Transport Fever 2 TUTORIAL: GUARANTEED PROFITABLE CARGO START! (1850), Part 2: Trains

[@draygontaygen677]

Just love the way you explain things, simple and straight to the point. And of course it wouldn't be you if the technical terms wornt in it. 😀

[@yumpinyiminy963]

Your such a fun teacher to watch!

[@123stew]

At 33:00 when you were upgrading the trains, there is a more efficient way to do it. As far as i can tell the trains dont have to be physically in the depot to edit them. If you send the trains to the depot and immediately pause the game, go to the depot and the trains should be ready to edit. Once you are done assign them back to the line and unpause the game.

[@francoisdebarros8211]

You were excellent with Factorio, you have not lost your skills with Transport Fever 2. Thanks a lot.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Thank you!

[@mbietend]

it's amazing. the trick to half the cost for building tracks is new for me. You are my personal hero KoS. :)

[@theycallmerye2814]

Thanks for this tutorial! I remember making a truck line so far and a train line so short I ended up bankrupt. Very silly of me. This cleared many things for me so thank you

[@cjrecord]

I'm being picky, because I'm in grading brain. At 22:41 "Train Cargo" TC for the logs/planks/tools route "Rail Cargo" RC for the tools/town route I thought you were using "RC" in the other LPs for "Road Cargo"?

[@berlindude75]

Yeah, can be confusing. And because the game considers passengers as a type of cargo in its windows and menus, I would go with "Freight" for the lines like Skye Storme: RF, TF, SF, AF (RP, TP, SP, AP)

[@tomdurkin2583]

A great little video. Showed a couple of things that I've been missing that will now make progress much easier! Thanks, and keep up the good work!!!!

[@CoRektOh]

I just recently stumbled upon your channel. You have great content. I am a fan of competent people. You definitely qualify. Happy to subscribe. If you want to expand from gaming videos I can definitely see you doing technology explainer type of stuff. You definitely have a great voice for it.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy my content!

[@danbada]

Thank you! You made my start in the game a lot easier, and in a fun way! :)

[@KatherineOfSky]

Glad I could help! Have fun!

[@elchikoriko592]

So why do I need to send trains to the depot to upgrade? Is it cheaper than just doing it ON the line? If so, how much are you saving by halting production vs. just upgrading on the line? BTW!~ Thanks for the really great in-depth tutorials!!

[@nowhereman2999]

The video was uploaded before the patch that let you upgrade on the line.

[@prebenlm]

Watching this I wish Transport Fever 2 would have a "blueprint mode", where you could plan out and easily modify infrastructure without actually using any money before you "commit it" and tell it to actually be built. As you're in this blueprint mode you could have a money spent summary with details. Actually wondering if any games like this have something like that, because I've never seen something like it in any game.

[@KatherineOfSky]

I remember something like that, but I can't recall which game I saw it in. You could plan the whole structure out before committing to it, and it was a great thing for making sure stuff fit and how much it would cost. Will see if I can remember.

[@Lazarus31884]

Anno1800 does this

[@okamishiranui7841]

In Surviving Mars construction works a bit differently; you place a structure first and then drones will gather resources for it before building. In this way, you can plan out your dome layout before building it later on.

[@PrimeNPC]

It's a completely different theme but still considered a management game with a extensive options for building, literally square by square. Prison Architect allows you to do this and the best part is that once you've blueprinted it all out and optimised the delivery bay (for building materials and all other deliveries) location you can then lay out the actual plans and watch in time-lapse fashion as your little workers, that you individually hire, go about building your prison from the foundations up

[@SuzySuziko]

Thank you much :) That was most helpful to me.

[@balvarinenz]

is that a custom made map? ive never seen three tiles set up so perfectly near towns that need those end products, i have to go to the left on my map to get lumber the bottom right to make planks then the top right to get tools, same with the oil line

[@KatherineOfSky]

Nope, this was a randomly generated map from the game. I did not edit it at all.

