anyone know why i only have 4 signal types? its a fresh download

I feel like I'm studying for a test when I'm watching this

Year is 2226 and we still using railway signals instead of colonizing the mars. cool.

At last someone properly explained how those signals work - especially path signals. Thanks man!

Thank you very much! This has helped me a lot! Appreciate the effort you put into this video! :)

Best openttd basic signals tutorial!

This is actually a really good explanation! I must confess that I only watched the first minute or two of the video yesterday, but today i came back because i couldn't find any other tutorials. I don't think people realise how hard it is for new players to learn signals. Its really confusing, and even now i still don't quite understand, but you did a great job.

5 years later and you're still liking comments. Also thanks for the easy to follow tutorial.

every couple years when I come back to openttd this is the video I watch to catch back up on signals

Thanks a lot, I can now send coal from htbfhdubrburgenwell to heffingtonjdbbguje power plant

It's like every time you talk about a new signal, it invalidates the last signal you spoke about.

I've been watching openttd stuff for a very long time trying to get the rail signals down pat, and this is the FIRST video that's ever clicked. I tried out the techniques this morning, and they all worked. Outstanding.

I recently build a monorail spanning my whole 256x256 world and yes, even three islands that are far away from the mainland. Thanks to poor signaling, a traffic jam of 4 out of 9 monorails occured. I placed other combo signals and placed some depots to fix this. This video helped me solve a big problem before it was too late.

Finally! After tons of videos I found one with a talented speaker to explain all the signals. I was really confused, but now I think I got it. Been using two-way path signals all the times, since they caused the fewest problems. But now I might be able to build some more intelligent designs. Thank you very much!

the density of information, clearly presented, is impressive, youve earned my subscription in 2 videos. this guy knows his stuff and his demonstrations are light years above the other channels

Thanks man! This is easily the best video on beginner train signals I've yet to find and it will help me immensely. It was very easy to understand and went over everything I was having trouble with. I've crashed trains trying to get them unstuck and was thinking, "I should really stop being lazy and learn more about this - rather than just using only 'block signals' like a fool."

After few year I came back to this vid to refresh knowledge. Best explanation ever. Thanks!

I came over to this game originally because SimCity 4 refuses to use anything but the Intel graphics instead of my RTX3080 in my new laptop, leading to terrible fps with all the gigs and gigs of mods and objects I have all over my lands in game.... (16gb of RAM aint enough for cities skylines + all the traffic and building mods I want....) But this game, and the modlist in options, it was so foreign to me. But I had gotten super into Transport Fever 2 this month, and after the game couldnt handle all the traffic & train action I desired, I decided to try this again. I've now gotten everything setup for the perfect "take Japan through the century" playthrough, but was pulling out my hair with all the "TRAIN #12 IS LOST" b.s. LMFAO!! This helped me understand exactly how these signals are operating in the gameworld. Thank you so much !!!!

OMG, that cleared things up so much for me.. my in-line stations were getting jammed up! This should fix that. Thank you

Omg after 2 years I finally get the point of all these signals!

I learned more in the first minute of this video, than the last 3 guys i watched muddle thru convoluted tutorials that taught me basics i already knew.

Best signal explanation ever ;)

the only (and best) signal tutorial with visual examples instead of waving around with the mouse cursor

Thanks a lot, finally a precise tutorial that is very easy to understand. Just got into the game and this will make my trains run smooth as silk ;-)

Damn. Playing this game for a long time. But NOW I fully understand how these signals work!

this game is awesome, im glad there are tutorials like this one, so i can enjoy its who,e potencial, thanx a bunch

Helped me out a lot! Thanks :)

brilliant explanation video!

you absolute legend, thank you!

Very helpful guide thanks

This helps a lot, thanks!

yeah I'm gonna need to watch this many times till I get it

when I make a two train set up on one line and a make a passing place what signals should I use?

Actually using the one-way signals for parallel tracks and path signals for stations is enough for normal gameplay... I don't remember using the block signals due to the efficiency problem (as you have mentioned)

Nice video. I'll continue to just use path signals though

Thanks this will help me a lot

nice, thanks for sharing the video!

Thanks for that information.

Thanks so much!

Good video, thank you!

Very smooth👍😁

Finally it all makes sense

what grfs are you using? it looks cool. nice vid though.

Thank you very much for the great tutorial,i seen many tutorial before and i ended up more confused one more question : where i can find the track color that used in the video? , i dont have it in the version im using !! many thanks:)

awesome

THANK YOU!

For the 12.0 release, the signals menu has been simplified by default to just path signals. In order to get the other 4 signals back go to: "Settings" then change the drop down menu at the top that says "Category" to "Expert (show all settings, including weird ones)" type "signal" into the "Filter String" search bar inside the "Company" drop down change the "show signal types" to "All signals."

