Transport Fever 2 - Ep 8 - Branching Out

[@raafayrazzaq7328]

Love the series. With the finances in 200 mil range, feels a bit sad that 1B is gonna come up soon and the series will end lol. Will love to see more cargo stuff.

[@baranoid]

The goal should be 1 googol or something

[@theproginge]

@@baranoid The second goal is to connect all the cities too so hopefully should prolong the finish lol

[@lkslokinhow]

That's something I dislike in this game. Setup a few workhg lines and boom, you will soon be swimming in money and you will never have to change anything in those lines. Okay for medium difficulty, but on hard it should be more challenging. I remember that in RT2 the cities demands changed as times goes on (for example, no more crude milk after year x), so it made the player rethink lines from time to time.

[@MichaelTavares]

He'll reach the money easily but then he'll have to work to connect all cities

[@baranoid]

@@theproginge riiight so that means we'll have more than possibly 10 episodes, phew

[@DanCojocaru2000]

As a hint, at 23:50 you could just place the station building right next to the bus station and they would connect without a road.

[@leagueofrailway101]

Yeah that's what I was shouting at just put it right next to bus stop

[@joshdorries7264]

But, he said he may want to expand the bus station later therefore, he put a space in-between the train station and the bus station.

[@shinyshoes101]

I guess Paul doesn’t realise this is a thing - he specifically said the bus and train needs a road connection between them, which they don’t. Paths will join the 2 if they are close enough!

[@renatafarrow6335]

WoW

[@OpheliaNygmos]

This is quickly becoming a fave series of mine! I could watch you play this game for hours. You have such a great way of explaining things. I would love love an in depth tutorial on signals. I always think I understand it and then I mess something up. Thanks for another great video!

[@Pro_Existance]

I have never seen so many likes but no comments

[@rodwhitney8236]

A tutorial on signalling would honestly be great! Trying to figure it all out is a littleeee confusing... 😂 Loving how much everything is growing!! 😁

[@HCMCDrives]

I may have missed something, but on your Romsey Oil Line, you could have the trains bringing oil back, after having having delivered crude. At the moment you are trucking it, but the trains could easily drop it off on the way back, rather than return empty through the station.

[@flanniganflintson1135]

This would also reset the trains speed.. Not sure if it would have a more negative impact on its current financials though

[@_majortom_]

When expanding roads in towns: think about avoiding T shape junctions and make X shape crossroads. Just extend the roads a little bit. It will prevent houses to appear at the the junctions and make your future expansions nice and tidy.

[@EthanBorsboom]

But in the world of traffic management you want to avoid x junctions like the plague

[@_majortom_]

@@EthanBorsboom Well, yes and no. If you force your lines to never turn left (or right in left side driving countries) i.e. not to mess with incoming traffic, you can make it work nicely.

[@AlexJeffDust-RenAzuma66]

If you're using parallel tracks mod, the automatic parallel one will always be on the left of the track you put, so if you drag the right side, the parallel track will work as intended. On 3 tracks, it will put it to its left and right, and on 4, it will put one more on the left

[@scottsmith1525]

I personally try to avoid using a signal where it could potentially stop a train over a set of points and block the points. It can cause problems with clogging up lines later on.

[@crazyrobots6565]

In other games, that is the reason for chain signals. But I didn't see the option in this game?

[@rochmel1409]

I must admit i was confused at the placing of a signal just after a point. Maybe I need to sign up for the tutorial :-)

[@xZise]

@@crazyrobots6565 You don't need this option in this game. The track behind a train is automatically cleared, so as soon as a train clears a point, another train can pass them. So you only need a signal before entering a block and not to exit a block (like in the real world).

[@crazyrobots6565]

@@xZise but how would the issue being discussed now be resolved? A train could enter the junction, then stop in the junction. How in this game (or in real life) do you prevent that train from stopping in the junction?

[@xZise]

@@crazyrobots6565 A train (usually) only stops at a signal or in a station, so the next signal after a junction (in the direction of travel) is placed in such a manner that a stopped train won't block the junction. If you want, try looking up "path signals" for the game OpenTTD as they work the same in Transport Fever 2. Maybe it is clearer with images :-)

[@joegragg7265]

Hey Squirrel, you can also connect the train stations directly to the bus stops rather than using a road to connect them. I am liking this series though great content here

[@WarmApplePye]

Bit old but there's a mod "ext.roads - footpaths standalone" which allows you to place pedestrian paths anywhere. So you can use it to connect stations directly to bus / tram spots without full roads. It's a game changer

[@drewferg9]

I'm not the first to point this out in this series, but in case you decide to make a stand alone signalling video: It's a path-based signalling system. Do not put release signals directly after a junction, they need to be a train's length away from the points. You can cause a major train jam when wagons overhang the points on a busy junction. Had it happen plenty of times in TpF1, seen it happen to plenty of youtubers since then as well. Learn from our mistakes! :)

I started watching this series in episode 1, and I've been loving it so far. So far, that I bought the game and I'm having a blast myself!

