NeonSturm's RailSystem-Suggestion

[NeonSturm]

Remember : Not all points have to be implemented.
I just want to see which system is superior:

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NeonSturm's RailSystem-Suggestion

part 1. A train (=object attached to rails) can attach to multiple rails, not just 1.

push 1. Pushing rails add 1 to one of

push 1.1. left|right|forward|backward (if there is an adjacent rail).
push 1.2. rotate right|left|forward|backward (if there is no adjacent rail).​

push 2. Branching rails add 1 to all directions with rails adjacent.

break 1. First, opposite push forces subtract from each other.
break 2. Secondly, stopping rails subtract 1 from all directions (an offline Pusher could be a Stopper)
break 3. Thirdly, physically impossible directions/rotations get ignored.

result 1. the most dominant one wins.
result 2. the one which would continue the direction will win.
result 3. the train stops (fallback).​

part 2. Block sides

We don't need 6*4=24 rotations,

AFAIK 1. The Grey One said that it will work magnetically in later StarMade builds (hopefully this means docking in the direction you are mostly facing instead of rotating arrows).​

face 1. Just select 1 block face => all 4 adjacent faces have an arrow into this direction.
face 2. Pushers (any rails) activate with a logic 1 and deactivate with a logic 0 input (perhaps new flip-flop-blocks will help once they get in)
face 3. Logic 1 activates push and also sets the direction.​

part 3. Not all rails push a train

Rail-stuff just continues moving in the direction it does as long as it can.
Stoppers can act as rail-delimiters,

lane 1. creating omnidirectional rail-lanes (without the need to select many blocks)
lane 2. saving checks to movement changes.
lane 3. saving checks to collision perimeter

(once before entering a lane with any wheel (=the rail dock), if nothing there gets changed since last update)
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part 4. Just 4 blocks

Rails (also Pushers)
Stoppers (either deactivate-able or override-able with pushers at another dock, if, then logic-1 ejects the docked. )
Free-Rotation (=Turret ->Turrail?) blocks
Dockers (= Wheels)
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part 5. Some ideas for textures

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Feel free to use the orange parts to reference something in the OP