Simutrans Reference Manual
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1. Location of the Quay to liquid Gold The Depot For Ocean Vessels Infrastructure to support shipping Building Rail Platforms show what goods they collect Build a Depot All the Basic Elements of a Rail System Building a Road A stop for passengers The All important Vehicle Depot A Runway is used by airplanes A taxiway links the runway and airport The Basic Airport The Completed and Functional Airport Yes Trams also have2. Stations can also be found underground The Post Office is a special construction Post Stop place roadside post boxes Town with A Post Office amp Post Box Post Offices are needed to transfer mail What you find inside a Depot A schedule Lists all places Vehicles stop The Vehicle is ready to g0 Current information on your vehicle Regular schedules become service lines Service Lines have their own window You can alter the service line from here The vehicle is on the new service line Illustration 10 Illustration 11 Illustration 12 Illustration 13 Illustration 14 Illustration 15 Illustration 16 Illustration 17 Illustration 18 Illustration 19 Illustration 20 Ill
3. 4 Freight Passengers MESI eau even ves aeu erue QUO MUS ERO codes Esp OD DON 15 BiG ine In PU CUT COE FYRFYFYR mom 15 Buke SUI dup DERE SUP HIT FF FE NER REFERS 16 Building a Road A 0 17 LESE TORRES EON LL CE TTD 18 19 Civil Engineering 201 Advanced Infrastructure Forms 0 eju Ea Ca Te Le FFF E NF FARN E N FFY NEF TR FF EFE WEDT 20 Tunnel The Shortest Distance Between Two PoOints cccsccsssccssccsscccessosscccsccocsecesccccsscsecesccossousscecsscesssescsocstossseesseessscscsecscoesesecs 21 Civil OE PUPPI Having Finer Control Ctrl Over Cons ED o poeni oput CHIP OFID HERR Ke AUD NNOL RED GO Se EFFI TTL beb eUF FANNA TONFEDD ODRO da OUO IV G RR 22 Introducing Underground ETOT TTL 22 The Che egue s In The Mail cni eepetesavevs ves euo Pues 42i DUO OS NY UO Ran esae 29 POSLCHBUS DE TOSE DO o ose e IPEA ee e Ud NUMINUM IM E RE PU MONUI D NIS MM ME 09 Planes Trains Buses Trams Trucks and Ships eee eee ee eee ee ee eee eee esses s 24 ku UE eate LUN CTETUR IT YL Opera C YY RUN HAF PR RS ST FENTER NEDD FYND 24 Service Lines Mean 8 25 Giving The Signal For 1016 eee eee eese e eee 0 Allowing Multiple Vehicles Along A Single Tic 26 Multiple Stations Multiple Platforms Letting the Driver Decide cccccccccccccceececeesceesscesssessssessccsssessssesssssssssssssceancccescces
4. Cons 220 Coal l O 1000t 1005 February Winter 1952 8 15h 200 000 06 240 65 0 gt T 1 00 timeline Winter 7 January 1952 21 30h 200 000 00 TSBL 2 CI L00 timeline Illustration 10 Enquire about a consumer or supplier Illustration 11 The Oil Rig is also a station stop Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Freight Passengers Mail All of these information gathering tools are here for a single reason to enable you to begin planning your transport company s most profitable largest longest goods transportation network There are three types of basic goods Freight Passengers and Mail While Freight can be further divided into each specific type of good both Passengers and Mail reguire special buildings and vehicles to transport them The Vehicles for Passengers or Mail can be located under the passenger tab of the depot uildings have a sy 4 F wg L B EI E mbol in the corner indicating TEES Building Infrastructure Building Ports The waterways are a natural highway and about the only way to exploit those deep ocean off shore oil deposits beneath those isolated oil rigs As already indicated those oil rigs also serve as a station so it is very inexpensive to establish an ocean transit crossing Illustration 12 The Freight ht type I llustration 13 Building a Dock on 14 Location of the Quay to liq d Gold Open the Docks Tool Bar Choose Quay o
5. 6 e R ille central ROM 056 17 91 T 1 00 timeline edu Sun i 536 527 570 113 91 3 T 1 00 timeline TEE 54 uz can alter the service line from here RCRUM 55 T The vehicle is on the new service line A Service Line is better than a regular schedule for a a couple of reasons 1 A service line can have several vehicles using it 2 A service line is quick to extend or alter 3 You don t need to find and alter the vehicle schedule if you adjust its service line 4 Service Lines are Colour Coded to help indicate where improvements might need to be made The colour scheme White Service Line has no vehicles assigned Yellow Service Line is not Operating Black Service Line is profitable and has spare capacity Blue Service Line is profitable but has little spare capacity Red Service Line is operating at a loss Congratulations You Have Now Utilised Your First Service Line Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 25 Giving The Signal For More Profits While the road network can automatically handle multiple vehicles your rail networks are are a bit more restrictive in the number of vehicles automatically allow to run Signals can improve the efficiently of your rail networks by allowing multiple vehicles to use your network Signals can only be positioned on straight level sections of track No signals on slopes or on intersections Allowing Multiple Vehicles Along A Single Track LE
6. 20087280 62 623 360 282 735 34 WV boot 15 260 oc NENNEN E T o gt bdb ym 7 006 A Cash Flow 62 623 aat 6595 xd Maintenance monthly 820006 Years Months 1053 1052 1051 1050 1040 1048 mom 1046 1945 04A AO ig 3 Renborough Westen 0e dower 54 Renki D Westem Coal power station stor JE Winter 1 March 1953 12 30h 309 720 51 252 136 D T L00 timeline Illustration 78 An Improved Finance Window The Important section of this interface is the two columns of figures They are the monies spent and earned both this year and in the previous one to give a breakdown of the companys bottom line Anything in red is a loss whatever is black is a gain There are a lot of expenses some of which are incurred when running the company Controlled Expenses Construction Site is the cost of establishing the roads rails stations and depots of the company New Vehicles is the Cost of purchasing new trains trucks buses and carriages Both of these can be directly controlled by you if you buy the train you incur the cost if you build the bus stop it will cost you as well Fixed Expenses Operation Costs is a fixed expense although it will vary depending on the type of vehicle Maintenance is another fixed expense though it seems to soar unchecked as you keep your infrastructure in top condition Maintenance The Maintenance mon
7. Ez FA 11e r 1 d Es t y ON 4 rw 4 et E 1 IN a KI a 4 D ag D mM 8 tet l de x A ild signals 500 00 ji 5 2 P c M eda lur J O N x 2 Railroad tools x Railroad tools 6 i Ke UU ff ES e ae he Pe pu Renborough Horthem Coal stop 310 722 21 n 1953 22 00h e Vin 1953 14 00h 302224 so eline Illustration 57 Place the signals near the intersection 22 M 22 Illustration 56 Add the spur from the main line Select the signal from the tool bar Position the signals near the intersection Multiple Stations Multiple Platforms Letting the Driver Decide A second or third platform can improve efficiency however establishing individual schedules can be a headache There are signals that can allow multiple vehicles to stop at the same station are scheduled to stop at the same location l6 CONI Sun 30h 0006 e Illustration 59 We need two vehicles a Select the choose signal from the tool bar Position these signals before the station branches to many platforms Signals will allow single vehicles onto the track that is between itself and another signal This will allow if the signals are used properly for multiple vehicles to use portions of your rail network efficiently The use of too many signals can create problems along your rail network Congratulations You Have Included Signals to Your Network Allowing You Greater T
