I had an idea while spending ages walking from one end of my ship to another.
my idea is a monorail system, buildable on planets, stations and ships.
the blocks are:
rail block -used to define pathways for monorails to go along.
controll block -used to creadte new monorail units.
station block -determins stops... link to a station core.
station core- used to summon monorail units
gate rail -use r to enable/disable. this way you can close a section of line.
controll rail - use for advanced options, depending on the settings, allows for one way rails
clip rail -like normal rail but monorail units that are on a clip rail and are touching a different one can jump from one to another. usefull for branches in the line as reguler rail can only go in straight lines.
to use the system you would place the rail blocks down and the control block. the rails must be touching to work, and the controll block must be touching the rail line. then you add stations, to do this place a station core (it doesnt need to touch any rail), give it a name then place station rails down and connect them to the core to determin the list of stops in that station.
[SIZE= 12px] then you look at the core and press r to enter. you will have a list of monorail units and the ability to create more (possibly for a cost, prehaps an item?). when you create one it will be placed on the nearest free rail to the core. monorail units can go on any side, but once on a side will not be able to go on a different one withoud having some kind of junction. [/SIZE]
to use the monorail unit you look at it and press r. you will enter it, and using the left+right arrows will change the name of the target station. then press the up arrow to start going to the staton you chose.. if you are not near a monorail unit, you can look at a station coreand press r and if there is an empty unit then as long as there is a possible rail path to one of the station rails conected to the station core it will come.
you will need power to run thhe system.
so, what fo you all think? does this idea sound good? any ideas on improvements?
my idea is a monorail system, buildable on planets, stations and ships.
the blocks are:
rail block -used to define pathways for monorails to go along.
controll block -used to creadte new monorail units.
station block -determins stops... link to a station core.
station core- used to summon monorail units
gate rail -use r to enable/disable. this way you can close a section of line.
controll rail - use for advanced options, depending on the settings, allows for one way rails
clip rail -like normal rail but monorail units that are on a clip rail and are touching a different one can jump from one to another. usefull for branches in the line as reguler rail can only go in straight lines.
to use the system you would place the rail blocks down and the control block. the rails must be touching to work, and the controll block must be touching the rail line. then you add stations, to do this place a station core (it doesnt need to touch any rail), give it a name then place station rails down and connect them to the core to determin the list of stops in that station.
[SIZE= 12px] then you look at the core and press r to enter. you will have a list of monorail units and the ability to create more (possibly for a cost, prehaps an item?). when you create one it will be placed on the nearest free rail to the core. monorail units can go on any side, but once on a side will not be able to go on a different one withoud having some kind of junction. [/SIZE]
to use the monorail unit you look at it and press r. you will enter it, and using the left+right arrows will change the name of the target station. then press the up arrow to start going to the staton you chose.. if you are not near a monorail unit, you can look at a station coreand press r and if there is an empty unit then as long as there is a possible rail path to one of the station rails conected to the station core it will come.
you will need power to run thhe system.
so, what fo you all think? does this idea sound good? any ideas on improvements?