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I did not in fact see the termite king, what was that? Need to Google I guess! Regarding the final experiment I have actually completed it already with 2 groups. I did have some completely different struggles however, you'll see when the video releases. 🙄 😂

You said what? 😂

@@JohnJohn83UK never actually tried the sandbox myself! 😊

Thanks! This new species is something else, find it so much harder to build any amount of food than others. Thinking I need more upgrades than I'm used to. Regarding medics I think a 1-6 or so ratio felt pretty good. So 4-5 for 20 warrior ants.

I think I figured that out by the end, learning experience! 👌

Thanks for the note! I will make sure to stay away unless I feel adventurous.👌😅

Yeah, took me some time to realize that you can vortex items on all levels. But I think I managed to figure it out at the end of the blueprint episode, not sure I mentioned it however. :P "When upgrading speeds (belt, cutting, stacking, and later painting) I would highly recommend to keep them at the same (relative) level" Not gonna lie, I thought I did that but (maybe) I haven't checked recently so, will make sure to doublecheck! Not sure I understand the "The names of the "tasks" remain from a time when they would directly unlock things, and not give generic points.", All helpful tips none the less, thanks!

Moving to cargo/passenger stations is such a blast, so much more comfortable! 😊

Stream tonight. Starting at 20.30 CET most likely! Feel free to join my discord or check in on Twitch where I have stream schedule posted! 😊 Twitch.tv/keanomy

You need to use the station as a platform instead of building a platform between the station and the rail.

Main city station rail expanded, thanks for that tip. I now have diesel too & levitated diesel trains lol! Am enjoying the series. Cheers bud. Oh where you from btw?

Good to hear! Happy you enjoy the series, I am Swedish, living in Latvia!😊

@@Keanomy I knew you were European somewhat. Good to know.

@rodmucio255 yeah, decent but not indistinguishable from native English speakers 😅

@@rodmucio255 super proud of that! Still wish we could make intersections on bridges though! 😊

As a matter of fact I am only making ranged wood ants right now. Will probably skip soldiers completely!

2 reasons I would sell a train. 1. There is a lot of trains standing still at a station for the same route. 2. I have upgraded from tier 1 to tier 2 (100 vs 200 cargo) wagons, meaning each train carries double the amount it did before.

@@Keanomy I see. Ok. I'll keep an eye on those

@rodmucio255 tried out the electricity update?

@Keanomy not yet. Still trying to get the diesel trains and learn it lol

@@rodmucio255 you'll enjoy it once you get there! Small warning that old saves does not transfer over cleanly to the most recent electricity update however! 😊

*hint* Look at the playlist in the description ;) And many thanks for the kind words!

Do it! :D

That's rough, if you struggle to much I guess you could have a look at what @Stuart.Branson. said below. Seems almost to good to be true but maybe worth a shot! Edit: I'm a fucking jackass, how about I read what I refer to next time. 🤣

@@Keanomy I did, it was great lol, I did it with 2 10 carriage trains with 10,500 left. It was done with 4mins remaining lol

The fuel train should be delivering to minsk 1 as I am about to transition away from the seperate fuel station at this point, routing all trains through minsk 1 instead.

Without seeing the actual save it's very hard to determine where things are going wrong. There is so many places where things can go wrong with labor trains. The official discord is a fairly good place to ask for assistance, my own discord also have 1-2 dedicated sweet transit players. Generally starting in one end and following the route from a->b trying to find anywhere an issue might arise with conditions etc. Common issue is simply not having enough rested workers as well. 😊

@@Keanomy yeah ok thanks for replying though - ill check route once more. Do you have the link for your Discord?

@@Keanomy well had shortened the pass wagon to two (was three) and started working lol. Tram stops has 7 tile platform. Its odd.

@@rodmucio255 I doo! Right here: discord.com/invite/2hYfGtFDjH

@@Keanomy Thanks - just joined

Yeah, this mission is a bit tricky if you do it in the beginning before doing the turorial. It is more or less just a fast lane to skip the tutorial for more experienced players. You keep learning new stuff in this game so if you struggle with a specific mission some times it's good to go and try something else In between. There is plenty of branching paths allowing you to mix it up a bit! 😊

That's the main difficulty of the game. Expanding to fast is probably the biggest issue for people. Keeping a close eye on all upkeep, including city goods will make sure you always keep a good amount of workers which also means a steady amount of tax income. Once you are past steel you will get more money hungry buildings and will have to ration a bit more. Everything prior to that you can fairly safely overproduce quite a bit. Think stone, wood, potatoes, cotton, wheat etc. Overproducting this will also avoid sudden drops in workers if you need to expand.

@Keanomy Maintaining the upkeep got it. I started to apply your cargo station concept to better the flow of goods. Then will begin the inner city deliveries, all thanks to you, am a better player now lol. Oh I love them blueprints too!

