Currently on the fence.
The issue with city simulation game performances, is that they tend to easily run out of memory.
Much like the Cities: Skyline on the Switch, I think A-Train: All Aboard! might suffer similar issues.
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A-Train: All-Aboard Tourism! |OT| One Toke Over the Chuo Line
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The issue with city simulation game performances, is that they tend to easily run out of memory.
Much like the Cities: Skyline on the Switch, I think A-Train: All Aboard! might suffer similar issues.
So how extensive is the drawing tool for customizing your trains?
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I think it's been about the same for me. I'm not too bothered by performance in general though so not the best judge.
Try going into settings and toggling some things down and see if that makes it acceptable to you? You have to hit R to get to that part of the settings menu though, not super obvious unless you're looking for it.
Turning off Shadow in setting is a BIG help for getting stable performance. I was able to get 60fps most of the time now.
Also I did get crashed crashed two time after playing the demo for a long time too.
Also I did get crashed crashed two time after playing the demo for a long time too.
I've put 6 hours into the demo already, restarting once to try out new track layouts. I'm addicted. I guess I need to buy the full game now? My brain glazed over when they talked about stocks and income and everything, but I just wanna make trains go vroom vroom and shrink down real small to wander around Japan.
In Scenario 2, your goal is to get on the Stock Exchange yourself!
But yes, you can buy and sell stocks from like 30 companies. I think if you own enough stock in some companies, they give discounts on things, such as Residential Buildings.
Also, you can build subsidiaries to expand your company, like build apartments near your train station to get tenants and help expand the town.
Also, if the Government need things in areas, you can accept plans with deadlines to do tasks. For example:
- Accept to build 10km of Road in a zone and they can offer you 100% Off Land Cost for that road.
- Accept to build 2 Residential Property in a zone and get 40% off Building Cost for those 2 Buildings.
I think you're right. This is basically a tycoon game, not a city simulation I thought it was.
Thank you for your input. I'll probably wait till I can get a hand on a switch, as I, too, really prefer the look of that version.
Still in the first Demo Scenario. Doing well (The Tourism official just told me I was already halfway to goal!), but I kinda hit a wall where I'm hitting my quotas on one end but overspent to get there so I have to wait for my income to increase again so I can build more rail lines...
Maybe I missed it in game, but if I build a rail line over land I haven't purchased yet, is it the same price as purchasing the land first? Or should I always be purchasing land first then building over it?
Maybe I missed it in game, but if I build a rail line over land I haven't purchased yet, is it the same price as purchasing the land first? Or should I always be purchasing land first then building over it?
I believe you can just build over it, which gives you control of the land.
Buying the Land is only handy when you are going to expand, but don't want others to build there and don't want the Land Value to be high when you build there.
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Do tourism route arrows only get generated by road placement? In the first tutorial I made a rail to the West side of the map, and never got the outside town connection to be setup, but was able to in the second tutorial. Is there some way to know where outside cities/towns are?
Government Office ---> Tourism Information ---> Click on any Tourism Site.
For 2nd Scenario, it shows Sema (North), Toyonami (South) and Tomano (West)
See Tweet I made just for you!
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Ohhh that makes sense! Thanks a ton for that and the helpful video for it :)
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Just think of it like Civ, a game you can come back to over and over for a while, and focus on MH:R when it launches ;D
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Also if anyone has any custom scenarios to highlight, take some pics of it and post up any info and I'd love to get a "RE Scenarios" list going :D
Digitally Downloaded A-Train Review
This is an excellent review that understands what A-Train is about.
This is an excellent review that understands what A-Train is about.
That review is interesting. Deep simulation games that really hits the core.
Patch 1.0.2. is out fixing some glaring issues.
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A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism update out now (version 1.0.2), patch notes
Studio Artdink has released a new update for A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism. Here are the patch notes: Fixes memory-related issues causing errors Fixes issue with the number of tourists on First Class trains Fixes issue with travel direction when a train stops for less than a minute Source
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Patch 1.0.2. is out fixing some glaring issues.
