Vehicle Transport Order Settings
Differences between vehicle cargo and normal cargo
Vehicle cargo differs from normal cargo in many ways:
- Different cargo destination mechanism: the destination and routing of normal cargo are assigned automatically according to the cargo distribution settings (manual/symmetric/asymmetric) and the cargo flow map generated by the system, while transported vehicles are fully controlled by the player.
- Different cargo payment logic: normal cargo is always paid according to the distance and transport time logic; transporting vehicles within the same company is not charged, while cross-company transport (with shared infrastructure enabled) is charged at the rate configured in the settings.
- Completely different underlying logic of the cargo type: vehicle cargo stores vehicle information.
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Because of these differences, orders for transporting normal cargo are not compatible with orders for transporting vehicles.
Loading options
Once a vehicle is refitted to a carrier vehicle, the loading/unloading settings for vehicle transport will be listed above those for normal cargo, as shown:
Option explanations
Options in the menu:
| Name | Effect |
| Load any vehicles | Load all vehicles waiting at this station |
| Load vehicles going to the next stop | Load the vehicles waiting here whose next order entry is the same as the carrier’s next order entry |
| Wait for vehicles | When no vehicle is waiting here, wait for at least one vehicle to board Only available when the order is Load vehicles |
| Vehicles loading options… | Open the vehicle transport window to apply more restrictions, see the table below Only available when the order is Load vehicles |
Options in the vehicle transport window:
| Name | Effect |
| Load state | Restrict the loaded vehicles to empty only/full only |
| Cargo | Restrict the cargo carried by the vehicles being loaded |
| Cargo criterion | Must be used together with the previous option.must be able to carry — the carried vehicle must be able to load the specified cargo typemust be carrying — the carried vehicle must currently be loading the specified cargo type (load amount not equal to 0) |
| Minimum waiting time | Restrict the minimum time the loaded vehicles must have waited at the loading station |
| Trace restrict slot | Restrict the slot (token) of the vehicles being loaded |
| Most vehicles at once | Restrict the maximum number of vehicles that can be loaded at the same time |
Unloading options
| Name | Effect |
| Unload vehicles | Unload the vehicles that need to be unloaded at this station |
| Unload all vehicles | Try to unload all vehicles at this station, unless restricted by external factors such as no available station |
When unloading, the vehicle will search all available platforms of the unloading station and unload at the platform closest to the next destination.