[@zKoDzGaming]

i would personally like to see a video explaining signaling for trains, i have a fairly good idea of how they work but still get confused every so often

[@NavidIsANoob]

A tutorial on signaling would be great!

[@ronanbrady8738]

ur just dust

[@TheCdjef3]

I was just sitting here refreshing until this uploaded , favorite series on KZbin right now

[@huubroest3891]

Haha same

[@elliotward896]

Me too!

[@William_Hispania_Racing_Team]

Meh

[@zKoDzGaming]

I look every day hoping another video is posted, please go past the 1b and connect all the cities

[@BumyMobile]

Same lol

[@MovieManiac736]

I am struggling with rail intersections and signaling them. So I would love tutorial. Great game and great videos.Love it.

[@semiperfekt]

You can connect the train station directly to a bus station. You dont need to build a road between them cause they will be connected by a walking path. Also I think you should stop the time for a while.

[@datboitrooper1255]

i haven't watched a proper series of yours since my summer car, im really enjoying this one keep up the good work!

[@Aramus67]

thoroughly enjoying this series. took the seed and initial briefing to play along. couldn't stop and the year is 2000 and there are $20 billion in the bank without trying particularly hard. maybe up your goal a bit? keep up the good work!

[@Frostrazor]

love the series. Yes a SIGNAL tutorial is much needed and appreciated. I think i've got some of it - but still trying to wrap my head around some of the 'why' logic to be able to apply elsewhere. Loving what your making here. I just bought the game a week ago or so when it was on sale on Steam due to your series here - so they owe you thanks for this customer.

[@Jim.Hummel]

Loving this format, Squirrel. Hearing your reasoning is enlightening. I know you've already stated your goal here but I'd love to see you keep rolling with this to discover the later game management strategies after everything is connected. I'm sure continued growth and expansion will continue to present problems to overcome. Thanks again for sharing your talents!

[@greyed]

27:36 - "It's aesthetics... It's up to you." 3 minutes earlier. "I like things to look good..." Hmmm-mmm, we know you were gonna put that road there before you did. :P

[@frabac72]

I am amazed at how much you do for city planning and expanding. I agree that left to themselves cities make... questionable choices but that's a lot of time/money spent on that. I will try to do that more next time I start a map :-)

[@harpshirefarm323]

New subscriber. I just recently discovered your channel and this series. While I only play on console and can't put everything to use that you can, I can apply quite a bit and your way of explaining things is incredibly helpful. Oh and on a side note, I will happily watch your videos even if they are regarding a game/s I don't play. That's how great they are so thank you good sir.

[@joejoebear4232]

imagine living in 1944 and your mayor says he won't upgrade transport because he gotta wait for the 1946 upgrades

[@zombee0036]

38:50 you dont need the arrows, keys , and . are working for that as well (might be depending on keyboard layout, the ones above right alt), they also work for all buildings also about a signaling tutorial, pls understand signals in this game first before making them, your signaling is highly inefficient, some points to improve: - there are no release signals needed - non 1 way signals are super important on shared lines in interchange and station areas - depot merges never need a signal on the running tracks, they are best put in in the middle of a block with a signal stopping the train from the depot. you never want a running line to wait for a train coming out of the depot just to example this: the depot signals at 42:00, there would have been 2 signals needed to cover everything, right before the depot line merges onto the main line, passing trains clear the tracks automatically when they've passed and you got now trains with passengers possibly stopping a lot longer for the depot train to go since the depot train is in the block for much longer with low speed. Next is just a personal preferance but id also have made it 2 way signals with double track merge since that way is more realistic and i had some situations already where i actually drove a train home into the depot ^^

[@jessebrust6271]

hahaha such advanced tips and ur not gonna tell him he can simply make a railwaycrossing 32:22 he really doesn’t know what he’s doing but ok

[@zombee0036]

@@jessebrust6271 lol i think he explained in great detail why he doesnt do those :D and he knows about crossings

[@l1amcs270]

Absolutely loving the series, keep it up!

[@aesmoden3210]

You really don't want to put signals on the main line when a new train gets added. The new train is going to be empty and can give way to anything that is already established on the route.

[@dylannichols7653]

Loving this series, long time fan of the channel but this is the first series in a while that has me suckered right back In. Everyday hoping to see another episode :) I guess I will have to watch your other transport fever series now to soak up the time

[@Kolby3886]

Absolutely Love this Series.

