Traffic Lights Are Incredibly Powerful Now! - Mini Motorways

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  • Опубліковано 3 вер 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 роки тому +915

    Well I never thought I'd see the day.

    • @crowdnine7771
      @crowdnine7771 2 роки тому +10

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @crowdnine7771
      @crowdnine7771 2 роки тому +14

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @Walter12347
      @Walter12347 2 роки тому +7

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @tjbaize1082
      @tjbaize1082 2 роки тому +8

      same, these things used to SUCK

    • @TheFreakyFish251
      @TheFreakyFish251 2 роки тому +8

      same, these things used to SUCK

  • @ColonoIsBest
    @ColonoIsBest 2 роки тому +1028

    “I like three ways” - Tyler out of context

  • @GermaphobeMusic
    @GermaphobeMusic 2 роки тому +1520

    They should buff traffic lights in real life too

    • @Sam-fz4rx
      @Sam-fz4rx 2 роки тому +22

      Underrated comment

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 2 роки тому +42

      Make ‘em give you +1 speed

    • @ery
      @ery 2 роки тому +131

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

    • @thiccityd9773
      @thiccityd9773 2 роки тому +31

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

    • @emnersonn
      @emnersonn 2 роки тому +12

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

  • @butterlordmr.o
    @butterlordmr.o 2 роки тому +1156

    "Segregation is fine sometimes"
    -Aliensrock 2021

    • @Ridinglawnmower145
      @Ridinglawnmower145 2 роки тому +56

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

    • @the_vba5384
      @the_vba5384 2 роки тому +4

      Was just about to comment the same thing lol

    • @ShadowPhoenix4798
      @ShadowPhoenix4798 2 роки тому +2

      *SOMETIMES*

    • @johnathanrichardson
      @johnathanrichardson 2 роки тому +5

      such as the men and womens bathrooms and sports teams

    • @owenrudy8291
      @owenrudy8291 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +300

    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 роки тому +36

      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 роки тому +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 роки тому +4

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

    • @Shabazza84
      @Shabazza84 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @Torrentail
    @Torrentail 2 роки тому +192

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

  • @KingstonReloaded
    @KingstonReloaded 2 роки тому +104

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

  • @chronus9083
    @chronus9083 2 роки тому +432

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

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @donlasagnotelamangia
      @donlasagnotelamangia 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +15

      Would be cool if they added a metro

    • @justacryptid4687
      @justacryptid4687 2 роки тому +12

      @@id01_01 wrong game

    • @tyler1107
      @tyler1107 2 роки тому +38

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

  • @LunaWitcher
    @LunaWitcher 2 роки тому +228

    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 роки тому +6

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

    • @jawad13kh
      @jawad13kh 2 роки тому +3

      Aggree with you

  • @noramikagenori8883
    @noramikagenori8883 2 роки тому +913

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

    • @thefunbunns
      @thefunbunns 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +252

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

    • @catdisc5304
      @catdisc5304 2 роки тому +83

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

    • @amal-_-8360
      @amal-_-8360 2 роки тому +17

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

    • @catdisc5304
      @catdisc5304 2 роки тому +47

      @@amal-_-8360 no shit

  • @Lexie13579
    @Lexie13579 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +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 роки тому +3

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

    • @RobBCactive
      @RobBCactive 2 роки тому +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 роки тому

      @@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 роки тому +89

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

  • @justacryptid4687
    @justacryptid4687 2 роки тому +44

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

  • @TheBlackBeltPanda
    @TheBlackBeltPanda 2 роки тому +25

    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 роки тому +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 роки тому +1

      Ooohh....

  • @radiationpony8449
    @radiationpony8449 2 роки тому +66

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

    • @sreezonpanchbibi9932
      @sreezonpanchbibi9932 2 роки тому +7

      Is that how it actually works?

    • @michaelwatkins4155
      @michaelwatkins4155 2 роки тому +34

      @@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 роки тому +4

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

  • @boomannotjeff
    @boomannotjeff 2 роки тому +75

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

  • @KingWut
    @KingWut 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @dragovian
    @dragovian 2 роки тому +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

  • @re2pect470
    @re2pect470 2 роки тому +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 роки тому +2

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

  • @hannahlistento100EAT
    @hannahlistento100EAT 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @neffacus202
    @neffacus202 2 роки тому +24

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

  • @MegaGullas
    @MegaGullas 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @axolotl1237
    @axolotl1237 2 роки тому +20

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

  • @KingQwertzlbrmpf
    @KingQwertzlbrmpf 2 роки тому +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.

  • @lukamilosevic3191
    @lukamilosevic3191 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @HardwareLust
    @HardwareLust 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @thewarmedic2330
    @thewarmedic2330 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @dirtytowel6741
    @dirtytowel6741 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Fatalshot642
    @Fatalshot642 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @Dark_Slayer3000
    @Dark_Slayer3000 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @jerecakes1
      @jerecakes1 2 роки тому +1

      meanwhile, motorway stays king

    • @Dark_Slayer3000
      @Dark_Slayer3000 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @sreezonpanchbibi9932
      @sreezonpanchbibi9932 2 роки тому

      Yes

  • @RobBCactive
    @RobBCactive 2 роки тому +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

  • @Veronica-qk1ss
    @Veronica-qk1ss 2 роки тому +3

    The fact that every business had a red timer-

  • @jimmybarr9411
    @jimmybarr9411 2 роки тому +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…

  • @asiainwood1891
    @asiainwood1891 2 роки тому +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

  • @spirk3144
    @spirk3144 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @erwumbo
    @erwumbo 2 роки тому +10

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

    • @TheBlueGirl18
      @TheBlueGirl18 2 роки тому

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

  • @SunDry_Marchy
    @SunDry_Marchy 2 роки тому +1

    Tyler pulling through 16th minute is incredible beautiful

  • @AlexWilson-mn1ud
    @AlexWilson-mn1ud 2 роки тому +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.

