Traffic Lights Are Incredibly Powerful Now! - Mini Motorways

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  • Опубликовано: 3 сен 2021
  • Mini Motorways Part 13 - traffic lights have been buffed! There was a balance update not too long ago that affected the lights, but also brought a greater necessity to them with 3-way intersections getting nerfed. They now may be the most powerful item in the game.
    Edited by: Tyler
    #aliensrock #mini #motorways
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  • @Aliensrock
    @Aliensrock  2 года назад +917

    Well I never thought I'd see the day.

    • @crowdnine7771
      @crowdnine7771 2 года назад +11

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @crowdnine7771
      @crowdnine7771 2 года назад +15

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @Walter12347
      @Walter12347 2 года назад +8

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @tjbaize1082
      @tjbaize1082 2 года назад +9

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @TheFreakyFish251
      @TheFreakyFish251 2 года назад +9

      same, these things used to SUCK

  • @GermaphobeMusic
    @GermaphobeMusic 2 года назад +1540

    They should buff traffic lights in real life too

    • @Sam-fz4rx
      @Sam-fz4rx 2 года назад +22

      Underrated comment

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 2 года назад +42

      Make ‘em give you +1 speed

    • @ery
      @ery 2 года назад +132

      @@NStripleseven they already do it’s called a yellow light

    • @thiccityd9773
      @thiccityd9773 2 года назад +31

      We just need more roundabouts. Surprisingly, I think we have a good amount of motorways.

    • @emnersonn
      @emnersonn 2 года назад +12

      they actually do try to make them better so they don’t have to make roundabouts

  • @Impa_1
    @Impa_1 2 года назад +1040

    “I like three ways” - Tyler out of context

  • @butterlordmr.o
    @butterlordmr.o 2 года назад +1167

    "Segregation is fine sometimes"
    -Aliensrock 2021

    • @Ridinglawnmower145
      @Ridinglawnmower145 2 года назад +56

      Look up real civil engineer playing those game he’s all about the segregation life

    • @the_vba5384
      @the_vba5384 2 года назад +5

      Was just about to comment the same thing lol

    • @ShadowPhoenix4798
      @ShadowPhoenix4798 2 года назад +2

      *SOMETIMES*

    • @johnathanrichardson
      @johnathanrichardson 2 года назад +5

      such as the men and womens bathrooms and sports teams

    • @owenrudy8291
      @owenrudy8291 2 года назад +6

      As soon as I heard him say this is the video I scrolled down to the comments to see if anyone else noticed LMAO.

  • @Amodh1257
    @Amodh1257 2 года назад +305

    Always take a motorway over a bridge. A motorway can act as a proxy bridge and you can only have 9 per level, so it's better to get all 9 and then take all the bridges you want in the end game

    • @sheepy403
      @sheepy403 2 года назад +38

      Always take a motorway over a bridge unless you are, or expect to be, low enough on roads that the extra 10 are likely to matter. Depending on city and luck they can sometimes be a very limited resource.

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive 2 года назад +6

      Everyone knows motorways are usually a better choice, but ALWAYS is not right.
      You may not save sufficient tiles deploying it and be unable to reserve the later bridge route, then find it blocked.
      Maps can have limits

    • @DerGully
      @DerGully 2 года назад +4

      The limit of 9 is not there anymore. I got... dunno exactly, 16 or 18 lately.

    • @Shabazza84
      @Shabazza84 2 года назад +3

      Ya. You should always have 1 Motorway stocked for emergencies.

