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Tips for a simple vanilla train system? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After making my starter base, I was working on a train system using train limits, circuits, and bidirectional 3-8-3 trains. I realized the scale was too large for me, and I wanted something smaller and simpler. I had also messed up the fueling system, and wanted to redesign it.

I nuked the old system (literally and figuratively), and I want to switch to unidirectional 1-4 trains, but still using train limits and circuits to calculate the limits. I also want a single fueling (maybe adding multiple as the factory grows) station that is visited by all trains.

Any suggestions for planning or designing something like this? The only mega base I have ever made was a spaghetti mess and I'm trying to be a bit more organized in the creation of this one (the initial goal is 2.7k spm)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey. If I name all pick up/drop off stations the same, will the train go to the first one that becomes available, or how does it pick its target station?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I believe it picks the first one to become available. If multiple stations with the same name are available, trains will pick the closest one (so you can have parts or the base starved)

I still have Space Age pending, so this might have changed.