General Gameplay Monorail Station Issue

[Mindbender]

Your Feature Request / Idea
Can't build monorail if I can't afford the station. Since the rail is cheaper than the station, I 'should' be able to lay all my track. Problem being, I can't SELECT the track, unless I have enough $ for the station. The red x icon should be over the Station icon in the Monorail sub-menu.

I should be able to (if I really wanted to do it this way) lay ALL my track before putting down a single station. I say this based on the current game mechanics. If I have this LONG spaghetti thread of track, I can select the monorail STATION and when I mouse over the track, the station snaps to the track. Once it can be built, it turns blue.

 

[JoaquinZaba]

Your Feature Request / Idea
Can't build monorail if I can't afford the station. Since the rail is cheaper than the station, I 'should' be able to lay all my track. Problem being, I can't SELECT the track, unless I have enough $ for the station. The red x icon should be over the Station icon in the Monorail sub-menu.

I should be able to (if I really wanted to do it this way) lay ALL my track before putting down a single station. I say this based on the current game mechanics. If I have this LONG spaghetti thread of track, I can select the monorail STATION and when I mouse over the track, the station snaps to the track. Once it can be built, it turns blue.

You really can't have an operational monorail without at least 1 station, so it makes sense for the station to be the default option instead of the rail.

 

[Mindbender]

Maybe I'm just arguing semantics here....

My opinion:
The monorail should ALWAYS be active, as long as you can afford SOMETHING in the sub-menu. When you click to open the monorail, if you can only afford the rail, that's the only choice you have.

My in-game experience:
2nd island. I've got a park that is expanding South with a couple of pens, viewing centers, hatcheries, etc (down south). Because all I have are roads, my transportation satisfaction is at like 3%. So, I start building my monorail. I plunk down two stations, and connect them with rail. Because of issues with fences, viewing center placement, etc, I have to demolish some rail. Then, all hell starts breaking loose. Dinos breaking out, dying, storm, feeder refills, sabatoge. Seriously. Like, all at once. By the time I finally get things calmed down and go back to my monorail, I don't have enough money for a STATION, but more than enough for the little bit of rail I needed to make it happen. That locked me out of completing my monorail until I accrued enough money. No, it didn't take very long, but still.