  • @chronus9083
    @chronus9083 2 года назад +434

    It'd be cool if they added interchanges, and/or larger roads with more lanes

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 2 года назад +8

      Ooo yea like a special road type that you could toggle to with 4 lanes

    • @donlasagnotelamangia
      @donlasagnotelamangia 2 года назад +27

      I feel like with the most recent update we do kinda need a wide road variant now, a lot of the time houses just can't keep up with demand when using segregation-related detours, but then using mixed roads inevitably leads to congestion.
      On second thought increasing the motorway softcap could be an alternative

    • @id01_01
      @id01_01 2 года назад +15

      Would be cool if they added a metro

    • @justacryptid4687
      @justacryptid4687 2 года назад +12

      @@id01_01 wrong game

    • @Isometrix116
      @Isometrix116 2 года назад +38

      @@id01_01 they could probably make that into its own game! I’d love to see a mini metro game :)

  • @Torrentail
    @Torrentail 2 года назад +193

    "As much as I like three-ways" - Tyler

  • @KingstonReloaded
    @KingstonReloaded 2 года назад +104

    "Let me just block off the spawns here" "Honestly I'm surprised I'm not getting more spawns!" -Aliensrock, basically

  • @LunaWitcher
    @LunaWitcher 2 года назад +232

    The fact that he had like THE PERFECT SPAWNS and he left so many houses disconnected when he needed more cars makes me upset. This could have been a 7k run.

    • @wades2132
      @wades2132 2 года назад +6

      This is what I was thinking too. Not to mention how he even lasted to 4K.

    • @jawad13kh
      @jawad13kh 2 года назад +3

      Aggree with you

  • @noramikagenori8883
    @noramikagenori8883 2 года назад +914

    If only the city just integrated public transportation like buses, the traffic issue would never exist to begin with.

    • @thefunbunns
      @thefunbunns 2 года назад +72

      depends on how many buses there are...maybe the cars in the game are buses just taking a group of people to work....each house is a bus stop....who knows

    • @Azurade
      @Azurade 2 года назад +252

      Public transportation? Like… a metro? A mini metro?

    • @catdisc5304
      @catdisc5304 2 года назад +83

      @@Azurade mini metro? What kind of fever dream hallucinations are you having?

    • @amal-_-8360
      @amal-_-8360 2 года назад +17

      @@catdisc5304 it's a game by the same dev... unless I miss your joke...

    • @catdisc5304
      @catdisc5304 2 года назад +47

      @@amal-_-8360 no shit

  • @Lexie13579
    @Lexie13579 2 года назад +133

    I think it helps to connect the double building spawns together with correct colored houses at the closest entrance to the business. like at 6:00 I think it would be better to connect that motorway to the other entrance

    • @nothingnothing1799
      @nothingnothing1799 2 года назад +7

      I've been waiting for someone to notice this optimization since I watched the first episode, he did the same thing

    • @deViant14
      @deViant14 2 года назад +4

      I think it's just one big parking lot. It can help when you want the traffic to avoid cutting each other off though

    • @bftjoe
      @bftjoe 2 года назад +3

      The parking spots are all shared, it doesn't matter.

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive 2 года назад +2

      It's a small difference, feeding from the correct end shortens journeys by a slight amount early game. But cars stop anywhere in the 9 bays and collect the pin, so late game you can feed 2 round dests if the houses / motorway are short enough to keep journey times reasonable.
      There's a one way circular flow in the car park so cars minimise conflicts

    • @deViant14
      @deViant14 2 года назад

      @@RobBCactive the biggest difference would be like if red left the mall on the right side and turned left and blue left the mall going straight...red's left turn would block blue sometimes. Segregating still helps but it doesn't really matter which side is which.

  • @mr.familiar1136
    @mr.familiar1136 2 года назад +90

    Mini motorways is basically: "this sounds so bad out of context" the game

  • @justacryptid4687
    @justacryptid4687 2 года назад +45

    "If I could have made the highway 5 change sooner I would have been fine."
    Every building is panic.

  • @TheBlackBeltPanda
    @TheBlackBeltPanda 2 года назад +26

    When a building fills with pips, it starts sending pips to other buildings of the same color. Causes a chain reaction, so sometimes have to find the source and optimize that to save the other buildings. =)

    • @char1211
      @char1211 2 года назад +1

      How do you know which building is the source? Like, what do you look for? I've just started playing so I'm still figuring things out 😅

    • @Dieterbe
      @Dieterbe 2 года назад +1

      Ooohh....