8. Using Control Ctrl in conjunction with the construction tools you can 1 Construct the shortest distance between two locations a Straight Line 2 Build lower quality infrastructure over higher quality infrastructure saving on maintenance 3 Build Openings to Tunnels Useful for Access Underground Introducing Underground Stations After a hard Day at the office you just want to get home but the rush hour just may be to extreme What you need is to be driven to your door With the advent of underground transportation you get that If your basement is adjoining an underground station And as CEO of your own transportation company that just may be the case Summer 25 July 1932 19 45h 315 837 820 i 296 210 4 T 1 00 Use a Time line a Summer 26 July 1932 4 00h 313 834 820 x 306 218 3 T 1 00 Use a Time line Illustration 40 Underground is similar to tunnels Illustration 41 Build a single tunnel entrance with Ctrl Start Building As You would a regular tunnel Hold down Ctrl and build the Tunnel at the infrastructure up the slope Now switch to the Underground View Hold Shift u U Select the Tunnel Tool and Build your underground Transportation System Then Add whatever underground Stations you want 2 Winter 7 March 1933 12 00h 2 304 218 3 T 1 00 Use a Time line Summer 27 July 1932 17 30h 281 884 47 284 219 3 T 1 00 Use a Time line Illustration 42 The View Underground Illustrat
9. abes Malliville east Airport 0 E 5 rea AP S to line retum d 4 no goods w aiting gt 5 AS Fe wu a y ome to Simutrans 3 game created by Hj Malthaner July 1954 20 00h 508 306 850 120 104 2 1 1 00 timeline Summer 22 1954 21 30h 529 736 64 a21 97 2 CT L00 timeline 24 Illustration 52 Regular schedules become service lines Illustration 53 Service Lines have their own window First find a vehicle with a schedule you wish to have as a service line Open the Service Line Management Window and locate the service line You can adjust the service line directly from the Service Line Management Window Make sure the required vehicles are operating along the new service line rather than their own schedule X 1x Line x gt Schedule Screenshot f 7 z 7 ma S Cm a pA Ay a 5 EU us _ 22 75 Mal ide E DID Follow me Datan a5 d md e Wait for 75 2 12 75 Renborough land Airport 239 164 po Tu Molivite east fimo az3 wD A A 4 1 23555189100 Operation Costs LT MM MI DT CT OS CLIM Nena stopvia Renborough land Air em T stopvia Renborough land Airport 5 7 SAUT alliville stop Profit Convoys acity 32 A JT ERN a ES a Add Stop Insert Remove Done nea OLA Promote to line retumticket Income Gr 7 4 Line Forest Flyer
10. 09 15 34 H RH 205 Start unknown 2006 12 21 10 06 DXNAAAA AA HHHE e LLLaLLLLLLLLL 38 5 2 0 T Italiano int Chi 4d 4 AN 2d jod 4 E A 2 d Belaruskaja ETEA 7 rom TTT of your many games Illustration 6 Load a game when Simutrans begins Click on the Load Button Select the game from the list provided Once You select the file the game will load The Save and Load Dialog now also includes information about what pak was used with the save game Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 13 The Best Place In The World Using the Map When the game begins the screen centres on one of the cities of the world You can scroll around to have a look at the nearby surroundings however on large maps it will be easier you use the map to move about the world quickly mi te 1 o i T NB 2 4 5 tx E A Map Show legend Show map scale ums nest mapzoom ECE ic map mapzoom _ isometric map Cities passengers SE i Traffic DOG Destination Cantebury EU __ Waiting Tracks Speed limit Norwich pv upon Herefort gi _ Z Sheffield Salford Ely Invemess 7 257 222 5 T L00 Use a Time line _ Winter 13 January 1930 6 15h 200 000 00 278 230 4 CT L00 Use a Time line TIE ra T The Map cree Towns Illustration 9 The Map Showing Factories The map also allows you to view a wealth of d
11. Underground View G Goods List V Vehicle List Assigned Keys L Loada game S Save a game p Pause game k Enable Disable AI Players P Change players Increase Game Speed A Decrease Game Speed W Super Fast Speed Station Names and Statistics Hide Buildings Trees Show Hide Grid V Station feeder zone 6 Capture Screen Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Simutrans Tools Road Tools The Road Tools allow you to build transport infrastructure Roads Streets Highways of varying material that will allow trucks buses vans and auto mobiles to traverse them at greater speeds The Tool Bar could be divided into four logical sections Road 37 Speed 25km h 40km h 60km h 70km h 130km h Speed Span 20kn h 12km 80km h 7km 100km h 7km 110km h 8okm h 130km h Base Bridges amp Tunnels Road Signs Roadside Buildings Stops wr Road tools Tllustration 81 Road Tools in the 64 Pak Edition em 4 ess P K x i w E ES hs eee pret ee 4 Illustration 82 Road Tools in the 128 Pak Edition Road Tools Pak 64 Road Base Tools Tool Cost Maintenance Dirt Road 20 AC Gravel Road 40 8c MIP Cobblestone 65 20 Cobblestone 70 27 Asphalt Road 100 32 Bridge
12. Water Level The Hight of the Water Larger Number means more water Mountain Height The Height of Mountains Larger means higher Mountains Map Roughness The amount and frequency of elevation change Larger means rougher surface Snowline Summer amp Winter The Minimum Height Snow appears in either Summer or Winter Desert Climate Tropical Climate Mediterran Climate Temperate Tundra Rocky The Numbers here indicates the maximum height that you can expect to find terrain of the following types These Options can also be set in the configuration files for Simutrans Use Timeline From Year Enforces the introduction dates of vehicles transport systems amp buildings Allow Player Change Allow the player to switch between his company to the public entity or A I Players Beginner Mode Income is 15096 of actual value and factories always accept demanded goods Random Map Can t make up your mind let Simutrans make this decision Load Height Map Allow you to load a grey scale image to create a custom map Load Game Lets you load one of your previously saved games Start Game Starts the Game when you have the settings you want Once you start a game it will take a few moments to generate the map using your adjusted settings and the game will begin centred around one of the towns on the map Your new world will be ready shortly Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 12 Saving And Loading Simutrans Save The World At
13. any time you can and should occasionally save the game either to revoke an expansion that bankrupts the company or simply if you wish to continue the game later The Save function if located in the Game Options Menu a mm Eee 2007 02 14 23 29 4 A RM 205 Coal 128 pakl28 2007 02 16 19 24 RM 206 Sign pak 2007 02 16 1944 X RM205 UGround unknown 2007 01 24 23 21 X RM205 Start 128 unknown 2007 01 11 03 04 X RM 205 Coal unknown 2007 01 09 23 12 X _ RM 205 UGround2 unknown 2007 01 09 15 34 RM 205 Start unknown 2006 12 27 10 06 2 f Player color Save Y d T pem d Players Quit Illustration 4 The Game Options 0 0 Illustration 5 Saving Ti he Game Click on the Save Button You can provide a new file name in the space provided Then Click on OK to save the game Selecting on of the existing files will also save the game but the EXISTING GAME WILL BE OVERWRITTEN The Simutrans Reloaded If you save the game to continue later you are going to want to open it Loading allows you to do just that Simutrans 99 08 1 Filename FRS x Pak96 pak96 2007 02 14 23 29 A X RM205 Coal 128 pakl28 2007 02 16 19 24 xp RM 206 Sign pak 2007 02 16 19 14 X RM 205 UGround unknown 2007 01 24 23 21 X RM205 Start 128 unknown 2007 01 11 03 04 x RM 205 Coal unknown 2007 01 09 23 12 X RM205UGround2 unknown 2007 01
14. had a look and signed up immediately I finished a copy of The Quick Start Guide and then told Isaac I was ready for a website He asked me for some suggestions since I was providing the content and so we settled on guide simutrans com I then released version 1 00 of The Quick Start Guide July 1 2005 I released another three updates to the document by August I felt The Quick Start Guide was complete and later began work on the Reference Manual I released version 1 00 of the Reference Manual 26 October 2005 and have tried to keep to monthly updates I released version 1 04 of the Starter Guide previously the Quick Start Guide soon after That was a year ago and there has been a continual evolution of Simutrans and my reference material as well Both the Reference Manual and the Starter Guide are both several revisions into 2 0 with additions and corrections continually being made Since the beginning of 2006 Simutrans has seen many improvements and enhancements to the game I like many in the community will probably be amazed at how this game we love develops in the future At the Beginning of 2007 Simutrans seems only a few releases away from 1 00 Simutrans will develop and improve beyond that What exciting innovations can we expect Ormac 63 Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Acknowledgements There are a couple of members of the community that I would like to thank for their help Even if they think they don t deserv
