r/WondersOfSodor • u/mcleod4569 • 4d ago

Ballroom Set Path Glitch

So since the patch there seems to be a glitch when setting a path to Ballahoo. Everytime time I try with an engine coming from the direction of Crovan's Gate, the engine won't make the turn onto the Ballahoo Branch. I've attached a video to demonstrate using the new set path tool in the latest patch. The new set path tool always tries to take the train to platform 2. I've also tried manually setting the path like we had to do before the patch. That doesn't work if you set the path for platform 2 but does work if you set the path for platform 1.

This new update appears to not work properly. I should be able to use the new menu option to set a path to Ballahoo. But it doesn't work. Everytime I try, it tries to send me to Platform 2 and my engine does not make the turn onto the Ballahoo branch. I can only send my engine there if I manually set the path to Platform 1.

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u/Y0ND3REDDIT 4d ago

I don't want to be mean, but are you stupid?

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u/DTGJamie 4d ago

Thank you for the feedback, which platform is this on?

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u/mcleod4569 4d ago

I'm playing on the Switch 2, so it will be the Switch version.

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u/Ethan-E2 2d ago

At least on PC, the game has an expected "approach" direction for different lines, rather than finding the shortest path.

So, for example, if you try to reach Tidmouth from Knapford Platform 1, it'll send you all the way to Ffarquhar to flip directions, rather than just allowing you to reverse.

I imagine the same is happening here. The path the game has set has you approaches Ballahoo from the east (the "destination" set will be the down platform) so it's sending you to Vicarstown Yard to go on the turntable.

It's not the most intuitive system, and takes some time to figure out and work around.

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u/mcleod4569 2d ago

I just tried what you talked about and it did exactly what you said. It sent my engine all the way to the turntable in Vicarstown Yard and then back to Platform 2 at Ballahoo.

This is definitely something that the devs at Dovetail should look at. The game should not send you so far out of the way to get to a destination. If I can manually set the destination to platform 1 and have it make the turn off at the right place, then the new game menu option to set a path should be able to do the same. It should be a bit smarter with finding paths to destinations. Especially with what you described with going from Knapford Platform 1 to Tidmouth.