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism update out now (version 1.0.2), patch notes
Studio Artdink has released a new update for A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism. Here are the patch notes: Fixes memory-related issues causing errors Fixes issue with the number of tourists on First Class trains Fixes issue with travel direction when a train stops for less than a minute Source
Oh sweet, that's so good to see :D
I've been just saving every time I did a major reconfiguration, but sometimes forget so this getting patched is nice.
Got my physical copy today and just started. Wow, this seems a lot more in depth than I was expecting, good first impression though. I'm only what i assume is the demo content, but it seems really smooth. The tutorials are fairly engaging too so far, which is often a problem for these games. Graphically it looks great too. A real sense of character to it and much higher budget than i expected.
I assumed it was a check to say whether a freight train was going to stop at that station or not, but i'm not sure since I sold my freight train as i couldn't stop it from getting in the way of the other trains.
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I think I missed something in a tutorial about how to pick up fish. I bought a freight truck thinking I could just build a bus stop near the port to get fish, but I can't seem to get it to stop there. I tried to build a fish warehouse thinking it could stop there. No luck.
You need a Truck Stop near the Fish Warehouse.
Also, at each Stop, you can adjust what type of thing you want it to try picking up, via the "Freight" option when you select the Stop in the "Operating Route" Menu.
NOTE: Not actually played the game much, just hop on to figure out questions while I play Yakuza all week. 😅
If it's like PC Classic, there are different types of stops for cargo and for passengers.
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Oh duh, that would make sense. Thanks again! I seem to really miss these menu options on the bottom of the screen, they're so easy to scan by :(
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All these options become available early in the second tutorial. You turn them on/off in the system menu.
All these options become available early in the second tutorial. You turn them on/off in the system menu.
Someone else mentioned:
Perhaps that's something where we would need to investigate a bit more.
There's a problem with loading save files on version 1.0.2. On the official site it says:
"INFORMATION
2021/03/16
ver1.0.2 patch has been released.
*We have started investigating some cases where existing save data cannot be read after updating 1.0.2.
Please wait for the update without deleting the save data."
This happened to me after a crash. I couldn't load any of my saves. I could start a new game, but couldn't load the old ones.
"INFORMATION
2021/03/16
ver1.0.2 patch has been released.
*We have started investigating some cases where existing save data cannot be read after updating 1.0.2.
Please wait for the update without deleting the save data."
This happened to me after a crash. I couldn't load any of my saves. I could start a new game, but couldn't load the old ones.
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So far, I haven't seen new livestreams of this game after being played for more than 6 hours into the game on Youtube.
I've decided to wait for my physical copy to arrive while I continue to try out the demo.
It seems the amount of Japanese physical copies are pretty low.
I've decided to wait for my physical copy to arrive while I continue to try out the demo.
It seems the amount of Japanese physical copies are pretty low.
Beat the first tutorial after about a year and a half. I expanded the railway far more than it told me to, but I was incredibly hampered in what I could do due to it not unlocking all options. Made train admin a bit of a pain. Will start the second one at the weekend.
Also, I encountered a bug where the entire world just went white. All the menu's were still there but I had to reload.
Also, I encountered a bug where the entire world just went white. All the menu's were still there but I had to reload.
I feel it is somewhere around 7 for me. Not the best, but also not something you would scoff away from.
Anyone knows how to resolve trains stopping due to emergency? I have 2 trains stopping on the same track, both of them going towards each other.
Waiting on stock to replenish. Apparently, there's a shortage of physical stock, and may receive more shipments at the end of March. So, no idea about the full game.
Use loops and have trains running the same way. There's lots of ways to do this, including switchback etc.
No, what I mean is, right now, I have 2 red light icons showing up on the screen, and the game is paused, I can't do anything else about it with the trains right now, because the deadlock has already happened. How do you get out of this scenario?
I guess this is what happens when messing around with fixed departure times...
Just withdraw one of the two trains using the train menu, that should enable the other one to move again. You can place it back again later.
Oh, that's how you do it.
After withdrawing it, I noticed that sometimes, I see red icons appearing on top of the train stations. After it shows up, it disappears immediately after.
What are the red icons, that looked like passengers getting crowded or something like a platform with a spring in the center?