Ideas on Train Fever – Train Fever

Ideas on Train Fever

NJ87Army — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:29:56 +0000

I hear those say ” what about helicopters or planes.” well that be just mad , What about ships some said . ok i can see something here in the 1800s there was canals with barges pulled by horses and mules to deliver goods wont be to hard for the developers in the 1900s they could have small trawlers ( tugboats) pulling barges full of goods or resources and in the modern eras a bigger cargo vessels. for transportation you can simply do a ferry service but anything longer distance would be more fesiable with a train PLEASE DEVS dont ruin the game with AIR instead invest in our future hours of enjoyment with historical accurate boats ships trains and carriages… bad enough you make us wait so long to even play

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Berry — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:41:40 +0000

I’d actually prefer if they don’t add planes or ships. I don’t see how they would be realistic on such small maps. Ships are way too slow and big and planes are way too fast and I think it’d ruin the experience.

I don’t mind airports or harbours to make a new sort of industry, I think that’s a great idea actually. I’d love to see a harbour with goods that are ”Imported Goods” or something and airports to which a large number of people want to go to, but I think it’d be a bit ridiculous to have a plane fly just 16 KMs to another town at 500 MPH or to have a gigantic ocean liner on a tiny canal.

Not to mention that you’d have to build a canal to be able to use boats properly, which is hugly inefficient compared to rail- or roadtransport

So I’d actually say, don’t bother with planes or ships…

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swissyntax — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:01:17 +0000

If they add ships or planes it will be in a DLC = It is not essential and up to you if you want install it or not 😀 I realy like the ships and planes in TransportTycoon, even it was the opposite of realistic. But Train Fever can do it even better! Like realistic long runways, correct sized aircrafts and big airports. The same with Ships.

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GeoffersH — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:38:18 +0000

Good point about harbours berry, these could be set up like the sawmills, refineries, so that imported goods could be sent direct to the towns industrial areas.

No need for ships, just a harbour where transport links could be connected to like the other industries.

Adding, Air, Water or even Underground transport, doesn’t bother me really, I am happy with just rail and road.

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Fredd886 — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:04:03 +0000

I like how ships are slow because that wont compete with train like airplanes would but still are useful in its own way like if you want to transport something across the river it will be cheaper then building a big bridge, Massive infrastructure everywhere are not realistic.

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Nivve — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:14:19 +0000

planes would not really fit, but ships would be nice. Ferries are often used and transport by ship can Be really cheap across the largest map.

related to this: are industries incorporating costs or just time like the passangers? Would be very unrealistic if it was time only. Many goods do not need to be transported very quickly, as long as the time of arrival is reliable.

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Rustyrockets — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:50:37 +0000

Sorry if I offend someone , But as it is clearly mentioned frequently that so many people want planes and ships as DLC, Why are people constantly trying to eliminate them . Even if the developers ever decide to do it , it will be an dlc , which means you don’t have to Buy it and play it , You can just play with trains and trucks and indeed save some money . But you have to understand that their are thousands of other fans who would love to pay and see some planes and ship , why to negate them and spread negativity of not making this an inclusive game for everyone , where everyone finds it their own and play as they wish .

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Azrael — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:09:02 +0000

I see it like rusty, just as he and I earlier said, make it optional as DLC and/or option to have Planes and Ships.

If you don’t like Ships or Planes, just don’t use it and you’re good to go, no need to spread hate vs planes and ships all the time.

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Jonathan078NL — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:17:00 +0000

If the devs work it out alright, then I’d certainly like to welcome planes and ships.

– Ships shouldn’t be a big problem of influence to the game, though they will need to make the standard rivers broader then they now are imo.

– I can understand that people are a holding back to the idea of adding planes, this will influence the game far more then ships. The whole economy will need to be rebalanced. Also the map sizes are a discussion if they are suited/big enough to carry planes.

– The main focus is and must be trains, I actually would like to see far more train engines and mod packs. I personally hope to see a dutch NS trainset which you also had for oTTD and Locomotion.

Still I would like to welcome planes and boats, aslong as the devs do it right. Planes felt a bit like cheating in Transport Tycoon to me.

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Berry — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:45:37 +0000

I don’t mind ships at all actually, but my point is that the way this game works ships probably wouldn’t really work. I think the rivers are waaaaay too small in the maps I’ve seen to actually make ships and such work realstically.

However, I played Transport Giant for a long time and there was one map that was great. In that map there were 2-3 big towns and all recources (oil) were on islands in the sea.
I could see this work on TF as well. A bunch of small towns seperated by a lake or something. In that case you could use a trainline around the lake or use boats to link the towns together.

Planes however… I seriously don’t see how that could work properly. The maps are too small for that. A plane would only need 20 seconds or so to cross the biggest map.

So I’m pro-boat, if there will be maps that suit them.
I’m anti-airplane in every way I guess. (Please NSA, don’t take this out of context…)