Train Valley 2 - Level 47: Radio Telescope FAST (5 Stars)

A quick video on how I approached the Train Valley 2 level - 47: Radio Telescope FAST

[@devpeck1]

The power line thing was driving me absolutely crazy. First time I've had to look up a strategy. Thanks dude!

[@S2isDrawingDead]

I completely relate - took me a long time to crack

[@spatrompete2601]

Yep it was a pain this mission

[@skaffen]

Same thing. 8:56 the solution is SO counter-untuitive lol, you have to avoid making a bridge

[@tassie7325]

I think that the devs really dropped the ball on this one. I knew that tracks only needed to touch without necessarily being functional, in order to make the electrical connection, but it still took me a while to find the spot (I approached it from the south with a bridge next to the sandpit (I didn't spot the hidden track well spotted by FrancisXIV). It was also possible to surmise that the machine factory would become accessible once the RT was built. But the real frustration was that requirement to get the materials to the radio telescope. The situation was exacerbated by the fact that the NW station had the dedicated requirement of copper wire making it appear that the steel plate and microchips must be delivered to the SW station. Had the copper wire requirement been at the RT instead of the station it may have been easier to understand the intent.

[@S2isDrawingDead]

Yeah, i thought it was a bit rough - basically the devs expecting you to use something that seems like an exploit of their setup

[@zacharybecker8228]

Oh im so glad i looked this up i didnt realize that either of the middle stations could take the resources

[@GeoffreyWare]

Thank you very much for your help The power line thing was getting me too

[@HistoryAndFilms]

Two points for radar delivery - its the thing confound me.

[@radiationcow]

Thanks for this video. I struggled with the power line thing as well, it's definitely one of the worst levels in the game.

[@JohnnyNumber11]

thanks for this vid. i knew that electric stuff, but i didnt know, that it doesnt matter where to bring the stuff to the telescope...

[@Septimus_ii]

That's why I came here. I assumed that I had to get it to the one that was leading from the telescope and wasn't asking very anything else...

[@yamantaka9365]

very helpful, this one was tricky

[@Arganoid]

I didn't see the route that goes from the bottom to the top so I had the top stations taking the long route around the map, past the left city

[@FrancisXIV]

There are two secret passages in this level. To connect to power, there's no need to build two bridges - just at the left of the left town, stright upwards, there is a slope you can build tracks on. And there is another slope near the copper mine, towards the wire factory, letting you travel by the water bank one less time.

[@tassie7325]

Well spotted on the track by the SW station. 👍 I too approached the electrical connection from the South, but I built a bridge near the sandpit.

[@gus.smedstad]

To be clear: there are two tiles in the woods directly north of the south-west train station that can reach the plateau without using bridges. You still have to form a cross-intersection as shown in the video to connect to the power station. This lets you bring power to the east side of the map fairly early, early enough that you can make some Graduates and jump start the early part of the level. Never did figure out what the second bit Francis is referring to. “Copper mine” is the structure to the south, and the “wire factory” is in the NE, but I couldn’t make heads or tails of what “travel by the water bank” meant.

[@jscheesy6]

God thank you for the translation!!!

[@tomoliop]

Couldn't find the route to the green factory thingy, thanks!

[@Tomohiko_JPN_1868]

One of the Best Example of badly designed puzzle in-game. the solution is NOT elegant, is counter-intuitive. if i was a designer, i put Underground Tunnel with dead-end near the power plant, so that player can connect the power cable (and No train pass).

[@sfcClovis]

Yeah, just got stuck here. The other thing they could have done is that when they introduced how tracks deliver electricity, to require the player to connect it through crossed tracks like they did here. I don't know if the tutorial prompt even explained that crossed tracks works. If I had seen this mechanic in action, I would have been searching for this solution. It is actually a nice puzzle. The two areas never become connected until the end, but there's just no clear way for the player to understand the mechanic. Normally it is fun how the level can change as you go. It is surprising since so many of the levels seem very complicated and dynamic, yet a careful player can fairly easily complete them on the first try. Not sure how they let this slip through.

[@mfraye12]

@@sfcClovis I know this comment is ancient sorry, but the tutorial said that power stations need to be connected by tracks because powerlines run along the tracks. They didn't explicitly say that crossroads would work, but they also didn't say that the tracks would have to be able to be passed by trains. Just that they had to be connected. I'm on the fence on whether this was too opaque or cleverly tricky. There are previous puzzles that have powerlines connecting via crossroads (though ones that trains are able to travel on) so it wasn't totally without precedent.

[@skaffen]

@@mfraye12 Yeah but you would never do it this way because you could do it the intuitive way. Not here. So it is without precedent for me.

[@mdf9671]

I discover by myself the way to bring electricty between the two networks. I tried to bring processors to the telescope before steel by there an order to bring the materials. Not easy to guess the order of delivery ... And how to connect the machine plant in the top ? You have to wait to full deliver the telescope ... Not easy too ... Thanks for the video.

[@Bambeakz]

This game is so unclear with new mechanics/rules. I had no clue i could send parts for the satelite to the other station so was breaking my head how to connect tracks.

[@routonfang8414]

& thank you

[@routonfang8414]

Ok Dodge city the devs totally cheated on this one