Tutorial Savegame Stations - Revision history

Mfb: /* 3.8 Terminus only on very small Industries */ updated RoRo vs. terminus

2012-08-05T22:06:23Z

‎3.8 Terminus only on very small Industries: updated RoRo vs. terminus

Ammler: paginator on bottom

2010-02-12T12:57:36Z

paginator on bottom

Osai: added tutorial menu

2007-11-13T18:15:01Z

added tutorial menu

Osai: added tutorial menu

2007-11-13T15:49:09Z

added tutorial menu

Strstrep: Fixed grammar, added more information, de-demonized terminus stations

2007-07-18T03:15:02Z

Fixed grammar, added more information, de-demonized terminus stations

Mucht at 22:43, 17 July 2007

2007-07-17T22:43:04Z

Mucht: /* 3.9 Gap in front of the Station */

2007-07-17T22:22:39Z

‎3.9 Gap in front of the Station

Mucht at 22:21, 17 July 2007

2007-07-17T22:21:33Z

Mucht at 22:01, 17 July 2007

2007-07-17T22:01:47Z

Mucht at 21:57, 17 July 2007

2007-07-17T21:57:49Z

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 ==3.8 Terminus only on very small Industries==
-It is recommended to build a RoRo-style station in almost all cases. On very small industries (which need only 1-3 trains), you may of course also build terminus stations. Terminus stations can work well in some situations when properly built. See [http://openttdcoop.ppcis.org/blog/2007/07/07/new-terminus-station-concept/ Osai's new terminus concept] for details.
+It is recommended to build a RoRo-style station in almost all cases. On very small industries (which need only 2 platforms), you may of course also build terminus stations. Terminus stations can work well in some situations when properly built. See [http://openttdcoop.ppcis.org/blog/2007/07/07/new-terminus-station-concept/ Osai's new terminus concept] for details.
 ==3.9 Gap in front of the Station==

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	A train is slowing down when entering a station. On station entry parts, starting at the yellow squared entry signal, trains "share" some track tiles. This means, only one train at the same time can enter these shared parts of a track. Also, Trains should leave this shared track part '''as fast as possible''' - some tiles of "slowdown-track" in front of a station decreases the blocking time of shared tracks by trains entering a platform.		A train is slowing down when entering a station. On station entry parts, starting at the yellow squared entry signal, trains "share" some track tiles. This means, only one train at the same time can enter these shared parts of a track. Also, Trains should leave this shared track part '''as fast as possible''' - some tiles of "slowdown-track" in front of a station decreases the blocking time of shared tracks by trains entering a platform.
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 A train is slowing down when entering a station. On station entry parts, starting at the yellow squared entry signal, trains "share" some track tiles. This means, only one train at the same time can enter these shared parts of a track. Also, Trains should leave this shared track part '''as fast as possible''' - some tiles of "slowdown-track" in front of a station decreases the blocking time of shared tracks by trains entering a platform.
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 =3.0 Stations=
-In this section one will find the most common techniques and tricks needed in order to construct some decent stations to our network.
+In this section one will find the most common techniques and tricks needed in order to construct some decent stations for our network.
 ==3.1 Leave Waiting Space==
-A simple yet very important rule: leave a gap in front of a station to provide some waiting space if required. Depending on the output of the industry connected via the station you scale the amount of platforms (see '''3.4''') - scale the length of the waiting space as well! One of the worst things that could happen is an overflow of waiting trains at a station which queue back to a Sideline, therefore blocking it.
+A simple yet very important rule: leave a gap in front of a station to provide some waiting space if required. Depending on the output of the industry connected via the station you scale the amount of platforms (see '''3.4''') - scale the length of the waiting space as well! One of the worst things that could happen is an overflow of waiting trains at a station which queue back to a Sideline, therefore blocking it. If the sideline is popular enough, the backup can extend to the mainline, causing a major network jam.
 ==3.2 One-direction only needed==
-One of the big advantages of the sideline-concept: Sidelines-to-Station switches are very simple because its clear that only one direction is needed both for exit and entry.
+One of the big advantages of the sideline concept: Sidelines-to-Station switches are very simple because its clear that only one direction is needed both for exit and entry.
 ==3.3 Waiting Space for at least one Train==
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 ==3.5 Avoid joining different Goods in one Station==
-There is one very good argument: imagine you have a forest with a high production and a coal mine with a very small production. Furthermore, imagine the forest drops dramatically and the coal mine rises dramatically: wood trains may now block the whole station. Its a problem especially on very large maps because on maps like 1024x1024 you should keep the need for train management low - in one of #openttdcoop's largest games, Pile Transport (> 1000 trains), the train management was a lot of dull work due to many inappropriate stations built.
+There is one very good argument: imagine you have a forest with a high production and a coal mine with a very small production. Furthermore, imagine the forest drops dramatically and the coal mine rises dramatically: wood trains may now block the whole station. It's a problem especially on very large maps because on maps like 1024x1024 you should keep the need for train management low - in one of #openttdcoop's largest games, Pile Transport (> 1000 trains), the train management was a lot of dull work due to the fact that many stations were built inappropriately.
 ==3.6 Fast Exit==
 [[Image:Tutorial_Savegame_3.6.png|380px|frame|left]]
-Ensure that a train leaves a station platform completely until it may get a red signal. This will lower the chances for platforms of being blocked by a slow or jammy exit therefore rising the efficiency of each platform.
+Ensure that a train leaves a station platform completely until it may get a red signal. This will lower the chances for platforms of being blocked by a slow or jamming exit therefore rising the efficiency of each platform.
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 ==3.7 Fake Station==
-A so called "fake station" may be considered as a cheat and therefore not used too often. In some situation its just a simple and non-hurting chance to ensure your drop station to accept a certain type of good. Also, it helps you to bundle several industries of the same type within a small area, say a couple of forests within a small radius. This again helps you to reduce the work needed on train management because you don't need to handle 4 seperate station with woods but 1 bundled, larger station.
+A so called "fake station" may be considered as a cheat and therefore not used too often. In some situation its just a simple and non-hurting chance to ensure your drop station to accept a certain type of good. Also, it helps you to bundle several industries of the same type within a small area&mdash;such as a couple of forests within a small radius. This again helps you to reduce the work needed on train management because you don't need to handle 4 separate stations with wood service, but one bundled, larger station.
-''Note:'' build "fake stations" by using the '''station-walk-method'''. If this isn't prefered due to the public opinion, the gametype or the ruleset, see [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder]] for an alternative approach.
+''Note:'' build "fake stations" by using the '''station-walk-method'''. If this is frowned upon due to the public opinion, the game type or the rule set, see [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder]] for an alternative approach.
 ==3.8 Terminus only on very small Industries==
-It is recommended to build a RORO-styled station. On very small industries (which need only 1-3 trains), you may of course also build terminus-styled stations.
+It is recommended to build a RoRo-style station in almost all cases. On very small industries (which need only 1-3 trains), you may of course also build terminus stations. Terminus stations can work well in some situations when properly built. See [http://openttdcoop.ppcis.org/blog/2007/07/07/new-terminus-station-concept/ Osai's new terminus concept] for details.
 ==3.9 Gap in front of the Station==

