I need more of this in my life, possibly the best transport fever 2 series on KZread. Please don't let this stop

@fishpop

2 жыл бұрын

What about Colonel Failure? He's done several TF2 series and is a decent bloke.

@aviano72

2 жыл бұрын

best ? Then check out GrandT Great guy

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishpop But he doesn't get you as hard as Squirrel

@fishpop

2 жыл бұрын

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 Uh... o_O

@anotheryoutubeaccount5259

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishpop Hahahaahaha

I wish this was one of those series that had like 100 videos uploaded and was a year old instead of 1 week old with 3 videos. Cuz I wanna binge

@ivanantunovic4882

2 жыл бұрын

same

@a_kiwifruit_in_space4668

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@leopoldoborges6461

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@ruiloureiro3167

2 жыл бұрын

Writing from the future to confirm your wish came true 😂

@helderalmeida2790

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky me because I only found this 2 months after your comment so I can binge watch it 😂

A tip when building railroad tracks: If there's a bunch of fills or cuts or bridges or tunnels in a proposed stretch of track that you've placed, then before actually paying for it, try hitting the "n" and "m" keys. This will lower/raise the midpoint of the track, and can really reduce the expensive land-moving/bridge-building/tunnel-digging. Just make sure not to make huge hills. This is especially helpful since bridges and tunnels cost extra maintenance over regular track, so turning a tunnel into a cut is cheaper both in the short- and long-term. Actually this can help on any section; I just did it on a stretch of track on relatively level ground and it dropped the price from 600k to 200k.

Transport Fever 2 signals don't use the block signal system, they use the path signal system. When a train wants to continue, it looks only on the path until the next signal or station (the one shown in the line manager), and if the path is clear then it goes, even if the traditional block would be occupied. Therefore, there's no need for "release signals" right after a split. Great video otherwise!

@temper6554

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, this actually hurts your network as a train can get stuck on the contested track. Remove the first signal so your track keeps flowing.

@scottsmith1525

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the possible stop of a train blocking a switch is asking for trouble.

@GreenfieldBhoy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I've never used a release signal and everything works fine.

@seraphina985

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is called path signalling and is how most modern signalling systems based on track circuits work this is because the points/switch also act as the electrical switch determining which distant signal energises the track circuit. The reason for the change with modern signalling systems is that it means the signals don't need to keep track of a separate bypass circuit running parallel to the shared track and connecting to the diverging track. Track circuits would need to do that due to how they work the opposite would have been true for manual signalling which is why the less efficient absolute block signalling was used as back then as there was no way to detect trains inside the block you could only observe trains entering and leaving at the ends of the block as that is where the signallers in the signal boxes could see them. Well technically you could detect them in the middle but that would require a bunch of intermediate observer boxes and staff to fill them which would have been insanely expensive. Cheaper to just lock or tag the signal lever when a train is seen entering and wait for the telegraph signal from one of the signal boxes on the other end to report the train clear but it comes at the cost of losing use of the entirety of both tracks for the duration so when tech to detect presence of trains anywhere on the active running line to the next signal was invented allowing more efficient route based block assignment it was preferred.

@ruiloureiro3167

2 жыл бұрын

@@seraphina985 damn!!!! RIP comma key…

This is the gold standard for video play-throughs. I love how you talk through all of your choices. I'm very familiar with the game, and taking a break from it, but your series reignited my interest. Well done.

Loving the series and your detailed commentary. A couple of things 1. You don’t need release signals, junctions and stations automatically count as blocks. 2. You earn more money by distance (as the crow flies between producer/consumer) not speed of delivery.

I'd love to see a whole series of this. All the way up to a Billion. Get every town fully grown and connected. Is there a max population??? Find out 😉 Seriously please keep these going 👍🏻

This is a fun series. I love these videos. I've got over 700 hrs into TF2 and you just taught me how to raise and lower stations.

Its might be a bit more expensive but across the river to your left they are two more oil wells you can tie into the set up. So instead of editing the line you have you could always take a bridge across the river, the expensive part, and then build a station tying in the other oil to make up the difference on ratio, just have it running oil back and forth and leave the rest doing the current route.

@spyone4828

2 жыл бұрын

You can even start using those wells with a truck line, so all you are paying for is the trucks and the truck stops. Once it has made you some money, consider building a bridge and using trains.

@IJ72

2 жыл бұрын

Yes a loop, and not hyperloop!

I've always had issues playing this on Hard mode. You explain stuff well enough that I'm actually surviving. Eagerly awaiting the next one

In tf2 signal don't work exactly like block signal once the train clear a junction the block will be free no matter if the train has cleared the signal or not

I agree, we need more of this, infact I've played this game since it came out and always ended bankrupt, your videos helps me improve so more would be better for me. Keep them coming

Love this play through series! Keep them coming please!

