Realism Trains

[Spec]

A couple questions while playing realism and using trains. I have two problems. One being that this junction when it was built does not connect for some reason...even though it did when I planned it out. Two in order to fix this I have to demolish a few tracks. The track builders demolish the tracks, but how does the scrap material get picked up? Any help would be great.

[Bert]

Which junction? Did you mean to add a screenshot?

For the waste, you need to attach a dump to the RCO and make sure that there's space to store steel and gravel (which are directly recycled in the RCO).

I wish there were better in-game hints. It seems everyone has the same problems and the game helps almost not at all with them.

[MrKrabs]

Originally posted by Bert:

and make sure that there's space to store steel and gravel (which are directly recycled in the RCO).

The RCO recycles?
Didn't know that.

[Bert]

Let's say it reuses some of the gravel and steel from the demolition site. That's why a demolition can stop if you don't have enough space for those resources left in the RCO. It's a bit annoying because you don't know until you notice that the demolition caused a lot of stuck trains.

[MrKrabs]

Darnet. I have a conveyer to my RCO.
But just a minute: I just remember that I have an exit for gravel as well.

[Beast of War]

Originally posted by MrKrabs:

The RCO recycles?
Didn't know that.

Yeah you must allow space to let the RCO fill itself during demolishing on the same mats it uses to build tracks, although construction waste, steel scraps and mixed waste are generated too. Or set factory connections both ways to building mats storage depots so it can export them too if needed.

I figured this out because the RCO train was stalling during demolishing as usual, but the RCO building reported why : can't store or export this and that mats. That is because i had it filled to 100 % with all it needed to build. Then it can't be filled by deconstruction.

If you dont fill a RCO ( connected depots ) to 100 % to begin with, recycling the mats works like a charm.

[MrKrabs]

Luckily I always attach a storage beside any RCO.
I will be able to tell my DO´s to maintain 50% only.
I just need to figure out how to keep some space för gravel since I have a conveyer belt with a motor attached to it. But when the time has come I will use a truck to take of some glavel.

Thanks for the info.

[Silent_Shadow]

I would just connect an aggregate storage directly to the RCO so that it has a connected, full storage of gravel to use, but its internal 150 ton storage will remain empty until it demos tracks.

[Bailing_Out]

Its likely a switch again and when he sends a train somewhere it says its not connected cause it cannot go through a switch placed or set wrong.

I say that but I have had to zoom in close to find the problem, track looked like it lined up and connected but it was several pixels off when I zoomed in

[MrKrabs]

Originally posted by Silent_Shadow:

I would just connect an aggregate storage directly to the RCO so that it has a connected, full storage of gravel to use, but its internal 150 ton storage will remain empty until it demos tracks.

That's even better.

Thanks for this one. 😊

[Beast of War]

I have assigned a dedicated RCO to rail demolishing. Why ? Because the RCO does not seem able to store construction waste and metal scrap it it's building. That is why the train stops demolishing.

For this i had to connect 2 waste depots with factory connections. This is not much of a problem since the building has a ( large enough ) internal store for construction materials and gravel, and 3 factory connections and an incoming conveyor connection. It even gets filled by demolishing, so no need for supplying it by truck or train. It can still build. But another traps is : gravel comes in with demolishing, but overfilled ( incoming conveyor ) the demolishing will stop until you reduce the amount of gravel in the internal store. You will have to manually shut the conveyor down to do this.

Taking away metal scrap and construction waste from connected waste depots dis work normally.

I think it could be improved, by either making a demolishing version of the RCO ( solving the issues with the incoming conveyor filling the RCO with gravel so demolishing can't fill it and the process stops ) and have the RCO building have en internal store for metal scrap and construction waste. Since it is expected to demolish as well.

[Spec]

So all I need is space for materials is what it seems like? I have my distribution filling the RCO to full. By dialing back to 70% and building more tracks I’ll have the space to hold the recycled material in the RCO. Do I have to have conveyors to a dump?…or will the mixed garbage simply be added to the trash can in the RCO for pick up by a dump truck? Thanks for the help…I love this game to death but sometimes a hint would be nice in situations like this 😅

[Beast of War]

Originally posted by OP ★ Spec:

So all I need is space for materials is what it seems like? I have my distribution filling the RCO to full. By dialing back to 70% and building more tracks I’ll have the space to hold the recycled material in the RCO. Do I have to have conveyors to a dump?…or will the mixed garbage simply be added to the trash can in the RCO for pick up by a dump truck? Thanks for the help…I love this game to death but sometimes a hint would be nice in situations like this 😅

Demolishing fills your RCO with

-construction waste ( cant store that in building )
-metal scrap ( can't store that in building)

- mixed waste ( waste truck can pick it up )

- gravel ( can be a problem if a conveyor is filling your RCO from a gravel depot )

- Steel
- Prefab concrete
- electronics parts

So your RCO needs to be NOT FILLED to 100 % in order to receive the materials coming in from demolishing AND needs to be able to export construction waste and metal scraps, since it can't hold that internally.

I thought i'd be smart and first build a waste container lot ( like you do with other buildings ) with most containers assigned to construction waste and metal scrap but this did not fly. I tried picking it up by trucks directly but that doesn't fly either, as the building cannot hold it so doesn't have it ! . So i needed to build factory connection connected waste depots to export that stuff to be picked up there. That works.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Beast of War:

Originally posted by OP ★ Spec:

So all I need is space for materials is what it seems like? I have my distribution filling the RCO to full. By dialing back to 70% and building more tracks I’ll have the space to hold the recycled material in the RCO. Do I have to have conveyors to a dump?…or will the mixed garbage simply be added to the trash can in the RCO for pick up by a dump truck? Thanks for the help…I love this game to death but sometimes a hint would be nice in situations like this 😅

Demolishing fills your RCO with

-construction waste ( cant store that in building )
-metal scrap ( can't store that in building)

- mixed waste ( waste truck can pick it up )

- gravel ( can be a problem if a conveyor is filling your RCO from a gravel depot )

- Steel
- Prefab concrete
- electronics parts

So your RCO needs to be NOT FILLED to 100 % in order to receive the materials coming in from demolishing AND needs to be able to export construction waste and metal scraps, since it can't hold that internally.

I thought i'd be smart and first build a waste container lot ( like you do with other buildings ) with most containers assigned to construction waste and metal scrap but this did not fly. I tried picking it up by trucks directly but that doesn't fly either, as the building cannot hold it so doesn't have it ! . So i needed to build factory connection connected waste depots to export that stuff to be picked up there. That works.

Appreciate this info…I wish I knew this before hand lol. I’m assuming that you do not need forklifts?…just factory connections.

[Beast of War]

Originally posted by OP ★ Spec:

Appreciate this info…I wish I knew this before hand lol. I’m assuming that you do not need forklifts?…just factory connections.

Forklifts are reputed to not be able to process waste ( or so i read, never tried )

Factory connections usually work better without forklifts, as forklifts have limited capacity. You can set factory connections to multiple directions ( since beta ? ) that can be pretty important exporting instead of importing stuff, like waste. But when you need to split the goods coming from the source, or when factory connections do not transport the materials on their own, then you need forklifts. But not for waste it seems.

I have one example in my city now : the large scrapping yard doesn't want to export plastics and electronic components on a factory connection to a depot. So i have them fetched by forklifts, then it does work.

Why things do not work as expected it's always vague as to if it is a bug, oversight or intended. It is however interesting if you can work around a problem, and if it works then.

[Silent_Shadow]

Forklifts are pretty niche; usually you don't need them.