Suggestions for bypassing the need for trains
TLDR: Looking for suggestions and/or mods that will help bypass the need for trains, preferably by buffing drones.
I'm about to start my 4th play of this game in multiplayer and I'm looking for some help avoiding the part we always burn out on: Trains.
We love spending obscene amounts of times building awesome factories and complex crafting lines and all the stuff that makes this game great, but every time we get to a point we need the large scale transport of materials that trains provide we burn out hard because neither of us enjoy building and managing the train network. Do not get me wrong, the trains in this game are AMAZING and I 100% understand why people love them (I do too), we just don't enjoy the time commitment needed to build and manage one.
Our last game we got very far in we decided to import a train network which was amazing and I learned all the things I needed to in order to manage it, but I was spending 50% of my time dealing with the train and when it came time to connect it to our main factory I burned out.
So, what I am looking for is probably a mod (open to other suggestions as well) that can help us with moving products around without the need of trains. I found one that gives access to drones earlier (and makes them cheaper to go with their new tier) but I've read drones aren't good for large scale movement of products because of their small inventory and I couldn't find a mod to increase that inventory.
Thanks!
Posted Nov 1, 2025, 8:04 PM UTC