in the TTD days. Also implied that not all industry chains will be present right away, so maybe there's historical changes in cargo.
Continuous track laying is a thing (not elaborated, but I imagine this means you can build networks more than one segment at a time, perhaps as a sort of planning mode?) Similar vague comments about more possibilities with roads and trams (I think we've all seen that tram tracks can be on the inside lanes of a road).
stone heath
hollow bloom
hollow bloom
Fahrstraßenabhängig Signalling ❤️
hollow bloom
Pure coincidence
Yes because the Developers are Swiss.
nocturne cedar
More like the Belgian flag
Belgian flag swaps the red n gold
Gonna try to make it to mannheim and maybe München
Ive reached Frankfurt
proper shell
hollow bloom
pure pilot
You're the panto police but certainly not the catenary mast police
pure pilot
relatable
I too spent more time building and placing shit than actually playing the game the way it was meant to 😭
hollow bloom
mood
hollow bloom
https://www.instagramez.com/p/DLREuAtufyW/?igsh=MXU2OG05dGtrdTA5Nw==
Litterally: https://youtu.be/-p5cgG8fB3o?si=YOgq6faCgvA1cghF
delicate gust
Wasn’t the line city his most successful one in the end?
stone heath
stone wraith
Console?
stone wraith
Yes<:JDApproves:1233122800772972614>
I have that exact mod too :D
stone heath
I have that exact mod too :D
Giruno is a 10/10. I've even driven it in real life. Awesome Train
stone wraith
Giruno is a 10/10. I've even driven it in real life. Awesome Train
Fire!
Wish we could get some Dutch stock
I need my SGMm
stone heath
Wish we could get some Dutch stock
Would definitely be interesting in yellow blue
stone wraith
Would definitely be interesting in yellow blue
SGMm would be even nicer because it has, white blue and I think some yello
And SGMm was my daily commute to school back when they still operated
:(
I miss my little buddy
stone heath
stone heath
I miss my little buddy
Don't be sad that it's over. Be glad that you were able to experience it.
stone wraith
Don't be sad that it's over. Be glad that you were able to experience it.
That’s true
hearty sinew
And SGMm was my daily commute to school back when they still operated
same though. sadly halway during my school period it got replaced by the SNG. still dislike it
stone heath
What platform mod do you use?
stone wraith
Thank you
eager trellis
the centre of the desiros.
crisp violet
wow city bus manager
hollow bloom
stone wraith
So beautiful, my XBOX user me is crying inside
Also I have a important violation of Panto rules to show you
Illegal
hollow bloom
no
its at a standstill, so its perfectly fine due to the amount of Power its drawing it has both pantos up so the Ohle doesnt overheat
stone wraith
its at a standstill, so its perfectly fine due to the amount of Power its drawin...
Oki!
It might have something to do with it turning around (it has 2 Locos one each side)
hollow bloom
Nope
it is due to being at a standstill
and the amount of power being drawn
if it were in germany under 15 kv AC, then yes, most likely because of a cab change
but in this case i belive its DC 1,5Kv or something
stone wraith
but in this case i belive its DC 1,5Kv or something
Well normal Dutch power
I don’t Remeber
But it was something like that
eager trellis
why does it look luxourious for?? (what mod is it..)
hollow bloom
whatr
hollow bloom
????
hollow bloom
i have litterally no idea what you want from me
eager trellis
and thats okay
i was asking why does your game look so good and if u used any mods
eager trellis
Cargo is so complicated to do.
Even looking at the wiki, it makes no sense, and all the tutorials on youtube dont help either.
Do I need to go from Supplier --> Consumer and then to the distrubution?
gleaming turtle
Something I'm kinda disappointed by (atleast based on how it looks in the video) is that city generation still seems to be the same. But maybe changes there only really get visible when they grow
twilit musk
I like how the map generation seems to actually give flat areas next to mountains, the old system definitely had a tendency to make the entire map hilly or entirely flat. Definitely more interesting when you have to think about going the long way around using the flat areas vs making a mountain pass to create a connection. Glad to see the time of day system isn’t pre-rendered and actually has dynamic clouds and celestial bodies.
hearty sinew
those industries look absolutely amazing
stone heath
https://youtu.be/vsML-WkcoSQ
Hopefully something about vehicles will be shown soon
But it looks f*cking amazing
waxen adder
whats gonna annoy me about tpf 3 is how long its gonna take to get all the rolling stock and vehicles remade for it
unless its gonna be easy to migate tpf 2 mods
maiden wadi
Iunno, I think the modded vehicles and stock are more for aesthetics than anything else
The core gameplay mechanics are mostly there in the vanilla game
And that shit is what keeps me playing until the unsociable hours of the morning 😁
crimson vortex
https://youtu.be/vsML-WkcoSQ
Aaah I remember the days of the TSW2 livestreams with Sam
twilit musk
unless its gonna be easy to migate tpf 2 mods
I suspect it won’t be too instantaneous as nothing old will be set up for day/night lighting
untold tiger
Sam era of TSW was peak
hollow bloom
What in the fuco
stone heath
digital cairn
Yall know the basic modern asian truck you get in transport fever 2?