  • @kirillvoloshin2065
    @kirillvoloshin2065 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @lknight1266
    @lknight1266 2 роки тому +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

  • @worldpeace6322
    @worldpeace6322 2 роки тому

    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

  • @sultinhernandes8814
    @sultinhernandes8814 2 роки тому +1

    The traffic lights were never bad, you were

  • @RHKO
    @RHKO 2 роки тому

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

  • @gr.4380
    @gr.4380 5 місяців тому

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

  • @HoundNL
    @HoundNL 2 роки тому +5

    "Segregation is fine sometimes"

  • @col.choros3966
    @col.choros3966 2 роки тому

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

  • @islammohamed1441
    @islammohamed1441 2 роки тому

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

  • @Ungrilled_Cheese
    @Ungrilled_Cheese Рік тому

    mini moterway becomes massive monstrosity with tyler around

  • @vreference
    @vreference 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

    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

  • @ImmortalAbsol
    @ImmortalAbsol 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @ju-yuanchueh8444
    @ju-yuanchueh8444 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @kingstonvlach7835
    @kingstonvlach7835 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @ALiteralGoose
    @ALiteralGoose Рік тому

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

  • @tyukogames
    @tyukogames 2 роки тому

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

  • @jenniferglenis9250
    @jenniferglenis9250 Рік тому

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

  • @ZoraHimself
    @ZoraHimself 2 роки тому

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

  • @lwolfer5170
    @lwolfer5170 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @theraginggamer3712
    @theraginggamer3712 2 роки тому

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

  • @SmolSir
    @SmolSir 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @jhh-jiynks6568
    @jhh-jiynks6568 2 роки тому +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

  • @PrivateMcPrivate
    @PrivateMcPrivate 2 роки тому

    Haha the traffic light finally triumphs over the roundabout

  • @darlingbones
    @darlingbones Рік тому

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

  • @Mona-ni6jx
    @Mona-ni6jx Рік тому

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

  • @skeletonwar5376
    @skeletonwar5376 2 роки тому +2

    I always knew you were the one giving me red lights

  • @mayatheworld
    @mayatheworld 2 роки тому

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

    • @hamizannaruto
      @hamizannaruto 2 роки тому

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

  • @chirpdotbat
    @chirpdotbat 2 роки тому

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

  • @ericramsey3646
    @ericramsey3646 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @okadesign
    @okadesign 2 роки тому

    They should add a tram that can connect factory to factory in a straight line that cuts through rivers, mountains and roads

  • @jlco
    @jlco 2 роки тому +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.

  • @nif4345
    @nif4345 2 роки тому

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

  • @itsmystory5151
    @itsmystory5151 2 роки тому

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

  • @zavalanovakidue
    @zavalanovakidue 2 роки тому +1

    "This is no-torway"

  • @mr.randomperson6239
    @mr.randomperson6239 2 роки тому

    Your content is always the best chefs kiss to you

  • @KyrieFortune
    @KyrieFortune Рік тому

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

  • @NationofFoxes
    @NationofFoxes 2 роки тому

    "Looks like I need to buss in the pinks"

  • @richardbullick7827
    @richardbullick7827 2 роки тому

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

  • @BoWSkittlez
    @BoWSkittlez 2 роки тому

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

  • @huhneat1076
    @huhneat1076 2 роки тому

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

  • @confuzxion1383
    @confuzxion1383 2 роки тому

    ‘As much as I like 3 ways’

  • @jeofthevirtuoussand
    @jeofthevirtuoussand 2 роки тому

    "I want a motorway roundabout here"

  • @aaronkingsley8459
    @aaronkingsley8459 2 роки тому +1

    I guess pigs fly now.

  • @Dieterbe
    @Dieterbe 2 роки тому +1

    Intersection without lights : cars go through on a best effort basis
    Intersection with lights: lights go green to let cars go through on a best effort basis
    What is the difference? I don't understand what the lights do

  • @BoulderWraith
    @BoulderWraith 2 роки тому

    Fun fact
    Tyler cleans

  • @artem_mma
    @artem_mma 2 роки тому

    Nice

  • @dickgraysonvlogs4waddell335
    @dickgraysonvlogs4waddell335 2 роки тому

    I love these videos to much

  • @seanstuchbery
    @seanstuchbery Рік тому

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

  • @InfestedChris
    @InfestedChris 2 роки тому

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

  • @gpaderx6105
    @gpaderx6105 2 роки тому

    gonna contact Real Civil Engineer regarding about this

  • @carteryesno9364
    @carteryesno9364 2 роки тому +2

    Finally usingvtjem

  • @guilhermebaumerconcer1494
    @guilhermebaumerconcer1494 2 роки тому

    "As much as i like tree-ways"

  • @electra_
    @electra_ 2 роки тому +3

    trans lights are human lights

  • @anothrnoml
    @anothrnoml 2 роки тому

    *traffic lights are the new meta*

  • @Taolan8472
    @Taolan8472 2 роки тому

    The ridiculous house density. You literally cannot route them through in some areas. Spawn control was definitely needed here.

  • @flammablerock8152
    @flammablerock8152 2 роки тому

    Tyler, post before midnight EST I need the sleep

  • @jonasbrownell5591
    @jonasbrownell5591 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @AlphaPizzadog
    @AlphaPizzadog 2 роки тому

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

  • @BrandonKing.
    @BrandonKing. 2 роки тому

    "segregation is fine"
    -Aliensrock 2021

  • @Luigion7
    @Luigion7 2 роки тому

    Traffic Light Mains RISE UP!!

  • @bradleywalton970
    @bradleywalton970 2 роки тому +2

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