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At this time you can' change it, but the modding tools will be released as a free update in a few weeks and allow you to create your own rule sets. They have the option to modify depot capacities.
Actually the capacity of the depot doesn't need to be modded. It is SERVICE capacity, so that's the amount of the vehicles that can be serviced at a time. It doesn't mean any limit to the amount of vehicles stored there actually.
The thing with that though is that cities the size of the ones in CiM2 would have bus depots with high capacities. If you have a depot with 100 buses, around 85-90% of them will be out on the road during daylight hours. The rest will be either sitting unused awaiting peak times and/or be in the workshops being repaired.
At night though, you'd probably find that around 60-70 percent of that 100 will be in the depot as night buses would use less vehicles than daytime routes. The only way to stop buses queueing in the game is to have unrealistic frequencies on the night buses which means lots of buses running around empty wasting money.
If anything, it would be good if you could "add" a depot next to an existing depot in the game where it would become one larger depot instead of a seperate depot with it's own lines.
If you are lacking space in a large depot, you might consider making "waiting platforms" for your buses, using the one way bus-only roads 
Always some kind of a visual trick.
Always some kind of a visual trick.
Right now it is smart to have no night schedule, since the passengers dont care if it is night. They still stand around waiting for transportation. -.-
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I know of a possible working solution, but I would rather not share it due to the EULA and such. :unsure:
Are the mod tools going to be limited to just the XML files? or are any of the other juicy bits in the Unity asset packages going to be opened up for modifying?
Really enjoying the game so far! Very impressed with what you guys have built so far and I am looking forward to more
If the maximum maintainance capacity is exceeded, the vehicles would wait outside.
6 months now - still waiting for modding tools.
Meanwhile, anybody found out a way to mod depot size?
Meanwhile, anybody found out a way to mod depot size?
What are you waiting for? They announced rulesets to change the depot capacity, they gave us rulesets to change the depot capacity.So yes, there is a way to "mod" the size.
Just to be sure: You have to be on the newest version (or at least the version where rulesets where implemented the first time (I think it was version 1.2.1)).
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... and there are no plans to fix the issue of scheduling.
Also, while it is not modding you CAN use the ruleset to modify how many vehicles a depot can handle. tools-->ruleset editor--->All Transport types (unless there is a specific type of depot you want to modify).
I know it does not help when creating your own maps etc, but it at least gets you going in the game.
Remember it is a percentage, so 500% would allow 5 times as many vehicles as the default and 1,000% would allow 10 times.
modding tools to create what though ; D just rule sets or capacities or to create vehicles and buildings?
I don't have a link but it was stated not long after 'modding tools' was announced that actual modding tools were too difficult to create because of the limitations and complexity of the Unity engine (I know this from my own experience with Unity). That's why there are rule sets instead and there probably won't ever be modding tools for CIM 2.
i really want to know what this means what type of modding tools >_<
Wasn't that quote about the ruleset editor?
My Problem with creating modding tools, no one will stop someone changing the DLC id. Making the whole DLC selling pointless for CIM2 and even the whole Unity 3/4 eco system. On the other hand I don't play Cities in Motion 2 enough so the investment to develop a safe way for CIM2 is justified. Loading own dll into the Unity Engine via own created bundle file, then directly change the game code. Again the same problem, the whole DLC and Steam online system is easier to circumvent then loading/creating a user made model
My Problem with creating modding tools, no one will stop someone changing the DLC id. Making the whole DLC selling pointless for CIM2 and even the whole Unity 3/4 eco system. On the other hand I don't play Cities in Motion 2 enough so the investment to develop a safe way for CIM2 is justified. Loading own dll into the Unity Engine via own created bundle file, then directly change the game code. Again the same problem, the whole DLC and Steam online system is easier to circumvent then loading/creating a user made model