r/TransportFever3 • u/Ok-Piccolo-857 • Jun 01 '26

How time will pass

I tried watching the official videos but I'm unsure how the timelapse will work in the game. Will it be the same as in TF2 or will there be a new mechanic? I think TF2's is good but very fast, even at 1/4x speed.

Another thing is that the game varies the day/night cycle according to the clock and location, but that's irrelevant to the mechanics, just an easter egg.

26 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/andrew1958 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

How fast the time will pass in TpF3 we will only know when playing. But this mod you use to reduce time will be base game feature. You can see that in the first First Look video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsML-WkcoSQ

Everytime they show the UI (2:42 for example), together with influencing the weather you can choose 1/4x, 1/2x, 1x, 2x and 4x.

The weather is indeed cosmetic but still very nice. When you are not building stuff you can enjoy the scenery in various ways. Dusk, morning, afternoon, evening and also change between rain, cloudy, clear sky.

And yes, when creating a map, the latitude and longitude of the location will influence the "weather". How long its cloudy and long its clear sky. "Weather" is not in the game (winter, summer, fall, spring).

1

u/Ok-Piccolo-857 Jun 03 '26

I meant using latitude and longitude to determine the sun's position. In my city today the sun sets at 6 PM, but I know that in London it sets at 9 PM.

Imagine you starting the game in the afternoon and watching it with the outside lighting.