Hide AI Cars 2.0 [FREE PLAY MODE]

This mod changes the vanilla roads so they only support the different vehicle types, but NO AI CARS!

It works for new games you start in FREE GAME mode. (just make sure you enable "Hide AI Cars" before starting the game)

KNOWN ISSUES

1. GAME CRASHES

Don’t enable this mod before year 1920 or whatever the year before bus lanes were available. It will crash the game. The crash occurs after passing 1921. (thanks to 女乃豆頁身寸米青 for reporting this issue).

2. COMPATIBILITY ISSUES

This mod is known to cause issues when used with "SMP2.0 – Street Modpack". (thank you to Namikaze for the bug report). We advise not to use it with SMP2.0 until a fix can be developed.

HOW TO USE

1. On Transport Fever 2 main menu, click FREE GAME.
2. Wait for map to generate, then click Next button.
3. Make sure "Custom" is ticked. (top right)
4. Click on Settings button.
5. In the list of mods shown, turn on the "Hide AI Cars" mod with the toggle button. (in the Enabled column)
6. Click Save.
7. Click START.

IMPORTANT: This mod is ported directly from Transport Fever 1 to Transport Fever 2, and has not undergone much testing. Please report any issues you encounter. The original mod for Transport Fever 1 is available here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1548167195

If you already have a save game made in FREE GAME mode, that did not have "Hide AI Cars" enabled when you created that game, you may still be able to get it working, but there are some manual steps involved.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to 两个大胖子 for requesting a port of this mod to Transport Fever 2 back in February 2020. I must apologize for the extended delay due to work commitments this year. Thank you also to Gunzi and Namikaze for requesting a port to TF2 as well — it’s now late June 2020, and I’ve finally got my act together!

MANUAL STEPS TO GET IT WORKING:

1. Load the save game and add "Hide AI Cars" to the list of mods.

2. After the save game loads in, you will need to use the Road upgrade tool, and go around the map looking for cars and/or people. I recommend starting in the towns, selecting the Upgrade road tool, and selecting another road OF THE SAME SIZE AS THE ROADS YOU WISH TO REMOVE CARS FROM.

ie. In my towns I have modern medium width roads, so I replace them with medium country dirt roads with the upgrade tool. Then I select the modern medium width road type from the roads panel, and upgrade the medium country dirt roads back to the modern medium road type. (ie. what they were originally).

3. Repeat step #2 for each road segment containing cars. You should see the cars disappear if they are on the road segment you are upgrading when you upgrade it. I know this is a pain to go through each road with a car on it, but there’s no alternative I know of.

4. Once finished, save your game WITH A DIFFERENT FILENAME just in case we discover any bugs with this mod in the near future.

Any issues, please let me know.