How to make rail transports work?

[Naxor]

Hi im designing new map and encountered a problem. I have created rail network and added train transports in editor but in game there is no option to load unit into train on a flagged city hex?

[Mark50]

In the editor you need to specify the transports for each scenario and a number of available such transports for the intended country.

Edit->Scenario Params...->Transports

[Naxor]

Thanks your reply. I have added 5 train transports for both sides. Does not help.

[ThvN]

Hi Naxor, how have you been putting the rails on the map? Because it is not uncommon that the graphics for the rails are there but the actual rail lines aren't properly put in the editor.

So it is possible that they are only 'drawn visually' on the map as tiles. But they need to be added as a terrain feature as well, so the engine knows that tile has a railway. If you start the editor and load the map, select 'View' and toggle the 'Hide/Show all Tiles' function. The railways should turn up as black marker lines (thicker than the roads). With 'Edit' - ' Terrain features' you must first add the railways to the basic map, and the proper railway graphics are a seperate layer from that and can be generated/added on top of that.

[bebro]

Could it be that the units you want to TP lack the "rail" trait in the equipment file? Under "Usable Transports" that is.

[Naxor]

Thank you all. Problem solved. I had to draw rails and roads in "terrain features" mode to make them work.