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Railroads Online - Build and run your dream railroad through an huge Open World!
Play exciting Online Multiplayer sessions with your friends or create your very own Singleplayer experience!
Build tracks, switches, turntables, trestles and more to traverse forrests, planes, rivers, and canyons.
Build stations, yards and other infrastructure along your routes to service your trains with fuel, water and sand.
Interact with regulators, valves, brakes, couplers and many more features in first person to drive your vehicles.
Transport goods like logs, ores, coal, oil and various other freight for a broad variety of industries to earn capital.
Invest, upgrade and customize your rolling stock and routes.
Enjoy the realistic railroad physics system: Railroads Online uses the advanced UnrealEngine physics system to achieve a very realistic railroading experience.
Suited for arcade- and simulator friends alike!

[@tlheart]

The unreal engine using FPS for the timing of the physics engine. If you are running above 60FPS, then the physics engine has increased the effects of gravity, as compared to the power physics they have programmed, and makes your loco seem sluggish. This from the discord, and Kriegfest(sp). It is not on the bugs list, as the entire physics is being reworked, along with the weight of the cars, and the non weight of the cargo. They know about the getting stuck in the pipe. I open the door on the box car, just so I can see the loading happening.

[@vanitazazas]

I like a bit of everything, building, driving and so on. Keep 'em coming.

[@KerboOnYT]

Thanks for the feedback

[@Tanker-ok9uz]

Try adjusting the reverser, irl it's like a transmission, the lower the percentage, the faster you go, the higher the percentage, the more power you have

[@nathanhaupt6485]

Not modeled in game yet

[@KerboOnYT]

It doesn't work like that in game, at least not yet. It's just another way of regulating power

[@FerrousEquusEng]

You're correct that the reverser is like a transmission and it affects power, but not quite correct that adjusting the cut-off makes the locomotive go faster. Theoretically, with enough steam capacity, the locomotive could go full speed with full cut-off.

[@i_eat_dirt2]

If you leet it roll if it doesn’t roll like it use to check all your brakes

[@stevieC11Hanworth]

Nearly there well done xD I’m on my second oil run maybe my last until the future updates,

[@KerboOnYT]

Nice! I will probably take a break from RO once I get all the industries going and wait for more patches

[@jamesneumann2003]

The Devs have also fixed the sand level bug in case you missed it, sand dome filling time I guess.

[@KerboOnYT]

I did see that but rarely ever need sand since upgrading from the Porter

[@jamesneumann2003]

@@KerboOnYT with an engine like the Heisler ,will we ever need sand? would still be a good idea to fill the sand domes, I'll be doing that in my save's at least. As the saying goes, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.

[@rapcreeperproductions3269]

I've found that, at least for me, tree don't cost anything anymore.

[@KerboOnYT]

Yes, that was in the patch notes. "removed deforestation costs for players" store.steampowered.com/news/app/1696810/view/3145198204734554708

[@Bendigo1]

Have you tried limiting fps to 60 or 120? I have mine set to 60 and it runs much smoother and the gpu stays a lot cooler. I have a high performance pc too, and I have never had a game stress the gpu like this one does. I wonder if it would help with the grass lod and smooth out the fps for you.

[@KerboOnYT]

My PC doesn't seem to stress and I get anywhere from 55 to 100+ fps depending on what's being rendered. My monitor is 144hz so I have fps unlimited and vsync enabled in the settings which works well for me. The game runs smooth on my screen but that doesn't always translate to KZbin after recording/rendering

[@Bendigo1]

@@KerboOnYT Mine ran smooth too but using system monitoring i was seeing gpu temps hit 95C. I limited it to 60 fps and it stays down around 73c. I have 165hz monitors and usually can run any hame at max fps and ultra settings and not get over 70c on the gpu but this game i get 300+ fps at some points and the gpu gets hot fast if i dont limit it. Just thought I'd mention it if it might help. I remember you mentioning fps drops and gpu issues in previous episodes, thought maybe that might help.

[@KerboOnYT]

Turning on vsync limits the frame rate to the monitor refresh rate and also helps with screen tearing. If they had a 144 option in settings I'd try that. So vsync saves my GPU from working too hard :)

[@boomermeloche6799]

Wish I could have said something, I got stuck in the same spot. Had to respawn and run back.

