Transfers combined with loads
Posted: 22 Jul 2019 08:28
New to OpenTTD.
I just spent two hours wrestling with a train and then threw my mouse across the room and ragequit. I'm hoping someone here can help with the logistics, because this isn't the first time I've had trouble trying to combine transfers with loading/unloading.
Station A (one track): Lumber yard
Station B (two tracks): Coal mine
Station C (one track): Power station, Forest
I have two trains.
Train AB picks up wood at Station B and delivers it to Station A, then returns empty.
Train BC picks up wood at Station C and brings it to Station B, where it transfers it for pickup by Train AB. It then waits for a load of coal and brings it back to Station C. Or at least, this is what should happen. If I set the train to transfer the wood first, then pick up the coal, it picks up the coal and then picks up all the wood it just dropped off. If I set it to pick up the coal first and then transfer the wood, it transfers both the wood and the coal and leaves empty. For the life of me, I simply can't make it understand how to both transfer the wood and load the coal. Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong before I put my foot through my monitor? Much thanks.
I just spent two hours wrestling with a train and then threw my mouse across the room and ragequit. I'm hoping someone here can help with the logistics, because this isn't the first time I've had trouble trying to combine transfers with loading/unloading.
Station A (one track): Lumber yard
Station B (two tracks): Coal mine
Station C (one track): Power station, Forest
I have two trains.
Train AB picks up wood at Station B and delivers it to Station A, then returns empty.
Train BC picks up wood at Station C and brings it to Station B, where it transfers it for pickup by Train AB. It then waits for a load of coal and brings it back to Station C. Or at least, this is what should happen. If I set the train to transfer the wood first, then pick up the coal, it picks up the coal and then picks up all the wood it just dropped off. If I set it to pick up the coal first and then transfer the wood, it transfers both the wood and the coal and leaves empty. For the life of me, I simply can't make it understand how to both transfer the wood and load the coal. Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong before I put my foot through my monitor? Much thanks.