Game Manual
- Basics
- Game content
- Infrastructure
- Vehicles
The Menu Bar is located in the Bottom-Centre area of the Screen.
Contents
Construction/Realistic View
This button toggles the current view between the Construction and Realistic (aka 3D) view modes. When in Realistic view mode, the Menu Bar has a reduced number of icons. This is because constructing: tracks, buildings and editing terrain is not enabled in Realistic View.
Keyboard shortcut: Space bar
Game Speed
This option opens up a Sub-Menu that has 4 different game speeds to choose from:
| Value | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Pause | 1 |
| Normal Game Speed | 2 |
| Faster Game Speed | 3 |
| Maximum Game Speed | 4 |
Quests & Subsidies
This opens up the Quests & Subsidies window that shows all the active Quests currently available, it is from this window that rewards can also be collected by the player.
Keyboard shortcut: F6
Railways
Basic railway:
High Speed Railway available from Era 3
Electric Railway available from Era 5
This opens a Sub-Menu with 8-10 tools (depending on era and preset) for building railway tracks. The building tools are identical for all three types of railway:
- Railway
This option allows you to build railway tracks by dragging the tool across the map, complex junctions can be created by joining the lines together. Attempting to place a track over a deletable building will demolish the building.
- Remover
This tool will remove only railway tracks and signals, it will not affect non-railway related options. It will allow you to select a single section of track, making it a more precise alternative to the Bulldoze tool. Also, by holding the mouse button and dragging, you can select whole section of the track to be removed. You can remove signal separately, however; if you remove piece of track containing signal, the signal will be deleted, too.
- Upgrade/Degrade tool
(Available from Era 3) it allows you to change the whole section of track to a different type. You can either select a section of the track by clicking on single piece - will select the whole length from station to next complex crossing or switch. Or you can mark rectangle on the map (by dragging the mouse cursor while holding left mouse button) and it will change all tracks within the marked area.
- Depot
Builds a Depot building to enable Trains to be purchased in order to run on the railway
- Station
Builds a Station, initially the max length is only 6 tiles. Building a new station in an adjacent tile to an existing station results in them being combined to form a single station.
- Bridge
Builds a Bridge between 2 points, the bridge must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on bridges are allowed.
- Tunnel
Builds a Tunnel between 2 points, the tunnel must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on tunnels are allowed.
- Signals
Depending on the Advanced Game Setting there will be either one (for auto signal) or two (for manual selection of block and chain signals) icons for placing signals. Please refer to Signals page for more details.
- Multisignal tool
This allows you to place multiple signals on long section of the track (between switches and/or stations) with single click. By using the small + and - icons beside the tool, you can set the distance (in squares) between those signals.
Roads
Cobblestone Road:
Asphalt Road available from Era 4:
This opens a Sub-Menu with 9 tools for road building. This sub-menu is identical for all types of roads
- Road
Builds a road by dragging the tool across the map. Attempting to place a road over a deletable building will demolish the building.
- Remover
This tool will remove the road. Using it over the intersection, it will remove only one branch of the intersection (unlike the bulldozer which will remove the entire intersection in single click)
- Upgrade tool
(Available from Era 4) it allows you to change the whole section of road to a different type by clicking on the piece of the road.
- One-Way Road
Allows you to build one-way road. Dragging it over an existing road will change the marked section into one-way (in the direction of the tool move). Please note, this action can be undone only by removing the road entirely and building a new (two-way) one.
- Depot
Builds a Road Depot building to enable buses and trucks to be purchased in order to drive on the roads.
- Station
Builds a Station for road vehicles, initially the max length is only 6 tiles. Building a new station in an adjacent tile to an existing station results in them being combined to form a single station. You can also combine road and train stations
- One-way Station
Builds on-way station in the same way as one-way road.
- Bridge
Builds a Bridge between 2 points, the bridge must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on bridges are allowed.
- Tunnel
Builds a Tunnel between 2 points, the tunnel must be perpendicular to the grids to work, gradients on tunnels are allowed.
Airports
Basic old Airport available from Era 3
Modern Airport available from Era 5:
This opens a Sub-Menu with 6 tools for airport building. This sub-menu is identical for both types of Airport
- Runway
Builds a runway by dragging the mouse over the desired length. The runway length is limited to 6 (or 8 with Control Tower building).
- Remover
This tool will remove piece of runway or taxiway. You can selectively remove taxiway connection from the runway surface
- Upgrade tool
(Available from Era 5) it allows you to upgrade the airport to the modern one by clicking on the piece of the airport. You can selectively upgrade each building.
- Taxiway
Builds one-way taxiway, the direction of traffic is identical with the direction in which you build it.
- Hangar
Builds a hangar, where you can buy, sell or renovate the airplanes
- Terminal
Builds an airport terminal
Electrification
Landscape Mode
This option opens up a Sub-Menu that has 6 different game speeds to choose from:
- Bulldozer
Destroys all owned buildings and objects on the tiles selected. Some game objects cannot be demolished: Town square, Post office, Base industrial buildings (you can demolish the extensions only). It also removes trees.
- Raise Terrain
Increases the elevation of all selected Terrain Nodes by a height of 1.
- Lower Terrain
Drops the elevation of all selected Terrain Nodes by a height of 1.
- Level Terrain
Sets the elevation of all selected Terrain Nodes to the same height has the first Node selected.
- Ascending level
Selecting of a line(s) of nodes by dragging, it will set the next one 1 level higher than the previous.
- Descending level
Selecting of a line(s) of nodes by dragging, it will set the next one 1 level lower than the previous.
For more details please see the section in Infrastructure->Landscaping
Industry
This button opens sub-menu which contains industrial buildings a player can build. Currently, in vanilla game, those are only the three types of stores available in different eras.
| Store | Available in Era |
|---|---|
| Shop | 3 |
| Food Market | 5 |
| Hobby Market | 6 |
| Waste Processing Facility | 6 |
If you subscribe to any mods offering buildings (either residential or industrial or decorations), they will all be placed here, too.
Stamps
This button opens Stamps window. Please refer to that page for more details.
Trees
This option opens up a Sub-Menu which has a selection of tree types that can be planted on the map. There are currently 12 different types of trees to chose from, as well as field of sunflowers, wheat and oat. Also, there is an option that plants random types of trees when selected.
The square of trees can be cleared by bulldozer, however the fields would grow back. To remove the fields from the map, use the last button (with red X)
Object Visibility
Opens up a window that allows specific objects in the game to become invisible.
Company
This option opens up a Sub-Menu which has 3 options:
- Your Company Info
This opens up a window to change your appearance and the colour scheme of your company. Also, it will let you build the company HQ and change the name of your company
- Statistics
Opens the Balance Window to show your companies income and expenses
- Achievements
Opens a window with all the in-game Achievements, it shows which achievements have been earned. Please note, due to an Early Access game, not all achievements work properly.
Setup
This button opens up a Sub-Menu which has 6 options:
- Music Player
This opens up the in-game music player, to select which music track is being played.
- Camera
Opens a menu for setting up a Camera mode for taking in-game pictures and videos
Keyboard shortcut: F11
- Settings
Opens up the In-game Settings Menu window to change some game settings. Please note, many parameters are unchangeble for the whole playthrough and can be changed only for a new game.
Keyboard Shortcut: F2
- Save Game
Allows the current game to be saved under a specific name
Keyboard shortcut: F3
- Load Game
Opens a window to allow a different saved file to be opened.
- Quit Game
Returns the game to the main menu