Without mods
They are all over vladivostok
Feels like a tpf2 savefile
hollow bloom
hearty sinew
They look amazing. I should really start playing again but my map is too terrifying as there’s a lot of difficulty creating railways
stone heath
stone heath
stone wraith
How did u get taht catenary?
stone heath
How did u get taht catenary?
stone wraith
Oki
stone wraith
@stone heath you thinking what Im thinking
You ever gonna upload your world to steam? Because I would love to see this run :] or maybe make a yt videos
digital cairn
Sometimes uploading a world to steam is impossible if you have a bunch of non-steam mods. My non steam mods folder has like 500 mods in it half of which I forgot where they came from the other half are paid and some I made myself and never released. There are some save files of mine I would release but I fear they would be too broken due to missing mods
stone wraith
Sometimes uploading a world to steam is impossible if you have a bunch of non-st...
Oh yea, I forgot about those 😅
slate bay
Ahh what’s more fun than a mod deciding to crash the game for no apparent reason
For some reason NEP now does that to me, even though I used to play with it normally
Ah, looks like I’m on an outdated version, that’ll do it of course
waxen adder
new fab pack out
gleaming turtle
Something is wrong here
compact finch
dw they're just british
gleaming turtle
Just a bit xD
stone wraith
Just a bit xD
Flixbus British version?
eager trellis
dw they're just british
proud to british 🇬🇧
stone wraith
https://www.transportfever3.com/news/dev-blog-1-environment/
Thanks for sharing this
hollow bloom
maybe upping the statin to 4 tracks wasnt such a bad thing after all
stone wraith
maybe upping the statin to 4 tracks wasnt such a bad thing after all
Does look nice
hollow bloom
no it looks awpful
compact finch
hollow bloom
Banger
slate bay
Decent base, but still quite raw and is missing pretty much all the deadlines they initially set
hearty sinew
That second pic gives me some terrible ideas already
grave bone
yeah, that confirms tram freight lines though
was teased during the first trailer of TPF3
ok a playback is avaliable on youtube, you can dig through the video to see the footage
gleaming turtle
I wonder if TPF3 will finally be the reason I upgrade my PC xD
pure pilot
Streetrunning will be vanilla content, nice
I also see a VW van on the tracks, so I guess cars will react to trains
I wonder if there will be distant signals... third rail electrification
gleaming turtle
https://youtu.be/Acefna4GFgU
https://www.youtube.com/live/Acefna4GFgU?si=Pcrm_g6waNTZeLIX&t=5107 Timestamp now that it's over
hollow bloom
outer fractal
ohh very cool stuff
there's also an english version of that video for those of us who didn't have the pleasure of learning german in school https://youtu.be/Nfg9rGFko7A
twilit musk
I like how industries will actually take workers, always bugs me when a transport game ignores that factories are big drivers of commuter traffic. And it’s good that it’s optional, but has a meaningful bonus. Really just good game design to let the player choose a simpler but less efficient strategy when they lack the skill or the in game resources to execute the more complicated strategy. An incentive to tackle a challenge but not a requirement to do so.
pure pilot
Pretty sure there will be a mod that prevents factories from functioning without workers
or at least, without commuting workers to them
thing is, as Sam said time is abstract in this game, so I wonder how will this feature work
outer fractal
I don't think he meant anything more than it just not being 1:1 realistic when he called it abstract. Like a "year" is 12 minutes but everything moves at a normal pace with no regard for that
So no doubt in my mind that everything will still be tied to the 12-minute cycle we've had in tpf2 (they might obviously change the length but still the same concept)
pure pilot
How time progresses can also be configured by the player
I remember it was a mod in TpF1, and then an official feature in TpF2
twilit musk
I don’t expect that to change. Simulating 24 hour day with commutes and such feels like a Cities Skylines 2 thing anyway, the ‘perpetual rush hour’ format works fine with transport tycoon games
waxen adder
i wonder if you can have more citizens per world
thats smth tpf 2 struggles with when the citys just expand to such a point the game slows down cuz it cant cope
then again thats probably just me trying to make accurate japanese citys
twilit musk
Oh interesting, specialized stations and storage. I guess that adds a bit of strategy and visual interest, but that also feels like it disincentivizes mixed freight services.
stone wraith
there's also an english version of that video for those of us who didn't have th...
