r/TransportFever3

I think TF3 has improved a lot compared with TF2, but there are still some things that feel very strange.

For example, vehicles still don't overtake properly. But this time I want to talk about industrial building placement.

I got these three situations on the same map.

Image 1.

I have two stone quarries right next to my city, but the cement factory using the stone decided to spawn on top of a mountain.🤨

Image 2.

There is only one steel mill on my entire map.

And of course, it spawned on a remote island.😮‍💨

I had to spend a huge amount of money building bridges and infrastructure just to reach it.

Image 3.

Then I finally got a factory in a sensible location, right next to the city.

Now this makes sense.😍

Oh wait... it's going bankrupt.🙄

So now I have to build even more bridges to the island just to bring steel from that one steel mill.

I think this is something the developers should really look at.I feel like a lot of players probably notice this too. It is convenient that we can simply connect these factories with roads and railways, but it doesn't really make much sense when major factories are sitting in the middle of nowhere.

Factories should generally be close to cities, while mines and quarries can be further out in the countryside.

I don't mind having to build transport connections between them — that's the whole point of the game. But the locations themselves should at least make some sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efA-62w-C_g

There is a livestream going on. It actually started about 40mn before at the time of writing this post. Colonel Failure is playing and answering questions.

I will update the post with what I can qualify as interesting / meaningful news .

For now here we go :

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#1) Current focus : stability and performace for everybody.

First, they want to provide the experience as they have conceived for their game.

In order to improve stability and performance, they have been testing a performance update.

Players can already try it out on the beta branch via Steam only.

The patch is almost ready as it is on the final stage of testing and initial reports are positive.

That being said, the patch won't solve everything, most surely the most pressing issues as far as I can tell.

Patch details : https://steamcommunity.com/app/3493540/discussions/0/588439235122625526/.

Now, their main focus is on bug fixing and performance stability, before eventually moving on to the "bigger picture".

This means that we should expect further updates in that regards, as long they deem it necessary.

In regards to the "bigger picture", Colonel Failure did not say much (except specific items in this post), but there is talk of new features, QoL, gameplay tweaking and evolutions. (When he said features, he was kind of hesitant though...)

Anyway, it is quite understandable they won't be doing that until they are not satisfied with stability and performance.

Also, Colonel Failure did say that the game is not considered done as it is on launch day. I'm reportin on this because I have seen earlier today here a talk about roadmaps and many redditers saying with force that UG does not do roadmaps and that each game is their own vision of the stuff without providing much after release. My own opinion somehwhat differ but I am not here to debate, so I just reported what Colonel Failure said.

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#2) Vehicle Overtaking

It is confirmed to be an issue that will be handled as part of a "huge list of things to work at".

In any case, here how it works currently :

• A vehicle needs to be 20 kph / 13 mph faster to overtake.
• Every 100m there is a node that allows a vehicle to change lane (on a long road that's plenty of oppurtinity to overtake).

So playing in 1900's won't see any vehicle overtaking each other as they pretty much all have the same top speed.

For now, this what Colonel Failure said about what they will do :

• Instead a fixed rate (20 kph / 13 kph faster), a percentage rage will be used.
• The percentage value is unknown at the moment. Nothing was suggested, no hints whatsoever.
• And no timeline was given for when this will be shipped in an update.

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#3) Adding AI or Computer Company

It was discussed but it is not something they are aiming to do at the moment and not even for this game.

They are aware it is a hot topic but their aim is single player only where players build up an empire to expand and keep profitable as they cater to the ever growing demands of the cities.

They are thankful for all the suggestions and want to keep having such suggestions. They just can't take all of them.

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#4) Geforce Now

Once again, they are aware it is a hot topic in the community, right now, that the game has been not released yet on Geforce Now.

At the moment they are at the investigation stage whether or not they will quickly release it on Geforce Now. Because of their current focus on stability and performance, they cannot work on this right now. No scheduled date at the moment.

So I guess it is confirmed will that TPF3 will be available on Geforce Now. It is more a metter of "when" than a "if" and they intend to "make a big fuss about it" as soon as they've got news in that regards.

The reason for the "delay", taking into account that the previous installments are available on GFN, is that "it is not as simple as flipping a switch". It requires time, time that is currently focused on stability (see item #1).

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#5) Performance tweaks (short-terms solutions)

While waiting for performance updates, Colonel Failure says people can expect a bit more FPS the following ways :

• switch off icons in the HUD as much as you can tolerate
• play in full screen mode (not windowed mode nor borderless)
• turn down grass details - apparently it is hungry and will be tackled later on by the devs.

One thing is sure, is that they are actively working on performance issues.

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#6) The so-called Dev Hot Air Baloon

"It is just a fun message!" shouted Colonel Failure ^^

No privacy invasion. No-one is observing your playthough.

Apparently someone from the team may have said some players would actually believe devs are watching them 🤣.

But Colonel Failure said : "If you want to believe, do so and enjoy it. You may even have a conversation with the dev if you fancy that !".

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#7) Official discord?

Nope. Forum is their medium of choice.

Colonel Failures says it is a far better medium to communicate with everyone taking into account a playerbase across multiple time zones. UG's time zone is European.

Funnily enough he did not mention which, but he did say two time zones. Since he's british (AFAIK) and UG's german... I think the answer is quite easy to guess !

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And that's it guys. I have just been cut off from the video :( I don't know why ! It also happened with the day-launch livestream.

Hope it was interesting !

Thank you for reloading the post all the way ; I have lost count on how many times I edited it and I feel relieved somehow because I can finally get dinner. 😅

I saw this in r/interestingasfuck but sadly reposting isn't allowed in this sub

I made a script mod for planning and balancing supply chains. Pick a chain of existing lines and it shows, for each one, how much cargo it has to carry per year and how many vehicles (or wagons) that takes, including lines that have no vehicles yet.

What it does

• Pick lines with a button in the line manager, or open an industry and press Supply chain to pull in every connected line, upstream and downstream
• Per line: cargo per year for each leg, a bar for how much of it your vehicles carry, the vehicles you have vs the ones you still need, and a rough cost to cover the gap
• Takes loading speed into account, including industry bays that match the cargo
• Trains: suggests locomotive and wagon combinations, and tells you to add wagons rather than buy a second train
• Upgrade hints: "2 x this new truck would do the work of your 3 old ones"
• Save a chain with your savegame, with a small badge on the line colour; drag to reorder; click an industry or station name to jump to it
• An All lines tab with the lines that need attention first. It copes with big saves (tested with 1,700+ lines)

Good to know

• The numbers are estimates. On my test save, road and water came out at 100% of the game's own measured round trip on average (73% to 120% per line). Rail averaged about 83%, so it can under-recommend wagons and trains, and aircraft aren't calibrated yet. This work is ongoing for future updates
• New passenger lines are sized by service interval only, and passenger trains aren't sized yet
• No gameplay changes. Safe to add or remove mid-save (removing it only loses your saved chains)
• English only for now

Download: Supply Chain Manager on mod.io

Feedback and bug reports are very welcome, especially on rail and air lines, since that's where the numbers have had the least testing. If something looks wrong, a screenshot and the name of the line helps a lot.

Bought it in Sunday lol

If you have multiple Platform Specialisation on a platform station like the one in the photo, do you get benefit from all? (Eg, 1 platform/line with 1 flatbed specialisation, 1 Bulk etc) Do a train stop there get benefit of all specialisation? Eg, if the cargo need to load goods and bulk.

A lot of people liked the last one I posted, so here's another really fun one for long cargo lines on and off the water :)

tnNTbEe0E3 subarctic!

The mod that lets all trams be Light Rail is wonderful