15. if it is currently in a depot The colour scheme Yellow Vehicle has not operated Black Vehicle is profitable and has spare capacity Blue Vehicle is profitable but has little spare capacity Red Vehicle is operating at a loss Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 43 44 Mail Box The Mailbox lists the system messages that have occurred These messages could be to inform that a new vehicle is available or that there is a potential problem on the network with stations filling towards capacity or that another year has passed gt Mailbox Options ai OL LL L LO L HR Le PEE FE OM PARLE Illustration 86 The Mail Box and it s display options You can configure how these messages are presented to you 6 As a message running along the bottom of the screen left 6 As an alert window that will automatically close after a few moments middle e Asan alert window that requires you to close it right New Year A new year has just started you have twelve months to make as much money as you desire AI News What your competition is doing use this to your advantage City News Reports city milestones Pause and celebrate with the denizens No Route Your vehicles cannot reach their destination solve this quick or your bankrupt and out of a job Industry Reports appearance of new factories maybe you could become an integral part of their business Tourists There is now something interesting for people to se
16. query the station your interested Click in the box with the stations name inside it Change the Name to something better Change the name of a vehicle in the same way Cleaning up After Yourself If you make a mistake while building your network and you do not like its layout you can use z to remove the last section that was added If you notice a mistake after you have finished or you just want to tidy things up you can use the removal tool 4 borough oil power plant station 7 73 Spring 22 April 1952 11 30h 219 22 3 T 1 00 timeline g 22 April 1952 16 45h ET 229 34 3 T L000 timeline Illustration 66 Before removing the redundant platform TERT 67 Remove platforms helps maintenance Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 28 Improving Your Environment You could also pour company money into land development either to make it easier to access a station or for purely aesthetic reasons You have the option of either raising land or lowering it depending on what your trying to achieve for the environment Carving Canyons or Moulding Mountains The lay of the land can be altered to suit your needs You can bridge a valley or bring down a mountain if you so desire We are going to build a station below the coal mine We need to clear the land around our desired location Md e 4 a Ey X det 2 Mem 4 x gt vertically raise lower land Lower land 1 000 00 4 es
17. sh 390 533 56 274 206 T L August 1937 12 15h 417 092 Gr Illustration 72 Signs are Special Billboards US GEO 73 They can he TEM or mem of mmm To Create A Sign Open the Special Construction Tools Choose Make A Sign Some earlier versions refer to labels Enter what you want on the sign Then Click OK To Remove a sign us the Removal Tool Su oh 216 8218 e L00 Use a Illustration 74 Any graffiti is simple to remove Congratulations You Can Now Sign Off on Signs Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 30 Company Management A List of Things to Do A List of Company Resources As the director of the company you are going to have to make important decisions like what goods to transport what vehicles to buy and what infrastructure to upgrade Many of these decisions are going to require a detailed knowledge of the surrounding area and the current resources of the company Thankfully you have a terrific administrative staff that provides you with a constantly up to the minute list of the resources of the company and the surrounding area Filtering Out Distractions Several of the company specific lists can be further refined to help you make particular decisions Lets See how many airports the company has none inv Y pe 2 none i inv JE passengers LES passengers 1 2 Mail 2 1 Stone Malliville ine j Railway station Steel Steel a asseng Y _ Dock 2 4 SiliconChips zu Silicon
18. 23 Spring 10 May 1952 20 15h 233 704 ine ay 1952 15 6 Tllustration 68 The Land Tool TUER Lower T ool the Land Choose the Raise Lower Land Menu Select the Lower Land Tool Move the cursor arrow pointing down to a location you wish to lower and left click the mouse Keep lowering the ground until there s a wide valley beside the coal mine E ND EU ES ad y cu N 2 x vertically raise lower land D U v Welcome to Simutrans a game created by Hj Malthaner A Spring 21 June 1952 1 30h TEASE Illustration 70 Digs a big hole in your walletaswell Illustration 71 Now We A station at the coal face Congratulations you have Invested in the Environment And Created a Distinctive Feature Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 29 Simutrans A Sign of the Times Simutrans also lets you label or signpost significant geographic or urban features or make notes to your self for future development So now your customers and staff can look at the massive billboards that are on their route to and from work vacation or wherever You can now also remove these messages and notes perfect if you make a spelling mistake x 2 Special Fs Make a Sign p EE pema Sins are cheap p pre eo pum Remove _ Cancel 265 15D Target Ridge ele a 25073 Rippon Ridge dA fp f 264 173 Spon is 3 20 ipon Coal mine station Ripon Coal mine station Sun
19. Chips mair Airports 00 Send A Sand i Printers ink APu nters ink JPlastics Plastics d Paper 2 Paper Malliville eas I Loading bay J Mail 58 passenge _ Bus stop d Stone W COTE wd mnoconnection jop V D FL ES o o 04 237 154 2 T 1 00 Using timeline Summer 17 September 1960 1 57 710 543 780 239 155 2 T 1 00 Using timeline EET 75 Listing of All the Company Stations Illustration 76 Filtering to see just what you need to Open the Lists Menu Choose to List the Stations Now we will apply a filter to have a look at the airports Click on Settings Select only airports under filter types Also select Filter Types before closing the filter window Click to enable the filter re east Ai n gt 58 passengers 34 REA PARTIES e ts gm land fii irport pee VIA no goods waiting Pe o branch Airport n es paasengers 90 news ns d Summer 18 September 1960 4 30h 36 237 154 2 T 1 00 Using timeline Illustration 77 All the Airports are listed If the filter has been configured correctly and enabled it should list just the airports of the company Congratulations You have Successfully Applied A Filter to A List Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 31 Money Makes This World Go Round Too T ERE Fe 7 Finances 6o ar oe sav 94776 ficcount Balance bigs Bi fissets HO0 366 77 23
20. Illustration 84 Rail Rail Tools Pak 64 Track Tools Cost Maintenance 35 4 8oc 20 120 32 400 64 15 2 15 c Bridges and Tunnels Cost Maintenance 1 500 40 240 80 950 100 2 500 100 1 000 200 Road Sign Tools Cost Maintenance 750 eu 500 0 1 500 2 500 Tool Sand Track Wooden Sleepers Concrete Sleepers Steel Sleepers Low Speed Overhead Power High Speed Overhead Power Tool Brick Stone Viaduct Concrete Rail Bridge Steel Girder Rail Bridge Elevated Track Rail Tunnel Tool Signals Rail Close Pre Signals for two blocks Choose Signals Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Rail Tools 40 Rail Tools Pak 64 Continued Road Side Buildings Stops Maintenance 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 Cost 1 000 2 400 600 2 400 2 400 600 4 800 4 800 600 600 2 400 300 1 200 1 200 3 000 300 3 000 Tool Train Depot Covered Platform Sand Station Station Hall Station Hall with News Stands Freight Station Big Station Hall Right Big Station Hall Left Freight Station Forecourt Station in Victorian Style Station Building by MHz Entrance Railway Control Centre Warehous