25:55 that money chime was perfectly timed...

I'm grumpy as, right now. Watched this, got all excitable as I've got the game, and the updates...and it no longer works. No fault of any squirrel. The vid is solid, and does what it's meant to, with a touch of hazelnut syrup.

*It is recommended NOT to put a signal down DIRECTLY AFTER a crossing.. always before it.*

@bobswaget118

2 жыл бұрын

hes confusing the way the game processes the train signals, if it used block signals it would work, like in workers and resources

Have watched your videos for quite awhile now and thoroughly enjoy them as you explain it very well - please keep them coming.

really enjoying this new series. already looking forward to the next episode

I started in 1850, Asia on medium difficulty. And damn it was so hard. My big mistake was i did minimum cities and minimum industries in smallest map. Didn't have optional industrial areas. For 20 years I was continuously in debt. Had to abandon that game 😂

Did anyone notice with the train route the fuel is being needlessly taken past Loughton, dropped at the truck station and driven back into town? Faster to unload at the refinery [I think?] and truck from there.

Thanks for this series! The other TF2 youtubers I watch have moved on to doing crazy stuff I'm not really interested in. Even though I've played it off and on for a long time I still have a lot to learn, and this series has already taught me a thing or two. I'm looking forward to more!

When are we going to see Ep 4? Can't wait!!! ^^

Great series bro, amazing really! I bought this game yesterday and also hooked up 2 locomotives in single train to haul massive amounts of coal!

Such an informative video! I have almost 100 hours in it and didn't know a lot of stuff in this video. (eg, I'd somehow never clicked on the button that let you control what loads and unloads and had no idea it existed. I always have the problem with goods being mixed up at stops that have multiple goods coming in on different lines and thought there was no way to fix it and you just had to put up with it.) I'd also never been able to get passing loops working correctly and always double tracked from the very start and now I see what I was doing wrong. These videos are useful even for experienced players, which is great! I would also like to add: I see it as beneficial in the right circumstances to cap the speed of an engine by using slower tanks. If you keep them from running at full speed, they can take hills while losing minimal speed, sometimes they don't slow down at all when a locomotive going full speed would slow down so the speed capped train will get through the route faster, despite having the same max speed as the slower train. This, of course, would not apply on a flat (or nearly flat) track. Your track seems to be fairly flat, so it may not apply in this case, though. Also, it's so short the slightly shortened travelling time probably makes so little difference as to not be worth it, but it can be worth it for longer, hilly lines in my experience.

I have no intention to play this game but I am so intrigued by this series!! good watch

I was concerned you were going to continue with the inefficient 2:1 route; glad to hear you're at least planning to fix that in the future. Looking forward to more!

I love this type of video, i hope you will keep uploading more transport fever 2

Hey man idk if you will remember me but we used to play BF3 back on the PS3 years ago, i was only like 13-14 at the time haha but i just found your channel again after all these years, it’s pretty funny you play truck sim, im a truck driver irl now

I'm so excited for the next episode, your videos are awesome.

Awesome. Going to love this series. Thanks

you should have made a loop tbh same input/ouput platform increase wait time a little and you end up with a full tanker train at every point and them moving in synch around. tested with your map, profit is insane and they only have a short stretch where they are empty (town to oil pump)

An excellent instructive video. You have more than whetted my appetite for the game.

Hate when I discover a new series and there is only 3 episodes... well done

Definitely enjoying this one 👍

Squirrel you don't need a signal at the start of a block. as long as you have one at the end, the waiting train will be able to go as soon as the other train is on the other track. by having one at the start you could end up having the train waiting for a clear track while still being on a two way stretch of track which will then block the trains coming the other way

Lovely series, keep up the good work!

1. You don't need to be worried about products like crude being overproduced, you don't pay anything for it any way. 2. The moment a product is delivered somewhere it the transport is paid, so it doesn't matter financially to the player if a line is not perfectly balanced in product chains. 3. You don't need to split the crude oil line, just add two more stops: crude -> oil-ref (don't pickup refined) -> crude -> oil-ref (pickup refined) -> fuel ref = profit without any more trains. (works for any chains)

Mate followed you on Rail Routes. did a great job then. Doing a great job with this game as well. thank you for all the help.

This game seems awesome! And your guide really nice!

love your stuff man!

Yes yes more more paul more episode on lets play series in transport fever 2

Hey, thanks for this. I've owned the first one for ages but never got into it. Finally thought I'd sit down and try it. With your videos I've finally gotten a profit and paid off the loan. Even though this is the second one a lot crossed over. Thank you.

