Overengineering UNDERGROUND TRAIN LINES in Mini Metro!

[@That-Blue-Violin-Kid]

“Having two triangles in a row is sort of pointless” No, it’s has 6 points.

[@someone2703_]

Facts.

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

Terrible, have a heart

[@demonplayz4133]

If you pot them together they have 5 points

[@joeyready3]

But what about 2 circles???

[@bernardoramos7842]

@@joeyready3 infinite points that form a big point

[@yrk06]

While you cannot "undo" placing a train, you can drag them to different lines, so you can switch the number of trains in a track to meet demand

[@mrsarkey]

You can also reassign carriages, very handy to meet differing demand

[@dlhwen]

If you completely delete a line all trains and carriages assigned to it go back into your inventory.

[@Taolan8472]

I think you can only do that with empty trains tho

[@NeverLuckyRubberDucky]

@@Taolan8472 you can do it with full trains as well but I think they continue on their old line until they are empty and after that they swap over to the new line

[@necroprogaming6851]

@@NeverLuckyRubberDucky they will empty all passengers on their next station i think.

[@TheRalviisch]

"Overcrowding at this station has forced your metro to close." What fairy tale universe is this game set in?

[@OriginalPiMan]

A dystopia. One crowded station on one line means that no one in the city can get to their destination by train ever again.

[@uikonimi]

@@OriginalPiMan The ultimate temper tantrum

[@Kyson98]

Japan

[@edwardmiessner6502]

A metro system run by Karens

[@Otatsuke]

420 likes.🌬🍃😜

[@corg_9939]

If you want a more efficient network, try placing the stations on curves of 90 degrees or more (including straight lines of course). Stations on curves below 90 degrees must be stopped at, even if they have no people waiting (this is to mimic the fact that in real life trains can't complete such a sharp turn at a station without braking). If you use only obtuse angles the trains can pass through without needing to stop Love the video!

[@sergioabrb]

Wow i didnt know that, thanks for the tip!

[@TBH_Inc]

Ya, I’ve had mini metro for a while and I never knew that either! Thanks!

[@wierdchickenman1850]

wait what now?

[@takumi2023]

@@wierdchickenman1850 he's saying to make lines angles greater than 90⁰. Sharp corner makes trains slow down.

[@aoyuki1409]

@@wierdchickenman1850 anything smaller or less than a 90 degree (a square corner) will cause a train to slow down, and if there's a station at the corner it will stop there instead of going through

[@howard46]

The instant regret after not picking the tunnels was so perfect and also hilarious Also you should in the future try to connect more than one line to the «special» shapes like star and cross to avoid those passangers taking up all the space on a single train/station

[@syryx3502]

Another tip: rub your fingers against a stainless steel sink after cutting some garlic can get rid of the smell.

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

French stereotyping or just random fact? 😅

[@dennisthcr2696]

I need to test this, though it's like 2am...

[@greenscout_12]

@@dennisthcr2696 same time

[@jackmclane1826]

This actually works, although I have no clue why...

[@Masterman2020]

Or just use cold water to wash so you don't cook it on

[@Kartaal]

Interchange also has a higher transfer rate than regular stations, so people go in and out of trains quicker.

[@HectaSpyrit]

So yeah, "Je me lave la bite" means "Good day to you m'am" in French if you were wondering

[@inflatablewolfie]

I was trying real hard to understand what he was saying. I'd gotten as far as "Je m'y lave mon pite" or something of the sort, which obviously didn't make sense. Slightly knowing him, though, yours makes a lot of sense! So, to you, "Je me lave le bite", which obviously, means "Good day to you sir" :P

[@alicekoscianski]

That is exactly what it means, I can confirm 🤣🤣

[@pyrobro8423]

You sure bout that mate? Cause I personally have a second opinion on its definition

[@heydimejia4641]

Can we all agree that he adores cheese

[@rodepet]

Thanks! I was 😂

[@Bluemangrup]

I'm glad you've taken comment advice to heart :) Some more advice, you can always throw trains around. If they're on the yellow line, you can move them to a different station on the yellow line, or a different coloured line entirely. It's a cheap way to stop timers from running

[@benl6328]

I use Express lines. They cut through Circled lines connecting them all and releaving pressure on all of them. Also crossing lines slows trains down.

[@JoshuaJohnsonHou]

Can you elaborate on express lines?

[@Monkeyshaman]

@@JoshuaJohnsonHou essentially you make a line that only stops at one or two stops in each ringline. They're relatively shortlived as they can tie up any infill stations that appear out of the blue as they're nearly always below max threshold for a good while in their lifecycle.

