Tab: How many cars you want to add to the train

[CPCNMAN007]

I had an idea. Here it is: since I love building long trains with more than 10 cars, I figured I’m not the only one who does that. My fingers often hurt because I click the mouse button like crazy. The idea is to create a tab that would open a window asking: How many cars do you want to add?

[odisseus]

Do you know you can just clone the whole train?

[CPCNMAN007]

Do you know you can just clone the whole train?

I know that. I use it all the time to clone trains. But I'm talking about when you're building a new line, your stations are 50 tiles long, and you have to create the first train.

[robert357]

50 tiles?! It's like whole continent in TTD scale.

[CPCNMAN007]

50 tiles?! It's like whole continent in TTD scale.

This station is exactly 50 squares long and 2 squares wide.

[odisseus]

Here's the algorithm I use to build a long train with as little clicking as possible:

1. Create a short train with, say, 4 cars.
2. Clone the whole train.
3. Attach the cars from the second train to the first train. Hold Ctrl to drag the whole consist.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as needed. In just 5 repetitions, you'll get a consist of 128 cars.

[CPCNMAN007]

Here's the algorithm I use to build a long train with as little clicking as possible:

1. Create a short train with, say, 4 cars.
2. Clone the whole train.
3. Attach the cars from the second train to the first train. Hold Ctrl to drag the whole consist.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 as needed. In just 5 repetitions, you'll get a consist of 128 cars.

Yeah, I admit it, but it's still a pain.