21. It s really quite helpful Simutrans Reference Illustration 76 Road Tools in the 64 Pak Edition Illustration 77 Road Tools in the 128 Pak Edition Illustration 78 Rail Tools in the Pak 64 Edition Illustration 79 Rail Tools in Pak 128 Edition Illustration 80 The Vehicle List is Also Colour Coded Illustration 81 The Mail Box and it s display options Illustration 82 The Colour Coded Engines Illustration 83 Building an Engine With Many Segments Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Simutrans Reference Manual What Is Simutrans Simutrans is a Simulator Game where you a placed in control of a Transportation Company You have complete discretion in developing the transport infrastructure of the company as well as deciding what goods you will transport and where and how those goods will be transported Why Is There This Reference Manual For Simutrans This Reference Manual is to provide an off line reference resource to provide a detailed description of all the tools and aspects found within the Simutrans Environment It is divided into three main s
22. Simutrans Reference Manual A Users Reference Manual to Simutrans Simutrans Created by HJ Malthaner Simutrans Maintained by Simutrans Team Simutrans Version 0 99 09 1 PAK 128 Version 1 4 1 Release Date March 2007 Manual Edition 2 06 Manual Created by Cameron Smith The Author s Simutrans History I d thought I would share with the rest of the Simutrans Community how I discovered Simutrans and how I came to be writing this particular Reference Manual Well I first discovered Simutrans as a free game that was distributed on the June 2004 CD ROM of PC User I played it a bit and liked it though there did seem to be a few problems with it I went to the Simutrans website and found a more up to date stable version of the game which I got and used immediately I liked the game as it was so much I became a member of the forum I gave my thanks to Hajo for developing Simutrans I was also happily saying how I had been introduced to Simutrans and my past transport simulator exposure from Railroad Tycoon Once I had been a member for almost 12 months the Help system in Simutrans had not developed any further since I had first seen Simutrans I decided to do a Quick Start Guide for Simutrans that they could have on their computer to either access when they had difficulty or to print out and have as a book I started working on the Quick Start Guide and Isaac was testing a new forum and inviting others over to have a look I went and
23. a Tool bar The Tracks go down first The Tram Stops are needed Electricity is Important The gap is intended to be bridged Choose the type of bridge Bridge from one of the intended ends A properly built bridge Infrastructure prior to the tunnel Choose the Tunnel Tool from the menu It s Straight Forward with A Tunnel Road with a tunnel in between Underground is similar to tunnels Build a single tunnel entrance with Ctrl The View Underground
24. ance Highway End Highway Entrance Highway End Choose Destination Choose Destination Digital Minimum Speed 80km h One way Sign Road Block Traffic Lights Road Side Buildings Stops Maintenance 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 Cost 8 500 800 800 1 200 2 000 2 000 1 200 400 400 400 3 200 1 200 Tool Garage Simple Bus Stop Street Mail Box Bus Stop Large Bus Stop Large Modern Bus Stop Modern Bus Stop Parking Parking Parking Modern Bus Terminus Loading Bay Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 39 Speed 55km h 120km h 200km h 450km h 120km h 450km h Speed Span 100km h 160km h 7km 250km h 10km 450km h 300km h e r 4 ol Tun E Lom quaes Le ee I Im L ools in Pak 128 Edition m The Rail Tools allow you to build transport infrastructure Rail Lines Sidings of various material that allow trains using various means of locomotion steam diesel electric to travel on at increasing speed The Tool bar is divided into three logical sections Tracks Signalling Platforms and Structures w 7 Railroad tools X llustration 83 Rail ools in the Pak 64 Edition 0 no CE Ee ie un t 4 M mg em ee
25. ation 31 Electricity is Importa Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 19 Civil Engineering 201 Advanced Infrastructure Forms So you can manage to build some simple road or rail lines snaking them around the natural obstacles of the terrain Sometimes however you may need to get to the other of that natural obstacle be it valley hill or mountain Once you become a master of the Advanced forms of Infrastructure you can decide if you want to go around over or through whatever Mother Nature has put in your path Bridging The Divide Bridges allow you to build your infrastructure above the natural fall of the land or raise your infrastructure up to the next rise Bridges can support traffic travelling up to a particular speed and most can only be built up to a certain length span a K 4 2 4 ES ig ta eS AT Y 8 x Railroad tools brick stone viaduct 15000 61002 100km h yr f Illustration 32 The gap is intended to be bridged Illustration 33 Choose the type of bridge Lay your infrastructure leaving a gap for your bridge Note the infrastructure at the slope is important Choose the bridge type you want most bridges have a span which is the number of tiles they can cover Build the Bridge from one of the intended ends 4 EE E 178 7 au 678 096 80 ne of the intended ends LES 8 15 45h 658 437 97 122 Illustration 35 A properly built bridge Il
26. ations Illustration 1 Paragonia by RanDrag Using Simutrans 86 09 with 128 pak 1 2 2 Starting Simutrans Illustration 2 Your First Glimpse of Simutrans Illustration 3 Create New World Dialogue Illustration 4 The Game Options Illustration 5 Saving The Game Illustration 6 Load a game when Simutrans begins Illustration 7 Continue down one of your many games Illustration 8 The Map Showing 77 10 115 Illustration 9 The Map Showing Factories Enquire about a consumer or supplier The Oil Rig is also a station stop The Freight Buildings have a symbol in the corner indicating the freight type Building 8 Dock
27. ccomodate their extra length Weight The average weight of a single unit you will be paid to transport Edition 2 06 Simutrans Reference Manual Pak 64 Vehicles 64 Pak Engines Steam Icon Name Cost Power Weight Gear Ratio Introduce Retire Ag Adler 1 _ ve lem 1 2 55 1 August 1835 June 1857 ma 4 400 240KW um H Trans 0 4 0T 8 00 km sokm h 20t 2 00 1 July 1880 January 1921 6900 15KW 1 Ed2x2 9 yx Nan ae h 59t January 1891 January 1938 Jae kkStB91 9 bs t ln usen 28t January 1876 January 1936 8000 720KW E JR 9600 Gao Gn i 6ot January 1913 January 1935 10 500 310KW kkStB110 3 10 km 75km h 34t January 1863 January 1926 Swiss Federal 7 500 730KW N E Railways Eb 3 5 10506 km 75 km h 22 7 O ge BR85 EE 133t 1 50 1 October 1932 January 1961 S 9 400 950KW l ge H Trans 4 6 0 a lai MH got 1 19 1 January 1893 February 1851 x 8 700 SOOKW z TPI Std 2 6 4T 12 90 km 100km h 100t 1 39 1 February 1919 January 1958 Diesel 5 700 480KW 0 pur H Trans BR365 Gcr ai O mn 54t 1 80 1 November 1957 RS H Trans BR212 Hou O 64t 1 50 1 March 1958 March 2004 34 00 km 100 km h bd 11 500 1 100KW IE Bennhardt BR204 2200100 100 km h 64t 1 59 1 August 1967 October 1998 11 1 250KW Bennhardt BR220 j 116t 2 19 1 April 1966 October 1996 E 4 73 00 km 100 km h I 11 800 1 120KW 0 dr F7A a O ben 105 km h 8ot Sept
28. ctions These short cuts are accessed by just pressing the appropriate key on the keyboard Description Tools and Information Windows Magnifying Lens Query any Object in Simutrans Red Cross Removes any object in Simutrans Brings up the Company Finance Window Brings up the Line Services Management Window Road Places Asphalt Road Most Expensive Rail Places Rail with Wooden Sleepers Cheapest Allows you to see and build underground Lists the price of transportable goods Lists the vehicles of the company Lists some of the Key bindings for Simutrans Game Play Allows you to quickly restore a previously saved game Allows you to quickly save a game to play later Stops the game clock unable to do anything while paused Turns the Computer Players On or Off Switch between your company and other companies Increase the Speed of the game a little bit Decrease The Speed of the game a little bit Run The Game at the Fastest Speed W again to Stop Graphic Cycles display of Station Names and Statistics Easily lay infrastructure through forests or developed towns Turns the Simutrans World Grid on off Shows coloured squares around stations area of influence Creates an Image of the Simutrans World at That Moment Here are some There are others Key Function a Query Tool r Removal Tool f Finance Window W Lines Services Management Window S Asphalt Road Tool t Rail with Wooden Sleepers U
