Things to improve the game – Train Fever /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/feed/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:46:33 +0000 https://bbpress.org/?v=2.6.13 en-US /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11374 <![CDATA[Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11374 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:21:10 +0000 Cygnum First of all let me say I’ve enjoyed the game a lot, even though it has some major bugs in it. As I’ve played the game for the last couple of days (currently 86 hours) I’ve come across several issues – both major and minor – that in my opinion need to be addressed. I’m sure some of them have been mentioned elsewhere before, but nevertheless I’d like to mention them as well. The issues are addressed as questions: the exact ones I got when I played them.

Why:

  1. does traffic keep on going when a train crosses at the crossing as if the train isn’t even there?
  2. does my TFV line loses 3 million a year, whilst the regular trains on the same line make a profit of 6 million/year?
  3. can’t I build roads that cross a railroad, whilst the other way around works just fine?
  4. don’t trams available from 2000 fit on the platform, but instead stick out into the grass?
  5. are there so many graphical bugs (railroads on the bridge that disappear when you zoom out, locomotives that disappear when they need to overshoot the platform because the train’s too long, vehicles that change position dramatically when you remove roads that are in the vicinity)?
  6. does the game become less and less playable when you advance through the years because of the lag?
  7. do I have to spend five minutes to replace a train in order to make sure its replacement is at the right spot?
  8. do I have to click a lot more than I’d want to to get to the buttons you use more often?
  9. do passengers suddenly disappear when you send a train/bus to the depot?
  10. can’t trains find a depot when all they have to do is turn around?
  11. does the game lack any form of manual?
  12. is connecting train tracks sometimes so incredibly difficult?
  13. can’t I seem to find out the use of signals, since it appears the game regulates everything for itself?
  14. am I not informed when vehicles can’t get to their destination because of a gridlock or if they can’t find a path?
  15. do I have to find out which part causes a ‘collision’ by destroying half of the buildings surrounding it? Why isn’t it indicated?
  16. are there no/so few hotkeys available?
  17. can’t I select the platform a train needs to load/unload manually?
  18. can’t I sometimes demolish tunnels?
  19. do some pieces of track/road , not connected to the track/road that needs demolishing, get demolished?
  20. can’t I see what the maximum speed is for a track after it’s been built, especially since the track upgrading tool?
  21. don’t vehicles overtake slower ones, even when there are more lanes in the same direction?
  22. can’t I create seperate buslanes or tram tracks, meaning without public car access?
  23. do screens pop up at places you can’t see them, or difficult to drag?
  24. do trains have the option of a catenary, but there aren’t any for the tram?
  25. does loading a game appear like a freezing game?
  26. does an articulated bus hold more passengers than a tram from the same era?
  27. do I have so many difficulties editing the train track (lots of very small pieces of track, tiny parts that don’t have catenary)
  28. can’t road vehicles drive over 80 km/h?
  29. can road vehicles drive a timetable without help from the gamer, but the trains can’t?
  30. doesn’t the game save your progress automatically when you want to end it, or at least ask if you want to?
  31. does the game overwrite a previous save game with the same name without prompting?
  32. does the entire crossing get demolished when you just demolish one/why isn’t the other track selected as well?
  33. am I not able to connect new track to a switch, but instead have to remove the entire switch and surrounding track?
  34. can’t I change the signal when there’s a train nearby? In conjunction with the previous remark this has resulted in a train I’m unable to get anywhere. Can’t get it to a depot, nothing.

There may be more issues that I might find during my games. Those I’ll add at a later date. If any of the issues need clarification, you can use the appropriate number to address it.

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11444 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11444 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:42:13 +0000 splifsend why .. do cars drive halfway across town just to use stations and depots for a U-turn

why.. do cars have to arrive at a destination which on the right, and not the left

why.. cant I have 1 way roads

 

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11465 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11465 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:21:59 +0000 Stress +1

And my biggest frustration at the moment…

Why… Can I not upgrade my road vehicles all at once but instead have to do them manualy one by one?

Very annoying if you have 150+ horses running around…

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11469 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11469 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:59:15 +0000 Tossi You can upgrade all your vehicles for a single line at once but it is not optimal.

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11479 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11479 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:58:04 +0000 FishyFrags Here’s another…..You should be able to keep all of the windows open when you load the game up after saving it.

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11480 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11480 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:06:35 +0000 Tossi If there ever was such a feature implemented I would like to have an option to turn it off.

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11483 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11483 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:01:59 +0000 FX2K

FishyFrags: Here’s another…..You should be able to keep all of the windows open when you load the game up after saving it.

Tossi: If there ever was such a feature implemented I would like to have an option to turn it off.

I don’t think I would like that either and would prefer it off.

What I would like, in terms of the windows,  is an option to have vehicle windows replace each other, so only one window is open at a time and central to the screen, rather than having multiple windows opening all over the place.. but because you may sometimes want more than one open, to also have a ‘pin this window’ button which makes it persist, or simply dragging it to a new position makes it persist (similar to the depot menu in a way)

I would also like most of the vehicle options visible straight away, i.e the send to depot on the first ‘tab’ not having to alternate between tabs just to get to these, with the ability to hide the PIP whilst retaining the information display.

I don’t want much 🙂

 

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11486 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11486 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:13:21 +0000 FishyFrags I only mentioned it because I’m fed up reopening the windows I had open to begin with.

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11495 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11495 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:34:21 +0000 FX2K

I only mentioned it because I’m fed up reopening the windows I had open to begin with.

I’m not saying it would be bad, I’m sure people would like that, along with some other options being retained (like if the bus lane is set to keep / yes / no etc, but if it where added it would be nice if it was also optional.

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/forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11518 <![CDATA[Reply To: Things to improve the game]]> /forums/topic/things-to-improve-the-game/#post-11518 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:24:11 +0000 bobo90 I would really like the cities to grow bigger faster and bigger so it’s more realistic to have trains run between them

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