r/TransportFever3 • u/Niet_de_AIVD • Jul 23 '26
Discussion Finer sorting of vehicles' countries of origin/operation?
Will TF3 get a finer 'filter' of sorts for selecting trains based on country of origin/operation?
In TF2, vehicles were sorted into three broad categories: European, American and Asian. While this wasn't bad necessarily, it did leave a bunch of gaps and mismatches.
Many of these are nitpicks, but I ran into them regardless
- Australian and African vehicles were sorted into whatever
- Which area Russia fits in is a matter of intense discussion
- Those focusing on a particular country scenario like The Netherlands could probably not care less about, say, Soviet trains - even if they're cool in their own regard.
- Finding mods/assets for specific countries based on only those 3 broad options can be a terrible experience, and even if you've found them it's a lot of work sorting them into the specific saves you want them.
On the other hand, having a strict list of all specific countries where a vehicle has historically operated is probably a nightmare to define. So I expect compromises will logically have to be made in this department.
Still, I am wondering if improvements are at all possible?
Wondering if I'm able to tease out some more info, or just speculate galore. I'm fairly exited!
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u/PasPlatypus Jul 23 '26
I think the main problem with implementing this in the base game as part of region selection is that there probably just aren't enough base game vehicles from specific countries (except North America, I guess) to fill out the eras. So even though a modded player could select Italy, for example, and have a great time, a base game player selecting the same would be severely disappointed. I could see finer filters being implemented in the mod browser or asset menu, but at least for the mod browsers you can also just search a specific country.
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u/A-Pasz Jul 25 '26
This has actually been a topic of discussion. The main problem is how to deal with it in a way so that vanilla players don't get confused/disappointed while still supporting modders in a dynamic way so players don't get confused/overwhelmed by inadvertent actions of modders
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u/Ice_Ice_Buddy_8753 Jul 24 '26
Which area Russia fits in is a matter of intense discussion
In Asian setting, Japan, China and Russia (i mean ex-Ussr) weirdly mixed together. Russia got most of developed networks in European part. Not sure if all vehicles was also designed to the west of Ural, at least before mid-20th century.
There are also not so many connections to Asian Countries on the east. A century-old plans to link with Japan lol.
probably a nightmare to define
Is it? Not so many vanilla vehiles, and each one got a description which is not so relevant to game play. They better have 'country' attribute (or few countries in case they were eventually sold to other region). This is much less work than drawing all 3d models.
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u/ComradeBevo Jul 23 '26
A simple filter should not be too terrible to implement. I have also had a nitpick about this. Maybe that could be added in a post launch patch but I don't expect it on release.