Strive to not scream, cry, or vomit, however the upcoming growth to Factorio will add elevated rail strains able to crossing over not simply different rails, however manufacturing unit parts as properly. This previous week’s Factorio Friday Information weblog went by means of the design course of for the way Wube Software program arrived at this big change to how Factorio works and why they determined to implement it this fashion.
In and of itself it is a large shift. Factorio takes place on a single, ostensibly 2D, airplane and nothing breaks that rule apart from underground belt tunnels you could’t enter or exit. The thought of underground rail tunnels simply did not work for the designers at Wube, so that they went for elevated rail.
“You simply wish to boldly see all your trains of their full glory as a substitute of hiding them someplace in a cellar!,” they mentioned.
So the House Age growth revealed in late August will add two new issues to construct: One, a 16-tile lengthy, 4-tile extensive ramp will take trains from floor stage to the brand new elevated airplane. The opposite new constructing is a rail help, which can be required each now and again to help the tall rails, and which might face in eight instructions. They’re each actually basic Factorio visible designs: heavy concrete bases with steel scaffolding perched on high. The type of brutally stunning and sensible factor an engineer would possibly design with restricted time and functionally limitless sources.
The elevated strains will be capable of cross over water along with land, so you may get to do the factor you’ve got at all times wished and do lengthy, stunning rail bridges with excellent concrete pilings somewhat than must infill these lakes of yours.
“Permitting trains to cross paths on completely different ranges has been one of the requested options for a really very long time. We had at all times felt it makes excellent sense, however trains in Factorio would hardly ever ever get into severe sufficient throughput points to justify including elevated rails,” mentioned Wube within the submit.
“The growth modified this panorama fairly a bit although. If we anticipate gamers to usually construct bigger factories than within the base recreation, prepare throughput might develop into a difficulty, and since you’re anticipated to journey away from the house planet, having a prepare system that does not impasse can be extra essential than ever earlier than,” they continued.
This new characteristic can be along with the free for all gamers new system of rail curves in Factorio 2.0, which let you construct a lot tighter and extra logical rail junctions than earlier than. The elevations will even work within the rail planner, letting you spaghetti up your prepare bridges with no care on this planet.
You possibly can learn concerning the new elevated prepare methods on the Factorio weblog, and soar again to final week to study concerning the new rail curves as properly.