Ive always just used block, exit and entry signals only. But hearing about how path signals work make them sound alot more useful, I'm sure the other signals have their place but for most systems surely path signals are enough on their own right? That makes it alot simpler xD

2:55 That's why I should watch more tutorials

its more understandable to watch this video after messing up with signals. :'D (not saying it's a bad video, ive seen this video in the very beginning and tried playing the game and i just couldnt get it to work perfectly. been playing for weeks, and now i rewatch this video and its clear what i did wrong. XD)

What if I want to use multiple trains with only single lane signals? You don't cover this option at all in your tutorial?

i dont get a bit about those two way path signals, can someone explain it to me in possibly a more clearer and simpler way?

i am so confused ,the entry - exit signal failed because the train run straight toward red exit and not green exit and why?

Clear

6:48 cant you just remove those two split block signals so it bocomes one block and the train stops before the intersection?

Forgot to say. I am a newbie playing on an andriod tablet. Did here that too many path signals can be CPU intensive and slow the game. Is this something you have come across?

Just recently the devs have hidden the advanced signals and made it so that you can only use either one way or two way path signals when you first start a game of openttd. They claim this was done so as to not overwhelm newer players and that path signals are good enough for most people's games.

What newGRFs do you use?

I know this is years old, but how did you get to the "flatgrass" world, and with that amount of money?

I thought probably signals sre not needed at all and I make 3 interlinked tracks........ two train crash , everything destroyed..haha...

How to you get colored tracks?

Even though I know this was well explained my smoothbrain still can't wrap my head around these signals.

The signals hurt my brain

That music yeah

Last situation can trains change direction on station, because you put PBS in one direction from station, like flow. I have samtimes train how want back on yours station, i guess you under stand me🤟

god so confusing lol i think i sort of get it just started playing so i'll try it out next time when i have more brain power thanks for explaining it was clear enough but you could have made the tracks wider and longer also used train colors that are more visible the path color and train bed makes it confusing lol plus the end of the train looks like the front. Ok heres an attempt to explain what i have and tell me which signals should i use. I have 3 stations in a straight line. a 2 platform station in the middle letting 3-4(5 if i can get passenger too) trains use the station with the 4th going through. The station is in the middle with 2 trains on the left entering and exiting to the left. and one train on the right exit to the right as well. Finally I have a 4th train going through the station because its too expensive to build another track around the station so i let it go through. how do i keep the two train on the left use only the top platform to load and unload, while letting the through train use the bottom platform as through track. The train on the right can use which ever track is free. Remember the through train needs to run through again to return to the other side. i need help figuring out which signal goes where. On the left side, the top track has a route to the top platform. the bottom track has a switch towards the top and a straight track through the bottom. on the right side the two track are simply crossed. top and bottom track are parallel with no gap between each other. someone help solve this i'll check again tomorrow thanks guys :)

So I just started playing the OpenTDD that's been made available on Steam. Honestly, the railroad signals have me pulling my hair out, but I noticed your UI looks quite different. Is it a custom AI possibly? I don't have the ability to draw colored tracks. That would be really helpful. Great video btw, thanks for sharing!

in my opinion , the OpenTTD having a too complicated traffic signal compare with the grandpa Transport Tycoon which i've play when i was 10.... and i could manage to build a large network of train system...

You should have started with explaining what signals do before you explain how to place them. I don't know why I want a high signal density when I don't know what it frigging does.

How to get tht money to practice? How do u do it?

Oh no, the music order is shuffled. I always listen in order lol.

Why not just only ever use path signals?

Or phone? Or? Laptop

Game?

it turns out I was the dumb one and not the game's pathfinding

music

Why am i watching this at 00:45

I'm a signal male

watched it, still dont understand it

Imagine still using fiat currencies in that year lol

*aouei*

Meee noob just use path signals everywhere!!1 _Noobs about learning how signals work_

This guy sounds like Elon Musk

who's here after crashing their trains lol

You sound kinda like Elon Musk

Total waste of time when you have trains coming from either end, not just one. Useless also for passing track on a long line where you cant afford to build dual tracks.

Fuck signals! They just do not work in the latest version. Rage quitting this game right now

Elden ring > OpenTTD

You are...quite terrible at explaining things. Not only that, but you just HAD TO choose the exact graphics pack and exact trains and stations that i cant actually tell what i'm even looking at, just a mess of gray lines everywhere.

Hey, get out, stop playing these stupid games!!! Wtf mum...

I recently build a monorail spanning my whole 256x256 world and yes, even three islands that are far away from the mainland. Thanks to poor signaling, a traffic jam of 4 out of 9 monorails occured. I placed other combo signals and placed some depots to fix this. This video helped me solve a big problem before it was too late.