Renew option

[Nixon Stixx]

Where is the automatically renew option for vehicles like in TransportTycoon? You need the depot just for buying vehicles...

[Vimpster]

There is no longer a financial penalty to having old or poorly vehicles. There is now just an emission penalty for letting vehicles degrade. The new maintenance feature is meant to be used to repair vehicles back to new-like condition.

But if you really want to replace all your vehicles you can just select the line, or even multiple lines at once, in the vehicle manager window and use the replace vehicle button to replace them all with something new.

[Nixon Stixx]

Ja, I could, but since this game is about automating it should replace standards on its own. I'd like to select a condition level of a vehicle where it replaces itself in the next depot like in the parts before. It's more realistic.

[larry_roberts]

Originally posted by Nixon Stixx:

Ja, I could, but since this game is about automating it should replace standards on its own. I'd like to select a condition level of a vehicle where it replaces itself in the next depot like in the parts before. It's more realistic.

There is a game called Transport Giant (been around for quite some time) where you can just set the conditions and parameters for automatically replacing vehicles, so why can't it be done in this game?.

[Stealthy]

Originally posted by larry_roberts:

There is a game called Transport Giant (been around for quite some time) where you can just set the conditions and parameters for automatically replacing vehicles, so why can't it be done in this game?.

Because there is no need to replace them.

[larry_roberts]

Originally posted by Stealthy:

Originally posted by larry_roberts:

There is a game called Transport Giant (been around for quite some time) where you can just set the conditions and parameters for automatically replacing vehicles, so why can't it be done in this game?.

Because there is no need to replace them.

I disagree, the vehicles look bad and they increase town pollution unless you, temporarily, beef up maintenance.

[Stealthy]

Originally posted by larry_roberts:

Originally posted by Stealthy:

Because there is no need to replace them.

I disagree, the vehicles look bad and they increase town pollution unless you, temporarily, beef up maintenance.

So you don't need to replace them. As I said. You crank up maintenance or keep it at 50% all the time.

Emissions are totally meaningless mechanic in the game.

[MustangMR]

In TPF1 you had to send the vehicles back to the depot to upgrade or sell them. They simplified it in TPF2 to just let you upgrade the line from the line manager. I use this all the time to change engines, types of vehicles, etc. I rarely ever upgrade just because they're old, and when I do that, it's with a new vehicle. At end game, as it's said, you really don't need to replace them unless you just want to mess with the emissions mechanic.

I vaguely remember a setting in TPF1 that would allow you to set an auto renew like you're asking for based on the number of years of service, but I rarely used it since I usually upgraded to a new vehicle or added more cars. Maintenance was more of an issue in TPF1.

[Nixon Stixx]

The fact that you have to replace vehicles by manual is a pain in the rectum when you've almost linked the whole map. And, your not forced to take care for where the depot stands and that every vehicle has to have a accessible connection to it. It's kind of a lack of gamedepth for this simulator.

[larry_roberts]

Stealthy:

Then there should be an automatic way to beef up maintenance. I.E. when a vehicle line goes to Bad or Very Bad it should, automatically, reset to Very High maintenance until the condition is good again, then, automatically, reset to normal.

I agree with what you said about emissions.