29. cture that exists on the other side I am playing Simutrans with Pak 128 I ve built a station at the coal mine but the train will not deliver coal This situation is probably encountered by almost everyone and is specific to Pak 128 This is because the simple platform that is found in Pak128 is not bound to any particular broad cargo category Passengers Mail Freight You may have used the simple platform at either the supplier The Coal Mine or consumer end The Coal Burning Power Plant One solution is to build a warehouse at the station that uses the simple platform to extend the types of cargo it accepts to include freight freight is represented by the small box in the top right hand corner of the warehouse The warehouse is located at the first level of the special construction tools I have made a signpost and now want to remove it but I cannot While Simutrans ability to create signposts also known as labels has been available for a long time it is only recently that labels have been able to be reliably removed 99 07 To remove a signpost from 99 07 onwards use the removal tool and bulldoze the small signpost Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 24 Simutrans Reference 13 April Spring 1985 22 00h 2 080 397 55 CL L D T 1 00 no timeline Just Beneath the Surface of Simutrans 36 Simutrans Keyboard Bindings Simutrans comes equipped with certain keyboard short cuts to access common or useful fun
30. d a plane stop which is where the aircraft are loaded and unloaded Renborough land Airport inter 5 February 1954 6 45h 450 618 97 240 164 2 T 1 00 Use a Time line ar reba eRe I TEE 26 The Basic Airport MEM nme 27 The ne nd ADO You need to repeat the Airport building process to have another airport for the aircraft to fly between If you place your taxiway at an end of the runway you break the runway causing it to be unusable Congratulations You Have Built Your Airport Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 18 Building Trams People might sometimes get tired of travelling on a bus and my want something different People like the novelty of riding on trams m YM ud d pee E PAS uu x 7 Trams light rail tools L0w speed overhead power 15 0 120km h pe E E E NN gee f nu A T 1957 4 30h 609 233 86 E n 28 Yes Trams also have a Tool bar llustratio Illustration 29 The Tracks go down first Trams are similar to trains in that they run on tracks Build a stations for the people Build a Depot And A Final Important Step for Trams is to Electrify the Network Select the Overhead Wires Low Speed or High Speed Select the Start and End points as you would for laying normal track 5 Spring 606 069 500 Qu Qus Illustration 30 The Tram Stops are needed nt Congratulations You Have A Ready Tram System 55 Sp de C Illustr
31. e Small Station Building Big Station Building Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Rail Tools Pak 128 Track Tools Tool Cost Maintenance Speed Low Quality Track 30 16 65km h Wooden Sleeper Track 150 8c 110km h Concrete Sleeper Track 300 166 160km h High Ouality Track 600 320 280km h High Speed Track 1 200 42 400km h Third Rail Electrification 150 8c 160km h Standard Cantenary 150 126 280km h Old Cantenary 15 20 110km h High SpeedCantenary 600 20 400km h Bridges and Tunnels Tool Cost Maintenance Speed Span Wooden Railroad Bridge 250 3 30km h 6km Girder Bridge 500 9d 6okn h 10km Truss Bridge 400 12 75km h 8km Concrete Flat Bridge Haru 650 15 95km h 16km Suspension Steel Bridge RVg 900 24 110km h 6km Steel Rail Bridge 1 900 36 160km h 10km Sturdy Steel Bridge 4 500 60 300km h 10km Rail Tunnel 2 000 30 280km h Road Sign Tools Tool Cost Maintenance __ Platform Choose Signals 2 500 Modern ChooseSignals_Right 1 500 Modern Pre Signals_ Right 1 500 Modern Signals_Right 750 m Pre Signals 1 500 m yn Signals 750 ar 3 Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 2 Rail Too
32. e quick bus them over before they get bored New Vehicle A new vehicle is available to use it might be faster larger stronger or all of the above Station Full A station is approaching it s storage capacity perhaps you should haul away more goods Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Depot Windows Whenever your planing to expand your transport capacity or replace old vehicles your going to need to visit the depot Each Depot has two or three principal tabs in it s lower half that will list the available vehicles for either passenger mail transport or vehicles capable of hauling freight The Third tab will show extra components that can increase the carrying capacity of the vehicles Because Simutrans has t two HOES of play all the vehicles and COLOR are coded to assist LS DIE 4 sii cra 139 Train depot no convois Start Schedule T T Sell Hew Line f ply Line S Line js inn Convoi Passenger Trains Engines Caniages LO vehicles a stored here m o oe Vehicles DE Show obsolete 5 Rn I pm 87 Ti He TEE Coded Engines Vehicles and components with a green bar are available for purchase and use Vehicles and components with a blue bar are currently not available because they are too old and have been retired Vehicles and components with a red bar cannot be purchased at the depot in it current mode Put in Front Append Sell Vehicles and components with a portion of a yellow bar wou
33. e it or realised they helped me Isaac Eiland Hall For the encouragement and support and help he has given BauerME For saying just the right thing RanDrag For the faith to enter my Reference Manual Competition Fagonella For Including me in a roll call of Simutrans Contributors Joker For providing the New Logo And of Course Hajo For creating Simutrans and deciding to end his involvement with the Simutrans project Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Greenfield 4 CAEI A a Illustration 1 Paragonia by IgorEleizer Using Simutrans 99 03 with 64 pak This is Greenfield a medium town with 4227 inhabitants It was created by an urban planner who desired Greenfield to become an example for other towns of the region He planned his town around several types of transportation Buses trains ships tramways and planes were all used to supply the goods and the transport needs of the citizens of his town And so he did IgorEliezer Table of Contents Starting Simutrans Running the Best Ever Version of 2 11 A New World For A New NENNT T 12 Saving And Loading CRM Bets SRI CNRC ND 13 Te decani icc OQ E R 13 The Best Place In The World Using the Map cce eee eee eee esee occescccce 14 Finding Business Opportunities The Power to Enquire
34. ect and deliver the mail Congratulations You Almost Have Your Own Postal Service Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Planes Trains Buses Trams Trucks and Ships Vehicle Acquisition and Operation Each Type of transport infrastructure utilises specific vehicles that can only be purchased at the depot Trains can only be purchased at a Rail Depot While Buses and Trucks can only be purchased at a Road Depot Aj pl 2 gt FF JAX A Alea 2y 4 OR ee cle BIT 264 139 Road i depot Wait for CMOS 99677 6 T x Schedule L Renborough stop 257 140 2 Renborough Westem Coal power stat 3 Renborough Coal power station 4 Renborough xteni dock 265 1 102 __ Stat__ Schedule Disassemble Hew Line Apply Line Updateline Copy Convo pagi Trucks Trailers a Sell Copy Convo Renborou gh extem doc rr Stop Insert Remove Done Promote to line return ticket Vehicles j fippen _ Show obsolete i Ho vehicles stored here 7 diesel 2 Cost 63006 0 50 km Intro date December 1948 Power 250kW 80km7 h Retire date January 1989 Weight 21t Capacity 76 d f Autumn 25 November 1952 13 00h 257 135 0 T 1 00 timeline Autumn 28 November 1952 12 15h 6 1 253 98 T L00 timeline Illustration 48 What you TITI mm a Depot Illustration 49 A schedule Lists all places Vehicles stop Open The Depot and Choose a Ve
35. egments Starting Simutrans How to start and operate a game successfully Reference A detailed reference of all the tools and features Appendices More useful Simutrans information What About the Starter Guide The Starter Guide was the original document from which this reference guide as naturally developed The Starter Guide was written for Simutrans version 86 04 and has been rewritten recently to reflect the recent stable version of the game 88 10 5 and forms the basis for the Getting Started Section of the Reference Manual While There has been some previous parallel development of both the Starter Guide and Reference Manual The Starter Guide is intended to reflect the Stable Version of Simutrans as determined by the Simutrans Community and enable a user to be able to quickly utilise several of the tools Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 9 Starting Simutrans Starting Your Simutran Adventure Running the Best Ever Version of Simutrans When Simutrans loads A populated island will appear behind a splash screen giving the version of Simutrans you are using as well as a credit list of all the people that have contributed in some way to the development and maintenance of the programs source code This May be the Best Version at least until it is improved on by the next release Simutrans 99 08 1 This de oue Bata Version uf shuukrenz Wern AUS Fey n AU Jide uarslun is dauslupau Hy HE moti
