Tutorial

Welcome to the Streamlined tutorial. This tutorial has everything you have to know about everything. If you want a shorter tutorial, they are available in Dutch and English.

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Tutorials
Joining the game

Joining the game
After pressing play, Streamlined will show you a loading screen. This screen may take a long time depending on your internet speed and time since you last played. If you use the Skip button, parts of the game may break until they loaded in correctly.

Walking around

Walking around
After spawning in, you will be able to walk around and explore. The controls are simple, and there's a User Interface (UI) at the top of your screen.

Controls

 * to walk
 * to jump
 * Hold  to run

UI


Spawning a train

Selecting a locomotive
If you click the  button at the top of your screen, it will bring you to the Consist Creator. Above the list of trains, you will be able to select one of three categories (Steam, Diesel and DMU). You will see a model of the engine you selected, with information on the right. Each engine is made to do one job: Passenger, Freight, Mixed or Shunter. These decide what type of cargo a locomotive can pull. Each also has its own wagon limit which limits how many wagons, or coaches, a locomotive can pull.

Owners of the War Department gamepass can use the War Department livery of all locomotives, even ones they have not yet bought.

Creating a consist
Once an engine has been selected, you can click  to select wagons. If you choose a DMU, you can try adding a second and move on. Depending on what job your locomotive can do, different cargo types will be available. Only one cargo type can be selected, however an additional wagon from the  category may be added for a boost. When choosing what wagons or coaches to take, you cannot surpass the length limit, wagon limit (different per engine) or passenger class limit (different per engine, passenger only).

If your wagon does not spawn upon clicking, look on the right to click one of the liveries.

Selecting a route
Once you are finished with the consist, you can select a route. Which routes are available vary depending on what cargo type you have chosen. You will first select a starting station, then a list of possible end stations will appear. Once an end station has been selected, a rough version of the route will appear on the map on the right. You can then press  to spawn.

Driving a train

Driving a train
Once you're spawned in with your brand-new consist, various new UI elements appear on the screen and the controls change. Now you will have to drive to various places to load and unload freight or passengers.

Controls
Any of the on-screen sliders/buttons can also be used.
 * ' ' to increase throttle, ' ' to decrease it.
 * ' ' to increase braking, ' ' to decrease it.
 * ' ' to load/unload passengers and cargo.
 * ' ' to delete your train.
 * the whistle (Steam engines) or the low horn (Diesels)
 * ' ' to toggle the bell (Steam engines) or the high horn (Diesels)
 * ' ' or the Lights button to toggle lights.
 * ' ' to toggle cylinders (Steam only)

UI
The camera controls are explained further down the page.

Stopping at the correct locations
The game will show 3 different colours of markers at stations you have to stop at: red, green and yellow. Red means it's a place where you have to load/unload freight or passengers, yellow means you have to turn around and green means it's the final stop.

It is important to ALWAYS stop at the first red stop on short routes, as the game requires at least 2 stops to give you money. However, it's suggested to stop at all stops to earn the most amount of rewards.

The Map

The Map
To help you figure out where you are, are able to open a map at any time with. The map can be opened both inside and outside of trains and will display a few things:
 * The railway tracks
 * Station names
 * Signals as red, green or yellow (depending on their state)
 * Your own train as dark blue blocks
 * Other trains as light blue blocks

Using the map
The actual map part of this menu can be zoomed and dragged around as the entire map doesn't fit on screen. It also has a Magnifying Glass button. Pressing this will zoom in all the way and track your position. Zooming in or out will not stop the tracking, but dragging around will. If you are not driving a train, the map will have a list of every station. Pressing on one of the names will teleport you to that station unless you are sitting on a bench or in a coach.

Camera Controls

Camera Controls
The camera in streamlined has various modes to view the game from different angles or simply get better screenshots.

The first 4 can be accessed when driving a train or when sitting in someone else's. The last 3 can be used at any time, including during the consist creator.

Complete list of keybinds

Walking around
Hold  - Run - Jump - Enter coaches/Sit on benches

Driving an engine
- Increase throttle - Decrease throttle - Apply brakes - Release brakes

- Whistle / Low horn - Bell / High horn - Lights - Cylinders (Steam engines only)

- Load / unload / reverse train - Delete train

- Move normal camera through consist - Following camera on the engine - Driver's view - Bogie view

Always active
Hold  - Open player list ' ' - Open map Hold  - Decrease FOV Hold  - Increase FOV Hold  - Reset FOV

Advanced Tutorials
Advanced Consist Creator

Advanced Consist Creator Guide
This section will talk about everything which you can do in the consist creator.

Categories
All locomotives are categorised in one of 3 groups: Steam, diesel and DMUs (Diesel Multiple Units). But what is the difference between these categories? The steam category offers the largest amount of engines for you to use and has engines made for all four job types. The diesel category has quite some engines which are usually stronger than steam engines, but has no engines for the passenger job. Lastely, the DMUs only have passenger engines and will immediately take you to the place where you normally select wagons and coaches. This is because DMUs are both engine and coach at once.

Steam & Diesel
When using a steam or diesel locomotive, it's important to choose the engine with the highest wagon capacity if you want more rewards. How many tons of freight or how many passengers you put on the train play a large role in earning gulden, as can be seen on the Currency page. To find out the best consist for the cargo type you want to use do the following:

Passenger
-Select your best  category to earn the most rewards. -Fill out your 1st class limit with the highest capacity first class wagon you own. -Repeat for 2nd class. -Repeat for 3rd class.

Freight
-Select your best  category to earn the most rewards. -Fill out all remaining slots with one type of wagon and find out which one gives you the most tons of cargo. -If there are higher capacity wagons, replace the best ones one by one until you can't anymore. -You should now have either 1 type or 2 types of wagon in your optimised consist.

DMUs
Diesel Multiple Units are much easier to optimise. DMUs with a later unlock level will hold more passengers and are therefore better than ones unlocked earlier. All DMUs except the TEEs can have a second engine of that type behind them. This allows you to double the amount of passengers you transport and allows you to create all sorts of livery combinations with the DE-1 and DE-2.

The buttons at the bottom
The buttons at the bottom of the screen, in the middle, allow you to go to any part of your consist. There, you can delete that part (unless it's the locomotive), add wagons/coaches behind that part (if the limits allow it) or flip it, which will also make the fourth camera mode point in the opposite way on this part of the train.

Signals & Signs A full list of all signals, signs and boards in Streamlined and what they mean is available here.