Creating a shunting yard

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Creating a shunting yard

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Akalamanaia wrote: He also made a shunting yard(as did i but i deleted it later) .
The best thing on Locomotion - carriges can stand alone

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their counted as trains though, so they go towards the limit.
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Colonel32 wrote:
Akalamanaia wrote: He also made a shunting yard(as did i but i deleted it later) .
The best thing on Locomotion - carriges can stand alone
Can someone explain what's the point of this?
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Post by Steve »

It isn't the best thing. There are waaay better things.
I suppose it has a use as somewhere to put old carriages and engines if you don't want to use them yet, rather than losing them in the vehicles list.
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Steve wrote:It isn't the best thing. There are waaay better things.
I suppose it has a use as somewhere to put old carriages and engines if you don't want to use them yet, rather than losing them in the vehicles list.
Do they lose reliability at the normal rate even if they are stopped?
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Akalamanaia wrote:their counted as trains though, so they go towards the limit.
Limit? I guess I havne't noticed that yet because i'm still on the demo, what are the limits like, are they ristrictive?

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Post by Steve »

I haven't hit anything but the station spread limit in my games.
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Post by Wolf01 »

i done a working shunting yard in OTTD, but carriages can't stand alone :(
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=200930#200930
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