I Hired the Developers to Fix my Bad Track in Railroads Online!

Hey everyone and welcome back to more Railroads Online! Today we are joined by two of the developers, Hyce and Peyton! Hyce is the soundtrack developer for Railroads Online and Peyton is one of the 3d Modelers! Peyton also apparently is the resident track building expert so today we've hired him to come and fix our terrible track layouts on the route to the iron mine!
Check out Hyce on KZbin: / markhuber
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
About Railroads Online!
store.steampowered.com/app/16...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/sCvA5SV
Merch: teespring.com/en-GB/stores/ka...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#railroadsonline #kangaming

[@Hyce777]

Thanks for having us on kAN! Look for my POV whenever youtube finishes uploading the darn thing... :) this was a lot of fun!

[@daveb.4383]

Going to check it out for sure

[@jan_franzke]

It's really cool to hear all those anecdotes about development of the game and narrow gauge railroads in general. I hope this wasn't your last visit on this channel ;)

[@djplonghead5403]

To fix the crane loading problem! Just have you be able to pay a person or 2 or 3 or what ever to load the thing for you. The more ":people" you have the faster the train loads. And if you have a caboose then you can skip time!

[@wilddog1368]

Love the game!! My prior posting I guess was pulled due to putting the link up for the track suggestion of a 45 deg crossing since it was an amazon link. Would love to see a three-way switch and the 45 deg crossing instead of the 90 deg one. Would also love to see skins like Kan was talking about,. The other thing that would be nice is dead-end track bumpers for rail spurs.

[@Hyce777]

@@wilddog1368 more switches, track crossings, and a variety of "end of track device" to come :)

[@peytonsmith3258]

Was super awesome to play with you kAN! I had a whole lot of fun, especially when I got over my initial stage fright. (It happens to the best of us c: ) More to come soon? 👀

[@suicidalbanananana]

Cool to see both of you guys engage with the community so much, keep it up! (and all the best with taming unreal engine tbh!)

[@DaysofKnight]

This needs more likes since you can only pin one comment

[@devttyUSB0]

You guys are a blast to listen to watching this madness unfold :-)

[@PleasentFreddy07]

Har you hireing dev students? i could use som EXP in making games! Ps. Don't pay me any thing if you hire me!

[@NickelAndDimeMotorSports]

You need to add the big boy

[@astrocow1295]

This man is collecting Railroads Online Developers at this point

[@gdmush8711]

pokemon, Nah more like devmon, gotta harass them all to be in a video

[@dakotaknoble2556]

Collecting the infinite devs. Once he has them all he can get anything he wants in-game lol

[@stripyrhombus]

He has to catch em all

[@itsumikoroko]

Gotta nag 'em all! (to help)

[@douglastaylor43]

This should be a weekly podcast where y'all play this game and talk about old railroad stories. I don't know why but this is so relaxing.

[@ttyler7256]

Just like one episode each week where the devs talk about whats happening in the game and how realistic or historical it is would just be so cool

[@lechking941]

@@ttyler7256 good for the devs to keep activity on the game even if folks dont play to often

[@jdawg2003]

I'm happy that Kan is uploading more often now. Plus, as a model railroader, the content is agreeable.

[@lexielaws2350]

I’m the 69’th like

[@mikey_scog]

What scale do you model i do ho

[@jdawg2003]

@@mikey_scog Same here. Ho scale, specifically the Great Northern Railroad.

[@keeganmccray5856]

@@mikey_scog I do oo/ho and t

[@kleetus92]

Cool cool, I kinda went full Ham and went 1/8 scale...

[@vornamenachname727]

Thank you, Hyce and Peyton, for this much involvement in the community and thank you for this much involvement of the community in the development.

[@xXxJakobxXx3]

It is very nice of them to play with the community. But I wish they would invest some of their time to either read feedback, or create a feedback/bug report system. The game is wonderful and I love it, and the community has so much feedback. But all they offer is a Discord channel with very little to no organization? No wonder that some bugs have been reported multiple times within the last months and are still not on the known issues list. You can‘t read an endless wall of text messages. The fact that they have not implemented some sort of forum is alarming me, that the devs either don‘t care about player feedback or are too lazy and unorganized to make this game big.

