Auto Vehicle Line Color

Every vehicle automatically takes on the color of the line it runs on, so you can tell your lines apart at a glance on the map and in the streets.

What it does

• New and replaced vehicles are painted in their line's color a couple of seconds after you buy them for a line, replace them or move them to another line.
• Changing a line's color repaints all of its vehicles within a couple of seconds.
• Vehicles you repaint by hand switch back to their line's color when they reach their next stop.
• Existing savegames: when you add the mod, all vehicles on lines are painted within the first seconds of play.

Good to know

• Only vehicles that can be repainted in the vehicle window are affected. Models without paintable areas keep their look.
• Vehicles without a line, for example in the depot, keep their current color.
• Only your own company's vehicles are painted.
• The mod is cosmetic, so achievements stay available.
• You can add it to or remove it from a savegame at any time. When removed, vehicles simply keep their current colors.
• Built to stay light in large networks: it only looks at lines that actually changed. For very large networks, two settings save more work, see below.

Settings for very large networks

Both settings are on by default. Switching them off saves work in very large networks. New and reassigned vehicles and line color changes are always painted within a couple of seconds.

• Check vehicles at stops: when off, vehicles are no longer checked as they arrive at a stop. Vehicles you repaint by hand get their line's color the next time you load the game.
• Watch for replaced vehicles: when off, the mod no longer checks every vehicle for replacement every couple of seconds. Replaced vehicles are painted at their next stop instead, or the next time you load the game if both settings are off.