[@BoomerKeith1]

I thought it would take a long time to get to 1 billion, however, you're already at 200k and with the new bus/train lines that's only going to go up. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@DieyoungDiefast]

When putting a station into Mablethorpe you'd have found the sloping station mod handy, saves earthworks.

[@rambobannana]

Man, I wish school was this interesting. Skipping watching my engineering videos to watch what is transport fever school lol

[@neutralguy3221]

Playing this seed along with you. Love the series, learning a lot! Keep 'em coming!

[@mohamedmather6833]

Please continue on past a billion you the best at this game that I have seen so far and it's really interesting content

[@nordemoniac]

Fantastic series. I purchased this game 2 years back, and I've never played it, just played TF1 for a couple of hours. Time to get started I guess!

[@shura4136]

I love that I get the binge watch this for a while until I get to episode 34

[@hikarirayzone2008]

watching squirrel's series of transport fever 2 actually makes me want to buy the game, even though i suck at city building games.

[@MrDocLoki]

I really like this series

[@billybobgamingchannel]

Really enjoying this series. Looking for a series game to start a series on. Will add this to the possibles

[@tanimxabid7836]

Love this series. Please upload ep as soon as possible.

[@pokerkid2012]

Just finished the last episode so glad theres already another one.

[@EngineeringVignettes]

One thing that I am not sure of is the use of signals directly after a merge point on rail. As I understand it, if that signal blocks, then a train could stop at it (the signal) and then it (the stopped train) would block the merge or crossover point and hold up yet another train. Note: I graduated from the Factorial school of train switch engineering so this game may do things differently... In that game the "clearing" switch was placed far enough from the merge point that a train could stop at it without blocking the merge. Learned a few other things, thanks for the videos, very useful! Cheers,

[@NapFloridian]

love these TechnoHamster (aka Squirrel) videos

[@nathanswick231]

I wanna see planes and cargo ships plzzzzz!! But keep up the great work, this is such a fun series to watch I go on everyday waiting for a new episode!!!!

[@vectortrails89]

Really enjoying this series squirrel 🤘

[@atukeimaureen761]

from UGANDA HERE THEIR ARE MANY TRUCKS AND I LOVE THE VIDEOS

[@tomcooney183]

So excited to see a new episode out!

[@DSS553]

Love this series. Keep'em coming!

[@kieranviner9496]

Best series on KZbin 😁

[@JimbobsTransportVideos]

15:29 always double check indeed I had a game with a 5 platform truck station and they all were placed on one platform didn’t notice for 10 mins lol

[@robitistv7799]

The best series EVERR

[@mikepenn8273]

This is fun watching high

[@F22raptor101]

absolutely loving this series. is there any timeline for landlord super? I really miss that game

[@jonmillercolo]

love the series!

[@BeastyBill88]

Squirrel can I ask, are you stopping the series as soon as you reach 1 billion or will you continue until every town and industry is connected across the map? Loving the series so far, I've got over 1,000 hours in this game but as stupid as it sounds... There is some things that I've learnt by watching the series so thank you :)

[@christianlingelbach5327]

Reading the discription of the video might yield some answers

[@BeastyBill88]

@@christianlingelbach5327 You know what... That's a good point lol and I'm always the one moaning about people not reading the description in videos, yet I'm doing it myself 😂

[@cpm324]

A thousand hours? On a video game, you may want to rethink your life.

[@BeastyBill88]

@@cpm324 not thousands... I've played 1,018 hours and not being funny but that's fuck all compared to some of the stats I've seen on people's steam games, someone I know has OVER 10,000+ hours on a final fantasy game... And you're telling me to get a life? Lol 😂 I have one thanks and besides them 1,018 hours I've played, that's since the game was released 2 years ago.

[@TheOneTrueJoss]

@@BeastyBill88 "You have fun with your spare time? How dare you! You should have a miserable life like me!"

[@TeamGadge]

Keep up the good work dude

[@qjzx]

Love this series

[@rorycolquhoun7840]

I would really appreciate it if you did a signaling tutorial, they are just so confusing! :)

[@martiaseques]

More, more, more!! Loving the series

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

*Yes!* Well.. what I do with commuter trains is put an MU and then some older, lighter weight passenger cars that don't limit the top speed by more than 15-20 km/h. (In Transport Fever, that would be with the help of mods, a Red Arrow and two kkStB third class express coaches. This train still accelarates kind of well, with higher capacity, but is limited to 110 km/h.)

[@ParkeraNZ]

You do NOT need a road to connect a train station to a bus stop or even a truck stop. The RR station can connect directly to them, same as a port can.