36. ember 1939 January 2001 48 Edition 2 06 Simutrans Reference Manual 49 Retire January 1935 May 1961 May 1939 January 1933 July 1940 October 1940 November1939 Introduce January 1901 November 1932 February 1924 April 1890 July 1929 October 1918 November1929 Pak 128 Vehicles 128 Pak Engines Gear Ratio 0 80 1 0 84 1 1 58 1 1 30 1 0 94 1 0 84 1 0 94 1 Steam Power Weight 340KW 45km h a 390 KW 55km h qe 552KW 62km h 73t 294KW 65km h n 596KW 73 km h 66t 1 100KW t 82km h 74 1 348KW 112km h gel 0 84 km 0 91 km 2 41 km 1 05 km 1 43 km 2 83 km 3 05 km Cost 5 500 7 200 21 3006 9 400 12 600 23 400 3 1500 Edition 2 06 Name RVg 0 4 0T RVg 0 3 0 Chippy RVg 2 5 1 Muscle 99 JNR 6 Nabe JNR SL C11 RVg 2 3 0 Rvg 2 4 0 Runner Icon Simutrans Reference Manual
37. etails in a summarised form as well as 8x Zoom to help get that global perspective or that street level look Details such as e Town locations Factory locations e Traffic density Transport infrastructure composition Rail Road Finding Business Opportunities The Power to Enquire Aside from the map the other useful information tool is the Query Tool This allow you to find out the value of private buildings as well as the business contacts of the progress of vehicles the speed limit of transport infrastructure history of towns and 14 even the age of trees The query tool also lets you interact with your own important buildings like depots 4 a 27 e d TY nf b t Ee 2 e E 8 1 x Coal mine Max 1156 Power station 262 114 _ Power station 262 149 Workers live in Pe Renborough Passen level 15 AIC EN 7 D Wrodluct ction 24 Storage dn a B 2 fs mp iit ay 7 Cons RE P repito LS 22130 y hoem TU 7 fa Passengers 0 O 09 Ono route 2 s and passengers wating WW 1 Details J FF RE pad level 25 once x Power station Product Max Situ units day putre D 2 Coal e 230 MS Workers live in Renborough Hasc level 5 PM vel 5 Productio A RA Dil 2 ol gesone M 100 5 27 i rig CHER Production Coal 378 380t bulk goods 100
38. fo about the vehicle just by clicking on it Congratulations You Can Acquire and Operate Vehicles with Great Success Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 24 Service Lines Mean Efficiency So you can purchase vehicles and get them operating quickly That does not mean that they are operating efficiently If you utilise Service Lines you may be able to improve the operation of your vehicles and transportation network Service lines are easier to maintain than individual schedules and just as easy to implement IET se p legend x Schedule LA aes P 2 st di gt di Sd a S Ss ve AJK Aaa ob 2 x Line Management Serves line no All Train Monorail Tram Road Ship Air 75 Towns Passengers Mail Wait for Servic Traffic NOM Destinat 15 59 Renborough land Airport 239 164 Waiting Tracks li 23 75 Malliville cast Airport a23 10D eoo MEN N o follow me 1 Vind power plant Concrete facte Chart Detail WCoal mine Coal power ste Fumiture Factory Home Market mChemist tarshop Z Z Z Z stopvia Renborough land Car factory Mon niab A un M EL PU DD DU WN d Riport _mChemical plant Timberplantat 7 T am Vehicles 1 32 Renborough land Airport g rub VY am 4 25 passengers waiting m l je get a new iret tee
39. hicle Vehicles are purchased outright If you Break It remember you bought it Open the Vehicles Schedule and scroll around and choose the stops for the Vehicle If you want to improve the Vehicles Fiscal Returns Select the Stops where you want it to wait for a minimum load Close the Schedule and Click on Start so the Vehicles can start earning you cash 2 264 139 Road depot m 2 21 21 915 7 0 1 ColinMotorBus 79 km h re 80km h pum Income A 0 LOCK Weight 2 Me en Destination E rudi Central Coal power S Schedule go to depot rw me Sort mE n by FUM RES AE destination PAA Chart Details 3 16 passengers loade d 3 passengers Renborough stop ET on the selected l vchicie cs 300 Schedule Disassemble e Apply Line Update line ius Trucks Trailers e Lu 2 ag Renborough extem docl 0 Power 250 FINIS eode value 5 086 290 bw Ho vehicles stored here d A Z 1952 is Manufactured Hovember Ew r Selling value 5 986 2 f Power 250 kW Bear 400 Friction Max income 1 567 00 3 76 passengers A Bet he 3 paseos gt 2 7 pi 2 J Autumn 28 November 1952 16 45h 257 670 35 253 106 D T 1 00 timeline 23 Spring 13 April 1954 9 15h 430 157 75 257 95 2 T 1 00 timeline Illustration 50 The Vehicle is ready to go Illustration 51 Current information on your vehicle Out in the world you can find current in
40. ht car I have built a tram line and I have a tram depot but the depot has no trams How do I buy trams One extra thing you need to do to get trams to work is electrify the tram tracks all of them even the one the depot is on I just want to learn what to do I don t want to play against the computer A I How do I switch them off You can disable the computer AI by adjusting the players tab located among the game options The AI can also be switched off by pressing k on the keyboard I m Using Stable Version 88 10 5 but I cannot build the mail building at the airport This is a problem with 88 10 5 however you can still utilise mail at the airport You need to use the post office located under the Special Construction Tools and place it within the airports zone of influence press to see the zone of influence I cannot query a convoy with the query tool when it is on a bridge Actually it is possible to query a convoy on a bridge hold down the control key Ctrl and click on the convoy You may need to click twice once for bridge and a second time for the convoy I have built a bridge or a tunnel but vehicles won t use it to travel to their destination on the other side Although you have built the bridge or tunnel correctly it may not be connected to the infrastructure on the other side dispite appearing to be B Build yout infrastructure out from where the tunnel or bridge begins and or ends and build over the infrastru
41. in this case a book store Now That you have got that now industry it s time to return to the company boardroom Keep Changing Player until your head of your own company again No player info at the bottom of the screen Congratulations You Have Invited More Industry to the Area Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 27 You Can Call It George If You Want Once you have extended your company you could pretty much leave it to make money for you The whole system can get rather large and difficult to follow To make things easier to follow you can change the name of many objects in Simutrans including the Stations Stops and the vehicles themselves y p Pe o x 2 ni te x oj Screenshot a Screenshot E rd E Ce Fr 2 lt Tg NC 3 rD eoat Disel km h Cmax 105km Income y 59 5 Weight 358 0 bo cote Renborough Coal mine station om Schedule _go to depot 5 2 follow me x Sort passengers freight by f destination Z Details o 330t B Bulk goods loaded Passengers 0 06 2 no route YP 2 2 Goods and passengers waiting j 7 M P destination Details Summer 25 July 1952 0 30h 146 801 870 255 128 0 T 1 00 timeline Illustration 64 Rename Any Station Platform or Stop _ Winter 6 March 1953 5 30h 250 132 D T 1 00 timeline Illustration 65 Rename a vehicle without it stopping To change the name just
42. ion 43 T can also be found underground Congratulations You Can Travel to Your Underground Bunker Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 29 23 Illustration 46 Town with A Post Office amp Post Box Illustration 47 Post Offices are needed to transfer mail The Cheque s In The Mail Post Office or Post Box The Postal Service is slightly different to the other transportation system It is an extension of the existing system rather than a distinct transport system of it s own Mail can be collected either at a post office building or a roadside post box eor AD a 4 d A ae c9 x E A x Road tools E o i 27 La 7 Zo ars au Renborough sto in 1 En a 5 ij 1 4 5 ud de CU Renborough central stop by 3 su 2 et 5 Sprin 067 280 63282044 Q 5 Spring 2 2 Illustration 44 The Post Office is a special construction Illustratio Post Office To Build a Post office open the Special Construction Tools Select the Post Office Envelope in Background Place the Post office in a undeveloped sguare either beside the road or near an existing stop Post Box To Build a Post office open the Road Tools Select the Post Stop Envelope in Background Place the Stop on a road sguare Pe W Renborough stop a a Post Offices or Building are needed to transfer mail from one transport network to another Now all you need is a van to coll