[@benl6328]

@@JoshuaJohnsonHou well when circle lines get to capacity, instead of adding more trains, I add a line that connects circles lines together. I also aim targets that are rare and that follow logically. I rarely have 2 shapes follow onna express line. That way it takes a weight off circle lines, is super efficient even with only 1 train and connects the rare stations faster to each other. I was able to score over 2500 on Paris using that. Still only been playing a few days. Developing more strategic ways of doing things. Right now I like a big round line with other crossing like a X. Hard to explain here.

[@Anatol_Tobler]

Never cross lains when ther do not us a station to cross. As you sed the crossing outside of stations and cuttingstations will slow down your train. / subway

[@OriginalPiMan]

You're now almost as good as me, despite you having played a lot less, so I only have two pieces of advice that you may follow if you choose: 1) Train lines crossing each other anywhere other than at a station will slow down any train at the crossing. It can sometimes be the right thing to do anyway, but it's something to be aware of. 2) It can be handy to keep one line and train in reserve to quickly fix an overcrowding station. Place the line, let the train load and depart, erase the line. The train will continue to its destination, and then return to your pool of placeable things. The downside is that you're using one fewer lines on an ongoing basis than you technically have available.

[@jenschafer269]

With the second one, keeping an extra tunnel free as well makes this strategy more flexible.

[@RedcubeYT]

French people in video games: "*french noises" Me: "Je m'appelle baguette."

[@sethmacdonald5725]

Hon hon hon, baguette croissant

[@MsArcticFoxy]

@@sethmacdonald5725 Hon Hon Hon, Titty Croissant! xP

[@RealKingChief]

Je ne sais quoi

[@Stella_Mochi]

He missed the '' where is La Bibliothèque ''

[@anamika1791]

Yes of course who isn't a baguette

[@alilsnek7142]

Congrats on hitting 400 k btw. You’re channel’s growing fast and you deserve it

[@Jackduzthings]

For real keep it up man 👍🏻 :)

[@bigsmartbiologist]

:)

[@duythuchoang5095]

Matt always make the videos entertaining on every game he played, I don't know how you did it, but good job mate

[@drdtmm]

he managed to keep me watching two half-hour episodes of *lawn mowing simulator*

[@RealKingChief]

@@drdtmm bruh, real people play lawn mowing simulator and *enjoy it*

[@DavidLin]

One more tip: loop lines must travel in single direction because travelers only choose the shortest route. If a loop only travels in one direction, they have no choice but to board the train.

[@luminariel3765]

Maybe when you start to have bad congestion at certain stations, it's time to delete the lines and rework them again? Once you start getting a lot of stations on the board, you'll be able to make more efficient routes by removing the lines and making new ones :)

[@explosivo666]

Congrats on 400k, I am extremely upset you didn't make a metro line in the strongest shape possible.

[@arya7095]

🗿

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

*t r i n g l e*

[@wingdingfontbro]

The shape is also the hardest too

[@UofU10]

I used to be really into this game a couple years ago, you're managing metro lines much better than I ever did

[@jovialSpecter]

You can tell by the games he plays this man loves his job.

[@14rs2]

When it gets really busy on all the line Don’t be afraid to pause the game and just start again. When you know where all the stations are you can rejig everything to work better from scratch rather than making what you already have work

[@Sloth0553]

I once followed the actual train lines from real life on this game and it actually became self sufficient. I didn’t even have to do anything and kept going till I had like 100k points

[@OriginalPiMan]

Considering that the game is rarely kind enough to give as many lines as some cities have, or to place stations in geographically correct locations, that doesn't really work for me most of the time.

[@foreignbread]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[@nicholashe1198]

Kind of interesting seeing as only hackers can get remotely that high points

[@nabilhusainimohdkamalulabr3088]

I try to do that, but the randomly spawning stations always get in my way

[@Zveebo]

There’s not enough lines to re-create the tube map though, surely? And don’t new stations keep being generated?

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

Matt, if you’re in trouble and a train is on the opposite side of the needed line, you can pick it up and move it to the trouble spot.

[@supersigma83]

RCE's thumbnails are slowly devolving into dangerously funny's

[@nicolasnijhof3654]

"Je me lave la bite" 😂 you nailed it, need more of those french phrases ! Keep it up

[@numbnutss]

wait what does it mean???

[@Nightknight1992]

for lines vs carriages you have to keep in mind, carriages increase your capacity, while lines only improve your shape organisation. you need a healthy mix of both. also circlular lines arent strictly better, you can control which stations get frequented more or less with non-circular lines, while on circular ones all get frequented equally.