[@couplingrhino]

Just FYI, you can compare the output of a factory to the rate of the line supplying it. Once you know the annual output, you can precisely calibrate the number of vehicles and/or carriages needed for maximum profit. Another thing to consider is the weight of a loco compared to its power. The maintenance cost of vehicles is calculated based on Power (KW or HP) * capacity. The weight, top speed or tractive effort have no effect on maintenance cost of locomotives; you do pay slightly more maintenance for faster carriages. This means that trains with a better power to weight ratio will be a lot more profitable, as they can move more wagons or weight for a given maintenance cost (= power). Revenue per delivered unit is calculated based on top speed of the vehicle * distance.

[@hamza-8978]

i would love a tutorial on signalling. it always goes over my head

[@T34theAmericanheavy]

Hurrah! Another new episode!

[@Snipermicke]

great videos thanks. the city will exapand and what i think is to pre build cirkels around the city with dedicadet buss lanes and let the cite expand around the roads.

[@Snipermicke]

cirkel and then another cirkel outside and put buss stops on that cirkel and build cirkels out .

[@GewelReal]

20:30 RIP skyscraper

[@NachoCam04]

I love this series!!

[@cresshead]

transport fever -live updates with panic buying fuel shortages and petrol pump punch ups! the new street fighter expansion pack!

[@Epinardscaramel]

7:23 Do bus stops “attract” people close to them as well?

[@pecky7989]

keem em coming mate

[@ToriEmi]

You do not need a road connection between a bus station and a train station. If you build them close enough, they will have the footpath thingies connecting them.

[@askee_lp7036]

Investing, favourite word

[@fr36r1k]

13:30, That loop is killing me :§

[@atukeimaureen761]

wow i always love your vids and i from UGANDA where there many trucks

[@3h0mps]

Great content!

[@Trollisboy1]

5:08 a bendy road for the bendy people

[@thailex100]

Happy newyear 2023

[@GloryGamer88]

I would like to see more on the signaling. I know that I can have either signal down One way or two way, but want to have a good understanding on when to use them on two track setup.

[@lukeboyuk83]

I used to live in Leigh. It was a horrible nasty little town. We got letters from the police warning us we were in a crime hotspot and to keep our doors and windows locked. You know its bad when the police are telling you your gonna be robbed lol.

[@nolimits7283]

We need more more more!!😂😂

[@TabarnacosGuy]

If you want to explain the trains, try voxel tycoon its the same game but pixel-y. It explains the train networks with colour pretty well !

[@zamza9943]

I like this series a lot, I feel like you are taking forever to upload new episodes😭

[@AaronShenghao]

The short hand you were looking for is EMU, electric multiple unit

[@DamoQuinn]

@Squirrel, Princes Risborough is a village in Buckinghamshire between Amersham and Aylesbury.

[@StoRedMage33]

If I remember correctly you don't need a road between the bus station and the train you can connect the train station directly to the bus station.

[@Spotless-guy]

16:43 roundabout in the corner: 😢

[@Dragonic_Kouya]

As far as I know you can put the Train Station directly next to the Bus Station and it will connect

[@scriptwrecker3741]

Ah yes, videos like this make KZbin great again

[@BunkerFox]

Squirrel, That whole bit where you were trying to get a bridge over the railway and went with a tunnel. Wouldn't it have just been easier to make the railway bridge over the road instead?

[@jdm2092]

This makes a great tutorial

[@sparkyplug28]

A video on signals would be great

[@Davide608]

You should do the other transports and maybe considering creating another resource line besides food/oil

[@fallenhawk871]

Bus/Truck and Railroad station can be build right next to each other no roads need.

[@Xegethra]

Having to place unconnected roads is a bit weird. There no foot path option?

[@leonscape]

No, you don't. He just thinks you do, you can just place them close, and the paths will connect to each other.

[@Xegethra]

@@leonscape I see.

[@mikkelmolesen5301]

It would be nice to have some more rides on the trains and busses

[@BigBadBelgium9803]

Recently found the game and your videos about it. Must admit I might be a bit hooked on both One question do, dispute using the same settings as you do and the custom seed you use I never get the same map as you have, not even close. Is this normal or?

[@mrcata7521]

I’m wondering if why you only upgraded the routes for the city to city buses and not the inner city buses. Towns like Leigh would be as cheap as possible right now and you had over $180 million, so why not upgrade the inner city bus routes to roads with bus lanes and bite the bullet on building being demolished for a much faster bus network once the city grows?

[@Petri_Pennala]

WE NEED MORE

[@Epinardscaramel]

22:58 A LITTLE BIT! 😧