[@vornamenachname727]

@@xXxJakobxXx3 In my opinion, the lack of organisation stems from the relatively small amount of developers. You can´t really blame them for that. I also think that a good amount of bug fixing/development is getting done. Rushing it would result in unnessesary problems. The devs make this game in order to play it, not to develop it! It is their right and the purpose of this game to play. Lastly, i think that especially the amount of interaction and involvement of the community makes this game as loved as it is, and also that it makes this game grow like it does. This is why i wanted to thank them. The fact that they made this and other videos with kAN and also their own livestreams should convince you that they *do* care about player feedback. The fact that they made this game for all of us and are still working on tons of things should convince you that they are *not* too lazy for anything!

[@CthuluSpecialK]

Playing with the Devs of an Indie you're in love with has got to be the gaming peak. Pretty darn cool watching other people geek over trains and games lol. Hyce explaining train stuff like "Form B" and "pee in a cup" is hilarious.

[@DagoDuck]

16:30 The laugh is so contagious. 29:15 Even tho kAN didn't say anything about this, I can hear him screaming in my head.

[@corgless2906]

I notice it now that it's been brought to my attention and I have screamed on kans behalf

[@grantmatthews9745]

I came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed, you know he’s going to go back and change it and hope nobody notices haha

[@johnbryer6442]

Just gotta say I love this series. I have watched. Every episode since the beginning and within a day of it coming out. I wasn't so sure at first being an outlier from most of his other content but it really has become a great series

[@leonkernan]

If we’re getting crossing signs, that has to mean some form of roads, doesn’t it?

[@Hyce777]

Wink ;)

[@prezgolez]

This is awesome more debts should play with KZbinrs. It gives a really unique unique insight into the game!

[@danluckins4071]

I agree with the slow loading of freight. It would be cool if you could hire freight workers that would operate the cranes and also be able to upgrade crane speed and amount of freight lifted by cranes

[@jakejohnson4607]

It would be entertaining to see with others on what combined trains are stronger together and what happens with a multi train head on collision in different areas

[@Undonemonkey]

I have no knowledge of any of the technical speak but I love old trains lol love the channel

[@verbatose3520]

Unpaid labor… kinda accurate to the time…

[@BI-11]

“Kinda” is an understatement. “Very” would be more accurate

[@maxdenor1459]

Why did you need to say that?

[@WasatchWind]

@@maxdenor1459 Some people feel the need to bring up awful things from the past because they need validation from others that they said something funny.

[@BI-11]

@@WasatchWind eh true

[@dreamthyf]

This game is my new addiction as I have been deprived by finances and space from continuing as a model railroader after my last move. I enjoy this game so much. Thank you for posting these amazing vids. Its all thanks to you and your channel that I am playing this game. Keep up the good work.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

i could watch this game all day, and this being almost an hours with help me procrastinate

[@KevinHalstead]

Definitely would love to see more of the devs on the channel. Love hearing all the knowledge they have to share

[@mihalydozsa2254]

It would be cool if the mile post could have the real distance if you set up the start post and based on the spline it would display the actual distance til the next post. It could be useful to calculate the water and wood needs for the route. Also automatic signs that based of the rails.

[@whatusernameis5295]

Lol yes

[@blutregnet]

Love having the devs in the videos talking about future plans, technical terms, tips, tricks, etc. it's a nice change from the normal videos and highlights how much passion they have for the game.

[@0megaming]

the sandy groundwork at the top of the hill looks awful that wide, you should redo it with the walled groundwork... (at least, that´s not much to do) But away from that, it looks much better now and you should try your math with the trains again ^^ And get your numbers at the iron mine back to equal XD

[@nunn2do]

i’m sure it bothered him when didn’t replace it with the walled one lol

[@thesteamengineer442]

When life gives you lemons, get the gods to fix your problems.

[@blze0018]

This isn't normally my genre of game, however I still bought it because I love how much the devs enjoy making it. Also Kan building the Y is one of the signs of the apocalypse.

[@cliff4377]

he will build the y when he realizes the sawmill is 2% to the mine if you leave there

[@evanhood69]

I love the interaction from the Devs, it adds so much value to these already awesome videos!

[@gmoney6935]

It's ALWAYS a good sign when the devs are nice enough to JOIN your server to help you fix something. The devs were great and deserve all the support they get and more. Keep up the good work!

