Transport system for space stations

[chizilu]

So while building my space station I thought getting a round on foot was a pain and I didnt want people using ships inside the station. So I have started to create a transport network for my station by putting a ship, designed to look like a carriage inside the station and stopped it from going up or down left and right. the result is pretty neat.

 

[Archer6621]

Does it work well?

 

[ThiagoTGM]

That is a really good idea! Looks nice!

 

[chizilu]

yeah it\'s a really smooth ride... I only put 2 thrusters on it so it doesn\'t go too fast... I also have different stations down the track, so you can get off at different parts of the station

 

[POWERFR1ES]

I pasted the link to my dropbox around chat and stuff, did you see it?

 

[Ninnamin]

They should put some sort of transport rail block in the game so that you can do this sort of thing without the risk of the ship massively bugging out.

 

[MissValeska]

Yeah! I definitely agree! ^-^

 

[vilge]

it is great idea, how did you stop it from going in certain directions, did you just construct walls around it or is there kind of function in the ship core to do that?

 

[chizilu]

Hey, I built around the ship and kept it in place, it doesnt fly about it can only go forwards and backwards, I think I will make a video of it in action.

Also if your\'e worried about it bugging out you could also use docking blocks to keep it firmly in place, but I have had no probs so far

 

[vilge]

yeah haha, maybe in future there will be some kind of slider blocks which will slide what you attach to it across single axis relative to how you oriented the blocks, if you played half life 1, at the entrance to black mesa, there was a transport with such system, that would seem total cool



black mesa transit system:

 

[Torrel]

Might have to rob that idea

 

[Puck]

good job with the transportation device, I like your design, but that black mesa transport system would be interesting to see ingame

 

[Bloo Doom Bloo Doom Bloo Doom]

If a large enough ship were stationary and you had docking ports at each \"station\" would you be able to use this on a capital ship?

 

[chizilu]

I dont see why not, unlees you hit into the ship hard enough to move the ship lol.

 

[Lowcone494]

GENIOUS i have tried this on a station and couldent get it in and it bugged out.