Where's The Train Whistles?

[SILLYSAUSAGE29]

No Train Whistle when leaving stations? Or pretty much anytime regardless if your laying signals or upgrading track.
All volumes are up. Anyone else getting this?

[W0mbat]

Yep, no train whistles. Only time is pretty much when they come out of a depot. I would like them to blow their whistle even when crossing road intersections. I have looked to mod this myself but cant find the whistle coding to make it happen.

[Martin]

I hate train whistles.. they're annoying. It's noise pollution. Unacceptable, I'll rage quit if they add them.

[power man]

whistle is part of realism martin, it's an essential part of steam locos

[CashonWheels]

In Railroad Tycoon 3 you could manually blow your current locomotives horn by pressing the W key. I miss that.

[Sleeper C]

Originally posted by Martin:

I hate train whistles.. they're annoying. It's noise pollution. Unacceptable, I'll rage quit if they add them.

I agree. Train whistles/horns/bells belong to real life. But this is a game, and I don't want to have my ears blown all the time without having a choice. I have stopped playing Railway Empire for this very reason. In that game the trains blow the horn every time they stop and every time they start. It is noise hell for me. and you can't turn it off. But IF you could turn it on or off in the settings, then I would have no problem with it.

[mongolteiko]

It should be disabled, as not real leaving stations [unless track workers are on or near the line], BUT there should be a horn button that we can use when we want to! lol

[SILLYSAUSAGE29]

Least give a option to turn on or off as to appease everyone. Cant beat a steam train whistle or a diesel horn.

[Mackintosh]

It's there, I've heard it on and off every now and then. Probably related to the sound disappearing bug that's been around since Train Fever and doesn't look like it will ever get fixed.

[CashonWheels]

Originally posted by Mackintosh:

It's there, I've heard it on and off every now and then. Probably related to the sound disappearing bug that's been around since Train Fever and doesn't look like it will ever get fixed.

Something need to be sacrificed for late game performance. Besides do ya need a 40 train station blowing their horns every time?

[Olden Sloe]

Originally posted by CashonWheels:

In Railroad Tycoon 3 you could manually blow your current locomotives horn by pressing the W key. I miss that.

Yep, they should put that ability back in the game so one can pop off while riding along.

[neldot]

However, there is still a way to make a train whistle on command.You can have a lot of whistles to be exact, if you configure a station while a train is boarding that station, but it can sometime lead to unpredictable results.

[pkk]

Originally posted by power man:

whistle is part of realism martin, it's an essential part of steam locos

Depends on regulations in individual countries.
In Ireland, even today, trains blow their horns on leaving stations.

In Germany and Switzerland, on the other hand, horn / whistle is usually only used as a warning in dangerous situations or when a signal "Pfeiftafel" requires it.

IMO, the best solution would be to have a "Pfeiftafel" (AFAIR there was one as a mod in TF1) in-game.

[Bulldog]

Train Fever, Transport Fever and now Transport Fever 2 and a player still cant push a button to sound the whistle. Very very very disappointing.

[Frostbite]

It is definitely a bug. People on YouTube that play it have train whistles, I guess we got lucky and ours is bugged out. No idea how to fix it.

[Kodi]

Originally posted by Dog Turds:

Train Fever, Transport Fever and now Transport Fever 2 and a player still cant push a button to sound the whistle. Very very very disappointing.

Transport Fever is not a trainsim like Train Simulator where you are actually in command of a train. In Transport Fever we're not. When we ride along we ride along as a passenger, not a traindriver. Passengers don't pull the whistle cord or hit the horn button. That's a rule... ;-)

Btw, we have not forgotten already that in TpF1 most loco's/trains DID blow their horns when leaving the station, did we ?.... Some of the whistles/horns on loco/train mods were very nice indeed ! I remember a great steam whistle, two very short blows. Beauttiful soothing sound that i miss very much in TpF2.

Personally i am all for train whistles/horns but with an option to turn it off. Here in Holland, when two trains meet eachother they'll give a short toot as a greating (atleast they used to..), wouldn't mind that happening in TpF2 too.

What i'd love to see added when it comes to trains and sound is the typical train conductor's whistle just before the train starts to move.