Friday Facts #68 - The trains

[hitzu]

Well, it is one of the possibilities, as it would be only needed in 8 directions, and the train sprites could be moved into the ram-only memory. The other possibility would be to hide it completely.

In my opinion the slopes eiter natural or artifitial would be out of strong Factorio design. The game is beautiful by its flatness. Of course you could add some sort of floors or layers to bring the depth into the game, just like old-fashion pseudo-3D games had, but there is really no need for bumpy-lumpiness. Think like Esher did.

[Cloner]

Who says it should be in one tile? The train to ground piece would certainly be several tiles long.

Underground train passages fit the game perfectly and will greatrly improve the massive train networks. They will also help avoid train jams due to imperfect signals mechanism. I would be OK with having only horisontal and vertival underground passages (same as pipes and belts)

[Cloner]

In my opinion the slopes eiter natural or artifitial would be out of strong Factorio design. The game is beautiful by its flatness.

The underground train passage doesnt require the world to be unflat, same as underground belts and pipes.

[hitzu]

The underground train passage doesnt require the world to be unflat, same as underground belts and pipes.

I didn't argue with that.

[mazetar]

Would we need to see the train on the slope?
If the train enters the underground passage by going into a tunnel, we wouldn't see the train after it enters the tunnel entrance

[ible]

I would be OK with having only horisontal and vertival underground passages (same as pipes and belts)

I agree, even if we only have horizontal and vertical passages this would be great.