Thanks I’m learning German in school right now but it’s really simple stuff we’re learning at the moment to get a steady base for more advanced stuff
eager trellis
Decent base, but still quite raw and is missing pretty much all the deadlines th...
doesnt come with mods i assume
like
nvm sorry i was thinking of Transport Fever 3 for a second which isnt even out yet
🤦🏽
grim garden
Ooh lovely, hope they make the washboards as well
slate bay
Don’t we already have washboards?
And yeah that’s one nice mod, interesting to see the dev branching out to US too
pure pilot
Not the first US mod they have made
grim garden
Don’t we already have washboards?
Ahh yeah, looks like another author made them, lovely
grim garden
Not the first US mod they have made
Their soviet (and successors) mods are really good as well
twilit musk
I’m pretty sure they did most if not all the vanilla model reworks for the console release
ionic shuttle
compact finch
Thats looking amazing
twilit musk
Some more new details from Squirrel https://youtu.be/ji6Hzr5GW_0?si=HIf0jKHC-4L5bBpz
twilit musk
- The contracts/subsidies thing will not just be about money, it's also about that reputation idea that's been floating around
- Maps will be divided into 'districts' (a layer of governance larger than towns/'settlements' but not as big as the whole map), some actions have reputation consequences that only affect a single settlement, some affect a district (which will impact multiple settlements), and presumably some reputation modifiers affect the whole map
- Settlements should be less picky about their demands, even if you provide just the industrial cargo demand a town should still grow, just with a bias toward industry (thus generating extra commuter traffic, as workers come for the industry jobs and leave to find shopping in a city that specializes in commerce)
- Start date has been changed to 1900 (?????????) and end to 2050. This one is really making me skeptical. The 19th century can be quite slow due to the (literally) slow vehicles, and I guess that's enough to drop it...but RIP to all the vehicles from the 1800s.
- Supposedly, having 50 years less will allow them to make a better vehicle selection for the years they still have
, which is fair as the vehicle selection has always had quite a few missing niches (want a heavy freight steam engine in the Europe set? Well...screw you TPF2 doesn't have that). I will withhold judgement until we know more of the vehicle list...it better be good. - Despite the dynamic skies, unlikely that there will be any gameplay interaction between the time of day or weather.
- This was sorta visible in the industries video, but maintenance has been implemented with an AoE around depots. As long as a vehicle drives near a depot, it will be maintained, no need to deviate and drive into the depot. (RIP one depot challenges.)
- Sounds like depots are used to buy vehicles as usual, but there will also be buildings that do maintenance only, with a higher capacity than a depot. (Also sounds like they might be a modular station component.)
- Many of aforementioned features can be individually enabled and disabled.
pure pilot
oooooof about the 1800's not being in
I hope that can be modded in though, in TpF2 they even figured out starts at the year 1800
slate bay
That looks really nice
Ngl I hope mods will not be too hard to move from TpF2 to TpF3
I don't expect them to be compatible of course
But I hope it's not too much of a pain for modders
Cause it'd be really nice to have some stuff quickly
pure pilot
I don't expect them to be compatible of course
Why though?
I remember the same discourse around the time of TpF2 and someone eventually made a converter
it wasn't perfect but it could get most vehicles ported
twilit musk
I suspect lighting will be the biggest hurdle as vehicles now need to look decent with a full day night cycle
pure pilot
Also, the devs behind these EMUs I've posted recently on this channel are the same people who got outsourced to make the newer TpF2 models, and most likely TpF3 vehicles too
twilit musk
Balancing/stats will certainly be different but it seems that’s usually automatically calculated (boring)
slate bay
I wonder if stats in TpF3 will be similar to TpF2
Specifically thinking about loads
Especially passengers
Cause they should be much higher
I guess it’s a balancing thing
But like, a 737-100 doesn’t have 20 spaces
It’s made to carry 100 passengers
And a 757 seating 50? Should be more around 200
pure pilot
loads are low to safeguard game performance in the long run afaik
wonder if they figured that out in the new game
slate bay
Fair
I just recently did a fully vanilla playthrough with the tropical generator
And in that thing it's very sensible to build your own kind of Continental island hopper
Build small airports on all islands, works wonders
But passenger terminals would get overwhelmed really quickly, even though all of my traffic was 757s and Tu-204s, 2 planes with the highest capacity in the game, and I had half a dozen of them on some routes
twilit musk
Cargo better weigh something in TpF3
Cargo locomotives are a bit pointless when even the endgame cargo stock can only hold 25 tons of cargo
pure pilot
Tbh I never played TpF thinking about any of the tycoon stuff
I just want nice looking things, I always figured if people want a tycoon they can go OpenTTD
brittle crescent
Has anyone had this problem where the road markings a barelly there and bus lanes do not appear plus tracks can barelly be seen. But when i go into foto mode and change the field of view to 35mm the markings appear?
pure pilot
Has anyone had this problem where the road markings a barelly there and bus lane...