[@GretchenDawntreader]

do industries need room to get larger when they level up or is it just a different graphic. Just wondered, watching the train platforms with the industries between it and a road, if there is any concern with restricting room to grow?

[@KatherineOfSky]

The buildings don't change when they level up, it's just a number on the progress bar.

[@AntonMans]

Oil Well to Oil Refinery is a nice little earner. Make sure the Refinery is not uphill from the oil Well.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Doesn't matter as long as there is another refinery downhill! :-)

[@AntonMans]

Indeed, but keep the distances as short as possible - early locomotives are very slow and profits can evaporate on long journeys.

[@KatherineOfSky]

@@AntonMans Short distances kill train lines. For a short distance, you should use trucks. Rail lines are more profitable the farther apart the stops are.

[@mechwarrior13]

Lol I use TC for Truck Cargo and RC for Rail Cargo. Btw nice informative set up to show how this games works!

[@BrazenNL]

You know, since beginners are watching these videos (me), it would be helpful to see the problems you run into and how you solved them. For instance, the problem you had with the tracks at around 13:00.

[@KatherineOfSky]

I usually do my problem solving in the Let's Play series. I strive to make my tutorials as concise as possible.

[@BrazenNL]

@@KatherineOfSky I didn't find that in your playlists, unless you mean Rails in Skyland?

[@KatherineOfSky]

Yep, that is my current Let's Play series.

[@BrazenNL]

@@KatherineOfSky Fantastic. Keep up the good work. Loving the video's so far!

[@GretchenDawntreader]

KOS halp! I'm having trouble with train cargo platform. I have 2 routes picking up bread from a plant, but the crates of bread all pile up on terminal 1 and terminal 2 gets a trickle. If I stop the trains and let the plant do its thing I end up with like 167 on on track and 20 on the other track. I can't find a setting to get the plant to supply goods for transport evenly across multiple cargo platforms? Any advice? I have lots of signals and can send both routes to the same track but the trains then stack up.

[@KatherineOfSky]

As far as I can tell, there is no way to control this. (I've also consulted with others on the problem). Seems to be a major failing of the game: it doesn't make sense to me how everything is automatic and this portion of it doesn't really work

[@GretchenDawntreader]

@@KatherineOfSky thank you! At least now I know I'm not missing something and will just have to work around it

[@KarlsAbenteuer]

The Game put the tools on the platform, where they will be picked up. It decides on which one they go based on the demand. When you assing the second tool-line to the second platform, the game will place some tools over there.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Yep!

[@jamesbutler606]

How come you don't just switch the train out when it's in motion? You don''t need to send them all back to the depot to do it, or is it for realism sake?

[@KatherineOfSky]

It's cheaper to edit it in the depot than pay for all new loco and cars.

[@JonathanCormier]

I wonder what the break-even is for replacing all trains in spot vs calling them back to the depot. While in the depot they aren't making any money, so replacing them probably isn't as expensive as it seems.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Some of it also depends on how close they are to the depot, and if you have enough money to replace them. Editing a train individually is probably only useful in early game, since when it starts to snowball, you don't really care about the replacement costs.

[@Socialmisbit]

Hey What about too many demanders and not enough producers. EX I have only 2 fuel refineries on a map of 18 towns, My 2 refineries won't produce enough to ship to all towns. I have plenty of oil being shipped but there appears to be no way to increase amounts. Any ideas?

[@KatherineOfSky]

I'm not sure. I think you might have to just play what is given. You might ask SkyeStorme. He's done a lot more gameplay than I have on this title.

[@Socialmisbit]

@@KatherineOfSky oh hey thanks for the response yeah I watch him a lot too. I learned I could turn sandbox on and plop another refinery.

[@nathraon3428]

I thinks it's worth to reduce the train length because it takes almost 2 minutes to reach 40 km/h. It's way better overall if it's a shorter train.

[@chriscaporali6535]

why does the platform not share the resource? at 31.44 this is weird no?

