cant figure out trains

[Basil III]

Loaders dont load. that's my first thing. I read on reddit that stacked shapes cant be used in a loader? Painted shapes? This is really irksome, you should be able to play the way you want. I built a stacked painted shape way out on my outskirts and want to train it in.

Only help i found on youtube are some 30-40 minute things, which may or may not answer my issues.

[Kyouko Tsukino]

Reddit's main trait is its main flaw: Anyone can type stuff there, regardless of whether they know what they're talking about.

You can put any kind of shapes on a train, but here's the one issue I've seen happening a lot: You can't load more than one different shape on the same layer of the same wagon of a train, and orientation matters for them too.

[Cryten]

Exactly. 1 shape in the same orientation per layer. So you get 4 launchers per layer 3 layers per cart, any number of carts as long as you can fit the loaders and train track.

[Kage Goomba]

Loader's are simple - only take one shape and one shape only per layer.
No mixing - no nothing.
Rotation included (can't mix rotations).

(it's not an "issue" - its designed this way afaik - not a bug - just how it is.)

You can load all 3 layers - they can each have their own shape if you wish.

If you mix a shape - it will unload the package until its empty before loading the new shape (better off hitting that I key to purge the errant shapes at that point)

And before you ask - no flags to set to stop the train leaving without a full load....yet.

Also don't confuse fluid loaders with shape loaders.

Also make sure the train has a stop/car to go with loader/un-loader - tutorial goes over this pretty nicely - may want to read it over.

Also don't go to Reddit for advice - they don't really know all that much about the game to be honest.