[@KerboOnYT]

Saving and reloading worked for me. If I was closer to the freight depot I might have just respawned

[@boomermeloche6799]

@@KerboOnYT Ya I commented before you did that. Never thought of it. Enjoying the videos!

[@Vivid-__]

as far as I can tell when I play the train likes to speed up when on a 2 - 4% grade but then at 6 -7 it slows and on flat ground its acting like its pulling a long boi train

[@kylemartin8014]

I'm so bad at building bridges. Any tips?

[@KerboOnYT]

It's hard to say without knowing specifically what you're doing wrong. There are videos out there that might be helpful, such as this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4K8qZqIqtJ-b6s Good luck!

[@KG_Grandpa]

I hate the tree update. Well not the update, more the lines behind it. Doe the update to not have trees in your track they set a amount of meters from all ready cut trees. So i have big open space where old track was. Started a new map

[@frayziedaisy]

damn that’s why i have so huge areas remembered it differently looks pretty whack at some points maybe i will start over again as well

[@KG_Grandpa]

@@frayziedaisy its semi worth it. If you dont have anything challenging on your map yes do it, but im that stupid guy with some hard to redo track

[@datguymiller]

Are you planning on getting the class 70 steam engine? She seems like she'd be a very capable steam loco. Then again I wouldn't know I don't have this game. Stuck on mobile

[@KerboOnYT]

I might later but right now the Mogul does everything I need it to do

[@Bobble84]

That stupid pipe at the ironworks has got me many times... build groundwork just above the pipe and you will pop out...Game glitches I glitch back at this point lol

[@mattsteger3213]

The sluggish was caused by the update but they already fixed it with another update

[@loosegoose6152]

Do you think the Cooke got a nerf. That thing was really chugging along and very slow I don't know. I played the cooke today and It did feel really sluggish, IDK.

[@KerboOnYT]

I think they changed something with the physics to help cars stay on the track so the whole "feel" of the train is different

[@loosegoose6152]

Thanks Kerbo I thought I had wasted my money to get a nerf on the one train I really admire but I guess that makes sense with the bug changes. Thanks love the videos, congrats with 10k subs. Keep it up 😉

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

Did they fix the links on the cars cause they keep snapping whenever I drive long trains with the Heisler At this point the question isn't how many cars can the Heisler handle but how many cars can handle the Heisler

[@KerboOnYT]

I'm not sure, I've only ran about 20 cars because the physics gets weird with more

[@Bendigo1]

Honestly, that is not as much of a bug as it is too realistic. They may need to adjust it, but the link and pin couplers were known to be pretty crappy in real life. Too much stress or slack action and the links would break.

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

Huh more IRL accuracy that I thought was just another bug but in that case if they wanted to stay true to historical records they would actually need to add new cars instead of overhauling the current ones or they could just overhaul them as realisticly a better more reliable car would replace all the crappy ones with minimal difference in price

[@Bendigo1]

@@themidnightbanshee5927 I think they are trying to keep it somewhat accurate to a specific time period. Perhaps in the future they will have differnt time periods and different technologies. From what I can tell, the more powerful engines have more chance of breaking links, especially on long and/or heavy trains. If you think about the physics, it makes sense. If a link is only rated to hold so much force before it breaks, the more weight and pulling force you add, the easier the links will break. I think the porter is supposed to be much less powerful than it is and they did not adjust for that, so the links dont break as easy when using it, but the Heisler is supposed to have the most power so the links break really easy. The game definately needs some tweaking but it is not the arcade type game like train sim, and we need to learn how to do things differently because of it.

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

Yeah the easy solution would be either adding thicker links and pins or using a stronger steel alloy. Also everything you said makes perfect sense. I'm also hoping we get more locos and a caboose and passanger cars

[@MrScotttraynor]

maybe because you were not that close to the pipe loading with track, or they fixed that bug.

[@Javious_Rex]

I miss the Mogul, the Heisler is very capable and better for bi-direction operations, but it doesn't sound very good. Great content as always.

