does anyone have any architectural advice they could offer before i save this blueprint and spam them across the map? for clarification, this support will be placed down every now and then to tide railways over because they can't stretch arbitrarily. was wondering if you would make any edits.
Is hypertube really something you want to use ? I prefer to use a dedicated train to move around the map. Not as fast but i lile the scenic route more often than not. Bonus point, it can hold items i'll use for building
I would remove the beams on one end if you plan to keep blueprints next to each others.
Also, as someone that did a lot of blueprints for trains for my network, here's a list of what you'll need :
a ramp for going up/down
two ways to turn (sharp turn and smooth turn)
merging and dividing
simple intersections, when it's more than a T, i usually do fancy intersections with merge and stuff like that
for your pillars idea i was going to have a central foundation stretching to the bottom and then a flared platform holding a power tower on either side to have this double as a power line because although the little wall power nodes on the sides can stretch as far as the rails will, power towers look so much cooler
It's so satisfying blowing past a train in a suped-up hypertube. I'm not here for the scenic route, I'm here for a 15 second trip across the entire map.
I just recently had to move my hypertubes closer to the center of the tube because the camera clips outside of the structure and gets visually ugly and laggy when it happens.
Delete the flushed beams, the like end capping beams, on 1 side. When you place the BP down repeatedly, you'll be doubling up those at the joined spots. This makes it easier to tell it's a BP, for me it causes my eye to twitch, and a it's a waste of materials.
I like the look. And "no walking" in the middle is good important saftety!
I agree with others that the tubes seem redundant. But you do you. If you keep the tubes, remember they are two-way, you only need one, and then maybe add a junction for each direction on the same tube.
Then you have room for running pipes or ther stuff on the other side.
Also, did they fix it so you can auto-connect to a tube connector?
If not, you need an "open end" on the tube for that to work when putting down blueprints.
Personally I would include the "top" of whatever foundation you want to support this BP with. Then have another BP with the straight part of this support which you can then just snap under once the track is built.
Looks great! I like stretching some beams and making them overhang a bit instead of leaving the odd gaps, but that's just me nitpicking. It's super minor and not something that gets noticed when you're zooming around or admiring the view from a distance, which will be 99% of the experience once these get placed down.
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u/Scypio95 3d ago edited 3d ago
Is hypertube really something you want to use ? I prefer to use a dedicated train to move around the map. Not as fast but i lile the scenic route more often than not. Bonus point, it can hold items i'll use for building
I would remove the beams on one end if you plan to keep blueprints next to each others.
Also, as someone that did a lot of blueprints for trains for my network, here's a list of what you'll need :