How to change vehicles between your stops
A great travel animation mixes transport modes the way your real trip does - plane to the country, car to the region, bike for the last mile. Travel Story Maker lets you assign a different vehicle to every segment of your route, and renders the transitions for you.
Screenshots illustrate an earlier interface. The instructions and linked help topics below describe the current controls.
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Why change vehicle between stops?
Road and sea routing depend on the routing option and available network; a train icon does not confirm a rail connection. Distances and travel times are estimates, not schedules.
Control and access: Transport mode
Select a segment
Open the route button between two stops, in the desktop sidebar or mobile Stops drawer. Check departure → arrival in the segment panel before choosing a vehicle: the change affects only that leg.
Pick from the 3D catalog
The picker opens in two parts: a row of transport modes at the top (car, van, plane, motorbike, bike, train, bus, boat, walk, extras), and below it a grid of 3D Fluency models for the selected mode. Pick a mode, then a model - each is oriented automatically along the heading of the route.
The eye-off icon on the left of the grid hides the vehicle for that segment if you only want the route line to move.
Control and access: Leg marker
Flight vs road behavior
Air travel draws an arc. With routing enabled, ground transport uses the available network. If no route exists, the editor offers switching to a plane; keeping the selection may leave a straight line. Do not use this preview for navigation.
Control and access: Route not possible
Tip: use the same vehicle across many segments
Choose a vehicle in a segment, then use Apply to the whole route if you want it everywhere. This is separate from selecting one leg. You can then adjust individual segments.
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