[@jajahalpin]

Hey RCE, if you make all the angles on your line at stations 90⁰ or greater, your trains won't stop at a station with no passengers. Also, the big triangle increases transfer speed so it can load/unload faster

[@sergioabrb]

You should try to interconnect the lines on different points so that they don't have only 1 drop-off point but multiple, otherwise, the stations further from a drop-off point will overcrowd

[@ChemicalCrash]

Ah, the slow panic of Mini Metro…😊 🚇 Oh, not sure if anyone mentioned, but crossing metro lines at locations other than a station will slow trains down as they cross. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, though. 😕

[@twinsehgal]

Yay, another video Hope Paddy is doing great

[@geeps0]

Tip: in the late game you can just pause and redo everything.

[@TheSpaceboy33]

I'm so mad because I've been playing this like two months now and didn't realize you could redraw things while paused. I often get top 15% on dailys and somehow never fucking knew this

[@GogiRegion]

@@TheSpaceboy33 It’s been 2 months. How much has your percentage increased?

[@TheSpaceboy33]

@@GogiRegion I stopped playing as soon as Metroid Dread came out tbh

[@Geogamma]

0:25 I’m French and not even I know what came out of your mouth there 🤣

[@FirefoxyLeGibus]

Fucking same

[@DR4LU5]

Very hard to understand with the accent, but I think it's "je lave mon bite" ("I clean my dick" for the English speaker)

[@buzthebee6811]

Lol.

[@klaaskroket3568]

But isn’t it “ma bite”?

[@nox2112]

@@klaaskroket3568 English speakers often have a hard time with genres, it is a well known error.

[@vickyjohnson385]

If I have an extra line, I always try to make a line that connects all the random shapes (so one of each shape on the line) but is the shortest line (so it's like the fast track of getting to every shape on the map). But try to make sure it connects into as many other lines as possible as well!

[@mikelitoris8809]

Serious question for you. How many hours of playing PolyBridge, Mini Motorways, and other similar games do I need to get an engineering degree?

[@GogiRegion]

I’m curious how many games actually teach you enough real world physics to help with IRL engineering.

[@inorganicproduce]

These games don’t teach the physics, math, or science necessary for engineering by a long shot, but playing with simulations that are based on real-world data, or, theoretical equations to some extent, can offer a physical understanding and intuition for such systems that use the engineering skills and knowledge, which is important, too.

[@RealCivilEngineerGaming]

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[@sfsasteroid1]

@@RealCivilEngineerGaming not funny for me

[@shaynme8560]

30 secs in the video and i am already laughing my ass off… Make an entire episode in french pls 🤣🤣🤣

[@debilusm8297]

0:24 i m french and i didn t even understood what you said (exept the funny last word)

[@meltedcalippo]

"I'll let the French people in chat translate that for you..." Chat? Been streaming bit too much lately, RCE? 😅

[@meltedcalippo]

@Someone lol X to doubt.

[@Thewardra]

'' I'm washing my d ''

[@southaussiegarbo2054]

@@Thewardra really 😂

[@FightLikeHell]

"J'aime le fromage" means "I love cheese" "Je me lave mon (ma) bite" means "I'm washing my knob"

[@sgt_castor]

@@FightLikeHell Merci, j'avais pas compris la 2eme phrase (même en tant que français)

[@Noone-wq8ml]

12:21 "oh.... Balls..."

[@aquated-p]

Congrats on 400k it only took a week to get 100k and it's going up fast. I can already see you hit 1M at the end of the year.

[@raquatv]

*me eating my poutine RCE : "je me lave la bitte" *almost choked

[@Fightre_Flighte]

Why did you make me google this...?

[@syntax6788]

@@Fightre_Flighte Why’d you let him make me good this…?

[@Fightre_Flighte]

@@syntax6788 Because it's funny.

[@cok666joey]

merci... j'avais compris fuckall

[@plownarks8416]

bonjour, individu québécois

[@jaknowwho]

My personal strat is to have certain lines loop with others used as connecting lines to said loops. Not sure if it's the best strategy ever but it works for a bit.

[@jamesrugless7994]

I stumbled across this channel when it only had 20 subs and yes it did go up little by little but holy Jesus this mans sub counts going up by over 5k a bloody day good job man keep it up

[@simongut3412]

I play this game too and I feel like connecting all rare shapes with an additional line is very efficient

[@Jourdainist]

You actually can undo a train. If you delete the line, the train returns to your arsenal after unpause and let the train empty out

[@aquated-p]

10:20 can i grab this train? Yes i can grab this train My brain : how the heck do you grab a train lift it in the air and put it on the other part of the track?

