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I think instead of it being called underground belt or pipe, it should be belt to ground or pipe to ground, so then it uses up pipes/belts in your inventory depending on the length. This would be good especially for pipes, as you have to spend 10 pipes to create underground pipes, when you might only make it 3 long or something.

It actually used to be named "Pipe to ground" and "Belt to ground", which... confused people.

I remember back when I was first playing the demo, I saw the item "Pipe to ground" and I was like.... what the heck is that for? and when I finally figured it out, I nicknamed it "underground pipe", which, I used on the forums when talking to people.

So for me, "Underground pipe" was far more intuitive than "Pipe to ground".

As for the "Uses up pipes depending on length" This is actually a fairly common suggestion. And I'm all for this idea.

Another common one is a full "Underground view" to have bends and junctions underground.

bobingabout wrote:It actually used to be named "Pipe to ground" and "Belt to ground", which... confused people.

I remember back when I was first playing the demo, I saw the item "Pipe to ground" and I was like.... what the heck is that for? and when I finally figured it out, I nicknamed it "underground pipe", which, I used on the forums when talking to people.

So for me, "Underground pipe" was far more intuitive than "Pipe to ground".

I guess, because then you would need a ground to belt and ground to pipe aswell