I've never met anyone else who wants everything realistic in games, like for example how you edited the road before putting tracks so that it looks more realistic. I'm the same and so many think its weird! nice video asw

Don't split up the trains (you could have easily started with trains in the beginning on hard) and bring extra crude from that oil well across the river with trucks to the refinery. Then you do not have the unbalance in the train and it is around 100% full back and forth. And more dollars.

@arnoutmeester1728

2 жыл бұрын

And create extra demand for fuel to Mitcheldean with trucks. That should keep your trains 100% filled both ways. You will be making 1.5 mil around 1905 at half speed.

great video. learning a lot.

8:28 "We want a cattery because we want to do electric later" ....what on earth are you planning to do with those poor kitties!?!?

I have about 100 hours in TP2 and I had no idea you could build new roads around the resources and have it count for encatchment. I thought you could only use the pre-generate road in front of it. Well, that's going to make things way easier.

@GreenfieldBhoy

2 жыл бұрын

It took me a while to realize this also. Enjoy!

Hey Squirrel, this series is fantastic! I put a few hours into TF2 tonight, while watching your videos, and I actually have a nice profit going, first time doing that so far 😀

This series has earned you +1 subscribers. Congratulations.

When are more videos in this series coming? I'm hooked after 3!

Got to love that sweet sweet black gold…

Made me sad watching all those maintenance costs of the rail go through while he was explaining without pausing :D

You could just shove a truck line from the crude over the river to the processing to keep that train efficient. Also imo the initial outlay for speed pays off quickly as TF2s payment for delivery relates to the speed at which things move (esp for passengers, but I'm sure you'll get to that).

I'd love to watch you play Railway Empire, it's essentially the same as this game just a bit less complicated and focused solely on trains

Great explanation gameplay

He should add some food lines as well. That one city can take bread as well, and a business that can provide that is not that far away.

You don’t need those extra signals for the loops. The train passing over the points clears the proceeding block.

Loved the video, but being a railway worker you’ve well over complicated the signals, beyond that loved it

"There is no right way of doing it, there is always a bunch of wrong ways of doing it" - Squirrel

I've built a small map have all towns joined and all industries working, but it takes me forever to replace all vehicles when they have worn out, Good luck on doing it on a Very Large map !

@stephenmurray9850

2 жыл бұрын

I have found that rather than replace the vehicles , if you put the maintance up to very high (50%)for a short time they will go back to very good instead of very bad. You then put the maintance back to normal they will slowly degrade again. I think it costs less than replacing them but you have to watch the charts to change them again otherwise it will cost a fortune to run them on (50%) and they will start making a loss on the run they are doing. Great game.. love it.

@JCrook1028

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenmurray9850 I only mess with maintenance for RP reasons. The only effect it has is emissions so you could leave them old forever and not hurt anything. The towns still grow with high emission levels. TF1 it affected costs, not in TF2. Replacing vehicles in TF2 is done for capacity/speed reasons, not age.

*scratches neck sores* Y'all got any more of that Transport Fever?

god damn it, the video ended and I've just realised this is a current series. I've never had to wait for a series in my life lmao

@JCrook1028

2 жыл бұрын

This will be good for you then.

This guy's great.

You can connect to any side of an industry?! This changes everything! :D

About splitting the line, why not drop the fuel off at the oil refinery? that way you have each of two lines taking a full load in each direction, you just have to unload the fuel and load it back on the crude train for its return trip.

Tip: you don't need to have station right at the road. You can place it right close beside your industry, and it will get its catchment. Just might have to wiggle around your road connection a little afterwards. But yes, you can place stations really close and they'll have the path connection to your industry, like roads.

I found 3 other Mods in the Workshop on Steam that new players differently need: 1: The UNDO Button. Saves so much time. 2: Rail Tracks X'ing. Yes someone made this, so the rest of us can save time. 3: Free landscaping. I know it might be considered cheating by some, but I feel like it saves time and makes the game so much better. And you can sculpt your environment from the beginning of the game. I hope this helps new players...

Nice!

I think you only want signals on the exits to the loop. If you put it on the entry and you have bad luck, you'll end up with a situation where a train is waiting to leave and can't because it's blocked by a train waiting to enter the loop but can't because it's also blocked by a train waiting to leave the loop at the other end. If it's anything like train fever or transport fever 1, the signal will go green as soon as the track is clear. So only put one way signals on exits to loops.

I better not let my wife, Cities: Skylines, know how much I like these videos.

