Can somebody help me with getting the harbor work?

[\1Crash master]

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I just built a harbor for my city, but I don't seem to understard how to get ships there. They don't seem to come automatically, so what should I do? I tried to create paths for them (ferry paths), but as you can see on the pic the ship is ignoring it. Maybe I just did it wrong?

Does it have anything to do with the tile south of the harbor that I don't own yet? Because when I was building it, the line that was supposed to connect it to the main path was going through that tile.

So when I get to the next level (should happen soon), should I buy that tile to make it work? Or is there something else I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.

[dadyrghluv69]

Your cargo harbor has to connect to the yellow line, you may be too far away from it. Ferry lines do not work for cargo harbours. When placing your harbor, you will see a yellow line with it. It connects automatically to the main yellow line which is the ship path

[onezerorising]

Ships will come automatically. You just have to be patient. The ferry paths are for ferries, surprisingly, not ships. When you were placing the harbour you should have seen the 'connecting to ship-path route. If it was red, the harbour a) won't place and b) wouldn't work, even if you did succeed in placing it. The fact that it DID place means you should wait it out a bit.

[\1Crash master]

Originally posted by dadyrghluv69:

Your cargo harbor has to connect to the yellow line, you may be too far away from it. Ferry lines do not work for cargo harbours. When placing your harbor, you will see a yellow line with it. It connects automatically to the main yellow line which is the ship path

It's a standard harbor though, I did not build a cargo harbor, I don't want that for now.

Originally posted by onezerorising:

Ships will come automatically. You just have to be patient. The ferry paths are for ferries, surprisingly, not ships. When you were placing the harbour you should have seen the 'connecting to ship-path route. If it was red, the harbour a) won't place and b) wouldn't work, even if you did succeed in placing it. The fact that it DID place means you should wait it out a bit.

The path was probably green since I was trying to place another one just next to it to see how the line looks and it was green.

So I should just wait, right?

[onezerorising]

Originally posted by Crash master:

Originally posted by dadyrghluv69:

Your cargo harbor has to connect to the yellow line, you may be too far away from it. Ferry lines do not work for cargo harbours. When placing your harbor, you will see a yellow line with it. It connects automatically to the main yellow line which is the ship path

It's a standard harbor though, I did not build a cargo harbor, I don't want that for now.

Originally posted by onezerorising:

Ships will come automatically. You just have to be patient. The ferry paths are for ferries, surprisingly, not ships. When you were placing the harbour you should have seen the 'connecting to ship-path route. If it was red, the harbour a) won't place and b) wouldn't work, even if you did succeed in placing it. The fact that it DID place means you should wait it out a bit.

The path was probably green since I was trying to place another one just next to it to see how the line looks and it was green.

So I should just wait, right?

Yep :)

[\1Crash master]

Alright, thanks. I was worried about the tile south of the harbor since I don't own it. I'll see if it works out.

I was also thinking about the need of having my own ships for it to wowk but that doesn't seem to be an option in the game.

[grapplehoeker]

In the pre-load screen for the map, did you see that it has a shipping option for outside connections? The map must have this to allow shipping as an option.
Using a harbour requires the harbour to be placed along the shoreline and within the required minimum distance to an existing shipping route.
A shipping route is not a ferry path.
Also, be aware that many map authors (CO included) create maps with poorly thought out shipping routes that usually connect from one outside connection to another. Examine the map and if this is the case, break that route and edit it so that there is only a single dedicated route between your port or harbour and that outside connection.
This is because all intercity connections that share a route to multiple outside connections will generate vehicles there and the loads per vehicle will be shared among all vehicles spawned. This can result in over spawning and the loads will be inefficient.

So just remember this simple rule: use only 1 intercity terminal per outside connection.
This applies to ships, trains and planes too.

Here's an example of two shipping routes connecting to 2 outside connections that is incorrect
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=890915630
A simple edit here now ensures that both the port and the harbour have 2 independent routes to the 2 outside connections.
Note how I broke the air route too so that the airport I shall build here also has 2 independent routes instead of sharing a connection to both at the same time.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=890915223

[\1Crash master]

The map is "Cliffside Bay" and it's one of the default maps. It has ship connections.

[\1Crash master]

Apparently, all I needed to do was just wait as a ship has finally showed up in the harbor.

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by Crash master:

The map is "Cliffside Bay" and it's one of the default maps. It has ship connections.

That's a map I'm very familiar with ;)
It is notable for not having a river and so sewage handling can be a bit of a challenge. Make use of the high clifftops for water towers as your source of freshwater, since that will place them far from any ground pollution. How you deal with the smelly brown coastline you'll inevitably end up with I'll leave you to figure out ;)
Here's a solution I came up with which you might find useful ;)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=461736116