  • @boomannotjeff
    @boomannotjeff 2 года назад +75

    "Segregation is fine, sometimes."
    - Tyler 5:07

  • @KingWut
    @KingWut 2 года назад +8

    Thank you for helping me realize I don’t actually want to get this far in the game. This is so stressful

  • @radiationpony8449
    @radiationpony8449 2 года назад +67

    you didnt leave any space for businesses so the game increased blips to prevent explotation

    • @sreezonpanchbibi9932
      @sreezonpanchbibi9932 2 года назад +7

      Is that how it actually works?

    • @michaelwatkins4155
      @michaelwatkins4155 2 года назад +35

      @@sreezonpanchbibi9932 It's more there is a fixed amount of pips per week. If you block business spawns, then the businesses you have have to take on more. Also, if a business is "full" and can't spawn any more pips, it'll "give" that pip to another of the same business color. This is why small businesses seemingly out of nowhere will kill you endgame, it's because a big business has to start pip-dumping on it.

    • @sreezonpanchbibi9932
      @sreezonpanchbibi9932 2 года назад +4

      @@michaelwatkins4155 i forgot to check your reply. Finally came back to check and thanks for that information. Helps me understand it more ☺

  • @hannahlistento100EAT
    @hannahlistento100EAT 2 года назад +8

    2:51 lmao imagine if the circle of houses at the end of your block just became a busy intersection

  • @dragovian
    @dragovian 2 года назад +7

    Tip: In the start, with the 2 Red businesses, if you place the road passing directly from the 1st one(1 road to the left), there will be less slowing down for the cars going to the 2nd business

  • @thewarmedic2330
    @thewarmedic2330 2 года назад +8

    Keep it up; Love your content! Would love to see some more Mini Metro and Mini Motorway content!

  • @neffacus202
    @neffacus202 2 года назад +24

    I love love love watching you play this game. The way that you commentate, it’s just awesome

  • @re2pect470
    @re2pect470 2 года назад +34

    I feel like it’s a good idea to keep a motorway and only use it in emergencies or to edit a current motorway

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive 2 года назад +2

      The game can force deployment, but using motorways unnecessarily is indeed a waste. Houses/bridges/tunnels can block the alternative road routes.

  • @MegaGullas
    @MegaGullas 2 года назад +5

    "As much as I like threeways..."
    -Aliensrock 2021

  • @RobBCactive
    @RobBCactive 2 года назад +1

    The lights are somewhat more useful now, but they still help most where heavy fast traffic passes a quiet side road. It can reduce the pins then from a dest.
    They don't solve problems caused by junctions being too close or having to mix colours and house sources

  • @kirillvoloshin2065
    @kirillvoloshin2065 2 года назад +1

    as always - a nice video! just got a 3772 on Tokio yesterday!

  • @worldpeace6322
    @worldpeace6322 2 года назад

    Omg Tyler, I used to watch you for BTD stuff... It's been like 6-7-8 years... The nostalgia 😭 you and Chris aka SJB were the best

  • @SunDry_Marchy
    @SunDry_Marchy 2 года назад +1

    Tyler pulling through 16th minute is incredible beautiful

  • @KingQwertzlbrmpf
    @KingQwertzlbrmpf 2 года назад +4

    Yes, Traffic lights have become stronger but you woefully underestimated the worth of roundabouts. A roundabout in that upper right corner yellow neighborhood probably would've cleared out the traffic jam in that area very fast. Granted, at that point in the game it was pretty much over anyway, but still.

  • @Fatalshot642
    @Fatalshot642 2 года назад +3

    In my mind I was like “connect the houses to the roads”

  • @axolotl1237
    @axolotl1237 2 года назад +20

    Well well well if it isn't Tyler "segregation is fine" Aliensrock

  • @AlexWilson-mn1ud
    @AlexWilson-mn1ud 2 года назад +3

    with the tiny island on tokyo, i always add a line of road in the middle of it all the way along so that houses don’t spawn in the middle, making connecting houses harder.