[@jaythomas4443]

Best vid you've ever uploaded! Guests were awesome and hugely insightful; clearly portraying where to game is heading. I also loved the "visual aids," found them spot on in delivering the message. Much love X

[@DaysofKnight]

Yes, more dev episodes, I love it. Hearing the design process, future features, insights to the models and design work. It's great content

[@N0V-A42]

I absolutely love the banter and conversations whenever the devs are in an episode.

[@Saxquatch_]

It would be awesome if we got a 2nd game that had the normal gauge steam trains then maybe a 3rd game that would have modern day trains

[@buca117]

I am so glad this game exists. I'm not remotely a train person, but the idea that there is now a game out there for those who are just warms my heart. The fact that it's not a buggy trainwreck of a game also helps.

[@kleetus92]

So here's a question for you guys, development wise that is, what are mechanics needed to import real world maps? For example say I wanted to model the terrain around where I live, not like the entire state, but let's say 25 square mile (I have no idea how big your world map is). If you could feed it a topographical map, say from google or something, have a utility (not trivial I know) throw trees and grass at it, and maybe an outline tool to do rivers and lakes? I'm one of those scale model railroad nuts, that have the 1/8 scale stuff running on about 30 acres, for a total of 1 actual mile of track. I'm looking at this game as a really neat practice tool for laying track or figuring out how to get from A to B in the best way possible. I really appreciate the work you guys are doing on this world simulator/game. This is fantastic!

[@danielbradley88]

The watch out for cars is because a loose train car is silent and extremely dangerous as there is no warning that it is coming your way

[@goosegamerau3200]

THE Y WILL BE BUILT?! Whaaaaaattttt?

[@vornamenachname727]

The prophecies were true!

[@corpnut2906]

one of the best vids yet. Love the stories and background info from the Devs. between this game and derail valley any time i have a major mess up like the other day I say I just had a Kan moment. thanks for the entertainment

[@troycongdon]

Cool that you got the devs on to plug what they are working on, Thx.

[@opiumextract2934]

Talking to a bunch of older coworkers (ones who hired on before and directly after vietnam) they had a timetable, but also trainorders. Trainorders were put on a loop on a pole. One was higher for the engineer and one was lower for the caboose and were affixed to a loop the employee would get. Basically he stuck his arm out and hooked the loop. They basically told everything you needed to know and were recieved via telegraph (I dont know the exact way it worked because it was before my time) The pole had a ball attached to it, if the ball was low you got ready to hook the loop...if the ball was high, it was a highball. Which is where the term highball originated from. When I first hired on with the railroad, the oldest employee in Houston was 85 and had hired on in 1945, before the end of WW2.

[@sortius_]

We still run 3 rail sections here in Victoria, Australia (32km of it). V-Line (regional trains) and the XPT (interstate train) are all standard gauge, but the urban trains are all broad gauge. Freight is a mix of the two, depending on where it's going.

[@TylerMcT]

I'm loving all the little names and I can't wait u till we have signs to mark all these things, hyces baby ( I know it's a rain but still), payton pass, gutless brigde/valley/gorge and probably many many more. And also 29:50 as a Scotsman I do appreciate can tossing a caber even though its not quite right.

[@Saxquatch_]

I was so bored just scrolling through YT then I find this. Thanks I am not bored anymore

[@Kesterlath]

I am a member of a couple live steam clubs in the Pacific Northwest and I can tell you for certain, that if you need schematics for engines, the best thing to do is to contact as many live steam clubs as you can and tell them what you're looking for. There is an excellent chance they have it or know where it can be found. Hope this helps!

[@erickvorst5776]

I love this you talking to the developers on the game. Be nice to have a curved switch that would be helpful. And love the idea of faster loading of cars. Like the idea of maybe 1 day getting a 2 /8 / 8/ 2 in there and the larger train cars as well. You should keep doing this once a month with them. Or whenever you/ they can. Thanks again for the content for the game I've enjoyed playing since it first came out.

[@kyleshores432]

I think, especially after they add in the passenger cars....they really need to have some buildable town buildings like a general store, church, houses, etc to give a reason for you to haul the cargo.....maybe a small factory of sorts that makes woodstoves for said buildings, or can be contracted to make railcars for a small discount when compared to the store, but requires time to be built instead of magically appearing at your station.....both of which could increase revenue for the player, making it less of a grind...giving the hauling more purpose, and making the game feel more alive...