[@KerboOnYT]

I've been enjoying running the Mogul again

[@daveb.4383]

Even my Class 70 is a bit slower now and there is a significate change in drag from the cars but they are much steadier on the tracks defiantly less chance of them flying off now I was cruising last night on my line to the Iron Mine with 16 loaded cars at 50% throttle and steady as a rock on the corners. But needed more throttle than usual to pull up to the mine had to run it up to 90% to make it where I was doing no more than 75% before on throttle so the cost of steady track movement and no flying off cars I guess was an increase in weight on all cars. My take off's are slower and so is building up to max speed with the Class 70 now so I have no doubt the Mogul is gonna be pulling a lot harder and slower as you add cars and weight.

[@MrWookie57]

all locos feel gutless now i dont like it i bet the betsy still wizzes around no issues BETSY TO OP/best tran in game

[@daveb.4383]

@@MrWookie57 I'm fine with it right now seeing the cars ride on the tracks much better and I can still make it up the mountain passes

[@indisputablefacts8507]

When it comes to this game, I want to believe it will be good. But honestly, progress so far makes me not actually believe. Stuff like what you see at the 2min mark in this video -- I mean, why does click and drag have to be the gesture. Why not just click to toggle? Seriously, an intelligent human being spent a full minute trying to figure out how to open a door. At some point I hear Kerbo say "It just takes a little getting used to". I personally am not so kind here: Computers should get used to us, not the other way around. I'm sure it's more fun to rework the physics engine, but they'd get a whole lot more happy users per hour spent if they went after making the controls not suck.

[@KerboOnYT]

This is a passion project by a very small team. From what I understand it's only 1 programmer and the other few are modeling, audio, etc. I'm willing to cut them some slack for now

[@BattleshipOrion]

You checked 2 cars, not the full 10. Maybe that's a part of your problem.

[@KerboOnYT]

I checked them all off camera

[@diamondwolf4030]

Ep22 22hours ago

[@noway9317]

unrelated, but i just noticed the demolish button, now has a drop down, to chose what you want to remove, or an all...

[@KerboOnYT]

Yes, very handy!

[@spockatwo5694]

l was about to type in about getting trapped there as it has happened there twice to me also when you unload them at oil field they can push you onto pipe and your also trapped. All you can do is respawn at freight depot. Also after 404 hours playing l see no real reason to use any other train than the first one the Porter, it can pull 5 Rails and 7 cars of beams and drag a porter at the rear to the coal mine at 4 percent grade all day and then pull 4/5 coal to the iron works. Have pulled 18 cars beams/lumber with porter at front 1 in middle and 1 at the end (extra porters to aid with loading and unloading as l play solo) at 4 percent to iron mine.

[@KerboOnYT]

I like the speed of the Mogul and the power of the Heisler so don't feel the need to buy anything else. If you're happy with the Porter then use it, it's your railroad :) The devs have said they know the Porter is too powerful so it might get fixed someday

[@spockatwo5694]

@@KerboOnYT Yes they are what l use for the big heavy loads myself. keep up the good work Kerbo your vids got me into this 😊

[@vanitazazas]

@@KerboOnYT If only the Heisler had the speed of the Mogul, it wold be the perfect engine

[@KerboOnYT]

@@vanitazazas That would be dangerous, the Heisler is super heavy. I had it coast into a train at walk speed and it derailed everything without even noticing :D

[@Imposterbussid]

First

[@alexpym8216]

Nobody wants to see loading tho :-/

[@frayziedaisy]

it’s part of the game and he just shows it wasn’t even that long tho.. it’s your choice to watch it or not also you can skip time in videos and just skip it

[@KerboOnYT]

Some people do, so instead of editing it out this time I left it in. You can't please everyone all the time :)

[@Luke-mo3qo]

The reason why you're trained feels so heavy in this video is because you're pulling box cars and there are even though they are empty or even if they're full box cars and a lot more tonnage to what you pull lost their a lot harder to pull for freight transport by the way reason why I know this because I and remember in the shipping and logistics industry

[@rohbust56]

gotta love the fact you gotta say "we got all our cars right" 😂