Heads up, only want two signals for passing loop, the ones at the entrance will block the single line block

Hi Squirrel. I think splitting the lines is a good idea .. the train carrying the crude can bring back the fuel , the other side is carrying oil to the refinery and bring fuel back .. 3 out of the 4 trips will be getting paid for their journey .. about as efficient as you can get with that set up.

@spyone4828

2 жыл бұрын

You can also do kind of a hybrid split line: One line just takes crude to the refinery and come back empty, one takes crude to the refinery then takes oil to the fuel plant and returns full of fuel. The second line would need slightly more trains to account for having further to go. I think a train on the first line can make two trips for every one on the second.

I had vehicles running routes for wood and lumber for tools on a second route. I added trains and made sure they "linked' to the truck stops AND the industry. I setup the lines and even moved the vehicles to the depot and the trains were running BUT not carrying anything ever. Almost like the industries were unaware of the trains. What could be the issue?

Feels like a missed opportunity to not use a boat on the first city crude to oil

If you manage cargo, you can have exactly amount of product for every station! 60 croude oil need X wagons, that is 30 refine oil wich need X wagons and so on! That you have full train!

U over explain everything man I like the vids just chill no1 watching this is mentally challenged and need this amount of explanation

Hi Squirrel I love watching your channel its very relaxing 😂 Will you be playing Bus Simulator 21?

i didnt mean to dislike so i corrected it. keep up the amazing work squirrel love the series so far from what ive watched

Man, build your roads beautiful! Pay some respect to those who works on them.

I may be wrong, but I think you probably want a signal on the line out of the train depot as it joins the mainline, to prevent anything joining the mainline from the train depot of the block is occupied.

hi squirrel ive loved your videos for years shame you dont do train sim anymore :(

Hi Squirrel, Regarding this episode: Wasn't there an Option where you can Have a combined Cargo + Passenger station? (You can add a Cargo Rail/Stop off to the side of a Passenger station for example) Might be wrong, or using a mod, But I'm curious 😅. Love the Video 🍻

@MGCooley

2 жыл бұрын

You can modify an existing station to add additional platform types.

Whaaaaaaa i need a new episode

WE NEED MORE

2 crude => 1 oil ...So does that mean that the trucks were inefficient as well, and costs could have been reduced by splitting the truck line as well?

Just a game tip but never place signals where a train could be forced to stop on a switching track. It will ruin the whole line.

Cooooool 💗

more please, can i have some more Sir?

I'm having a problem with cargo train, it doesn't take fuel to loughton. I've done exactly what you show and still I've nothing on cargo train station.

I recently found your videos for Transport Fever 2 and I'm just playing this map, trying to make use of your video. I've setup the same crude, oil and fuel rail like you. At the moment just single track with one train. I seem to have a problem with my fuel production. Crude is loaded and brought to the oil refinery, there oil is loaded, brought and unloaded at the fuel production. Unfortunately there seems to be no production, the oil disappears but no fuel is put to the station (it doesn't show the fuel icon). Any ideas? The station is connected to the plant, my only concern is that the way to the city needing fuel is much shorter by road but that was the same in your video.

@Nighthawk-rs5nz

2 жыл бұрын

My fuel factory has no customers, I guess that's the reason why it's not producing anything. Meanwhile I built another track , thought that it might be caused by the full terminal at the crude oil station - where the fuel should be unloaded as well. Without success...

you travel 69 ingame miles and infact u travveled 69mm so cool

@squirrel can't you use the oil thw other side of water and add a track to that which will put 2 oil into the one refinery

Soo, the traffic has to yield to the train, but you crossed your truck lines multiple times with the track? Wont that cause big delays? Also, I feel like you built a loop to deliver crude to your fuel customers?... did I get that wrong?

Imagine if you needed to build fuel stops for your vehicles, and buy/produce the fuel to refuel them

I disagree that splitting this particular oil route would be more efficient; the current system allows the trains to maintain speed through the crude refinery station when hauling fuel, whereas splitting the line would cause them to needlessly stop there and transfer cargo. What would increase profits would be to add an ancillary crude line so the latter legs run full instead of at 1/2 capacity.

@w3amdus772

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't seem to read comments. There were comments on this from day 1.

I am really confused with train signals. I always manage to make it work somehow, but I don't understand how it works haha

my drilla wat going on bro is there gon be a part 4?

Yaay! 🛤🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃

Does the game allow you to have the up bound trains and trucks on the correct side, that being the left?

@georgepine4092

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the roads are right side drive only. The train can run either with one-way signals, which is why you'll find left side sigs in the workshop ;-)

Thank you for this Video, You convinced me that I need this game in my life, and I also Subed to your Channel #AussieFAN