THE GAME IS SO ANNOYING IS THERE A YOU CAN MAKE IT SO THE DUMB TRAINS DONT EVER UNRAIL

[EvilFrog]

THE GAME IS SO ANNOYING IS THERE A YOU CAN MAKE IT SO THE DUMB TRAINS DONT EVER UNRAIL

[physbo]

build better rail?

[EvilFrog]

Originally posted by physbo:

build better rail?

without doing that

[boris.glevrk]

well... the hardcore derailment mechanic is part of the game's main feature so....

[EvilFrog]

Do you ever think this game would have a setting to fix this issue so you can choose if trains are able to derail or not. and other things like if you need fuel or water for the engine. Like as a difficulty setting. Or mabye even creative and survival modes.

[Rever]

Maybe you need to try to get good or try another game that is easier.

[physbo]

Originally posted by flynnflynn11:

Do you ever think this game would have a setting to fix this issue so you can choose if trains are able to derail or not. and other things like if you need fuel or water for the engine. Like as a difficulty setting. Or mabye even creative and survival modes.

no, you think the game is hard, its not

[RetroACE135]

Originally posted by flynnflynn11:

Originally posted by physbo:

build better rail?

without doing that

As a person who has dabbled in model railroading, I can say for certain that there is nothing more important for railroading than good track work. It can make or break a railroad's ability to run effectively. If you hastily throw down track without first planning it out and making sure the area your laying track down is level, you'll regret it later down the line.

You first need to consider what kind of line you're building: mainline or yard. Yards tend to be tightly packed and to only serve as car/locomotive storage until they need to be used. Yard work usually doesn't involve or allow high speeds, so you can get away with using shorter and sharper turns to connect tracks and switches together. Mainline track is going to be your main traffic lines, and as such, should be built with speed and efficiency in mind. If you're using a locomotive that is capable of holding a high speed, use wider, longer, and gentle curves to avoid derailments at high speeds. It also helps to avoid using corners before, on, or after any steep hill grades that the mainline has to travel across, if you can. A fully loaded train tends to pick up a bit of speed going downhill, which may cause unwanted derailment. Going uphill around a curve can be just as bad. It can be taxing on a loco that is pulling a heavy train, because the locomotive has to power through the corner AND pull it's load uphill. Always try to keep track gradients as close to level as possible before, around, and after corners in your lines.

Another thing to consider is how large of a locomotive(s) and/or freight cars that you plan to eventually run on the track. You can get away with using sharp and tight turns for small locomotives, like the Porter 0-4-0 or Gandy Dancer cart since they have such short wheelbases and are generally compact in size. For larger loco's though, they would have trouble navigating through those sharp corners due to their longer wheelbase. Typically, the larger the locomotive, the longer, wider and shallower the curve you should use for yard switches, access rails, ect.

Keep in mind, I don't own this game (yet!), but this is just going off my knowledge of model railroading and helping to lay track at a local club I was a member of.

[Comrade_Bob]

I’d say the modeling experience will port over well to the game. When I first started playing here, my track laying was somewhat planned and grade was considered. But I didn’t have the experience of what constitutes a sharp corner vs a shallow corner. I’ve had to go through and edit my track in just the manner you described to be able to run higher speed/bigger locomotives.

[Crow]

The rail system to build track can get a little teadous with making some curves off a straight at times. I'll go in like 5 sections turn back and what started out as a perfect smooth curve becomes a section that at the straight to curve bad enough to derail any train. I tolerate it at times but when I got back to fix it from the straight I end up redoing the entire section at times 4-5 times until I'm at a point of going to my liquor cabinet and enjoying that over trying to make a simple curve. Mostly from what I notice though when you get so far into it the tracks you placed behind you even though you had them fixed end up changing because of the next piece you laid out.

[Moustache]

To build very nice curves, you need to do all the earthwork first. There's two important things..first, start and finish the construction of your curves with a strait rail segment . Second, build all segments before ending construction(right clic).

[Dat Zorro]

Something that helped me immensely:

Try to keep the turns below 20 and don't be afraid to rework your tracks for more efficiency. While my initial system was a mess, now I can comfortably go full throttle from the freight depot to the logging camp and back without worrying about derailments.

[Knightwolf]

the one thing they could do is adding sting and sticks to make lines so you can make straight tracks, instead of using auto tools and such

thats one thing people suggest is modern auto play things in a immersive game

then it makes it even easier making 90 turns and such

[Rever]

I don't want it made easier. If you can't get it right, it's not the game's fault.

[Fennik]

For me the wagons only jump out when I:
a) build the tracks with excessive kinks,
b) drive too fast
c) I forgot to set the brake to at least 50% (6% gradient) when going downhill,
d) Drive a locomotive too fast on stationary wagons,
e) drive wagons against a buffer stop,
f) I forgot to set the turnout right.
So all based on my own fault.
If you want even more action at Derail, you can also play the game Derail Valley.
:)
It is certainly annoying, but that is part of it and it forces you to pay more attention when driving.