43. ld indicate vehicles that must be assembled in a specific order be 1 ge Selling value 8000 cr Serves Line no dine FD 2 Ag __ Stat Schedule Disassemble 1 Sell Hew Line Apply Line Line i Cop Convoi T Passenger Trains Engines Caniages i dE 2 T Ho vehicles stored here Un Vehicles a Show v obsolete ut ppe I llustration 88 I Building an Engine M With Many um Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 45 Simutrans Appendices Wi E LT Uum gt 6 UR 4 ii Bradford Main Station Everything Else Simutrans Has Squeezed Inside 47 Goods List The goods that can be shipped around Simutrans All Freight has the potential to earn the company a bonus if the freight is delivered quickly The Speed required using a particular network road rail sea air are given Higher prices and bonuses require faster delivery SOKg 10D0Kg 1000Kq 5008 1000Kg 1000Kg 1000Kcg 1000Kc SO0Kg ZDO0KS 1DDKg 1000Kc 100kg 10008 1000Kg 100Kq 08 IODKg 100Kg 100K IDDOKg 1000Kg 200Kg 1000Kc 1000kg IODKg 25 1000Kc 100kg x 7 Goods list Sorted by unsorted ascending special Freight special Freight Bulk goods special freight piece goods Bulk goods piece goods special Freight special Freight nil gasoline piece goods special freight piece goods cooled goods Bulk goods long goods Bulk go
44. ls Pak 128 Continued Road Side Buildings Stops Maintenance 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 Cost 8 500 4 200 7 800 1 3 000 3 000 1 800 6 600 600 5 400 5 400 9 000 4 500 2 000 3 000 8 000 Tool Train Depot Completely Covered Platform Coal Station Container Station Advanced Container Station Covered Platform Freight Train Stop Modern Train Stop Simple Platform Station Village Station Big Passenger Station Building Small Passenger Station Building Station Control Building Village Station Building Station in Victorian Style Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Vehicle List amp Filter The Vehicle List is a up to the moment list of all your vehicles It summarises the key information about all your vehicles The Vehicle List also has it s own filter similar to the Filter for the Station List so that you can focus on any particular sub set of your vehicles gt Summer 26 August 193119 00h 224 06806 284 217 4 T L00 Use a Time line Illustration 85 The Vehicle List is Also Colour Coded The Vehicle List shows the Vehicles Name and ID the income the vehicle has produced for the year to Date between January 1 and December 31 The Line it serves if known or
45. lustration 34 Bridge from Congratulations You Have Built An Impressive Bridge Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 20 Tunnel The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Tunnels Allow you to travel straight through terrain Damage to the Surrounding Environment is Minimal ES yi 4 Xi A E m a x Road tools mn M ON AE 7 2 all 2 A 2 4 24 912 Aga x Road tools 4 4 UL er 16 January 1961 19 00 139 61 2 T 0 56 Using timeline prior to DIE PE Illustration 37 Choose the T EE Tool from the menu ETT First lay your infrastructure right up to the slope where you want to start your tunnel Select the Build Tunnel tool under the appropriate Infrastructure Road Rail Tram Menu Start the Tunnel at the infrastructure up the slope Continue Building the Infrastructure from where the tunnel exits to your destination 21 892 547 286 _G42 64 3 T 0 56 Using timeline Winter 2 February 1961 3 00h YET FEN 1 t s Straight Forward with AT unnel TES 39 Road ToU a PEET in Im Congratulations You Can Tunnel Through Any Obstacle Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Civil Engineering 202 Having Finer Control Ctrl Over Construction So now you have mastered the basics of transportation construction as well as some of the not so basic You can however exert more of your will over your construction teams with an adept use of Control Ctrl
46. ods oil gasoline cooled goods piece goods cooled goods Bulk goods special freight piece goods piece goods special Freight piece goods piece goods long goods piece goods special freight 0 15 15 0 180 15 O27 2 0 304 2 1 036 72 D 22 2 O 40 55 0 23 4 O 40 4 0 10 3 0 634 3 0 304 9 0 534 8 0 240 6 0 160 2 passengers E Hail E Stone E Steel l SiliconChips Sand Printers ink Plastics i Paper nil Furniture milk Hedicine E meat Coal Wood grain E Gasoline food Flour Fish Iron ore Concrete Computer E Chemicals Cement canned food Books E Blanks beer ET Lars Freight A categorisation of the type of cargo Price How much your paid for transporting a single unit a kilometre Bonus The extra you ll be paid if you deliver the cargo quickly Category An indication of the type of vehicle the cargo can be transported in Special Freight Typically needs a unique type of transportation vehicle to carry cargo of this type Bulk Goods Can be transported with crude storage or carrying vehicles Oil Gasoline Transports cargo in a liquid state Piece Goods Can transport goods in a method similar to Bulk Goods but in smaller quantities Cooled Goods Transports similar quantities as Piece Goods but they require refrigeration for transport Long Goods Like Bulk Goods but requires carrying vehicles that can a
47. ons LEGIT Based Un j by Hanes Jur 1 En el reperven Ulsuss sany dees und ajusestiun tui Heke Uri En usen mrs om ie eis Hunts uates bn Eh Jen ditt MM ETHOL Programming Hans jorg Halthaner Illustration 2 Your First Glimpse of Simutrans Hitting a button or clicking the mouse will replace the splash screen with a language dialogue and a world generator dialogue Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 11 A New World For A New Game You use the world generator to choose a map define the size of the map as well as set certain parameters that affect the features of the world and behaviour and size of population centres and world industries El Simutrans 99 05 1 EE Illustration 3 Create New World Dialogue Map Number Select one of the many maps to play Size The Number of tiles Wide and High the world will be These are set separately Number Of Cities The initial number of towns established on your earth Median Citizens per Town The Average Number of people inhabiting each town Intercity Road Length The maximum length of public road connecting cities Traffic Density How much private traffic is on the streets Larger Number means More Traffic Factories Outside Cities Number of Factories initially in the world Markets In Cities Are there any industries selling within the towns Tourist Attractions Initial Number of sights for people to see Climate Control
48. r a freight capacity dock Build the Dock on a straight portion of shoreline TT l The Depot For Ocean Vessels Illustration 15 Select the Ship Depot Choose a location to build the Ship Depot Congratulations You Have Infrastructure For Shipping Lines Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 15 Building A Rail Network If you had a ship to transport the oil from the Oil rig to your new port that would only be half the journey A train would be the most efficient method to transport the oil from the port to the power station A train needs to stop at a rail platform and a rail platform is capable of supporting two cars n i De mc 1 4 eu gt 0 y D NM x 7 Railroad tools Illustration 17 17 Building Rail 0 mE Il mE 18 vmm what goods they IE Choose a suitable rail type Build a rail line from the Oil burning Power Station to the Port Select a train station capable of freight Build a rail station of several tiles length Build a Depot to provide for vehicles to use the new rail system 112 4 A ica TE RAIE i March Winter 1952 5u5h 182 975 00 229 26 3 1 100 Use a Time line A 30h 1 292 Illustration 19 Build a Depot NEUE 20 All the Basic gyn of a Rail Congratulations You Have Built A Rail Network Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 16 17 Building a Road Network Roads and streets are the most fundamental elements of any transpor