  • @lknight1266
    @lknight1266 2 года назад +1

    Where the 2 pink businesses had the 3 way intersection in the middle, you could’ve put in a traffic light because it would’ve just kept all traffic from slowing down. This would be because the bottom left, up right roads would’ve had green light 24/7 since the up left road would’ve only had people turning right on red which is allowed

  • @lukamilosevic3191
    @lukamilosevic3191 2 года назад +1

    Him: complains about blue
    The 1 million unconnected blue houses in the corner: am i a joke to yoj

  • @HardwareLust
    @HardwareLust 2 года назад +1

    Thanks Tyler. A lot of old 'tips and tricks' videos tell you that traffic lights should be avoided.

  • @spirk3144
    @spirk3144 2 года назад +1

    7:12 "cream is doing me a mad solid"

  • @Veronica-qk1ss
    @Veronica-qk1ss 2 года назад +3

    The fact that every business had a red timer-

  • @col.choros3966
    @col.choros3966 2 года назад

    1:42 "As much as I like three ways"
    -Aliensrock 2021

  • @theraginggamer3712
    @theraginggamer3712 2 года назад

    Tyler: as much as i like threeways...
    People:make jokes
    Me: *ROOKIE NUMBERS*

  • @erwumbo
    @erwumbo 2 года назад +10

    Tokyo is such a hard map! I think I'm still sub 2k on that one.

    • @TheBlueGirl18
      @TheBlueGirl18 2 года назад

      I can’t even get past 900 😭 that’s the only one I can’t get to 1k

  • @kingstonvlach7835
    @kingstonvlach7835 2 года назад +1

    "The cream is doing me a mad solid"
    -tyler 2021

  • @PrivateMcPrivate
    @PrivateMcPrivate 2 года назад

    Haha the traffic light finally triumphs over the roundabout

  • @jimmybarr9411
    @jimmybarr9411 2 года назад +3

    I think part of the downfall was not connecting many of the houses and concentrating on only one problem for too long. Otherwise, great game, I want to try it out myself one of these days…

  • @Dark_Slayer3000
    @Dark_Slayer3000 2 года назад +4

    THE RETURN OF THE 🚥🚦
    "Finally, a worthy opponent" -roundabout

    • @jerecakes1
      @jerecakes1 2 года назад +1

      meanwhile, motorway stays king

    • @Dark_Slayer3000
      @Dark_Slayer3000 2 года назад +2

      @@jerecakes1 the game is called mini motorways.
      That's like saying mario is op in any super mario game

    • @sreezonpanchbibi9932
      @sreezonpanchbibi9932 2 года назад

      Yes

  • @RHKO
    @RHKO 2 года назад

    “The light blues are struggling, how is this happening” quarter on light blue houses unconnected

  • @asiainwood1891
    @asiainwood1891 2 года назад +1

    These traffic light actually not worst than not having traffic light anymore. They are actually letting car in one direction go then immediately let the other car go in a different direction. Before they were just stopping car which just make it so much worst than not having it

  • @SmolSir
    @SmolSir 2 года назад +1

    4:40 roundabout is not a 3x3, it's a plus sign template!

  • @skeletonwar5376
    @skeletonwar5376 2 года назад +2

    I always knew you were the one giving me red lights

  • @ZoraHimself
    @ZoraHimself 2 года назад

    "As much as I love threeways" - Tyler, 2021

  • @ALiteralGoose
    @ALiteralGoose Год назад

    7:03 That pastel pink car ran a red light on the left

  • @ImmortalAbsol
    @ImmortalAbsol 2 года назад +1

    I'd like to see bridges be able to go over other roads.

