Spidertron Train

-Holo- · Post by **-Holo-** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:48 pm

TL;DR

A Traincart to dock a spidertron into for transport via railway

What ?

i would love to see a traincart which only houses a single Spidertron that you could walk into with the Spidertron and have the Spidertron sitdown and dock into, letting it be transported via trains!

Why ?

It would be a nice option for moving around huge maps instead of putting waypoints.

Xorimuth · Post by **Xorimuth** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:50 pm

Like this?

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SpidertronEnhancements

NotRexButCaesar · Post by **NotRexButCaesar** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:29 pm

Xorimuth wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:50 pm https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SpidertronEnhancements

Cool gif for a cool mod

-Holo- · Post by **-Holo-** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:06 pm

Xorimuth wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:50 pm Like this?

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SpidertronEnhancements

Woof!
Yeah, exactly like that!

, maybe not on the train but a specialised cart though

Xorimuth · Post by **Xorimuth** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:51 pm

-Holo- wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:06 pm
Xorimuth wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:50 pm Like this?

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SpidertronEnhancements

Woof!
Yeah, exactly like that! , maybe not on the train but a specialised cart though

Well if someone makes me some cart graphics it would be very easy to add it as on option for the mod. Until then, it will have to stay as a request for vanilla

Pi-C · Post by **Pi-C** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:00 pm

-Holo- wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:48 pm i would love to see a traincart which only houses a single Spidertron that you could walk into with the Spidertron and have the Spidertron sitdown and dock into, letting it be transported via trains!

You should check out Vehicle Wagons. I haven't tried it with spidertrons yet, but according to the info page, they are supported. Not sure about the graphics for spidertrons, but for vehicles based on the "car" prototype, there are wagons with custom graphics for some prototypes (vanilla and some modded vehicles). For all other vehicles, the image defaults to a flatbed wagon with a vehicle hidden by a tarp.

Mastermindx · Post by **Mastermindx** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:12 am

I'm so upvoting this...
The spidertron, even with maxed upgrade, is quite slow. And it doesn't help that its moving speed isn't affected by concrete tiles which would have helped a little.

Optera · Post by **Optera** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:02 am

From the thread title I pictured the Spidertron lifting the locomotive up and walking it around Cho Cho Charles style.

robot256 · Post by **robot256** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:46 am

Pi-C wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:00 pm
-Holo- wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:48 pm i would love to see a traincart which only houses a single Spidertron that you could walk into with the Spidertron and have the Spidertron sitdown and dock into, letting it be transported via trains!
You should check out Vehicle Wagons. I haven't tried it with spidertrons yet, but according to the info page, they are supported. Not sure about the graphics for spidertrons, but for vehicles based on the "car" prototype, there are wagons with custom graphics for some prototypes (vanilla and some modded vehicles). For all other vehicles, the image defaults to a flatbed wagon with a vehicle hidden by a tarp.

Vehicle Wagon does this (and I too would love to get some graphics of a spidertron on a train car! Maybe even an animation of it curling up onto the platform). I use it a lot in Space Exploration asteroid fields to move spiders between asteroids (islands). You can load and unload them remotely with the Winch tool from map/navsat view.

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