@@johnbull3906 this game was so much fun! I really like campaign/objective based management sims! 😊

@@rodmucio255 I like to split the cargo and passenger traffic. This was also in preparation to build an extension to another city without having to give direct access to the main rail network from that second section.

@Keanomy I see. Let me apply that concept then. Thanks for providing more explanation

Always happy to help! 😊

Yeah. Despite being from an older version, this is holding up surprisingly well. 😀

That is too kind of you man. Thank you! ❤️

Thanks bud! All of my saves and blueprints are available in the Google drive link in the description if the video! All you need to do is to add them to you own save folder and they will show in game! 😊 👍

@@Keanomy Simple enough. I'll check the link, haven't read that as busy watching lol thanks bud!

Turns out you found one that didn't have it added. 😅 Blueprints and saves here: bit.ly/SweetTransitDrive

@@Keanomy Wow! all them blueprints I now have. Thanks for helping out a rookie like me and the ST community ;)

Yeah it took me quite some time to start trusting the interest from the bank! 😊

Glad you enjoyed! Next should be coming week!

@@Keanomy ok ok that's to long for me but no worries i wait

Even for experienced players it is useful! 😊

It's a really sweet game. Hidden gem! There is lots of videos, I have followed the game from early development!

The bastard didn't follow their own testing criteria! 🤣

@@Keanomy yeah 😂😂😂 he try to destroy the shit on you but naaaaaah you still standing 🗿🗿😂😂😂

@@Kieran-white4 then when you survive he respects you because you’re “strong” but still does the hard tests to further prove your “strength” really depends on the player or not if the colony is weak or strong

@Shadowxat and then "drops" murderous black bugs in the enclosure. I think this is called malpractice! 😑

@@Keanomy yeah he has some… questionable tests but then later on he actually wants to “protect” you from the other scientist (you probably already know since you’re in new game plus

Good point, Soldiers are only different to workers as they're unable to dig. So that makes sense! Thanks!

The power of engineering! 💪😅

I guess so, baby steps, one after another we are growing a loving little community here! 😊

You're saying 2 connection between Europe and China? How would that generate additional income? 🤔

@@Keanomy less ppl concentrated on 1 hub and more "cheap" airplanes.. idk xD

@@nexttonic6459 I will try, but I feel like the extra 2k investment wouldn't really pay for itself even 😅

Hi!

Thanks! 😊

There isn't really a workaround, it just shuffles the problem around when you reload the game. This is an indicator of too few workers for some reason. Likely something you're missing. I would suggest the discord(either sweet transit official or my own) of youd like help to figure out where this issue lies. Having a save file ready helps! 😊

@@Keanomy Fixed it. Delete the train, the route, the industry and the station connected to the industry. Then rebuild everything and it will send workers. I've done this twice now and it's worked both times.

Haha, glad to have some influence on someone! 😊 😂

Nah, the dying yards a multiplicative. There might be some diminishing returns if you're looking to min-max it but if you are only going for max production the more yards you have connected to a Kiln the better. Just tested in game to make sure, removing a drying yard from my setup lowers production from 330/min to 323/min and the in game wiki's first layout is identical to mine more or less. I've just expanded mine 4x bigger.

Legend! ❤️

Easy to forget that! Also feels like I am brushing issues away if I do that so I usually try to avoid it and work on the actual issue instead. 😅

There isn't really a economic component. It's a upkeep balancing component, which is more like a production minimum. Thats at least how I see it. If I have enough of something is never a question if I have it in the warehouse, it's always a question if my production is higher than my upkeep. Having it in the warehouse after that is just the natural outcome.

I don't really dabble with calculating throughput. The game isn't requiring optimizing everything so I just build stuff slightly bigger than I imagine it's going to need to be. Resources is more or less a none issue together with upkeep so optimizing just isn't very needed beyond building big enough. It appears you are correct about the steel mill and refinery, I wonder if that has changed or if I have just done it incorrectly over the last 2 years or so. Haha I will fix that in the next episode! Thanks! The fact that I have done this incorrectly all this time and still managed just fine should tell you that optimizing with numbers just doesn't really matter that much. Haha

Yeah, you can definitely play the game without much optimizing but I think It makes the network much more manageable if you do not overbuild. The way you play it feels to me like at times you are building over 10 times more than what is needed and then you don't have enough space to route trains to where they need to go. Also I think that the capacity of cargo wagons got increased so there is less need for long trains or many trains. I am also wondering about you not taking advantage of distribution centres providing bonuses to production. They allow you to produce more with less so why not use them? Another thing that came to my mind is that building as needed, when needed and only as much as is needed gives the network a much more organic feel. Every junction is different every station is different at least a little bit and in the end the map looks more aesthetically pleasing and interesting than pasting the same oversized crossing over and over again.