MerfWorks

MerfWorks

Welcome to MerfWorks, a developing KZread channel mostly focused on city building genre video games. My "How to" videos are jam packed with practical advice, tips and approaches that will help you ramp up your game to the next level. My motto is "Gaming Simplified". In my tutorials, I break down seemingly complex processes into basic principles, tips and strategies that are easy to understand and straight forward to apply. Why struggle trying understand elements of a game, when one of my videos is just a click away? What are you waiting for? Subscribe to my channel and click on the bell so that you don't miss out on great tips and advice on city building games.


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  • @vicforas
    @vicforas8 күн бұрын

    I've never really played for good Transport Fever, but I would really like it's developer to release a version of the game focused on managing cities. They already have everything for this.And we, more than ever, especially given the failure that was CS2, need fierce competition in the genre.

  • @sweeabn6736
    @sweeabn67368 күн бұрын

    I do not know of a more in depth game than this one

  • @alexm5764
    @alexm57649 күн бұрын

    I have the exact same setup, the train is not loading any coal even tho the loading station has coal... I don't understand

  • @bogusawdominiak2183
    @bogusawdominiak2183Ай бұрын

    I did just watch second video made by You, and i must say that i havent seen so pleasant videos on KZread, love it! Cheers Mate

  • @user-uv4jk7zs8v
    @user-uv4jk7zs8vАй бұрын

    The dream game I want most would have the highway system of Cities: Skylines, the graphics and railway signals of Transport Fever, the railway system, facilities, and timetables of A-Train, and the supply, demand, transportation, and realistic mode of Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic. However, it feels a bit too extravagant.

  • @Qwertworks
    @QwertworksАй бұрын

    My problem is that I got sooo many trains coming in and I don't know why ... the cargo terminals can't handle the trains fast enough and they are bunching up on the tracks making big ups to intersections and keep gridlocking

  • @CptAwesome747
    @CptAwesome747Ай бұрын

    Use multiple terminals for the same line. You can set alternative terminals so one line can use multi terminals

  • @Jagdoggo
    @JagdoggoАй бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @olekstro2764
    @olekstro2764Ай бұрын

    Thanks, very helpful.❤

  • @caseyjones6409
    @caseyjones64092 ай бұрын

    Excellent explanation! I'm only a couple of months into this game. Truck stops were driving me nuts. I thought my vehicles all had OCD until you explained the ccw and rh loading. Thanks a lot!

  • @emomuzz5883
    @emomuzz58833 ай бұрын

    Quack! Merfwerx!

  • @chrisstevenson3525
    @chrisstevenson35253 ай бұрын

    Each video I watch I get to learn something new. What I like about your video is that you take a nice, steady approach. Being patient is certainly a virtue and can be difference between success and failure. If I could only I could live by those principles in real life!!! Thanks for sharing your perspective.

  • @etristram
    @etristram3 ай бұрын

    If you play with mods I would recommend Broken Node Detector's 'Detect Stuck Pedestrians' function; it might seriously free up some processor space and fix your FPS problem, or at least improve it.

  • @tomigaminge8902
    @tomigaminge89023 ай бұрын

    is it free? to crash oh right

  • @tomigaminge8902
    @tomigaminge89023 ай бұрын

    oh

  • @tomigaminge8902
    @tomigaminge89023 ай бұрын

    can u crash a train in game transport fever 2

  • @MerfWorks
    @MerfWorks3 ай бұрын

    The title of the video is just a figure of speech. I don't think you can actually crash 2 trains in to each other or derail or crash a train in to an object.

  • @zgov
    @zgov5 ай бұрын

    The “You need a second runway” text is to show that you cant place a taxiway without another runway. NOT you need a 2nd runway

  • @JaNieWie
    @JaNieWie5 ай бұрын

    Hot take: Transport Fever 2 is the best city builder, even though it isn't. It's a Transport Tycoon.

  • @BikerMikeRR
    @BikerMikeRR5 ай бұрын

    2:04 The game does net tell you you need a second runway! It only says in order te create a 2nd taxi lane you need a 2nd runway! :)

  • @eshelly4205
    @eshelly42055 ай бұрын

    Is it cheaper to to keep maintenance at normal and replace the vehicles vs having higher maintenance that cost 25% of income

  • @MerfWorks
    @MerfWorks5 ай бұрын

    Likely cheaper but a pain to keep having to replace vehicles

  • @eshelly4205
    @eshelly42055 ай бұрын

    @@MerfWorks I agree! Thanks 🙏

  • @marcdc6809
    @marcdc68095 ай бұрын

    a bit of an exploit, but know that steelmills will accept 400 iron and 400 coal at any time, even when they're not producing steel... so what I do is find two steelmills and link up iron to one, coal to the other... close distance, with carts... and the two I connect with a roalline... this line will have a steady volume of coal in one and iron in the other direction, about 200... full trains in two directions... then add coal to the first from closer by and iron to the other and the volume will become a mix of iron and coal of about 400 in both directions... if you add a third steel mill and connect the second to the third, and link up closeby iron and coal to that one too, there will be 530 in both directions on both the connector line from 1 to 2 and 2 to 3... each coal mine wants to send 133 to each steel mill...

