Yang's Transport Tycoon

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Y4mvRvDm/thewheel.png" alt="" width="360" height="183" /><br />Yang's Transport Tycoon</h1> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><em>You've got a head filled with steam, a heart made of coal, a gut of iron, and countless miles of rail coursing through your veins.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">- Railroad Tycoon II (modified quote)</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Udco7xpkV5w" width="480" height="269" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share; clipboard-write"></iframe> &nbsp; &nbsp;<iframe src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HPQHsYoQlYk" width="480" height="269" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share; clipboard-write"></iframe></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Yang's Transport Tycoon adds steam-powered railway transportation into the game in a way that fits right into the vanilla game, being both immersive, meticulously detailed, and highly performant.<br />Industrialize with steam engines, assemble your transport fleet, network the depths of the earth using minecarts, and design automated railways across the surface, or derail in the process.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Feature Overview</h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><span class="box">&bull; Build portable steam engines to power your fleet of rail-bound locomotives and underground helve hammer workshops.<br />&bull; Assemble convoys of mine carts to mass-transports goods from resource gathering sites to your production centres.<br />&bull; Create vast networks of high-speed rail between settlements, transporting passengers and goods at never-before-seen speeds.<br />&bull; Bask in the glory of unparalleled server performance through advanced spatial datastructure algorithms.<br />&bull; Experience the 'Simulation Layer' which enables convoys to continue operating even when travelling across unloaded regions.<br />&bull; Lay tracks using regular blocks, no uncanny splines that look out of place with the game's visual style.<br />&bull; Enjoy being able to easily create your own sub-mods that add new rail pieces and trains without any code necessary.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: book antiqua, palatino, serif;"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HugoCortell/YTT/refs/heads/main/readme_media/minecart_evolution.webp" alt="" width="690" height="184" /><br /></span><span style="font-family: book antiqua, palatino, serif;">NETWORK THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH</span>&nbsp;</h2> <p style="text-align: center;">Begin your journey assembling convoys of mine wagons powered by haulage engines, transporting vast amounts of resources from collection sites to production centres.<br />Though slow, haulage engines (minecarts) are capable of transporting large amounts of goods cheaply, and their rails can be laid even on the roughest of terrain.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 20px; align-items: center;"> <div style="display: flex; gap: 16px; justify-content: center; align-items: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap;"> <figure style="margin: 0; text-align: center; max-width: 32%;"><img style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-style: double;" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HugoCortell/YTT/refs/heads/main/readme_media/minecart_sample_bridge.webp" alt="Convoy Crossing A Bridge" /> <figcaption style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">Haulage engines may be slow, but they can form mighty convoys for transport.</figcaption> </figure> <figure style="margin: 0; text-align: center; max-width: 32%;"><img style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-style: double;" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HugoCortell/YTT/refs/heads/main/readme_media/minecart_sample_bay.webp" alt="Convoy Running Across Bay" /> <figcaption style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">They can also help supplement other means of travel.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div style="display: flex; gap: 16px; justify-content: center; align-items: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap;"> <figure style="margin: 0; text-align: center; max-width: 32%;"><img style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-style: double;" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HugoCortell/YTT/refs/heads/main/readme_media/minecart_sample_desert.webp" alt="Wagonways Can Climb Mountainsides" /> <figcaption style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">Wagonways are capable of climbing steep mountainsides.</figcaption> </figure> <figure style="margin: 0; text-align: center; max-width: 32%;"><img style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-style: double;" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HugoCortell/YTT/refs/heads/main/readme_media/minecart_sample_tunnels.webp" alt="Wagonways Are Perfect For Tunnels" /> <figcaption style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 4px;">They are also designed to fit in the tightest of tunnels.</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">The flatbeds on haulage engines provide great flexibility, you can place anything on them from chests, to crates, to lanterns, and even players!</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Vehicles operate using a power-to-weight ratio, engines must be able to produce enough power to overcome the weight they are pulling in order to move. Spare power dictates speed.<br />This means that in order to pull larger loads, you'll need to manufacture increasingly advanced engines capable of making more efficient use of higher grade fuels which burn hotter.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">The primitive haulage engine can only barely pull