A question about locomotives and railstock?

[Mysticpuma]

I am no mission builder and compared to CloD the BoX editor looks like quantum physics to me.... but hopefully a simple question. 

 

Firsy is there much variety in the locomotives to pull rolling stock. 

 

Secondly (as I have only used the AQMG) can the rolling stock vary? 

 

So far I see a few panel trucks with a couple of AA gunners on every mission I fly. 

 

Does the rolling stock have any explosive carriages, fuel wagons, tank transport, ammunition transport? 

 

Just looking for a bit more variety in strafing missions. 

 

Final question, I heard there is or will be a proper rail yard with multiple tracks and the possibility therefore of multiple targets.... is this true? 

 

Sorry, I just like strafing those locos and would love to recreate some of those WW2 gun am films, cheers, Mysticpuma. 

[Billsponge1972]

I have wondered that also. I remember making a mission for CFS3 with a 60 car train!

[Gingerwelsh]

The list of rolling stock is on the right.

Place as many as you like on the tracks.

Place your plane any where you like. Give it alt. Mark as player.

Use a target waypoint, but you don't have to.

 

Below is an ai plan, so is more involved, but the above is very simple.

 

 

Then blow them up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited January 24, 2022 by Gingerwelsh

[Beebop]

7 hours ago, Mysticpuma said:

Secondly (as I have only used the AQMG) can the rolling stock vary?

That is determined by the AQMG.  You can edit those missions in the Mission Editor and change the consist. 

Your last AQMG mission (only, as it will overwrite with the next use of the AQMG) is saved in your 'Missions' folder.  It can be opened in the ME by navigating to the Missions folder and clicking "_gen.Mission"

7 hours ago, Mysticpuma said:

Does the rolling stock have any explosive carriages, fuel wagons, tank transport, ammunition transport?

Tank cars make nice explosions.  Unlike 1946 there are no specific ammunition cars.  There are no specific tank transports but there is the flat car with a covered load.

7 hours ago, Mysticpuma said:

I heard there is or will be a proper rail yard with multiple tracks and the possibility therefore of multiple targets.... is this true? 

Several of the maps have large railyards, most notably Velikie Luki and Rhineland.

Here is Duisberg, Brussels and Velikie Luki rail yards;

 

 

[Jaegermeister]

New rail yards have been added to the Rheinland map.

 

Cc from dev diary....

 

Antwerp

Liege

Mainz

Frankfurt

Bonn

Cologne

Disburg

Brussels

Charleroi

Dusseldorf

Munster

Koblenz

Eindhoven

Tillburg

Nijmegen

Essen

Enschede

Hengelo

Osnabruck

 

   

 

You can change the types of cars behind the locomotives in the advanced properties dialogue as well as how many. If you put too many cars, it does cause problems with the train being able to move. I don’t know the exact number, somewhere around 10 is max I think.

 

if you place stationary trains in railyards, you can link other explosion effects or place ammo vehicles inside the cars to create secondary explosions. I’m actually working on something like that right now.

[Mysticpuma]

1 hour ago, Jaegermeister said:

 

I’m actually working on something like that right now.

Would be happy to test if and when you have them/it ready