[@SgtKOnyx]

And how is that not broken?

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

helicopters. really, really powerful helicopters.

[@MrDannyDetail]

In real life? A lorry with a crane on it (and convenient service roads running along the line at the correct places). The only unrealistic thing in the game is that you can lift and move a train loaded with passengers, which probably wouldn't fly with the train company's health and safety department in real life.

[@Aarongla55]

keep redoing the whole map trying to have one of every common shape on each line. then with the rare shapes make them the interchanges between lines and have them as apart of each line. also have the trains at opposite sides of the circut going tip to tail( Both in the same direction e.g.both going clockwise)

[@justmemy1banana]

Please put these games in dark mode... my eyes... my eyes cannot.

[@keiz_]

Congrats on 400k!! This video is the best way to spend my lunch break too

[@ewengalerne1754]

0:24 even french people didn't understand

[@nekto4658]

Hmm, what if plus is hospital? Circles - houses? Squares - shopping centres? Triangles - work places? Please, continue my thoughts :)

[@ajmeipalu1051]

Different rare shapes could also be tourist attractions or landmarks or parks

[@arya7095]

Tbh I think the squares should be houses cuz in topographical sheets they are represented by squares...

[@arya7095]

But with the bigger rate of spawn of circles, you could say that they are houses hmm

[@wingdingfontbro]

Hearts are.... I will let you think about it

[@Totally_Bonkers]

@@wingdingfontbroadoption centers or daycares

[@Natt7672]

I'm French and this intro was really good (and your school probably was the best lol)

[@CloroxBleach.]

what did he say? 😂

[@Natt7672]

@@CloroxBleach. Go to French class :) (even tho they won't teach you that at all)

[@iamukasa]

I'm always optimizing on having the least number of river crossings so I don't worry about future tunnels

[@-OBJ]

The center of the map as it grows tends to spawn more people and more train stations

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

Some of the maps have unique trains and such, it really makes me want to unlock everything. Not sure if motorways has similar.

[@particleonazock2246]

Osaka: shinkansen

[@davidholland4713]

Very entertaining. Having no loops and all lines meeting at at a single square is another option.

[@sebl.5014]

I was waiting for so long for you to speak French! I’m a happy frog now! Perfect choice of a sentence too !

[@luizmarinho1632]

Dot

[@didi0625]

@Vlad Caba something like "i'm washing my dick", but with a terrible accent and almost ok pronouns ahaha

[@RougeEric]

@@didi0625 Yeah, it's more along the lines of "I'm a washing me d*ck". For anyone interested, the proper way of pronouncing it (writing phonetically here to avoid spam filters and make it easy to pronounce for anglophones; it wouldn't be written this way): "Je lav ma beet" or possibly "Je m'lav lah beet"

[@spottyrules6678]

Thanks for explaining the game every video!

[@trxn2410]

thank you rce you really got me into your architecture hobby!

[@aquated-p]

0:25 starting up with something i have no idea what it means but i do know it's gonna be great

[@Venslix]

As a french, I don't understand either

[@blackkninga9639]

I'm french too and he just said " je me lave la bitte "

[@tiger2498]

Interchanges transfer passengers off of the stop much more quickly, so if you have somewhere connected to lots of places IE: the square on the right, they'l be good

[@NelielSugiura]

Aww, mate, I was really hoping for the "Peace, love, and tunnels!" line. :(

[@thegamingninja6687]

When ur stuck in the French metro but school taught you how to say “J’adore Du fromage” (I love cheese): 🕺

[@SpahGaming]

It's le/la not du

[@alicekoscianski]

J'adore le fromage, surtout le camembert de Normandie

[@thegamingninja6687]

@@SpahGaming it doesn’t really matter as it was a joke anyways

[@yessno8800]

Now all need is... ROUNDABOUTS 😎

[@j-hackhammer6078]

french here, you have a rather nice french pronounciation, not gonna lie, even though i did not understand what you meant in your second attempt, you have all of my support and a subscription from me :D

[@bluefalcongaming5946]

RCE, The white lines in stations indicate a line is passing through but not stopping, so your blue/yellow crossover and orange/green/pink were bad as lines wernt some joined up to the station.

[@GauravSingh-ol6me]

Rce: this is looking quite good The game 10 seconds later just because: let's bully him and give him a rareeeee shape Game developers laughing in the background because rce is getting bullied

[@crumblesilkskin]

everytime RCE uploads i have a tiny hope that its factorio

[@JoJoDo]

A carriage is better than a line most of the time. A carriage can move 6 more shapes and a line actually needs another locomotive which could've been on a different line.