  • @jhh-jiynks6568
    @jhh-jiynks6568 2 года назад +7

    Heya tyler.
    Thanks for the great vids.
    Oddly enough watching others do puzzles is entertaining.
    I personally am a big fan of game theory and puzzles aswell, so much so that my choice of entertainment while relaxing from the day is watching your vids.
    Super cool you're playing myst.
    I uhh, wasn't as connected with the story line.
    I naturally was drawn to the unique and without context opportunities within the game as I just used my general desire of figuring things without the answer of why

  • @dirtytowel6741
    @dirtytowel6741 2 года назад +2

    Real life patch notes:
    *Traffic lights have been massively buffed*
    *Rio De Janeiro can no longer be broken*

  • @mr.randomperson6239
    @mr.randomperson6239 2 года назад

    Your content is always the best chefs kiss to you

  • @gr.4380
    @gr.4380 6 месяцев назад

    "Segregation is fine sometimes"
    "I like three ways"

  • @richardbullick7827
    @richardbullick7827 2 года назад

    I got the notification over a full day after this video came out

  • @vreference
    @vreference 2 года назад +1

    I'd love to see a game mode that made it so businesses needed to collect other color traffic but to a lesser extent. Obvious next step would be business that requires all colors.

  • @pepdog1
    @pepdog1 Год назад

    17:03 oh my god look at the yellows to the left of highway 4 going into a pink house... absolutely broke them by removing their bridge, it seems. That's probably why that particular yellow ended up ending the run lmao

  • @darlingbones
    @darlingbones Год назад

    I'm screaming at my screen for him to connect all the cream houses

  • @HoundNL
    @HoundNL 2 года назад +5

    "Segregation is fine sometimes"

  • @Ungrilled_Cheese
    @Ungrilled_Cheese Год назад

    mini moterway becomes massive monstrosity with tyler around

  • @sultinhernandes8814
    @sultinhernandes8814 2 года назад +1

    The traffic lights were never bad, you were

  • @ju-yuanchueh8444
    @ju-yuanchueh8444 2 года назад +4

    Isn't it always better to connect roads to houses because you get more points?

  • @mayatheworld
    @mayatheworld 2 года назад

    One thing i think could help is closing off areas to prevent more houses! The more houses, the more denand

    • @hamizannaruto
      @hamizannaruto 2 года назад

      Unfortunately, house only take 1 space, so it's not really possible due to limited roads.

  • @nif4345
    @nif4345 2 года назад

    This video: *about Mini Motorways*
    The advertisement: *about Potion Craft*
    Me: Not really related, but I *guess* that makes sense...

  • @islammohamed1441
    @islammohamed1441 2 года назад

    "Normally I wouldn't do this. I'd normally do as many three ways as possible."
    Word

  • @huhneat1076
    @huhneat1076 2 года назад

    11:00 Little did we know, he did not make it a bridge

  • @jenniferglenis9250
    @jenniferglenis9250 Год назад

    16:25 "cut off one head, 2 more appear".

  • @jlco
    @jlco 2 года назад +6

    It looks like they made businesses ramp up after new businesses stop spawning.
    That's pretty clever. It fixes infinite runs and discourages spawn blocking at the same time.
    Spawn blocking effectively forces you into the late-game ramping earlier. And no matter how efficient you are, there's a limit on traffic flow through a business itself; ramp demand past that, and it becomes impossible to set up an infinite run.

  • @lwolfer5170
    @lwolfer5170 2 года назад +1

    Mini Motorways is the @Road Guy Rob of video games. Mino Metro is the @RMTransit

  • @NationofFoxes
    @NationofFoxes 2 года назад

    "Looks like I need to buss in the pinks"

  • @zavalanovakidue
    @zavalanovakidue 2 года назад +1

    "This is no-torway"

  • @BoulderWraith
    @BoulderWraith 2 года назад

    Fun fact
    Tyler cleans

  • @jeofthevirtuoussand
    @jeofthevirtuoussand 2 года назад

    "I want a motorway roundabout here"

  • @bradleywalton970
    @bradleywalton970 2 года назад +2

    0:57 what does he mean by it's no longer possible to break?

