Train Depot - No Electrics

[ghm67]

I seem to have lost teh option to electrify my rail depots. Anyone any idea why? I have unsubscribed from likely mod culprits, but I still cannot do it.

[SoftwareSimian]

Are you talking about rail depots (where you buy trains) or train stations?
Depots don't have any build-menu option for electrification, you just use the track upgrade tool like any normal piece of track. You can do that for stations as well, although they should normally have a build/upgrade menu option for catenary.

[ghm67]

Rail depots. Could have sworn there was enhancement for cantenery. Must be going mad!

[genemead]

Depends on the year.
Click on the depot, then the up arrow in the window. If electrics are available after the proper time has passed, you'll get that option.

Do tracks have the electric option yet? If not, you'll just have to wait.

[Huperspace]

if you build the rail/tram depot before the invention of cantenery then you may need to rebuild it to have the electric version. (but i think upgradeding the depos to electric was in changelog)

[ghm67]

cheers

[ghm67]

nope. still not working!! no electric trains for me at the moment.

[genemead]

The key to this is ".... at the moment".

We're still wondering: can you electify stations or tracks yet?

[ghm67]

I can electrify tracks but not depots or stations

[genemead]

That's really wierd! Never seen that happen before. (What good is electrified tracks without the stations and depots being electrified?)

Let's narrow it down. When you select a new train station, is the electfication an option in the "Settings" window (like you can pick the # of platforms, etc.)? If so, you should be able to upgrade existing stations. If you can electify the tracks, but the option to electify a station isn't there, I don't know what to tell you. I do know a "mod" didn't take the option away. :)

When you zoom in on a station, are canarys (overhead wires) already there?
When you click on a station a window pops. I know this is a dumb question, but the option to electrify (canaries) is not there when you click on that big up arrow in the bottom left of the window?

[ghm67]

when i select a station there is no electrification option. When I zoom into a station there are no cantenary's. When i click on the station there is no electrical upgrade upgrade option. I am baffled!!! Maybe time for a clean re-install? which would be gutting just got a new track going..........without electrics :)

[genemead]

Wait, no electrics stations.
No electrics depots.
But you do have electircs (wires) on tracks??? And you can lay electric (wired) track???

If so, I'm baffled too.

Rather than a reinstall (that's pretty drastic and you probably won't gain a thing) I'd try a couple of things first:
1- Start a "test" world in 1950 and see if you can plop electrified track, stations, and depots. If so, it's not the game and reinstalling won't help.
2- Let a year or so pass in your game. This should let the game "catch up" and let you do electrification to everything.

Let us know how it goes.

[ghm67]

Thanks, will give it a try

[ghm67]

I tjhnk I have sussed it out. It looks like a map problem. The mod map I was using is restricted to 1886 start only. Vancouver No Ind. Will try another map to see if that cures the problem.

[ghm67]

yep it was definatley the map. Tried a couple other maps from 1950 onwards and they are all okay, no problems with electrics. Phew! Thanks for all your help and very useful suggestions.