[@IgorShinob]

You can move the trains as you wish.... you move it, wait it to reach the next station and it apears on the desired location... This strategy saved my game so many times....

[@IgorShinob]

you did it just after a writed this.... LOL!

[@digimanga]

I love the "hello fellow engineers" in the beginning

[@TheOfficialDorianelevator]

the french pronounciation parts made me laugh since im french lol

[@EleBug]

No Jemmy, NO! Don't u dare wash that!

[@Shxne95]

A helpful tip for you. Try and avoid lines crossing not through stations. This slows the trains down. For example the blue and yellow line

[@MrTheta78]

0:30 as a French person, I didn't understand what you said. ^^

[@PaarthGuptaYT]

0:12 - 0:31 “Oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Lafayette The Lancelot of the revolutionary set I came from afar just to say, ‘Bonsoir’ Tell the King, ‘Casse toi!’ Who's the best? C'est moi!”

[@Rigel2221984]

Watching you play makes me feel so smart. I put my own pants on today!

[@channelnamehere8924]

Is it weird how I can see exactly how to make this more efficient or has my love of trains actually been made useful?

[@Dsjlbc]

2 circles next to each other isn’t advisable but sometimes one is just for picking up passengers

[@samplautz5586]

You can also put two lines together and have then travel the same routes, essentially providing double the trains to two stations

[@TheTrueForbidden]

i used to play this game a lot and seeing you play it is amazing

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

Your vids are so helpful! I’m new to Mini Metro. Happily frustrated is my mood lol. It’s a fun game. Thanks for the tips.

[@pitchoun]

Gonna be honest I'm French and I don't know what he said the second time. First one was "j'adore le fromage" which is I love cheese. Lol

[@2jupiterandback]

Aight France, you know what to do.

[@abdulalimmahir]

I recently played in London map. I got tons of circles of bottom-right and squares on top-left and top-middle, A few triangle here and there and all those crazy shapes taking over the map. Too cunning.

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

Cant believe you found mini motorways before this old thing

[@nuhakhaled6341]

Basically shouting at the screen from 10:57 to 11:35 for Matt to notice that triangle station! :D

[@pyrobro8423]

“I’ll let the French people translate that for you…” I’m French and I prefer not translating that

[@bernadettemontembault665]

As a fellow frenchman i join you in your endeavour not to translate that

[@corslyn]

J'aime le piment d'Espelette.

[@STORMFIRE07]

Dew it

[@pyrobro8423]

Im not getting on KZbin’s bad side right now no thank you

[@cylofive_Media]

Man, i just graduated at a full french high school and i have no idea what the 2nd phrase was 😅

[@matiasharrison3055]

Did anyone else think the purple line got kind of similar to the strongest shape??

[@s.m.2523]

.... congratulation on making the actual Paris metro look simple by comparaison :p

[@nekto4658]

"Paris ♂️wee wee♂️" - @Real Civil Engineer

[@Rkcuddles]

The trains slow down when you cross tracks. Crossing at station is best since they would slow down anyways. Think of circles as the suburbs. They need to be connected to squares or town centers. The odd shapes are attractions for tourists that come in through triangles. I don’t have a clever thing for triangles…

[@rachcat4]

I would have personally had one line connected to the bottom half and just have one tunnel connecting to the bottom. And agree with the comments. Connect all the special shapes with one line. Carriages are your best friend. Try to have two trains going the opposite direction of each other

[@EuanBCFC]

“No I’m not leaving that in” - Leaves it in

[@pzarn3574]

If you want to look at some strategy for the game, skye storme has some good videos

[@hugofedex]

Ahahah, I'm a french guy and the "Paris, OUI OUI OUI" was amazing. And the little sentence you learnt at school... I won't translate it because, it's bad, really bad 😭.

[@raquatv]

why? it's a really importante thing to do!

[@md.abulkalamazad6847]

Try kingdom's and Castles It's a medieval period city builder

[@maxencedowns8981]

been trying to get him to play this for a while

[@affablegiraffable]

I got this because it came with mini motorways and it's so fucking addicting. I can't stop worrying about imaginary trains!

[@happyman816]

Man, you're really growing. Love your videos and congrats on 400k, you deserve it Edit: I realize this is a bit copied sorry a lil snek

[@ger128]

It would be so great if they could just "drag and drop" subway lines in real life, instead of costing $2billion and taking 10 years...

[@evanavich6969]

You forgot the classic GCSE French phrase "j'aime joue au foot avec mon amis"

[@bobbyggare8364]

you have to put severel trains on the same line more often. you can move them around later.