[@goldfishwings]

I love the dev episodes. Super engaging! A lot of talk of the history and the geeky specifics. It's the best! Harass away kAN!

[@trackdog448]

It was crazy to hear an East Broad Top reference. I grew up near there and started my railroad career repairing their tracks.

[@peace2652]

I really enjoy this series. I hope you keep it going for a while!

[@brycehill6678]

No more. No more track lol. I just got done laying the track in our yard at the club layout. It was 18 tracks that each are a minimum of 32 feet long and funnels down into a 4 track main lol. Also, LONG LIVE THE COLORADO & SOUTHERN!

[@riverrat5865]

What a great series, saw someone say that they'd also never seen dev so into a series. Definitely glad I bought this when you first played to help give a boost. I do need a crazy 10 downgrade at some point and maybe one cog train 🥳

[@Mr.AtheTriggerGalleon6310]

This was so awesome to see,Could we see more of this,please? Amazing content Kan! Keep up the great work!

[@Clefairy4007]

Finally a multiplayer episode! (aka not single player or co-op)

[@boxed_in4357]

I love this series, this game is definitely on my wishlist along with derail valley

[@rknudson1407]

it'll be really sweet to have the "black hills" narrow gauge engines or a 2-8-2 mikido standard gauge engine with it's driving wheels tucked inside the frame with the weights on the ends of the axles along with the driving rods.. making you wonder "is this thing stable???" lol

[@SchafferFarms_Iowa]

I love seeing the developers in the videos.

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

I love your videos of railroads online especially that you hire the real pros to fix your railroad XD

[@irishgrizzly1762]

I want this in VR! grabbing the controls, throwing in wood, dropping track...oh man love the old locomotives

[@DickShooter]

I am so glad these devs are cool dudes.

[@kyovalye5942]

So I'm not the only one who puts drainage trestles on hillsides, heck yeah

[@whitewolf1414]

I love when hyce does that gremlin laugh its amazing

[@Zachafinackus]

Ooh those signs are really cool.

[@kingboah6556]

We need Y switches in the game. It would make it easier to build track in some places

[@squatchhammer7215]

We need so much. The basic would be a fix of the track laying system. I want to make it more grids working with survey flags that is similar to the space engineers building system with structure blocks.

[@snugg1escat676]

haha the concept of the devs bowing to your will is so hilarious It's always cool to have train experts in the videos because you never know what cool new facts they can tell you

[@matterdaddy4764]

Great video! The devs pov is awesome. If you guys ever wanted to give a random guy an extra key laying around (maybe for some multiplayer:) Lol. 👍

[@Disnydude1]

The Class 70 is my fav. A workhorse BEAST on the way to the iron mine. Esp. after the update. Able to bring 8 carriages of lumber at a time.

[@ayenyeinlin9298]

I would love to see another video with the Devs!

[@ashipcrafter2440]

I have two of the poles with the Y at the top that they used to give letters to the train crew

[@akibby25b]

You should have the devs build your Y at the sawmill 😂

[@iceboundglaceon]

i think changing the color of the tie would be a very simple character customization option. non intrusive and still gives away who's who

[@iceboundglaceon]

also for the tiered/ faster loading maybe once the player delivers a certain resource it unlocks a shop option(cart/ train purchase menu) to increase the loaded resource by 50% or 100% each

[@Robotechnology101]

I found your videos by chance and have now gotten the game and am giving it a go. Never played a train game like this before. Oh and I volunteer at a Railway Museum myself. I volunteer with both the museum's operations department as well as its track and signals department.

[@vapersithlord]

I love these videos with the devs

[@timhastings4863]

Goat canyon has a long, high, curved wooden trestle bridge in the desert east of San Diego. Iconic Steam Era style wood bridge

[@khromex7444]

Checklist of things to fix: 1. sawmill wye; low priority 2. iron mine approach; fixed 3. iron mine descent; need dev opinions

[@albratgaming2348]

I was thinking about the loading. Maybe make it so you take cars to the location. Pay for loading, it gives you a time to wait and then you return to pick up the loaded train. (optional auto loading that costs a little money and time.) This way you can load a train, move off and fetch other goods. Eventually you could take a train out and return for the full train with a train of empties... which is pretty realistic.