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 ==3.9 Gap in front of the Station==
-[[Image:Tutorial_Savegame_3.6.png|240px|frame|left]]
+[[Image:Tutorial_Savegame_3.9.png|240px|frame|left]]
 A train is slowing down when entering a station. On station entry parts, starting at the yellow squared entry signal, trains "share" some track tiles. This means, only one train at the same time can enter these shared parts of a track. Also, Trains should leave this shared track part '''as fast as possible''' - some tiles of "slowdown-track" in front of a station decreases the blocking time of shared tracks by trains entering a platform.
 <br style="clear: both;" />
 [[Tutorial Savegame Sideline|<< 2.x Sideline]] | [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder|4.x Feeder >>]]

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	''Note:'' build "fake stations" by using the '''station-walk-method'''.		''Note:'' build "fake stations" by using the '''station-walk-method'''.
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		+	==3.8 Terminus only on very small Industries==
		+	It is recommended to build a RORO-styled station. On very small industries (which need only 1-3 trains), you may of course also build terminus-styled stations.
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		+	==3.9 Gap in front of the Station==
		+	[[Image:Tutorial_Savegame_3.6.png\|240px\|frame\|left]]
		+	A train is slowing down when entering a station. On station entry parts, starting at the yellow squared entry signal, trains "share" some track tiles. This means, only one train at the same time can enter these shared parts of a track. Also, Trains should leave this shared track part '''as fast as possible''' - some tiles of "slowdown-track" in front of a station decreases the blocking time of shared tracks by trains entering a platform.
		+	<br style="clear: both;" />

	[[Tutorial Savegame Sideline\|<< 2.x Sideline]] \| [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder\|4.x Feeder >>]]		[[Tutorial Savegame Sideline\|<< 2.x Sideline]] \| [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder\|4.x Feeder >>]]

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	There is one very good argument: imagine you have a forest with a high production and a coal mine with a very small production. Furthermore, imagine the forest drops dramatically and the coal mine rises dramatically: wood trains may now block the whole station. Its a problem especially on very large maps because on maps like 1024x1024 you should keep the need for train management low - in one of #openttdcoop's largest games, Pile Transport (> 1000 trains), the train management was a lot of dull work due to many inappropriate stations built.		There is one very good argument: imagine you have a forest with a high production and a coal mine with a very small production. Furthermore, imagine the forest drops dramatically and the coal mine rises dramatically: wood trains may now block the whole station. Its a problem especially on very large maps because on maps like 1024x1024 you should keep the need for train management low - in one of #openttdcoop's largest games, Pile Transport (> 1000 trains), the train management was a lot of dull work due to many inappropriate stations built.

		+	==3.6 Fast Exit==
		+	[[Image:Tutorial_Savegame_3.6.png\|380px\|frame\|left]]
		+	Ensure that a train leaves a station platform completely until it may get a red signal. This will lower the chances for platforms of being blocked by a slow or jammy exit therefore rising the efficiency of each platform.
		+	<br style="clear: both;" />

	[[Tutorial Savegame Sideline\|<< 2.x Sideline]] \| [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder\|4.x Feeder >>]]		[[Tutorial Savegame Sideline\|<< 2.x Sideline]] \| [[Tutorial Savegame Feeder\|4.x Feeder >>]]