Different Maps

[coltysmolty]

Question for the developers? I looked at the roadmap and was wondering if there would be different maps in the future or if it was something you were looking into?

[kildar501]

Asked and answered and, basically, not at this time. A lot of work needs to be done to fully flesh this one out first. The updated AE, more buildings and other scenery. More rolling stock/locomotives. You get the idea.

[DorniNerd]

Originally posted by coltysmolty:

Question for the developers? I looked at the roadmap and was wondering if there would be different maps in the future or if it was something you were looking into?

We will have to see what the future holds... A lot of other stuff comes first.

[Merck]

I agree that a future option for different maps would be very great addition to this game. I personally would not be against new maps being DLC, as long as not overly expensive.

One suggestion for a map would be a narrow gauge railroad. This could have interchanges with standard gauge railroads.

Some possible options:

• Bulk load trestles with one gauge on top (dumping) and the other gauge bellow (receiving).
  
• Livestock pens for transferring livestock from one gauge railroad to another.
  
• Refinery/storage tracks to transfer bulk liquid commodities.
  
• Team tracks for transferring other commodities.
  
• Three-rail trackage for areas that both narrow & standard gauge tracks each share a rail.
  
• Maybe even barge loading (to or from), in select areas.

[Balcifer]

Would be neat to have a additional maps but have them linked

[Beddhist]

Standard gauge wagons loaded onto narrow gauge wagons or bogies. Well, that's probably more a European thing.

[kildar501]

Originally posted by Beddhist:

Standard gauge wagons loaded onto narrow gauge wagons or bogies. Well, that's probably more a European thing.

Actually that was more of the norm pre-Civil War in the US. The southern rail systems were more likely 5' gauge and the northern systems were standard gauge. There was a fascinating video I saw the other day on how the Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio transitioned an ungodly miles of track in 36 hours all to standard gauge as well as their rolling stock. The manpower, planning and stockpiling had to be worthy of a medal or something for the team that pulled that off.

[Chrome]

Originally posted by kildar501:

Originally posted by Beddhist:

Standard gauge wagons loaded onto narrow gauge wagons or bogies. Well, that's probably more a European thing.

Actually that was more of the norm pre-Civil War in the US. The southern rail systems were more likely 5' gauge and the northern systems were standard gauge. There was a fascinating video I saw the other day on how the Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio transitioned an ungodly miles of track in 36 hours all to standard gauge as well as their rolling stock. The manpower, planning and stockpiling had to be worthy of a medal or something for the team that pulled that off.

I'd also like to mention the Rio Grande: I thought they had yards with dual gauge tracks, or something like that. There had to be some form of transfers there.

[TheLostPenguin]

Originally posted by Merck:

I agree that a future option for different maps would be very great addition to this game. I personally would not be against new maps being DLC, as long as not overly expensive.

One suggestion for a map would be a narrow gauge railroad. This could have interchanges with standard gauge railroads.

Some possible options:

• Bulk load trestles with one gauge on top (dumping) and the other gauge bellow (receiving).
  
• Livestock pens for transferring livestock from one gauge railroad to another.
  
• Refinery/storage tracks to transfer bulk liquid commodities.
  
• Team tracks for transferring other commodities.
  
• Three-rail trackage for areas that both narrow & standard gauge tracks each share a rail.
  
• Maybe even barge loading (to or from), in select areas.

Whilst I'd be happy to see it, doing narrow gauge would be so much more work than another standard gauge route. For a small team of mostly volunteers (as I understand it) having to make another entire set of locos and rolling stock would be a massive undertaking, on top of the already sizeable task of just making a map to begin with.

[Merck]

Yes indeed it would be a bit of work to make any such map. Hence the DLC option as a revenue offset for the added time & effort. Plus, this model would incentivize creating other maps.

Also, I don't know how these maps are created, but there are many other railroad programs (ie Trainz) that allow track building with all sorts of track systems, such as narrow/broad gauges, monorails, & other non-standard track systems. Maybe these could be used to build the basic "layouts"???

But as the developer stated:

Originally posted by DorniNerd:

Originally posted by coltysmolty:

Question for the developers? I looked at the roadmap and was wondering if there would be different maps in the future or if it was something you were looking into?

We will have to see what the future holds... A lot of other stuff comes first.

So it will likely be a ways into the future development that we will see any such alternative maps. So my bringing up the narrow layout was just a "wishful" thinking about future possibilities for this game.

[bfcmik]

I'm sure someone in the modding community will take a good look at the idea. How realistic those mods might be is the question. We shall have to wait and see.

[Merck]

Originally posted by kildar501:

Originally posted by Beddhist:

Standard gauge wagons loaded onto narrow gauge wagons or bogies. Well, that's probably more a European thing.

Actually that was more of the norm pre-Civil War in the US. The southern rail systems were more likely 5' gauge and the northern systems were standard gauge. There was a fascinating video I saw the other day on how the Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio transitioned an ungodly miles of track in 36 hours all to standard gauge as well as their rolling stock. The manpower, planning and stockpiling had to be worthy of a medal or something for the team that pulled that off.

The History Guy: has many great history videos, one of which is called: "The Day the Gauge Changed".
https://youtu.be/4v81Gwu6BTE

[ollie.shortridge]

Originally posted by Beddhist:

Standard gauge wagons loaded onto narrow gauge wagons or bogies. Well, that's probably more a European thing.

The East Broad Top famously did this frequently.