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The Mountain Pass
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Nov 9, 2016 @ 1:53pm
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The Mountain Pass

Description
A "Large" (256km²), 1:4 aspect map - 8 x 32km.
At one end is a winding coastal area, which climbs to a map-spanning mountain range, and then drops again to the valleys and lakes beyond.
It's intentionally very steep throughout - you'll need an extremely good handle on following contours to get your train routes through.
All towns and industries are hand-placed for character and challenge... there are five major "hub" towns, with other smaller villages scattered around. Industries are tied to the landscape - mines and quarries are all up in the hills, processing industries tend to be nearer population centers, and a few industries are well placed to be served by ships.

I've basically aimed to build the map I always wanted to play back in Train Fever, but couldn't. Hopefully it satisfies some others too.

Try it on "Hard" and see if you can make it without going bankrupt :-P

Also, feel free to link to any cool screenshots, I'd like to see what people do with it!
65 Comments
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Hengstpower3000 Sep 19, 2020 @ 1:10pm 
Is there a chance you would adjust this map for TF2? Love it!
dogwalker1 Dec 17, 2019 @ 6:08am 
Really nice work! I'm very picky about committing myself to spending a lot of hours playing a map... this one looks very challenging and realistic. So much attention to the terraforming details! The routes will require very careful planning and constructing but will be spectacular, from the short trial I've done so far. I accept though that I may need to try this map out on something other than hard setting - the 'hardness' kind of being built-in already :)
Øuantum3 Sep 14, 2019 @ 10:09pm 
Wow this map is amnazing... it drops few fps, but it is worth of that. Realistic and challenging.
H Aug 16, 2019 @ 12:37pm 
Perfection.
Enrico Oct 25, 2018 @ 8:33pm 
Thanks!
Dan  [author] Oct 25, 2018 @ 3:43pm 
@Enrico
You can do this yourself - using notepad, open the file:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\446800\796639420\maps\themountainpass\map.lua"

...and remove all lines under the "industries =" section that begin with "{pos = "

Save it, and you should find it'll auto-generate industries now.
It won't necessarily generate many of them though... the auto-placement doesn't work too well on very steep maps like this.
Enrico Oct 25, 2018 @ 2:34pm 
Could you make a version of this with random industries?
jaminbob Sep 23, 2018 @ 3:59am 
I just cant keep away from this one... great map.
sohryu_l Sep 16, 2018 @ 12:07pm 
Been playing on this map for the last 31 hours to discover I've been playing it wrong.

Still great.
Dan  [author] May 18, 2018 @ 1:56pm 
@princekolt
The most important factor in any of this, which I notice quite a few workshop maps miss, is to make sure you're always working in 16-bit greyscale, not 8-bit (as is default in most basic image editing packages) - otherwise you'll only get 256 height values to work with and your resulting map will show unpleasant "stepping" effects. 16-bit will give 65536 height values, which will give a smooth result.