Easy public transport?

[tommo8993]

For me, the biggest turn off for the game is the public transport system. It is far too complex for me. I know how you guys probably find it easy, but I just can't get my head around it.

Do any mods exist that make it easier?

 

[metacritical]

how is it difficult? you build a station and connect them to each other. which parts are you finding difficult?

 

[yann]

HI, as a newbie I am having a similar problem..i build a bus station then bus stop but I end up with messages about the loop isn't complete..ive tried clicking & dragging the stop etc.any ideas please?
yann

 

[akeela84]

HI, as a newbie I am having a similar problem..i build a bus station then bus stop but I end up with messages about the loop isn't complete..ive tried clicking & dragging the stop etc.any ideas please?
yann

As soon you start a bus line you have to finish it.
For example, the ABC are you stops, you start at point A, connect it with B, C and so on at the end you have to connect the line back to A or else the line is broken.

 

[Mister X]

What annoys me is how tricky it can get if you have an actually real system of transportation, for example if some lines share a street. It's made double difficult that all lines technically have to be circular and you have to do it manually.

What i propose is to choose some options (do you want circle line, normal line). In normal, you put a start and an end and there is an option for auto station placement on routes the game decides or place manually. What would be really important is to make it easier to modify lines and distinguish between them, for example currently you want to delete a stop for only one line, but if it shares boom ded your entire system got destroyed

 

[yann]

Thank you-very helpful

 

[Avanya]

What annoys me is how tricky it can get if you have an actually real system of transportation, for example if some lines share a street. It's made double difficult that all lines technically have to be circular and you have to do it manually.

What i propose is to choose some options (do you want circle line, normal line). In normal, you put a start and an end and there is an option for auto station placement on routes the game decides or place manually. What would be really important is to make it easier to modify lines and distinguish between them, for example currently you want to delete a stop for only one line, but if it shares boom ded your entire system got destroyed

Uhm, what would then happen to the bus at the end of the line? The bus has to go somewhere - no real bus line just ends. In most cases you can just go back to the first stop with the line if you just want a line from A to B. Ofc it's not super efficient to have the bus go the entire length of the route with no stops.

Btw you can select which lines to display by using the info view button on the left. Click on busses and it'll show all your lines and the eye symbol lets you hide the ones you don't need to look at. Makes editing individual lines much easier.

 

[Mister X]

Uhm, what would then happen to the bus at the end of the line? The bus has to go somewhere - no real bus line just ends. In most cases you can just go back to the first stop with the line if you just want a line from A to B. Ofc it's not super efficient to have the bus go the entire length of the route with no stops.

Btw you can select which lines to display by using the info view button on the left. Click on busses and it'll show all your lines and the eye symbol lets you hide the ones you don't need to look at. Makes editing individual lines much easier.

A-B-A

Stations are automatically placed backwards

 

[metacritical]

you can do that yourself by placing the stops on the other side of the road to the original ones. just remember to make a little roundabout at the end to allow the buses to turn around. i suspect you will not like the trams that came with Snowfall.

 

[Mister X]

I don't have snowfall so don't know