Are you using experimental map sizes?
brittle crescent
Yes
But i haven’t experienced this problem before when using experimental map sizes
pure pilot
But i haven’t experienced this problem before when using experimental map sizes
Those roads with faint lines, are at the edges of your experimental map?
If that's the case, it's normal behavior
It also happens with the metal board that tracks have at crossings
brittle crescent
Those roads with faint lines, are at the edges of your experimental map?
Oh so it’s a normal occurrence for people? And there is no way to fix it?
pure pilot
sadly I don't think so
stone heath
stone heath
How. What mod did you use for taht roof
Another mod for Transport Fever 2 - visit https://mod.io/g/transportfever2/m/nice-ville#description
gleaming turtle
gleaming turtle
Didn't want to put that "part" of the station underground so I put it above instead xD
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slate bay
That looks nice
gleaming turtle
Gave the station a bigger station building and some more roofs
slate bay
Doing some stuff myself
slate bay
Kinda built an elevated station, a junction and some sidings, and it's bigger than an average TpF2 city
twilit musk
Sounds interesting, though I wonder how cargo distribution will be managed if cargo doesn’t have a specific destination in mind anymore
Like if a train full of tools has multiple drop offs on its route, how is the thing going to know to drop off only some tools at a station connected to a mine, and drop the rest off at a city?
stone heath
stone wraith
Like if a train full of tools has multiple drop offs on its route, how is the th...
Maybe you can get a slider/ number chooser of how much percentage of a certain cargo you wanna pickup/drop off?
keen halo
keen halo
interesting, shame it will only have US cities, at least atm
grave bone
gameplay looks good
keen halo
4002 and 4083 in 2019
both irl have since been scrapped
coincidentally 2 days apart from each other
the yellow front looks so good on the metrocars
keen halo
grave bone
subway builder might be really fun
interested how data will be pulled if the game expands to the EU or the UK maps
hollow bloom
welcome to another episode of staring at dynamic signals
pure pilot
I hope TpF3 signals are more than just green and red lol
twilit musk
Mood. You get realistic train acceleration but then the signals just don’t synergize with that.
Train gets to a signal 1 second too soon? Sorry it’s stopped completely bleeding of every bit of energy it had and now it’ll take a minute to get back up to speed
When it could have just gotten a yellow signal before, slowed to half speed losing much less energy, and gotten back up to speed when the next signal cleared
Red/green signals are less problematic in the likes of OTTD where trains accelerate in seconds
hollow bloom
yeah
hollow bloom
@green badge Some 145 for you
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small sequoia
small sequoia
With the strongest
slate bay
Yeah
Really lovely
Some interesting things I've not heard of until today (but tbf I've not watched any dev blogs) - cargo trams, etc
twilit musk
https://youtu.be/EXh0lFItDNc
F units look quite stylish, not sure I would have gone for Western Pacific as the 'generic' paint job.
Also the gondolas next to the F unit are definitely new, thank goodness as before all the US freight cars were from Train Fever. Hopefully none of the Train Fever 3D models are used.
Bit disappointed that the signals look to be German themed...again. But 4 lights? Maybe we get multi aspect signals? Still wish each region got a custom set of signals though.
Concrete slab track and sound barriers, wonder if that's relevant for gameplay or just aesthetic. With the emissions game mechanic, sound walls would have a use. And maybe we have more track types so you don't have to use track that's good for 300 on a line that just needs 160.
stone wraith
looks very good tho
Love it
stone wraith
looks very good tho
I love they have added sound barriers and full concrete we can use for highspeed lines
grave bone
subway builder gameplay to be previewed here
update: streams not going as well as expected
keen halo
Walkergate bus depot
unreal hinge
subway builder has dropped
Might wanna edit the link
grave bone
yeah thats the link that was given in the discord
grave bone
i think the original site should just be like usual
just with an option to buy
rather than checkout page thrown at your face
grave bone
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stone wraith
Bluetooth ICE 1 or 2?
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Catenary under construction🏗️
hollow bloom
Schwungfahrt.
nova grove
slate bay
Folks can anyone please recommend some mods that would add some lowrise central European-looking building assets, stuff to build up a city for Germany/Austria
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From wich mod are the resident buildings?
slate bay
https://lmgmods.blogspot.com
Thank you, that's exactly what I was looking for!