track building is a joke

[Eevilflamee]

the new way is just not working for me i do not like how you need 2 parallel tracks for 1 small sugar farm and the long distances trains wont go anywhere i really cant like this game right now. is this a new dev team or ?

[SomeoneYouKnow2]

You only need parallel tracks if you have more than 1 train on the line, this includes the station tracks. Some mistakes I do occasionally is I forgot to put a grid iron on both ends of the double track or I forget to set the direction for each track. That results in weird errors. Always check those things first if it's not working

[Eevilflamee]

Yeah i cant get into this and sadly cant refund as i bought non steam.

Even with track irons and stupid directions etc trains do nothing most of the time

[SomeoneYouKnow2]

check out Adekyn on youtube. He posts tips and tricks for building stations, tracks and warehouses

[Bored Peon]

The OP is referring to the way the game gives you an error any time you create a route on tracks that do not have a direction. You can still do the route the error is just annoying.

[Exor]

Yeah would like an option to turn off that one warning message when deplying trains on a one line track.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Exor:

Yeah would like an option to turn off that one warning message when deplying trains on a one line track.

Now see I am mixed about removing it all together.

It has helped me point out missed directionals and missing grid irons more times than placing single track routes.

[Sin317]

At some point, it's just moaning about anything, isn't it?

[Shaddai]

I agree, the two track fiddly-ness is very annoying and I can't enjoy the game like this.

[***** Poker]

Interesting Discussion. Simple solution is set everything up with double tracks and only use Two track Gridirons.

I play CUSTOM map from 1850 and usually from St. Louis or Kansas,

I set up Three station BEER, MEAT, CLOTH,
4 Tracks between each. YES 4.
2 track is the Express. and 2 track is Freight.
You have the Middle 4 tracks as the main lines.
The Outside 2 tracks are your feeder for incoming goods.
Now incoming goods should be COWS, Grain, Corn, Logs. Wool. To the correct mainline station.
It also wise to set up Warehouses on each of the main line stations.
But only store GRAIN, CORN, LOGS.
I can assure you the cities will grow.
Do Not Set Minimum Loads, waste of effort.

[coenvijge]

Originally posted by Eevilflamee:

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i do not like how you need 2 parallel tracks for 1 small sugar farm
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You can connect a small suger farm with one track. If you attack it to a not otherwise used station track at your destination it works without any problem. If you attack it to a double tracked mainline I suggest to make the first part of your sugerline double tracked for one train length in order to get a signal before entering the main line.

It works and it also looks like a situation you find often in real life. (A track layout that creates blocks to make spaces to let a train from the branc line wait to enter the main line at 'a good moment' without blocking trains entering the branch line. It also serves to free the mainline from a train to the branch line even with an occupied branch line.).

[Lama]

Dumb question, but did you play the whole tutorial?

[LIBER-TEA!!!!!]

This game is easier to play than the original. . As the person before me said, do the tutorial.

[Empty1958]

Originally posted by coenvijge:

Originally posted by Eevilflamee:

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i do not like how you need 2 parallel tracks for 1 small sugar farm
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You can connect a small suger farm with one track. If you attack it to a not otherwise used station track at your destination it works without any problem. If you attack it to a double tracked mainline I suggest to make the first part of your sugerline double tracked for one train length in order to get a signal before entering the main line.

This works well. It is not as simple as RE1 but it has the same effect. And if you want to run 2 trains make the siding 2 train lengths. I have done both with the expected results.

[Eevilflamee]

Originally posted by Lama:

Dumb question, but did you play the whole tutorial?

I have done 50% of the tutorial.

Im still on the first chapter in campaign.

[coenvijge]

Originally posted by Eevilflamee:

Originally posted by Lama:

Dumb question, but did you play the whole tutorial?

I have done 50% of the tutorial. ..............

Do yourself a favor.
1. Finish the tutorial. (And do it slowly to 'absorb' and learn. It's limited to the most important things you'll have to know).
2. Then read the Tips & Tricks. (It's a (condensed) game manual; take also your time to realy understand how the game works and what is offered in the game).
3. Replay the whole tutorial. (You will see that you do it much faster then the fist time and a lot of the things included make more sens).
4. Start again with the first chapter of the campaign.