Turn - [EBP Help Contents]
The Turn pull-down menu offers various game-play features for the human player.
LOADS
The Loads window opens automatically when you move your train to a city that supplies or demands a load on your contracts. If you close the Loads window and later need to reopen it manually, use the Turn, Loads menu item.
SUGGEST PLAN
Use the Turn, Suggest Plan menu to ask EBP to display what one of its AI bot players would do in your situation. Use does not lower your game score, but some may consider it cheating, and therefore it is noted in the History Box. The depth of search for the suggested plan is determined by the Skill setting you have chosen for yourself; most people set it to Max.
UNDO MOVE
Use this to undo train movement before you have performed any other action (such as delivering a load, building track, etc.).
ERASE SEGMENT
While building, use this to erase the last segment of track you are planning to build. Works the same as the Backspace key.
UNDO BUILDING
While building, use this to undo all building and engine upgrades this turn.
GO TO (AUTOMOVE)
Use this to select a city to which to engage EBP's "Automove without building" feature. Cities served by your track will be listed; choose one from the list, and EBP will move your train to it via your track's shortest route. Automove is handy when your next planned destination is distant, and you have no other actions (such as load pickups) to perform along the way.
AUTOMOVE DISENGAGE
Use this to disengage automove before your train reaches the automove destination. If you are unable to access the menus (because EBP is busy), press Ctrl+A instead.
AUTOMOVE REENGAGE
The reengage automove feature is most useful after EBP has automatically disengaged it due to an event.
UPGRADE ENGINE
Use this to change your train's locomotive to a different type, such as a faster one. You'll be shown the cost and asked to confirm.
DISCARD HAND
Use this to discard / pitch / dump / exchange all your contracts for new ones. This can be done only as the first action of your turn. It cannot be done if you have an unfulfilled, locked delivery (honeymoon variant). Some of the best players report they discard their hand about 1 to 4 times per match on average, but that the rate varies based on the map in use.
DISCARD 1 CONTRACT
Use this to discard one of your contracts and receive a new one (a variant option). You will be prompted to choose the contract to discard. This can be done only once per turn. You cannot discard a contract with an unfulfilled, locked delivery (honeymoon variant).
LOSE TURN
Use this to forcibly skip your turn; it can be done only as the first action of your turn. If the backtracking variant is enabled, players can use this feature when their train is located outside a city but they wish to reverse their train's direction of travel.
RESTART
Use Restart to escape from an untenable game position, such as being unable to make any delivery, even after repeatedly discarding contracts for fresh ones. Restart restores your game position to that at the start: no track, the starting engine, and the starting amount of cash. (Track of a restarting player is erased, except for portions EBP automatically deems needed by an opponent to connect back to their own track.) Restart is rarely needed by the best players because they avoid getting themselves into a stuck game position. For example, spending all your cash, such that you cannot afford to repair an event's bridge washout, puts you at risk of having no alternative except restart.