[@EddieSchirmer]

it would be amazing if they made some snow filled landscapes and had a model to use rotary snow plow engines and have snow fall mechanics too. it would also be cool, if it isn't already done, if they used true scale topographic maps to model real locations and landscapes too.

[@baneblackguard584]

how have i not heard of this game... looks very cool

[@coreygibson15]

hyce should have put in a y at the lumber mill while he was down there.

[@divy9474]

Yesssss, an hour long!!!

[@chilledout_5486]

Hearing the term "Narrow Gauge" brings so much nostalgia for me XD

[@TheDelta07sev]

I'd love to see some British/ Welsh narrow guage like the double Farleigh. It was a narrow guage tank engine that was double ended. It had a single cab with one central firebox attached to a boiler facing each direction. Each with their own cylinders dome and chimney

[@samuelcraigsr4348]

Whoop. Let see those samples .......definitely a recordable incident

[@hezegaba6239]

Me reading the title: Dang are the rails that so bad XD, the game developers have to fix it?

[@libra3655]

You should name the reworked area Peyton Pass once the signs are available

[@qwertyes4722]

I swear I see the same game appreciation in this game as I do in H3 and I love it and I genuinely wanna participate but the track building in it just. I can’t do that kinda thing because I get to frustrated and leave and I’ll never do it. But I love this game and the models I see all the time.

[@marcintracz4695]

Thanks to you i started playing this game today. Unfortunately Betsy is after update so i cant call her "Betsy the beast" and meet her earlier pro power. Now eureka is way usefull. Keep good work man. Greetings from Poland

[@danredacted4630]

Oh yeah more RAILROADS! And trains!

[@visekual6248]

This conversation reminded me of a story I heard about a person who trained a primate to operate something on a railroad, I can't remember what, and I'm not sure how true this story is either.

[@RustyRailsProductions]

I believe it was the signals and switches

[@cotc4x153]

It would be rly nice for the devs to add a pocket watch to the character, that later in the development or in multiplayer would be used to sync with other trains, as the watch industry in general was tightly linked to the railway industry

[@jasonhand7969]

An Australian Standard Garrett ASG would be a different steam loco they could use. It would be interesting to see different locos from around the world and work well with future additions of different worlds/locations to add to the game.

[@shedzuppickemupson5966]

Love these vids, Thanks kAN

[@CYBERRABBIT31]

I just love how they never mention or even let the cat out of the bag about the new engine installments that is of course if they still have plans for those because the 4-6-0 still has not been installed and we were hoping for that one and I pray if they still have plans to add that one that it is in the Tweetsie Railroad green because I really like that color plus it looks good in that color.

[@tropicalvikingcreations]

Another great vid, I hope you take the devs down the gravity run in game, especially before fixing, with minimal braking, see what they say experiencing it themselves. It really does feel like watching a roller coaster ride, never been myself..

[@owenmccarthy2521]

Awesome video! I wonder if the devs could rework my… everything pretty much. My world is a mess

[@spacedvenus]

11th Ave S in Nampa, ID has the railroad crossing sign with 5 tracks that I cross regularly

[@florisvanderweide155]

I realy hope the devs will find time to make a swiss version: cogwheel (?) Narrow gauge mountain trains, of several railway companies (rhb, bvz, furka oberalp and many others). Many are preserved at heritage lines, a part of the rhätische bahn is even world heritage site!

[@monkrat1997]

Firstly amazing video I'm a huge train fan myself and honestly if one of the devs reading this could give us a hint about it. Will we eventually be looking at a class 3 shay locomotive as they are normally for hevy loads on tight corners as well as the funny history of the first shay engine. Would be interesting to see one in kAN's world 🤣

[@harsgaard1504]

BEST EVER :D love it!!!

[@c.ramdath.26]

When I first saw this title I was like,"damn better not have had Hyce fixed the track" xD

[@gman-ul7um]

I needed this

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

fixing degrees of curvature? Thank god! Oh thank god!

[@shaldurprime7154]

ask them if they plan to add a Shay type locomotive to finish the gear train trio

[@Millsy1033]

Yes they have lots of Shays on the way! I’m pretty excited for them.

[@0megaming]

At least, you can try out the new available speed on the new lines, when you equal out your numbers ^^

[@fighterphoenix5789]

"there are no rails so..." " Well than I just have to do it with the breaks" Eurobeats starts kicking in and shows the frozen lake scene from "the Polarexpress"