49. ransport Capacity and Efficiency Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 26 Work With Other Exciting Industries Are you tired to hauling all that coal or oil off just to see it burned up to produce power maybe you would like to haul something a bit more exotic Or Maybe the area needs a really big tourist attraction That can all be arranged if you know who to talk to Changing Hats Fortunately you are the right person well at least you are if your wearing the government supervisors hat FEPEEDE BER special construction tools 2 E gt 2 2 gt eS 2 7 special construction koi X 3 Spring 2 May 1953 11 15h I 2 60 Special Construction Ti n Illustration 61 Change PDT Select the Special Construction Tools Click Change Player P button You should now get a small set of extra tools and a message indicating your the public services public services should also be present at the info bar at the bottom of the screen Invite Industry or Tourists You can now go about inviting more industry to the area If an entire industry chain is needed to support the new industry that will also appear within the local area The Final location and type of industry to appear will be randomly determined How achive as Biever PWN service A d NUES 7 0 0 the General ZETA mmm 63 The New Industry Click to build a new market and then select it s general location The New Industry will appear
50. s and Tunnels Tool Cost Maintenance Wooden Road Bridge 1 40 Concrete Road Bridge 200 80 TB Classic Road 200 100 Modern Road Bridge 1 500 140 Road Tunnel 750 100 Fast Road Tunnel 1 2006 1606 Road Sign Tools Tool Cost Maintenance Traffic Lights 2 500 No Entry 500 Minimum Speed 80km h 500 Choose Point 2 500 Road Side Buildings Stops Tool Cost Maintenance Garage 1 300 80 Post Stop 400 80 Bus Stop 400 80 Freight Yard 400 80 Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 38 Speed 30km h 45km h 65km h 80km h 95km h 130km h 200km h Speed Span 50km h 80okn h 6km 130km h 10km 200km h 12km 80km h Road Tools Pak 8 Road Base Tools Cost Maintenance 10 oc 80 0 4 150 4 270 8 300 8 8 500 20 1 000 22 Bridges and Tunnels Cost Maintenance 450 12 750 16 1 500 40 9 000 60 1 000 30 Road Sign Tools Cost Maintenance 150 1 500 1 800 1 800 1 500 3 500 500 500 Da 1 000 500 2 Tool Dirt Road Gravel Road Cobblestone Asphalt Road Concrete Road US Asphalt Road Motorway Tool Concrete Road Bridge Steel Road Bridge Tubular Road Bridge Highway Bridge Road Tunnel Tool Highway Entr
51. seeseses 26 Work With Other Exciting Industries ecc eee eee ee eee eee esee eeeeeeosssesssesscesecesseessoss 27 EET Hii FFF RR DEFRA 00 27 You Can Call It George If You 1 8 Cleaning up After Y Improving Your 11 0 AO Carving Canyons op Moulding 105 EEF TH DF ui nk aen eue EO Ea Ran 29 Simutrans A Sign of 1116 DO Company Management A List of Things 100 6 1 A List of Company IEEE NETT 31 IB BO CIE MED TE E E TE 31 Money Makes This World Go Round Too ecce eee eee e eee e eee eee eese eseesseesceesceee 32 Where We Can t Help But 12 1 ccce eee ee eee e eee eee eese esee oscoscesscecscecseos 33 loc Ee turi sn RW FR A NI TIR NY 33 Common SL LC LA LED LT ne Z4 Simutrans Reference Simutrans Keyboard 145 EL C 0 TQ Y 27 a RY N 39 A RCE LE Liat ca Y QT ETTTTE 43 TEU a Y Y CE ADD CAD 44 Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 5 LP ope ER LU AE La Ln PRY FR FY RAY EN 45 Simutrans Appendices 000 DWY CHREFFT FU NU HN NET A7 ui O E e TITO TET 48 PUR 1289 AA e Ll LY IO O IURIS INE NU PAR FR RR PF S SEN ENDS SAPE OP RY YRR 49 Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 6 Listing of Illustr
52. stration 63 Rename a vehicle without it stopping Edition 2 06 Simutrans Reference Manual Illustration 64 Before removing the redundant platform Illustration 65 Remove platforms helps maintenance Illustration 66 The Land Tool Illustration 67 Lower Tool the Land Illustration 68 Digs a big hole in your wallet as well Illustration 69 Now We A station at the coal face Illustration 70 A Listing of All the Company Stations Illustration 71 Filtering to see just what you need to Illustration 72 All the Airports are listed Illustration 73 An Improved Finance Window Illustration 74 Where Do You Need 116 Illustration 75
53. t Or it s Near Identical Brother available at http guide simutrans com There is help available right from within simutrans The in game help files are a summary description of various tools in the game These descriptions are accessible by clicking the Button beside the Tools Title x Map Show 63 E KDP EP Ui Salford BB ugh Illustration 79 Where Do You Need Help Illustration 80 It s really quite helpful The help also comprises a list of action short cut keys to use routine tools or windows which is explained as keyboard help Congratulations You Can Find Help If You Need It Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 33 Common Questions There are these blue dots surrounding the stations and stops what are they for and can I get rid of them These blue dots indicate the stations area of influence any cargo demanded or produced will go to the station 66 You can hide these blue dots by pressing on the keyboard I have a train with two freight cars but only one freight car is loaded or unloaded at the train station Is this a bug No this is not a bug every rail station is made up of rail platforms each platform fits two cars cars will only be loaded unloaded if there is a appropriate platform passenger freight underneath them The engine is considered one car and the tender if used is also considered one car You will need an additional platform at the station to utilise the other freig
54. t system Neighbours live just across them a NS wl AE 4 ass p ES 2S x 2 Road tools x Road tools eie i 0 3 e ele qi TTLPLFPPUEUECE P Winter 14 February 1952 12 15h 135 460 900 71 00 timeline 1952 1334 130 407 Illustration 21 Building a Road TERRE 22 stop py passengers Choose a suitable road surface Build the road out to some local employers Build some bus stops to transport people Add A Depot and the investment in infrastructure is complete E I P s 3 S udi c 1 ide 2 21 A gt 6 x 7 Road tools Lo si UE T The All gnr Vehicle Depot m Congratulations You Have Built A Road Network Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 Building Airports The Major City of Malliville Would be a wonderful place to visit on the weekend It would need to be a flying visit though Air planes are a rapid way to move people vast distances very quickly To utilise air planes you require airports N He x 7 Airport Tools Winter 21 January 1954 20 45h 442 935 80 236 162 2 T 1 00 Use a Time line 26 January 1954 16 31 438 3 65 2 CT 1 TEE 24 A Runway is used by airp anes Illustra on n 25 A ey Im the runway m GO Open The Airport Tool bar First build a runway to allow planes to enter and leave the airport Then build a taxiway to connect the runway to the airport You ll also need a depot You will nee
55. thly value is what is added at the end of each month to pay for the upkeep of the infrastructure You will pay for the 12 months of the year So while you can t stop it you can plan for it and influence it s size Summary Figures Account Balance How much ready cash you can get your hands on Assets Value of your transportation infrastructure and vehicles Net Wealth Total Value of your company All it s cash and all it s assets These Figures just provide a historical account for the growth of your company Simutrans Reference Manual Edition 2 06 32 Where We Can t Help But Be Helpful How Can I Simutran Simutrans is a complex and fun transport simulator There are many guestions newer users and not so new users have The Simutrans experience does not stop at the application but extends onto the internet where a helpful community of other Simutrans users This Community of Simutrans users are prepared to help you extract the best experience from Simutrans The Simutrans community have a number of resources to help you become proficient at Simutraning If you have any kind of guestion that begins How Dol Does Simutrans Allow Me to I can t seem to There are a number of helpful resources The Simutrans Forum Where someone can help you http forum simutrans com The Simutrans Wiki On line equivalent to the Guides and Manuals http wiki simutrans com The Starter Guide or the User Manual This Documen
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