Can I research cable / pipe bridges?

[DutchFoodie]

I'm slowly getting myself built into a corner with pipes. Is there anything I can research to cross pipes? Or is that not in the game?

[TomYeltz]

Regrettably, that is not in the game.

[DutchFoodie]

Originally posted by TomorrowIsYeltzterday:

Regrettably, that is not in the game.

Too bad. Thanks for the reply. How do People lay those out? I always end up with spaghetti

[Greeba]

It's a bit of a 2D routing puzzle where it arguably doesn't need to be. I've long since raised a ticket to ask for crossover features.

Some equipment can serve as an impromptu bridge - for instance a Waste Treatment Machine takes Waste Water in one end and puts Water out the other while having a gap in the middle that you can lay another pipe through.

[Gorehog]

Not really in the game but you can use scaffolds to cheaply run conduits outside the ship.

[Healy]

Originally posted by DutchFoodie:

Originally posted by TomorrowIsYeltzterday:

Regrettably, that is not in the game.

Too bad. Thanks for the reply. How do People lay those out? I always end up with spaghetti

The only really troublesome line is fuel, as typically your reactors, fuel storage, and engines wont be in the same place. Habitation just keep everything tight and seperate, loader>vent, scrubber>reprocessor>loader, sewage duct>recycler thingy I forgot name of> loader, and loader>hydroponics, no need for any pipes in or out of the area, or any of these to be connected (indeed do NOT connect your CO2 scrubber and air vent, or the CO2 scrubber will back up!). Deuterium refinery > storage > fusion reactor you can either pipe together or go refinery>loader and loader>storage>reactor, both work. And finally find a space away from these for your gasworks, again you can either pipe straight into your fuel line or use loaders.

The only time you really get problems with spaghetti is if you insist on everything being symmetrical, so you have gas collectors on both sides, hyperspace scoops on both sides, deuterium refineries on both sides, ect. Just dont do this.

[Bulwark Industries]

Originally posted by Healy:

Originally posted by DutchFoodie:

Too bad. Thanks for the reply. How do People lay those out? I always end up with spaghetti

The only really troublesome line is fuel, as typically your reactors, fuel storage, and engines wont be in the same place.

I typically co-locate engines, generators, and fuel storage together precisely for this reason. It reduces (slightly) the pipe maze.

[Greeba]

It can still be irritating when you have things placed out of necessity, like Hyperspace Scoops on the front and Engines on the back. My best fighting ship scoops Hyperspace Isotopes to make back some Deuterium for itself, and the pipe routing crosses the spine of the ship so there’s no way to get the isotopes across the middle. To save doubling up that production I tank off isotopes using a loader on one side of the ship, and fill the single production with a loader on the other side. That takes crew labour to operate, so a pipe crossover option would be preferable.

That’s just one example. Many players have many more.