  • @tyukogames
    @tyukogames 2 года назад

    At the start: TRAFIC LIGHT ARE TRASH
    Now:LAST HOUR NEWS trafic lights are good

  • @chirpdotbat
    @chirpdotbat 2 года назад

    "As much as I like 3-ways" -Aliensrock, September 2021
    "That's kinda creaming, look, we have creams right in position" -Aliensrock, September 2021

  • @confuzxion1383
    @confuzxion1383 2 года назад

    ‘As much as I like 3 ways’

  • @BoWSkittlez
    @BoWSkittlez 2 года назад

    That other blue house in the very beginning must have been broken. Not a single car left from it even though it was attached

  • @itsmystory5151
    @itsmystory5151 2 года назад

    When almost all of the businesses are panicking and the game is lagging because of all the effects but your fine
    =god gamer

  • @dickgraysonvlogs4waddell335
    @dickgraysonvlogs4waddell335 2 года назад

    I love these videos to much

  • @InfestedChris
    @InfestedChris 2 года назад

    I feel like hwy 4 and 2 could switch up for better flow too. 15:06

  • @gpaderx6105
    @gpaderx6105 2 года назад

    gonna contact Real Civil Engineer regarding about this

  • @seanstuchbery
    @seanstuchbery Год назад

    if you block off the island with yellow you get much more preferable yellow spawns

  • @Mona-ni6jx
    @Mona-ni6jx Год назад

    The people of mini motorways when they see 3 flashing lights (they have never seen a traffic light in thier entire 4 week life)

  • @carteryesno9364
    @carteryesno9364 2 года назад +2

    Finally usingvtjem

  • @flammablerock8152
    @flammablerock8152 2 года назад

    Tyler, post before midnight EST I need the sleep

  • @jonasbrownell5591
    @jonasbrownell5591 2 года назад +1

    I wonder what would happen if they added 1 way roads.

  • @ericramsey3646
    @ericramsey3646 2 года назад +2

    Ah very early. Love your content Tyler! Been kinda slackin lately so I might catch up on your vids tonight

  • @HeavenlyDemonicKid
    @HeavenlyDemonicKid 2 года назад

    Holy pog

  • @anothrnoml
    @anothrnoml 2 года назад

    *traffic lights are the new meta*

  • @PeachyNanaUK
    @PeachyNanaUK 2 года назад

    Could you be colourblind? The ‘cream’ is pink. :) Thanks for all the tips. :)

  • @guilhermebaumerconcer1494
    @guilhermebaumerconcer1494 2 года назад

    "As much as i like tree-ways"

  • @KyrieFortune
    @KyrieFortune Год назад

    Mini Motorways is like the demonstration Euclidean zoning doesn't work

  • @garrettfuller5456
    @garrettfuller5456 2 года назад +1

    traffic lights were always op

  • @stabilini
    @stabilini 2 года назад

    diagonal crossings (45-45 degree) have no delay

  • @LimeInDisguise
    @LimeInDisguise 2 года назад

    Real Civil Engineer: impossible

  • @JJJUICEBOX
    @JJJUICEBOX 2 года назад

    Could someone kindly please explain what @aliensrock meant by “rio de janiero is not breakable” anymore?

  • @sdog300
    @sdog300 2 года назад

    I just want to say there is very basic or no AI in the cars. They take the shortest path & the nearest available car is pinged to a specific business. There’s a ping then a car leaves the garage & takes the shortest path to the business that pinged it.

    • @roosb.967
      @roosb.967 2 года назад

      Yes this annoyed me too. The cars probably just follows the rules that the programmers gave them, there is nothing AI about this game as far as I can see.

    • @jtowensbyiii6018
      @jtowensbyiii6018 2 года назад

      Nope they travel to a random location they have access to

    • @roosb.967
      @roosb.967 2 года назад

      @@jtowensbyiii6018 there can still be random factors in the 'rules', I just mean that there is nothing AI about this

  • @AlphaPizzadog
    @AlphaPizzadog 2 года назад

    picking 2x traffic lights? i dont even know you anymore
    but to be fair, this is what i asked for so... good on you!

  • @artem_mma
    @artem_mma 2 года назад

    Nice