  • @Ralfountet
    @Ralfountet5 ай бұрын

    Truck stations play a way too big role in this game for me. Each industry should have it's own truck stations inside, each cargo railway stations should have a truck station. The only place where you should be forced to use a truck station is if you want a central HUB for redistribution.

  • @Cables_
    @Cables_6 ай бұрын

    This was great man, good job and thanks

  • @leskern1539
    @leskern15396 ай бұрын

    The "You need a second runway" is there because you can't add a taxiway unless you have the second runway.

  • @ramialiwa8354
    @ramialiwa83546 ай бұрын

    Hay ppl it is batter to watch it faster like 1.75 faster to keep your time 😅

  • @MrPilcher1
    @MrPilcher17 ай бұрын

    Thanks there is a depot mod that gives you up to 8 platform road depot to just plonk down on steam.

  • @enrico4818
    @enrico48187 ай бұрын

    i fucking cant , can i send the save to you? really i am struggling a lot with the 1850 start

  • @ToABrighterFuture
    @ToABrighterFuture5 ай бұрын

    1850 starts are, by nature, HARD, especially if you don't have a lot of rivers to move cargo by boat. I would suggest you either wade through the campaign--which will teach you how to find and use all the info you'll need--or, start your first Free game mid-1900's or later. And make sure you have enough navigable waters to float your cargo.

  • @enrico4818
    @enrico48185 ай бұрын

    i managed to survive with the train@@ToABrighterFuture

  • @dalfgan817
    @dalfgan8172 ай бұрын

    @@ToABrighterFuture Thanks, I was just about to start my first non campaign game in 1850.

  • @Retrofire-47
    @Retrofire-477 ай бұрын

    Lovely video! was super helpful - well-presented and produced

  • @pettloc4091
    @pettloc40917 ай бұрын

    Thanks for all the episodes with easy and simple explanation of how the game works. Haven't found anything similar to this. So thank you so much for the work and time you have spent.👍🙂 Greetings from Petter

  • @MrPilcher1
    @MrPilcher17 ай бұрын

    why not just use the interchange mod?

  • @MerfWorks
    @MerfWorks7 ай бұрын

    Good point. One of my first TF2 videos. Didn't know there was a mod.

  • @whiteandnerdytuba
    @whiteandnerdytuba8 ай бұрын

    4 minute video that starts at 01:00

  • @arthurfidas7254
    @arthurfidas72548 ай бұрын

    Would love to see a hexagonal grid instead of just one big hexagon. If you split each grid hexagon into three rhombus you can make every other vertices a pedestrian only street.

  • @MrDidz
    @MrDidz8 ай бұрын

    Very helpful and neat. But what happens if the trucks are queuing to gain access to the platform to pick up goods/ My biggest problem is that trucks queing for platform X block access for trucks trying to reach platform Y. Ideally what I'd like is a separate entrance and exit for each platform but I can;t seem to make that happen.

  • @MerfWorks
    @MerfWorks8 ай бұрын

    Not sure how to accomplish that in one truck station. You could create two separate truck stations, one for X and one for Y. That would completely separate the truck movements

  • @base12_mathematics
    @base12_mathematics8 ай бұрын

    I tried to play both from scratch but cities skylines never got me hooked but TF2 did and boy did it EVER... I love TF2 so much better... I probably should give CS2 another try but TF2 wins in my opinion due to 4 years of constant refinement... I played it in 2023 October 1st time so whatever bugs it has in TF1, then TF2 improvement, then 3 years of bug fixes... that's how I came in. TF2 had some early frustrating moments, like trying to figure out signals and train tracks and directions, each question i focused and try to solve it, then keep moving on to the next... and next... all these network logic, you figure out slowly over time... you learn to optimize rail... rail station... tracks... bus, bus stops, trucks.... then when cities grows to gigantic sizes... you then start to get into airplanes and airstrips and airports... wow, just watching the A380 airbus take off and ride it in the first person... or right the train in 1st person through the $12m bridge you invest so much money on... i LOVE TF2!

  • @janetnicholson5001
    @janetnicholson50018 ай бұрын

    Thankyou! Very helpful.

  • @Bobbysworld22
    @Bobbysworld228 ай бұрын

    This is comparison makes ZERO sense because they’re completely different games smh

  • @Hushey
    @Hushey8 ай бұрын

    ... no they arent.

  • @Bobbysworld22
    @Bobbysworld228 ай бұрын

    @@Hushey yes they are 🙄

  • @Hushey
    @Hushey8 ай бұрын

    @@Bobbysworld22 no... they are not. play 100 hours of each so you can understand what you are saying and then reply to this comment

  • @Bobbysworld22
    @Bobbysworld228 ай бұрын

    @@Hushey no they’re NOT!

