The New Industry v2.52 mod mail system

[Lakahs]

So I'm wondering how the mail system works. I have only played around with the new version of the mod a little and I have a few questions about it: What does the yellow postboxes do? When transporting by train, can I load mail from a passanger station(basically turning the passanger train into a mail train)? Is mail affected by freq. in the same passangers are?

[nasosc]

You need this mode in order to have vehicles capable of transporting mail:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165795515&searchtext=

For instructions of how mail work see the comments in the mod's thread :)

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165791968&searchtext=

[Vitaro]

Mail system: Resident house <-> cargo station <-> Resident house

[canophone]

If it were my opinion, it would use a distribution centre for every set of houses, with both sending and receiving options together... And instead, I'd aim for a few extra trip types to distribution centres / etc., that aren't as long a range as passengers travel right now. But yes, I get that industries aren't the simplest to mod in TpF, having experimented myself with it.

[Armandeus]

The confusing part is:
1) Mailboxes are in the passenger menu and show bus icons when placed.
2) Roadside bus stops have little yellow mail boxes next to them (zoom in close to see).
3) Mail trucks can get mail from mailboxes and bus stops, and bring them to (truck cargo) post offices.
If mail is cargo, then these things should be fixed. Mailboxes should be in the truck/cargo menu and bus stops should not act as mailboxes.
I'd like to be able to put a mail car on a passenger train going through passenger stations, but I could live with cargo only if everything was consistent.

[Lakahs]

Originally posted by Armandeus:

The confusing part is:
1) Mailboxes are in the passenger menu and show bus icons when placed.
2) Roadside bus stops have little yellow mail boxes next to them (zoom in close to see).
3) Mail trucks can get mail from mailboxes and bus stops, and bring them to (truck cargo) post offices.

Thanks man.

Originally posted by nasos4:

For instructions of how mail work see the comments in the mod's thread :)

Yeah, the comment section there didn't tell me much. If the answer was there, I didn't see it.
And yes, I did sub to both of the mods at the same time since a pop-up tells you have to sub the other one.


Anyway, so what I have gathered is that I a place Post Office next to cargo station(or at least within range of it), then place some yellow mail boxes around town. Set up a route that goes from the Post Office and into the town wisiting all the mail boxes. Then back at the Post Office, the mail that are destined for other towns are either transported by train(or by road). And from that point and onwards it works like normal cargo right? No need to place another Post Office at the destination or?