Build your personal transport empire by creating perfect routes to maximise your profits. Ensure that cargo and people get where they need to be, when they need to be. Manage and optimize your vehicle fleet, balance maintenance costs, efficiency, and priorities. Resolve bottlenecks and meet the evolving demands of dynamic towns and a multitude of industries that operate on- and offshore. Develop commercial centers, industrial powerhouses, and commuter cities by specializing deliveries and mastering every transport decision.

Transport Fever 3 has two main modes of gameplay: The campaign and the free game. In addition there is also a quick start tutorial and a map editor available.

The campaign consists of 8 missions. Each mission has a predefined map and a clear goal that can be reached by completing various tasks. This is recommended to everyone that wants to experience a guided story and learn about the game core mechanics along the way.

The free game (also called tycoon game) allows the player to build a transport empire on a randomly generated map. The climate, start year and various other parameters can be set before the game starts. The free game is for everyone that wants to play freely on a vast map without restrictions and try to grow towns to become the ultimate transport tycoon. This mode also supports the use of mods.

The quickstart tutorial starts a free game and teaches new players the games mechanics step by step. This is recommended for everyone who is new to the series. Once the tutorial ends, it becomes a normal free game.

The map editor allows to prepare custom maps to play later or share with other users. It's possible to design them from scratch or import existing maps. On PC or Mac you can also import your own heightmaps.

The goal of the free game is to raise up the ranks in your transport company. You start as junior and, if you engineer your empire right, will eventually become tycoon. You rise up the ranks by increasing the world population. This is achieved by catering to all the towns needs so they grow their population. Along the way you will encounter increasingly difficult challenges in each tows such as pollution, traffic, passenger happyness and more.

This game manual should cover the most important techniques and mechanics used in Transport Fever 3. Have a look at the tips and tricks to learn how to master the first steps in a Transport Fever 3 game session. There are countless ways of playing Transport Fever 3. Many people prefer the focus on economic gameplay. Others like to use Transport Fever 3 as a virtual model railway sandbox. While the game manual focuses on the mechanics that are more likely relevant for economic gameplay, the techniques can be used by the sandbox players too.

If the information in this wiki does not cover your questions, we recommend to look into the guides on Steam or the other knowledge resources you can find in the fan communities. You may have a look into the various forums or chat servers too to get assistance.

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