  • @Hushey
    @Hushey8 ай бұрын

    @@Bobbysworld22exactly!

  • @brentcowell5776
    @brentcowell57769 ай бұрын

    tf2 vs cs2 wouldve been alot better!!! tf2 would be alot better if u didnt have to manage the railcars so much as u got enough to micromanage that makes more of a headache than it should!!!!

  • @gattonpc
    @gattonpc9 ай бұрын

    95% of the time BIGGER is NOT better or more profitable. That is ment for Real life. In game preaty much everything is posible.

  • @user-ky5wt1yz3l
    @user-ky5wt1yz3l9 ай бұрын

    This is a lot, my game always stutters when it gets close to that many assets, what does your system configuration looks like?

  • @bigoldstinkycrab
    @bigoldstinkycrab10 ай бұрын

    Just letting you know these videos are still helping new players in 2023. Thank you!

  • @jsbrads1
    @jsbrads110 ай бұрын

    By putting the exit where you did, entering trucks and exiting trucks had to merge 🤦‍♂️

  • @tdurb0
    @tdurb010 ай бұрын

    I never EVER got TF2 working, same ‘internal error’ when I bought it, so tried a torrent: same result. Refuse to play a watered-down console version. It’s a shame, I really wanted to play TF2

  • @IIITheSTpiLotIII
    @IIITheSTpiLotIIIАй бұрын

    TF2 is really demanding... Probably need more ram and a better video card/processeur. I also couldn't play it before i bought a new pc... And omg this game is soo addicting lol

  • @tdurb0
    @tdurb0Ай бұрын

    @@IIITheSTpiLotIII I should be alright with an i9-900, 32 gig ram and a 4070Ti tho surely?

  • @IIITheSTpiLotIII
    @IIITheSTpiLotIIIАй бұрын

    @@tdurb0 you surely do 💀 I'm alright with my gtx1070, 8gb ram, i5 7400... Sometimes more ram is needed, so it freezes, but the fps is stable and smooth 👍

  • @tdurb0
    @tdurb010 ай бұрын

    Are you not comparing apples with oranges? That’s like comparing GTAV with Football Manager

  • @Hushey
    @Hushey10 ай бұрын

    no it isnt.

  • @yestype2515
    @yestype25154 ай бұрын

    its more like comparing gta 5 with sleeping dogs. they both seem to have similar content but they are different.

  • @tdurb0
    @tdurb04 ай бұрын

    @@yestype2515 They both have a city. Go the whole hog and compare it to Saints Row then. See what I mean? Makes no sense. I’m not having a dig, it’s just not a fair comparison that’s all. Love you xx

  • @fremejoker
    @fremejoker11 ай бұрын

    Please, turn off the noise reduction (or whatever it's called) of your microphone. It's annoying to the ears when the sound goes on and off.

  • @Hushey
    @Hushey11 ай бұрын

    you definitely dont need that many tracks. 4 is usually the maximum needed on the heaviest of congested routes. additionally - your passenger stations should not be only running commuter services, which it looks like you have here. doing it this way ensures all passenger trains to be very slow and very, very long. you should ideally have commuter, intercity and cross country all integrated into one station. I have a video which shows how this works if you are interested - enjoyable video though!

  • @elliotw4606
    @elliotw4606 Жыл бұрын

    Late here but fun fact, cities in motion 2 had better graphics than cities skylines to some degree. Vehicles were animated in the first. They skipped over that I. The second and other things also aren't as animated either. Even in sim city 4 you'd actually see people on the swings. Swings in CS? THEY JUST STAND THERE. I'm guessing maybe CS 2 will fix that and ik it's a lot to animate but my gawd without it it looks so shitty. Better to make the people disappear than just stand there ffs. That's what TF did. And as a result adds to the fact it doesn't look as shitty.

  • @brytonzastoupil9746
    @brytonzastoupil9746 Жыл бұрын

    I agree with this and actually makes sense as trams are essentially smaller trains made to work with the rest of the city’s infrastructure, and is a great idea for those who use mods. For example I have this 60’s Soviet tram about the same size as the one in the video but has the capacity of a small train 115 passengers to be exact so it would be a great idea especially for larger cities.

  • @genericyoutubeusername6462
    @genericyoutubeusername6462 Жыл бұрын

    that was a waste of time

  • @KRX_
    @KRX_ Жыл бұрын

    I'm appreciating and enjoying this series for learning the game! If I can make a suggestion... you need to compile these into a playlist! It's been pretty frustrating to watch these in sequence. For example, this is episode #4. But KZread it recommending I watch episode #12 next...

  • @genericyoutubeusername6462
    @genericyoutubeusername6462 Жыл бұрын

    Oh god damn Let me compare you to a movie director. You didnt make movie Bad

  • @wdym._.
    @wdym._.3 ай бұрын

    What was that supposed to mean?