Which year do you guys end a save?

[Bad Pipe]

Just curious, I usually end at 2030.

[larry_roberts]

By end a save do you mean end the game?!. I save the game every time I'am about to make major changes in the game!. The autosave saves yearly (but you can change that in settings)!. I stop playing a game whe I get a bit bored with it (I've connected to all the raw materials, made max use of passengers etc.) When you have plenty of money you can do rash things like running TGV's across the map or buying Concordes!. There is no end year in the game but no new vehicles will be available after the present day (until a future update comes in)!. I usually keep playing until about 2300 (some players complain about lagging in the game and stop playing when it gets too much), but it's really just a matter of personal choice!.

[Bad Pipe]

Originally posted by larry_roberts:

By end a save do you mean end the game?!. I save the game every time I'am about to make major changes in the game!. The autosave saves yearly (but you can change that in settings)!. I stop playing a game whe I get a bit bored with it (I've connected to all the raw materials, made max use of passengers etc.) When you have plenty of money you can do rash things like running TGV's across the map or buying Concordes!. There is no end year in the game but no new vehicles will be available after the present day (until a future update comes in)!. I usually keep playing until about 2300 (some players complain about lagging in the game and stop playing when it gets too much), but it's really just a matter of personal choice!.

You really had some points there. I stopped at 2030 purely because of lagging! BTW, TGV are really efficient vehicles. I actually never used TGV before this save because the matainence is too high but in this save I built a route only for TGVs and the advantage of speed really stand out from trains with head and cabins. I am really lazy playing until 2300 as well, because with some super efficient routes, I am ill with richness XD.

[Vimpster]

I have only had two long free play games so far and the one I got to the 1980s and the second is at 2000. I bought a new computer which is why I don't play the first one anymore. I never use fastforward and I have it on pause a lot, so that might explain why I have only gotten that far in a game. Also I always start in 1850. Needless to say I have not played with all the vehicles in the game yet.

I have over 300 hours playtime, but I think the first 120 hours was just doing the two campaigns primarily. Even though I only did each mission once, so I'm not really sure why it took me so long. And the bulk of the other 180 hours would have to have been spent playing the two free play games I mentioned. Perhaps about 60 hours or so of that 180 was spent doing various tests and checking out different randomly made maps.

[Bad Pipe]

Originally posted by Vimpster:

I have only had two long free play games so far and the one I got to the 1980s and the second is at 2000. I bought a new computer which is why I don't play the first one anymore. I never use fastforward and I have it on pause a lot, so that might explain why I have only gotten that far in a game. Also I always start in 1850. Needless to say I have not played with all the vehicles in the game yet.

I have over 300 hours playtime, but I think the first 120 hours was just doing the two campaigns primarily. Even though I only did each mission once, so I'm not really sure why it took me so long. And the bulk of the other 180 hours would have to have been spent playing the two free play games I mentioned. Perhaps about 60 hours or so of that 180 was spent doing various tests and checking out different randomly made maps.

Why do you not use fastforward? I guess you maybe enjoy cockpit mode that way? I use fast forward all the time and I have 5 saves so far with 100+ hours. I think I just enjoy earning money, building trails and expanding business more than you do. And I never liked the campaigns, I think free mode is the essense of this game.

[Vimpster]

I spend a lot of time studying my lines, balancing them and making sure they are efficient. And I enjoy just watching my vehicles move about and looking at the views. I simply don't have time for fast forwarding.

[DuffT]

Originally posted by Alastor is not a hacker!!!:

Just curious, I usually end at 2030.

Somehow my industries die,if they do i end the saves

[Bad Pipe]

Originally posted by DuffT_Sebastian:

Originally posted by Alastor is not a hacker!!!:

Just curious, I usually end at 2030.

Somehow my industries die,if they do i end the saves

Makes sense

[yourgreatestfear]

the more i learned how to build profitable even in high difficulty, the earlier my maps become unplayable. latest save got stuck in lag by the year 1955 already, most cities on a midsized map were over 3500 ... not playing on a potato either, this game just doesnt run well.

if i want to see late years ingame i have to intentionally slow down growth of cities, use fewer cities with modding or have to play small maps. shame really, not interested in buying a new rig when TPF is the only game making trouble.

[chrisasnyder]

Once figured out the techniques for money and growth, the fewer number of years I tend to play a map. Mostly because the problem solving challenge is gone and it's just line micromanagement.

lately I've been starting in 1950 or 1970, using the 4x slower mod. This lets me design with the longer routes, with the faster trains, and lets me use some of the very cool mods that don't show up until the later years.

I also abandon maps to try out a new ideas on a clean map. There are also times I think of new personal challenges, and start a new map to see try it out. If the challenge is fun, I don't usually make it back to the old map.

The stength of this game is in early play, building the distribution system out.

[Metacritical]

i normally stop playing around 2300, that's when the game starts to lag a lot. but by that time it's just a massive train set and i have at least 60 billion in the bank so the challenge has gone and it's just connect everything with everything and see what happens.

[larry_roberts]

I think if we all start in 1850 and carry on till 2300 and then they bring in future vehicles and we want to continue longer, I think a lot of players are going to have lagging issues (the workaround being starting in a later year)!

[Rafn]

Always play with 4x and start in 1850. Usually end around 1985 - kinda lose interest in the late 1970's and then just watch/ride along with my routes for a few years before quitting.

[yourgreatestfear]

I cant really lose interest, the constant growth develops a whole new challenge when traffic jams and the sheer mass of goods/passenger overwhelm the build networks. Try getting a 70%+ coverage of all needs for cities being at 3000+ and its far from easy to handle no matter how much credits you have. In the end its the performancebarrier mostly forcing to quit.

... but another big push to end a map and restart is the constant flow of new awesome mods, its annoying at times to have past a certain era just to see new shiny engines for the past era popping up in mod databases.

[Mackintosh]

Whenever my framerates drop to single digits. That's usually 75 to 100 years of game time, depending on map. With that in mind, I start most my games in 1900 and tend to abandon them by 2000.

[larry_roberts]

Originally posted by yourgreatestfear:

I cant really lose interest, the constant growth develops a whole new challenge when traffic jams and the sheer mass of goods/passenger overwhelm the build networks. Try getting a 70%+ coverage of all needs for cities being at 3000+ and its far from easy to handle no matter how much credits you have. In the end its the performancebarrier mostly forcing to quit.

... but another big push to end a map and restart is the constant flow of new awesome mods, its annoying at times to have past a certain era just to see new shiny engines for the past era popping up in mod databases.

I've never used mods (I think it destables the game) but I'am envious of some of the great stuff out there in mod land!.