Train Track Flexy Piece?

[Goodmead/Zalcon]

How is the Train Track flexy piece (connector), supposed to work? Nothing I do clicks into an anchor point.

[Dradiin]

LOL i am still trying to get a Paste farm up and running, the damned tracks are expensive.

[Goodmead/Zalcon]

The tracks are a real pain if you attempt to create them in the inner map. They basically work best in the outer sands. But I wanted to create a scenic train ride along the river. Using a lotttttttt of pillars to hold up the tracks in the sky. ALSO - the train tracks on real servers is going to be a massive lag creater.

[Dradiin]

Originally posted by Goodmead/Zalcon:

The tracks are a real pain if you attempt to create them in the inner map. They basically work best in the outer sands. But I wanted to create a scenic train ride along the river. Using a lotttttttt of pillars to hold up the tracks in the sky. ALSO - the train tracks on real servers is going to be a massive lag creater.

Can they be placed on Ceilings or pillars ? no idea how the elevation issues can be dealt with.

[HalfJinxedLynx]

the flex piece will connect any "two" rail pieces.
with some small rules mind you.
1: cannot exceed a certain distance.
2: no moderate turns (small bends are fine.)
3: no moderate ups or downs (small bending down or up work.)

I find that using the "short" rail between larger rails to connect the Flex pieces work best.

[EverTrek1701]

they need to add train trestles. i see in the video they have them on a track that spans the valley.

i sometimes get the bendy track to work. going up hill is the problem. currently the system is not working well enough to make trains any more than a cosmetic item. i have tried for hours to lay track around the outside of the SE map where the sand is somewhat flat in places, without much luck.

fix the train track system please and provide trestles.

[Goodmead/Zalcon]

Originally posted by EverTrek1701:

they need to add train trestles. i see in the video they have them on a track that spans the valley.

i sometimes get the bendy track to work. going up hill is the problem. currently the system is not working well enough to make trains any more than a cosmetic item. i have tried for hours to lay track around the outside of the SE map where the sand is somewhat flat in places, without much luck.

fix the train track system please and provide trestles.

Trestles would be very nice. I found that just putting the entire track off the ground helps a bit, just succumb to the elevated tracks concept and have them supported by (any) pillars and it allows your to create a much longer track.

My newest issue is attempting to create a triangle junction which is proving to be off by the most ridiculously tiny amount.

[GubbyTheChubby]

Originally posted by Goodmead/Zalcon:

The tracks are a real pain if you attempt to create them in the inner map. They basically work best in the outer sands. But I wanted to create a scenic train ride along the river. Using a lotttttttt of pillars to hold up the tracks in the sky. ALSO - the train tracks on real servers is going to be a massive lag creater.

yep on our server we started from the east side of the Map and we finally reached the Middle of the Map, our issue isnt only the lag but also there seems a limit on Tracks being connected, because anything we do, we dont can get more Tracks working after around 100 on the snappoint and we tried anything possible....

[Snake]

i would say the best way for the train tracks would be for them to change it to a more drag and drop approach, so where you drag the track to where you want to go and it picks the best pieces and destroys any rocks and trees in the way preferably keeping it at ground level (or creating bridges to go over water), i tried starting a track through the inner map and it was so bad.

currently its drop a piece, clear ahead, drop another repeat infinitely is stupidly slow and risky due to hostile mobs, tight bends are not a thing and there isn't enough flat ground to even create even a small circle track (the smallest natural one i managed was something like 50 foundations in diameter and i had to create pillars for it to stand on in places)

[Snake]

best way i can find is to build a foundation then pillar up put 4 ceilings and place a track piece on it and hope it connects with the flex connect piece if not draw it forward or backwards a foundation and try again, going up and down hill is janky at best it looks like a roller coaster at times but on straights looks okay.

setting each track piece about 7-8 foundations apart on a set of 4 ceilings on 2 high pillars with flex connects in between tracks, possibly you can angle it up/down in places to smooth it out but the flex track only likes to connect to one side for some reason.

over the last hour i managed to create a track 35 seconds long and it has maybe gone 150 foundations if i'm lucky.

to get to red ob -> blue ob -> green ob -> red ob as a solo alone could take months to build (without breaking to do any mining or anything add in gathering resources could make that over a year, maybe a 4-5 person clan could do it in around a month with gathering).