why can't i deliver valubles?

[itdr]

Hi!

Here's a picture:


1. a bank.
2. an armored truck to deliver valubles.
3. a station.
4. the station doesnt accept the valubles.

what am i doing wrong?

i added a .sav file, just in case.

thanks!

[Supercheese]

It looks like you want to Transfer the valuables to the train. In this case you'll need to give the trucks Transfer orders: https://wiki.openttd.org/Orders#Transfer

Of course, this assumes the train waiting will take the valuables and unload them at another bank.

[kamnet]

Loading the save, it appears that the station not accepting valuables may have been a temporary glitch. When I opened the game it said the station now accepted Mail, Goods and Valuables.

Suppercheese is right, though. If you intend to play with the default economy, you will need to add transfer orders. However, if you intended to play with CargoDist enabled and have those transfers automatically take place, you need to go into the Settings menu and enable CargoDist for cargo, then start a new game.

[Wahazar]

There is another station window (Woods) than indicated by red circle 1.
Maybe it is railway station (in this case, cargodist would solve problem with bi-directional transfer).

[Rollerghost]

I loaded the save and found that turning on Cargodist in the settings menu (ingame) solved the problem.

[kamnet]

There is another station window (Woods) than indicated by red circle 1.
Maybe it is railway station (in this case, cargodist would solve problem with bi-directional transfer).

Oops yes, you're right it is Funley Woods that is the rail station, I totally missed that. And that would be why it accepts nothing because it's not near an accepting industry. Still, solution would be what Supercheese and I suggested, either use a transfer order when playing non-CD game, or turn on CD.

[itdr]

thank you all!

i changed the order to transfer and it worked!

now, i will use these thread for another question:
a few game-years have passed, and that valubles delivery project that i asked about turned out to be realy expensive.
the train is the money maker in this story; it makes around ~15K per year. but the armored trucks (1 in each city), is ending the yaer with -10K combined.
remembering the the bank is in the middle of the city, and i can't construct a train station close to it, what can adviceto me? how can i do it better?

again,
thanks guys!

[kamnet]

Deliver goods faster and more frequently. It will reduce he amount of time the cargo is in transit and increase your profits. Also possibly trying to find a vehicle with lower running costs.

[itdr]

delivering goods increase the valuble production? i didn't knew that (i'm a noob.. )
also, i don't have a better truck yet. i will wait.

thanks!

[kamnet]

More frequent visits to your station and quicker delivery of cargo encourages increases in production, on top of decreasing cargo value and cargo decay for moving it faster. Time is money.

[Sylf]

Banks don't increase production like other industries. Valuables on temperate climate is a challenging cargo to handle. It's often ignored, or bundled with other cargo like mail.

[TimeLapse1357]

move Funley Transfer behind the white building next to Funley bus stop (might need to use the CTRL key). build roads to make a loop around the white building. this will increase the distance between the stations and increase the value of the delivered cargo.

original ground vehicle set stinks at short range (sort of stinks at long range too), I like eGRVTS better.

[Ivir Baggins]

If a road stop gets put near the station it can be added to Funley Woods due to how station placement works. Thence the trains load valuables directly from the bank without any transfer orders.