Intermodal transport – Train Fever /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/feed/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:40:56 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.13 en-US /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6240 <![CDATA[Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6240 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:55:12 +0000 mackintosh Before I embark on this and waste an hour or two and spend millions in game I thought I’d ask. Is it possible to create a central freight station/distribution centre that I could funnel production materials to? In my map I have thee iron ore mines that are within a fairly short distance of each other. I thought I’d create three lines served by trucks and have them deliver ore to a central freight station that would then carry the ore upstream to its final destination. With two trains running back and forth I could keep it all well below time restrictions. Has anyone tried this? Does it work?

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6247 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6247 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:14:09 +0000 Mikkolo Hello i never tried this yet. I think you have this idea from TTD.  There is not a empty and go empty to the next station. Was thinking the Same but did not want spend so mutch money on it. I Will try when my other transport can carry THE losses.

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6249 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6249 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:19:00 +0000 Nique As long as the trip (in total!) does not take longer than 20 minutes it works. So yes, you can. The stuff will get transfered to your station. (i tried this with goods.. the goods were send to a central rail station and from their the train toke it to other cities)

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6251 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6251 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 20:20:27 +0000 mackintosh I have never actually played TTD. My background’s in RRT 🙂 I assumed this would be possible, after all, this is a transport simulator, it would be very disappointing if intermodal transport didn’t work.

Anyone else can shed any insight? I really don’t want to spend the time designing all this and have it all go to waste. This is exactly why there should be a manual. I feel like a beta tester Guinea pig :/

edit: cheers Nique, I’ll give it a go and see if I can get it to work, it would be awesome if it does

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6265 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6265 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:21:00 +0000 Yemo multiple good destinations work, multiple origins dont work well (in general)

 

At the current state of the game, you are effectively participating in open beta, though this particular issue might be “working as intended/designed” anyway.

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6273 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6273 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 21:52:19 +0000 mackintosh Welp, I couldn’t get it to work. At first the ore mines started producing and everything worked fine, but then after two or three deliveries they stopped using the lines and production dropped to zero. I checked total time (as much as I could) and it seems the longest delivery chain from start to finish (from ore to goods delivered to a city) was within 12 minutes. Looks like intermodal transport is not possible, or at least it doesn’t seem to work with any degree of predictability. I’m a very sad panda.

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6288 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6288 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 22:35:46 +0000 Bansheedragon @mackintosh

I think allot of that issue is related to the goods/raw materials production problems in general.

Allot of people have reported having goods or raw materials stop being produced after a while when trying to transport them, some even reported that the raw materials production increased when they removed the line.

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6319 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6319 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 02:11:41 +0000 Dozer @Nique

What the "Frequency" in train fever means

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6328 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6328 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 03:44:14 +0000 Person012345 Obviously it works with passengers so I’d assume it is supposed to work with goods too. Though goods seem kinda buggy at the moment as people said. I couldn’t figure out how to make them work properly at all in my game.

]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6355 <![CDATA[Reply To: Intermodal transport]]> /forums/topic/intermodal-transport/#post-6355 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:52:27 +0000 Nique @Dozer i understand what the frequency means but still.. for visual representation it should be used to spread out vehicles. It just looks stupid to see 2 trains right after each other. One full, one empty.

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