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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

RimWorld, I can't stop playing it for at least 6 hours every time I launch it.

Also Factorio until I got stuck on making the fucking trains work

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The trains aren't that mad to figure out.

  • Chain signals into crossings/junctions, block signals out.
  • This also applies to any track section where a train can block other trains.
  • Signals and stations only work to the right of the travel direction
  • Signals without another signal on the other side are strictly one-directional.
  • you can mismatch signals of any pair, i.e. a block sig opposite of a chain sig.
  • Using signals within a junction can be useful to improve capacity of said junction, though you must use chain signals for that.
  • Always make sure your longest regular train can fully leave a junction/crossing/flow-critical block before it hits another signal.
  • Having one train length across your entire fleet can make this easier to wrap your head around

As for station stopping instructions, that'll take a few more lines to go into.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You just need s good intersection blueprint to make trains work, after i found that i became adicted to expand the train network.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

factorio trains were a mess to get into without mods and prior to train limits. they're kinda fine now :)