Tracks refusing to build

[sirlucius9]

I'm laying out track between the Lumber Station and Boston station i put down and no matter what I try, the build button just erases the track and doesn't build it! WTF! What am I doing wrong? The 2nd tutorial on track building does the EXACT same thing. How could you break this game? The first one was so good!

[Dray Prescot]

You are probably trying to curve the tracks too tightly.

Look at my screenshot of double track there that worked for Chapter 1.

It is not hard to do once you learn how to do it. The biggest problem is avoiding areas that are too high or too low along the path, which drives up the cost to build it, i.e. build tunnels or bridges. Look at the Tutorials or Videos (You Tube) on how to lay Track in RE 2.

Start by defining just two points for the new track, one at each end of a Track coming out of the two Stations, without any points defined between. After that click on the track and you can adjust the path and height at a point (or multiple points) between the two stations. Then build it.

After you get the first track built, they make it very easy to build a 2nd track right next to it, connecting a 2nd track at each Station. Then just add direction arrows (in opposite directions) on the 2 tracks and a 2 track Gridiron at each Station, and you are done.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2063259124651781328/B2DF1CA5861DBECA087ACD356E130E8C515BF531/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

[mrolli]

you can't put down a point inside the city "forbidden zone" unless you already also connect it to a station within the city. there are other reasons, but mostly the track goes red and it says the reason. this is the case a saw it remove the drawing attempt instantly.

[coenvijge]

There are different ways of track building, which are all good.

I build my tracks always with the height lines turned on.

1. Building the (temporary) endpoint(s) of the piece of track I want to make. (if necessary).
2. Connecting starting point and endpoint. (Which gives often errors).
3. Putting in one or more track points and give the whole track roughly the desired form.
4. 'Following the whole track' from start to end and make minor adjustments, adding straight sections outside the station(s), adjusting the height of the track and minimizing bridges and tunnels and groundwork to get the lowest costs.
5. Confirming (building) the track.

For short sections you can do it quick and often you can skip '1', '4' and sometimes even '3'.

'Errors' are often marked and explained (left under). Note that sometimes small sections can lead to a warning and/or block the building of the track. Mostly minor adjustments can solve the problem.

[Dray Prescot]

Follow @coenvijge's advice it good and better detailed than mine, but look at some videos on track building.

[sirlucius9]

yeah, i got that. I followed all those rules. the track is green and says all is good, on either mode and it just erases itself and then track building breaks permanently

[Dray Prescot]

Have you built others tracks elsewhere?

Once the track is complete you have to hit the button to accept or build it as you have it.

[Dray Prescot]

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198041532360/screenshot/2063259124656346744/

Start with the track Icon , get to the Track Planning Window, then left click on a track coming out at the Resource Station, and then left click on a track at the Boston Station.
If you like the path the track took, then left click in BUILD in the Track Planning Window and the Track will be built.

I think you need to play the first tutorial or two, and follow their instructions.

[sirlucius9]

the only track that has ever not erased itself (despite being fully green) has been in the first tutorial. Every other time, when I press the Build button, the planned track disappears and I become trapped in the build dialogue and when I try to draw the track out again, track will not draw, it's just a track point and no track anywhere, no matter what station i click on afterwards. GAME BREAKING

[sirlucius9]

Originally posted by Dray Prescot:

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198041532360/screenshot/2063259124656346744/

Start with the track Icon , get to the Track Planning Window, then left click on a track coming out at the Resource Station, and then left click on a track at the Boston Station.
If you like the path the track took, then left click in BUILD in the Track Planning Window and the Track will be built.

I think you need to play the first tutorial or two, and follow their instructions.

You guys really aren't hearing me. I know how to play this game. I've got hundreds of hours in the first game and I understand how the track system is SUPPOSED to work in this game.
I can see the track after I click on the stations and then press the "BUILD BUTTON" and the track disappears, despite being completely green and no error messages.

I follow the tutorial to the letter and the track building dialogue BREAKS EVERY TIME. The track erases and then will no long draw a track after the first attempt. In the tutorial I get stuck in the dialogue and can't retry, and in the first campaign mission the same thing happens, though I can re-open the build track tool, but YET AGAIN, when I click on Boston Station and then on the the Logging Camp, all I get are the two track points with NO TRACK drawn between the two, the system just refuses to lay even one single track. The only place I've successfuly laid track is in Tutorial 1.

[sirlucius9]

I have watched along with the developer stream itself and done the EXACT same thing they do and it breaks. every damn time.

[Dray Prescot]

well in that case I am not sure what to try, except two last things, Demolish the Station at Wood+Cattle Resource and rebuild in a slightly different location, and maybe rotate it a little from it's present position.

Were you able to build other tracks between other Stations?

2nd and last idea to try:
Have you tried verifying the files on Steam for RE 2? (I am assuming that you are playing RE 2 on Steam on a PC type computer).

[Garath]

Same for me, track building is buggy as hell.
Will try again next year when basic bugs will have been patched.
Uninstall.

[jjalison]

I quit and refunded after 20 minutes because I could not even lay track properly in the tutorial. Hopefully they fix this at some point and discount the game after they do so I can try again

[Yendash]

Stupid game, have same problem.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Track building works fine for me.

Given the scale of the game, IMO the radii/slopes/bridges/tunnels allowed should be much tighter/flexible, and building tools are not the best or intuitive to use - i.e. right click should allow cancelling building when designing a route, instead of having to click in the trash can - but past that I have no issues with it.