[@KatherineOfSky]

The resources are designated for a certain station. Think of it as "The factory got 200 orders from Town A, and 60 orders from Town B", so they are being sent to satisfy particular customers.

[@Bobbo662]

I love your videos! Question are you a teacher? If not you would :-) I love how in 1850 the truck/passenger cargos have modern street lamps instead of 1850 street lamps lol

[@KatherineOfSky]

I have taught before :-) Indeed, the details in the game are just lovely!

[@PrimeNPC]

In what situations would you utilise the longer wait times?

[@KatherineOfSky]

Sorry, no idea what you are referencing.

[@PrimeNPC]

@@KatherineOfSky I mean the waiting time at stations that you mentioned. You said it is ideal to have it set to around 3 minutes and that having it higher would mean the train/truck is waiting forever. I was just curious if there were situations in which you would use a longer wait time, for example the 10 minute wait option.

[@KatherineOfSky]

It depends how fast the cargo accumulates and the frequency of the vehicles.

[@Kaltotun]

Hello, I have started playing on PC , but is it available on Mac ?

[@lechie22]

I am having difficulty with a Truck cargo crossing the train tracks, it got stuck and do not want to cross the track. any idea why?

[@KatherineOfSky]

It might have changed the elevations slightly when constructing stuff. Have you tried bulldozing the crossing and building again? (Also feel free to come to our discord. It's probably easier to discuss issues like this there instead of YT comments. :-)

[@1954frans]

Great explanation, but where can i get the calculator?

[@KatherineOfSky]

You can use any calculator, including the one on a phone, etc. I used SpeedCrunch, which I found by googling.

[@1954frans]

@@KatherineOfSky , I had hoped that the calculator would be integrated in TransportFever. But thank you for the answer.

[@PsijicV]

Better explain, how to do "golden triangles" with trains - when there are no empty wagons at all.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Obviously that is the ideal, but sometimes it doesn't work if there are no products to go back.

[@PsijicV]

@@KatherineOfSky you need to build complex chains then. At least 2/3 of the time you should move a useful cargo.

[@KatherineOfSky]

@@PsijicV Perhaps you didn't read the title: this is about a raw start from the beginning. Complex chains come a bit later.

[@DJ_Charming]

Hi kathrine how are you i love your video but do you make a 3. video make where you play the game to the end. I love to see you make a big city.

[@KatherineOfSky]

I did make a series, but not until the end.

[@WMGIII]

Why do you always use small city roads, even when extending a medium city road? You're creating a future expense when those small roads need to be upgraded to medium.

[@ariton2990]

Why isnt factory loading goods on cargo platforms? Wtf. All is connected and factory is making goods but just not putting them on cargo platform. What did i do wrong?? Seems like a bug or what.

[@KatherineOfSky]

You need to have a Line created AND vehicles on the line for the products to be transported to the next destination.

[@SilverionX]

Okay you talked me into it. I used your link to buy it, let's hope my computer can run this game smoothly *fingers crossed* Only strange thing is I thought the game was out now, yet it's pre-order? 🤔

[@KatherineOfSky]

Thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate it!

[@chiefmagua7160]

29:39 this is really stupid thing in the game - you cant reliably supply more than 1 town from 1 station (platform is overloaded, but only 1 train can load it on, other trains never get loaded and just wait). Stupid, stupid stupid.

[@gemmel3197]

Just one more sleep till I play this game

[@larrykile3190]

How can trains be profitable in 1850 when there are no trains in 1850???

[@KatherineOfSky]

The first trains were built in 1804 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport

[@vincewilson1]

TpF2 seems to be much better than TpF1 and is light years better than TF.

[@denisduvert3008]

A woodmine ? WTF lol

[@afacelessname1378]

Trains are a bit pointless in 1850, they are slow underpowered and too expensive.

[@KatherineOfSky]

Nope. They make plenty of profit once you get them up and running.